Lil Yachty posed a great question during his lines on Chance The Rapper’s “Mixtape” a couple years ago. “Am I the only one who really care about cover art?” That's clearly not the case. But it brings ...

The mixtape has been vital to hip-hop since the earliest days. There is nothing quite like a 'tape, where the rapper has the freedom to do whatever they want, without having to worry about catching a ...

Let’s not front like hip-hop isn’t the new pop today. Everywhere you go, whether it’s Starbucks, the corner social or a bar mitzvah; you’re going to find hip-hop painting in the background or the ...

After stacking hits like “Rake It Up” and “Bartier Cardi” in 2017, 30 Roc continued making bangers in 2018. Aside from executive producing Lil Yachty’s sophomore set, Lil Boat 2, the Bronx-bred ...

Meek Mill’s album CHAMPIONSHIPS (Photo courtesy of MMG/ Atlantic) We experienced many memorable musical moments in 2018. For example, Kanye West produced five albums alone but overshadowed them all ...

Hip-hop is unequivocally the biggest genre in modern music, and it has arguably remained as such for the last quarter-century. That position was confirmed in recent years as hip-hop’s reigning ...

As December draws to a close, just much every rap blog, music publication and media outlet that covers hip-hop has posted its Best Of 2018 list. And as usual most of these contain many of the same ...

As the holiday season winds down and the promise of a new year looms, the Billboard Hot 100 readies itself for another 52 weeks of new hits and new hitmakers. As 2018's lingering singles steadily drop ...

With 2018 quickly coming to a close, many outlets are releasing their end-of-year superlatives, listing the top performing entertainers and works of art that have been released throughout the last 12 ...

It was the year that trolls and tabloid fodder took over. It was the year that beef became the chief marketing strategy. It was the year that hype trumped truth. And we're not even talking politics ...

Hip-hop dominated music streaming in 2017, leading to some eye-popping record deals for rising stars — $8 million for Lil Pump, $10 million for XXXTentacion before his death, another $15 million for ...