With the hottest days of summer coming up quick, these are 10 trap rap songs that you're gonna want on your poolside playlist ...

The rap genre has become a billion-dollar business, with countless hits topping the mainstream Billboard charts over the ...

Hip-hop might have been born in the '70s, but it was in the '90s when the genre truly started to see commercial success. It ...

A decade after its release, Michael Jackson's "Chicago" becomes his thirty-sixth top 10 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ...

The rapper and podcast host reflects on message boards, digital archiving and why the internet once invited listeners to dig ...

While plenty of energy was spent this year debating whether or not rap was still at the forefront of pop culture as it reached its fiftieth anniversary, there was no shortage of exciting new music to ...

“Rapper’s Delight” will always be considered the song that introduced hip-hop to the masses. The Sugarhill Gang classic with its tongue-twisting opening – “I said a-hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to ...

The odes to the home team come from pioneers who uplifted the genre (Rakim), veteran superstars (Busta Rhymes), independent ...

One of the music's most iconic figures of the 21st century, who has 24 Grammy Awards, was born on this day in 1977.

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 ...

Foster Sylvers created a soundtrack producers like Dr. Dre have spent decades digging into, starting with his 1973 hit "Misdemeanor." RIP.

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.