THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT RAP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...

Thirty-five years ago on March 11, 1989, Billboard debuted its first rap chart – Hot Rap Singles, with The Stop the Violence Movement’s “Self Destruction” crowning the initial list.

The history of rap music, all things considered, doesn't go back too far. The genre came out of New York in the late 1970s ...

The cool thing about West Coast rap, it's not just a Los Angeles sound, rappers also hail from cities like Long Beach, Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco, and so much more. From Dr. Dre to E-40 ...

And [they’re] the only reason I’m doing it.” It’s still polarizing for artists to admit that rap is mostly a hustle to them. Purists are often dismayed at the notion that someone would rap ...

Kendrick Lamar's Drake diss track "Not Like Us" now holds the record as the longest-running No. 1 hit ever on Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart. (Photo by Timothy Norris/Getty Images for pgLang ...

Explore hip-hop and rap-related collections from across the Smithsonian that offer perspective on the African American experience and its impact on American culture. Visit an online experience on the ...

A rap is a form of music where an artist speaks or chants rhymed lyrics with a repetitive beat playing in the background. Fun fact - Movie icon Will Smith also used to rap! He first started ...

Durk had known Von for years, signed him after he came home from beating a murder case in 2017, and together they helped turn Durk’s OTF (Only The Family) label into a formidable rap movement.

Jay-Z is one of the select few who have the privilege to call P Diddy by his birth name, Sean Combs. The 54-year-old hip-hop ...

Ka’s music was a frame of mind as much as a sound — beginning in the late 2000s, when he was in his mid-30s, he made rap music as if by ancient, tattered blueprint. His raw material was the ...

About Tandoori Tikka Seel Kand Recipe: Supremes of chicken stuffed with pepper, onion, and mint, and charcoal grilled. Served on top of potato cakes with sundried tomatoes and a hint of mint. This ...