Kendrick Lamar & SZA Prove This World Is Theirs Atop Year-End Rap Songs Chart: Countdown to Billboard's 2025 Year-End Charts

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 – after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski – check out the Hot Rap ...
The FADER

The best rap songs of November 2025

The FADER rounded up the best rap songs of November 2025 with selections from Ice Spice, Fly Anakin, RRoxket, Chow Lee, ...
American Songwriter

3 of the Most Addictive Hip-Hop Songs With Pop Hooks

These iconic hip-hop tracks feature melodic pop hooks, in what Wyclef Jean once called a "Beauty and the Beast" approach to ...
Hip-Hop Wired

Kendrick's ’Not Like Us’ Crowned No.1 On Apple Music’s Rap Chart

Kendrick Lamar has added another accolade to an already amazing year.

How BigXthaPlug Took Things ‘All the Way’ and Became the Hip-Hop Disruptor of the Year

BigXthatPlug delivered one of the hip-hop hits of the year with 'All the Way.' Now he's working to stay independent at 600 ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1990, an Iconic Hip-Hop Song With a “Stolen” Beat Started a Four-Week Run at No. 1

On this day, December 1, 1990, this iconic rap single with a stolen bassline peaked at No. 1 on the charts in the United ...

The State of Rap Beef in the Music Biz

After a year full of hip-hop rivalries, are they the key to marketing music, or do they run the risk of ruining the culture?
People

No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' Exits Billboard Hot 100

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 ...