Hip-Hop has long been a platform for artists to express their struggles, triumphs and deepest emotions. Hip-Hop has long been a platform for artists to express their struggles, triumphs and ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

New Jersey’s DJ Juice, a hip-hop mixtape pioneer ... “We go to his house and spend an entire evening watching him scratch, mix and do all kinds of mind-bending tricks on the turntables ...

ROSÉ and Bruno Mars: What does APT. actually mean?

January 29, 2025 • The rapper and DJ, who died over the weekend at 43, was the biggest hit for the indie label Big Oomp Records. Its brief but shining moment injected fun back into a scene in ...

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ROSÉ and Bruno Mars: What does APT. actually mean?

His new spoken word, The Seven Number Ones, chronicles the special moments in his life, from his parents’ meeting to his introduction to Hip-Hop. The album features collaborations with ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

Let’s start with Glasper. The five-time Grammy winning jazz-hip-hop-R&B bandleader is a frequent collaborator with Philly compadres like Questlove, Bilal, and the Baylor Project, and he’s been a ...