In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

DAMASCUS, Va. (WDBJ) - It’s been more than a year since Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction in Appalachia, but Thursday, the small town of Damascus is one step closer to normalcy. Pride ...

As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. 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 tribute to a ...

We should address the elephant in the room: hip-hop did not have a strong year on the charts. In fact, rap music had its worst showing in years. Back in October, it made headlines when—for the first ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

The long-running debate over Hip-Hop and Rap continues to shape global music culture, yet many listeners still struggle to understand the true difference between the two. The world of music is often ...

H. Rap Brown, a militant Black Power leader of the 1960s who later converted to Islam and changed his name to Jamil Al-Amin, has died. He was 82. Al-Amin died at a federal prison in Butner, N.C., his ...

Hip-Hop didn’t invent rebellion, it inherited the fire from H. Rap Brown long before the culture had a name. Growing up, my parents were not overtly activists or political. But there were clues. One ...

I still remember when my savings earned literal pennies a month. No joke, I'd log into my account and see like $0.07 of interest. Woohoo, don't spend it all at once. That was back when my money sat in ...

The Recording Academy has officially announced the nominees for Best Rap Album at the 2025 GRAMMY Awards, delivering one of the most competitive lineups in recent memory. This year features multiple ...