From Clipse to Tyler, the Creator to billy woods to Ovrkast to Bruiser Wolf, here are our favorite rap albums of 2025.

Pooh Shiesty enjoys an immediate welcome reception on Billboard 's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, as he collects his first No.

DMC’s Queens classic to De La Soul’s subversive storytelling, to "Trap Christmas"...rap has always celebrated the holidays on its own terms.

The Superman writer-director took time out from head-honchoing the DC Universe to make us a killer year-end playlist.

Typically, we run an artist-to-watch list at the beginning of the year. This time around, we’ve been a little busy tapping into the local hip-hop scene and taking notes. In some cases, an artist’s ...

Rap’s G League is looking healthy. Last year, when we put together our list of the best teenage rappers, it felt like a struggle to gather good, interesting names. In a genre supposedly dominated by ...

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

Last month, we published our annual list of the best rappers in their 20s. One common critique is how we define “best” and “rappers.” Our list is meant as a temperature check on the game—spotlighting ...

Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay ...