Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Hip-hop is bigger than ever, as it’s the most-consumed genre of ...

What's going on with rap? After celebrating 50 years of legacy in 2023 with marquee moments like the Hip Hop 50 multi-headliner concert at Yankee Stadium, plus Kendrick Lamar's historic run – capped ...

Billboard's recent rule change ends a three-decade-long streak for the genre Michael Owens/Getty Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Luther," featuring SZA, fell off the Billboard Hot 100 chart The list now ...

The latest Billboard Hot 100 chart is unlike any other one in recent memory. According to the outlet, for the first time in 35 years, there are no rap songs in the chart’s Top 40. The update comes as ...

The lawsuit stems from Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us,” which Drake claimed was defamatory. He alleged UMG knowingly promoted the song despite believing the accusations in it were false because the ...

The graffiti artist and ‘Everybody’s Fly’ memoirist on his early art passion and friendships with Debbie Harry and ...

I set out with a goal to make a rap song in one hour. But with not much in the department of musical ability, I struggled to ...