As tends to happen when a young person starts getting motion in the rap world, Drake reportedly followed Plaqueboymax over the weekend after shouting him out during his own livestream with Adin Ross.

Elsewhere, generational talents like Playboi Carti and SahBabii contributed new sounds to the rap zeitgeist, making this year one of the most dynamic years in recent memory. These are the songs ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Bossman Dlow, Snoop Dogg, and Will Smith. Seeing this week’s lineup might prompt some confusion about just what decade it ...

we been building something greater," Snotty Nose Rez Kids rap on this powerful anthem that reminds the next generation that the future is in their own hands. The eye-catching music video also adds ...

Read previous Rap Columns here. 30 ... I don’t mean it.” Cash Cobain’s best songs this year (“fisherrr,” “rump punch,” “Dunk Contest” minus J. Cole) were melancholic and ...

with such acts qualifying due to recent performance on Billboard’s Top Rap Albums and/or Hot Rap Songs charts. Rankings are determined according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore.

Jennifer Lopez once explained how she gave male rap stars a taste of their own medicine with the music video for this hit song.