The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Aminé, Latto, and Rico Nasty.

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

These Black artists predicted everything from beating a murder case to the issues of climate change way before it even happened.

Under 21 list snapshots the next generation of rising artists — but in 2025, the inescapable teen superstar has become ...

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 ...

When Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department logged its 52nd week on the Billboard 200 a few weeks ago, it became the ...

Death Hilarious finds Pigs x7 in full-on destroy everything mode, splitting the atom with low-end guitar. As Sam Grant and ...

KPCW receives a cultural RAP tax grant from Summit County. This year, the station requested $219,900 and received $145,000 for general operating expenses, bilingual reporting, its Back Alley Bash ...

Analysts look over YouTube and Spotify data to determine who is making ‘bank’ ahead of the Eurovision Grand Final ...

Snoop Dogg’s surprise Iz It A Crime? album has arrived The 21-track album is his 21st solo studio album, and comes six months after his Missionary project with Dr. Dre. The Long Beach rap icon keeps ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, began what could be a days-long testimony in Combs’ sex trafficking trial ...

Kendrick Lamar and SZA embarked on their Grand National Tour, giving live debuts to songs from GNX and Lana. Now, their GNX ...