Hip-Hop

After releasing two albums in 2025, rap's great modern philosopher and griot is having one of his best-ever runs. He may not have all the answers, but his questions are everything we need right now.

The last album by one of hip-hop's great duos requires no asterisk, and the group embodies the spirit of its hood more than ever. The rapper explains why the music is so imbued with a sense of place.

The hip-hop band reshapes its hypnotic melodies and serrating beats with the aid of MIDI-triggered robots and a desk full of glass bottles, coffee mugs and a pizza box.

On his story-of-the-year album The Boy Who Played the Harp, the gifted Londoner puts an eye on the human casualties of fame and success.

Taylor Swift's chokehold on the Hot 100 is loosening, and that's made room for two fresh career milestones.

Bestselling author Jeff Pearlman digs into the complexities that defined rapper Tupac Shakur's short life in book Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur.

Three new hip-hop releases show a way forward for mid-level artists: albums the length of a network sitcom, and committing to the audience you already have.

Thanks to the inclusion of several gigantic hits like "WAP" and "Up" that had never appeared on an album, Cardi B's Am I the Drama? was guaranteed platinum status before it was even released.

The show's suspension comes amid broader efforts to curb diversity at the institutional level. The next attempt to canonize the movement must learn lessons from its successes — and its missteps.

On her sophomore release, Am I the Drama?, the trash-talking Bronx rapper still has no filter — but could, perhaps, have used an editor.