When you step to the stage for karaoke night, you need good songs. These are three rap songs that are perfect for karaoke ...

We know the familiar locations—in the studio or the party, on the freeway or the corner—but rap’s visual art has been on the green for a while now. Rap has an interesting relationship with golf that ...

Explore 13 standout female rap and R&B collaborations that shaped the genre, from Missy Elliott to SZA. Dive into the sound ...

Two months ago, I tweeted: “Best year of hip-hop. EVER. #2024.” and the Internet’s feisty commentators tore me up. Pardon my excitement and wild proclamation, but I haven’t felt this good about the ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from J. Cole, Rico Nasty, and Doechii. I don’t know what was going on for the past seven days, but this week’s column is a doozy. To ...

Listen to these songs first: “KINO DER TOTEN,” “BROMANCE,” “SLAYER DISEASE” ...

This month YouTube’s most successful stationary mic platform On The Radar Radio savvily diversified. While the channel started with more boilerplate interview and trending news coverage, the channel’s ...

People­ enjoy hip hop for many reasons, and one unde­niable aspect is the appe­al of their music videos. The song, fe­atured on Notorious B.I.G’s second and final album Life Afte­r Death, is called ...

Rap and Christmas have been intertwined since the former began. Kurtis Blow's "Christmas Rappin'," a rhymed update of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (better known as "‘Twas the Night Before Christmas") ...

In 1894, “The Little Lost Child” went “platinum” off sheet music sales in what might be considered the first successful music video marketing campaign. Innovations in aurafarming have taken things to ...

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 ...