With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from ...

By 1984, hip-hop had evolved from its grassroots beginnings in the Bronx into a cultural movement on the cusp of mainstream recognition. Run-DMC’s self-titled debut album releas ...

Tia Young— also known as Boss Tootie— rap career started with singing nursery rhymes at the age six. The now 11-year-old ...

Hip-hop is well-represented in the 2024 Uproxx Critics Poll, in a year defined as much by conflict as anything else. This is the 7th annual version of the poll, in which nearly 300 music critics from ...

Today’s selection features a few indie stalwarts returning with new albums ( Perfume Genius, Lucy Dacus, Japanese Breakfast ) ...

From Pete Seeger to Billie Holiday to Rage Against the Machine to Kendrick Lamar, musicians of all genres have spoken truth to power ...

In the 7th grade after listening to Kanye West’s album, “The College Dropout,” Gainesville native Sean Momberger began ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Abir and Naika ... Last week (Jan. 23), the Compton rapper and Apple Music released a new teaser for his upcoming halftime ...

Exploring the origins of rap-rock, which blended elements of hip-hop with rock and roll, pioneered by early artists like The Clash or Blondie during the 1980s.

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 ...

As Hip-Hop continues to progress and evolve, some of the genre’s elder statesmen have lost their connection or understanding ...

Nick Cave nominates the "amazing work of art" that he'd like played to soundtrack his passing into the afterlife ...