Class is in session with Mr. Mayers. By Michael Saponara Mr. Mayers’ class is in session. A$AP Rocky headed back to a Harlem elementary school to teach kids a thing ...

The Compton rapper came into the biggest night in music with an astounding nine nominations, and he has already won three awards. Before the Grammys officially aired, Lamar won Best Melodic Rap ...

What's going on with rap? After celebrating 50 years of legacy in 2023 with marquee moments like the Hip Hop 50 multi-headliner concert at Yankee Stadium, plus Kendrick Lamar's historic run – capped ...

**For clarity, rap and hip-hop are used interchangeably throughout the article, as both represent the same space in music charts.** Additionally, in mid-September 2025, only four hip-hop songs were on ...

Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP) is a set of tools, principles, and techniques to help you improve your analytical processes. With RAP, you leverage open-source tools to make your work more ...

Hip-hop has been super volatile over the last couple of years. Given all the questions swirling around the genre during its 50th decade—who are the new stars? Where are the hit records? Is hip-hop on ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

Recently, in casual conversations, I’ve been asked for my opinion about the October report that “No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990” more so than my ...

Billboard crowns Cardi B #1 on their hottest female rap artists of 2025 list beating out a number of other acts. Cardi B‘s dominance of Billboard’s new female rap ranking proves women now control ...

Kool G Rap says there’s a “high probability” he’ll collaborate with Nas for the next “Legend Has It” installment! Kool G Rap just dropped a gem and we are all going crazy over it. Hip-Hop heads are ...

The 2026 Grammy Award nominations are in and the Best Rap Album category is stacked this year. Doechii was presented the award by Cardi B, who won the Best Rap Album ...

The nominees for Best Rap Song at the 2026 Grammys are in. Grammy SZN has officially commenced. On Friday (Nov. 7), The Recording Academy revealed all the nominees for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.