President Donald Trump is returning to the White House and the Hip-Hop community needs to be armed for what is to come.

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Busta Rhymes, Central Cee, and Mac Miller.

Enjoy this week's list, featuring new songs from Mac Miller ("5 Dollar Pony Rides"), Wiz Khalifa ("War on Drugs Freestyle"), ...

The Jackson 5's “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” returns to its all-time peak on Billboard's R&B Streaming Songs chart as it ...

Khari’s “Colored People Time” blends hip-hop brilliance, cultural pride ... and education. Follow Khari on all platforms @KhariBTB and stream Colored People Time on all major music platforms ...

When you think about a geographic region that has inspired everyone from Carly Simon and Elvis Costello to Will Smith, Raekwon, and Rancid, the Capital Region probably doesn’t come to mind. And yet, ...

By Trevor Anderson Doechii checks off a career milestone in early 2025 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ... for its first time in the top 10 and powers 69-33 on the all-genre Billboard ...

2024 has been a fun ride for hip-hop, with the genre continuing to evolve while pushing the boundaries of what we typically expect. Fresh faces, bold sounds, and unapologetic attitudes were all ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

Vince Staples gets deeply personal on Dark Times, his most introspective album since 2015’s Summertime ’06. With a slower, atmospheric production style influenced by jazz, the album explores past ...

This year’s Prototype, a showcase of experimental opera and theater, was stylistically broad but the focus was on the human ...

Jon, is rap in a better place than it was this time last year? Or did a noisy run by the (aging!) members of the hip-hop 1 Percent ... the last-gaspness of it all. Drake is 38, Lamar is ...