Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house and hip-hop. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images There was a time when artists ...

The rapper and DJ, who died over the weekend at 43, was the biggest hit for the indie label Big Oomp Records. Its brief but ...

While much of winter still lies ahead of us, signs of spring are near. Among the earliest harbingers of spring are the show ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from EST Gee, Nardo Wick, and Will Smith.

The L.O.X.'s Second Album 'We Are The Streets' Turns 25 Years Old! The L.O.X.'s 'We Are The Streets' 25 Years Old ...

The album, available on all major streaming platforms through untd.io/m/sagittariusthealbum, has far exceeded its projected success. Described as the “HOV lane” of modern hip-hop, SAGITTARIUS ...

Stay on the lookout for Zang's third album in 2026. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Chris Cart3r moved to Denver specifically to enter the up-and-coming hip-hop scene. Now after a few years ...

Will Smith has been getting back to the booth in recent years, with the former “Fresh Prince” finally announcing his official ...

Kendrick Lamar, 37, is one of the most celebrated rappers in the game with five No. 1 albums on the Billboard ... increasing hype around Lamar among hip-hop fans and fellow rappers; Snoop Dogg ...

into one vast, squish-souled emotion." "'Take Care' isn't a hip-hop album or an R&B album so much as an album of eccentric black pop that takes those genres as starting points, asks what they can ...

Billboard‘s calendar of 2025 new album releases — which will include the most notable releases from artists across genres, spanning hip-hop, K-pop, Latin, rock, pop, country and more — will ...

The album’s third single and music video will drop this Sunday, February 2, in a commercial break during the 2025 Grammy Awards ceremony. (This year, Gaga and Mars’s “Die With a Smile” has ...