Alright before all the holiday music takes over the streaming platforms our music editors are kicking off our weekly roundup of the top 5 trending Hip Hop tracks on Apple Music right now. We won’t ...

This month YouTube’s most successful stationary mic platform On The Radar Radio savvily diversified. While the channel started with more boilerplate interview and trending news coverage, the channel’s ...

Doechii’s “Nissan Altima” emerged as one of 2025’s most discussed breakout rap tracks. Featuring stinging lyricism, dramatic cries and jolting beat changes, the track showcased her range and ...

Clips of the pro-Trump rap song “Trump Trump Baby” featuring model Amber Rose were played at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday evening. Rose, who is known in part for her past relationship ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Lil Wayne’s “The Days” featuring Bono debuts at No. 21 on the Hot ...

Balenci02’s majestic, blown-out beats are what I imagine it’s like to stand in the eye of a hurricane: chaotic and supernatural and strangely alluring all at once. It’s a mystery that anyone can rap ...

In hip-hop, while there are many great lyricists, there are instances when rappers deliver some subpar rhymes. On X, formerly known as Twitter, a trending topic emerged asking fans to post examples of ...

The baton that has passed from one hip-hop hit to another for more than three decades has been dropped. Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s hit single “Luther” departed the Billboard Hot 100 following rule ...

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 ...