With no obvious consensus about where hip-hop is headed, here are 15-occasionally reckless-predictions for rap music in 2025.

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

Explore 13 iconic female rap and R&B collaborations that topped charts and shaped culture. From Brandy to Beyoncé, these ...

The other great thing about music today? Very few people are content to restrict themselves by listening to just one or two ...

Rolling Loud was founded in 2015 by Zingler and Cherif, both Miami natives, as a one-day hip-hop music festival that evolved ...

What happens when you mix some of the region’s most hungry emcees and producers with summer camp? The answer unfolds in “Welcome to Rap Campp,” a new documentary that captures a 24-hour marathon ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hip-hop has officially exited the upper echelon of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in more than three decades. The top 40 of the iconic chart currently contains zero rap songs, marking ...

The local rapper and his entourage of collaborators brought warm energy to Cactus Club on Dec. 21.