I truly take into account my unbiased view on how these tunes have impacted hip-hop culture. Spoiler alert: All hail what ...

Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. This week, Alphonse runs ...

Kendrick Lamar has broken two new Billboard chart records this week. The superstar rapper’s latest studio set GNX and his SZA ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT RAP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...

Enjoy this week's list, featuring new songs from Drake ("What Did I Miss?"), Travis Scott and Jackboys ("2000 Excursion"), 2 Chainz ("I Wanna Win") and more. See you next week!

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It started in a smoky trap house in East Oakland, teens banging on a table, freestyling about scrounging up enough cash to ...

Himanshu Suri, a.k.a. Heems, played a role in the rise of the man who might be New York’s next mayor. He’s feeling hopeful — ...

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 ...

As Zambia’s music scene continues to evolve at full throttle, one platform is right at the center of it all: Zedwap.co. From Afrobeat to ...

hot summer day in Brooklyn – for which the rap group Public Enemy provided a musical theme in “Fight The Power.” Released on ...