The highest appearance by a hip-hop song is YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s “Shot Callin,” at No. 44. Yet in 1990, hip-hop was still in its keeping-it-real phase. Biz’s pop chart ascendence (rap’s ...

When Hip Hop meets pop, the result is often pure magic. Some of the most memorable moments in music come from when a rap verse jumps into a pop track, adding a fresh layer of attitude, energy, and ...

But today, as the nominations for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards were announced, one thing became clear: You just can’t count ...

Hip-hop and rap have been driving culture in the U.S. for almost four decades now, especially in America. So why are these ...

Following three years of house arrest and a pardon from President Trump, the Baton Rouge, La., rapper recently completed one of the biggest tours in rap history.

Since Drake’s debut, dozens of rapper like Doja Cat, Lil Yachty, and Young Thug have blurred the lines of pop music and rap ...

Hip-hop icon Kendrick Lamar tops the 2026 GRAMMY nominees, including major rap and cross-genre categories, underscoring his ...

It was been well over 30 years since Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest said, “Rap is not pop if you call it that then stop” on the pioneering quartet’s seminal 1991 single “Check The Rhime.” In the ...

The exit of “luther” reignites the contentious debate of rap’s commercial decline in 2025. While this theory is supported by ...

On the surface, the often clean-imaged Korean music industry might not seem like the best fit for the often raunchy and explicit hip-hop genre. However, there’s more to both than meets the eye. Korean ...

Written by Al Shipley | November 30, 2020 - 9:47 am Beyond the Billboard charts, the past decade has seen countless acts who fuse more extreme sounds from the punk and hip-hop worlds gaining critical ...

This blog post explores the intertwined history of marijuana and hip-hop, how stoner rap helped change public perception of the plant, and the impact of both on pop culture. Stoner culture has boomed ...