Lil Uzi Vert's "What You Saying" becomes their third Hot Rap Songs No. 1 and first since "Just Wanna Rock" in 2022, and hits the Hot 100's top 15.

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 5 ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

Hip-hop entered the new millennium carrying heavy losses. The murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. left the genre reeling, while Y2K anxieties cast uncertainty over everything. But when ...

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 ...

Salt of Salt-N-Pepa debuted her second solo single, “Kings & Queens,” and announced her upcoming album, “Salty N Lit.” ...

Paste is the place to kick off each and every New Music Friday. We follow our regular roundups of the best new songs by ...

I was made aware of the new 21 Savage album two weekends ago when a midsize Toyota pulled up to a Christmas tree lot pumping “Where You From,” the opening track on “What Happened to the Streets?,” now ...