YouTube will no longer share its data with Billboard's charts. What does that mean for hip-hop, where huge young audiences use the platform?

The story of Drake fading and a lyrical resurgence is also the story of hip-hop falling away from its commercial peak while ...

YouTube says it will soon stop providing data to Billboard for inclusion in the US charts, ending a partnership that has ...

Rapper Kay Flock, real name Kevin Perez, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a series of shootings in his Bronx neighborhood. The 22-year-old's burgeoning music career was abruptly halted ...

These are the best rap albums of 2025, featuring Clipse, Saba and No ID, JID, Little Simz, Tyler, the Creator, Danny Brown, ...

More than two decades after its release, Eminem's "Lose Yourself" finally becomes the bestselling rap song in America — as ...

All of which is to say that if you were looking for chart-topping hits this year, you might’ve been disappointed, but if you ...

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 – after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski – check out the Hot Rap Songs top 10. By Keith Caulfield We’re counting down the days to the unveiling ...

The Florida rapper died after an incident in Boca Raton, Florida. By Mackenzie Cummings-Grady Florida rapper POORSTACY, real name Carlito Milfort Jr., has died at age 26. As confirmed by the Boca ...

During the week of October 25 through November 1, for the first time in 35 years, no rap songs appeared on Billboard’s top 40. For many, it signaled the death knell of hip-hop’s slow, but imminent, ...

A charismatic orator in the 1960s, he called for armed resistance to white oppression. As a Muslim cleric, he was convicted of murder in 2000 and died in detention. By Paul Vitello Jamil Abdullah ...

When Nas said “hip-hop is dead,” this certainly isn’t what he meant. Since 1990, rap music has topped the music charts as arguably the most impactful genre in the world. But for the first time in ...