The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Nav, Will Smith, and Lil Durk.

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.

From Eminem to Drake, Elliott Wilson names the artists, producers, songs, verses, beats, and albums that have defined the 21st century.

This week's Five Burning Questions looks at the stellar performance of Carti's second full-length of the 2020s, which seems ...

Masters of the Mic, featuring Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, MC Lyte, Big Daddy Kane, Treach and EPMD will play Mercedes-Benz ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate ...

Compton native Kendrick Lamar is the first hip-hop artist to sell over one million units of his album for 2025.

The Notorious B.I.G. Dropped His Posthumous 'Life After Death' LP 28 Years Ago B.I.G. 'Life After Death' 28 Years ...

Hip hop has been an incredibly influential way of storytelling and social commentary through music, leading the genre to be the epicenter of the most influential musical artists in the history of hip ...

The Oscar-winning actor Will Smith returns to the hip-hop scene with his brand-new album, Based on a True Story, which was released on March 28, 2025.

March 25, 2025 • The rapper Playboi Carti's much-hyped MUSIC leads this week in albums. Plus, the rapper Doechii continues to make gains with her recently released "Anxiety" and Chappell Roan ...