Today’s rap landscape wouldn’t have been possible without the pioneering role of women MCs. In an era when the field was predominantly male in the ’70s and ’80s, these fearless wordsmiths, including ...

Of most of the modern rappers championing a life outside of gang activity and crime, 21 Savage is certainly at the top of the ...

In August of 2025, hip-hop turned the still-very-young age of 52, but let some of its fans tell it the genre is still a young man’s game. However, upon looking at its current landscape, some of rap’s ...

Last month, we published our annual list of the best rappers in their 20s. One common critique is how we define “best” and “rappers.” Our list is meant as a temperature check on the game—spotlighting ...

Jay-Z once famously rapped, “30 is the new 20.” On the Dr. Dre-produced “30 Something,” the line was partly Jay grappling with aging in a young man’s game and partly a rationale for being 36 and still ...

Kendrick Lamar has won Best Rap Song for “Not Like Us” at the 2025 Grammy Awards. On Sunday afternoon (Feb. 2), hours before ...

Rapper-actor Joey Bada$$ names the best-ever rapper-turned-actorfrom Will Smith and Queen Latifah to Tupac and 50 Centand ...

Massive Amounts of Quality (M.A.Q.) and Irvin Mayfield have teamed up on a trio of songs merging New Orleans funk royalty with the city’s underground hip-hop scene. Cyril Neville has collaborated with ...