A couple years ago, the Kennedy Center (before the name change and subsequent performance cancellations) put a spotlight on ...

This is a collaborative playlist. Email us at [email protected] and tell us what songs we missed and why. Hip-hop has permeated nearly every facet of popular culture since its inception 50 years ...

In celebration of hip-hop's 50th anniversary this year, listen to the biggest chart-topping songs in a new playlist powered by McDonald's. The Billboard Hot 100 chart has become the music industry ...

Journalist and cultural critic Candace McDuffie is the author of “50 Rappers Who Changed the World,” a book that encompasses hip-hop’s earliest pioneers, current hitmakers, and most influential and ...

For the last week of Hispanic Heritage Month, music journalist Sandra Treviño points to Latine artists who are weaving traditional music into their takes on the uniquely American genre. Chicago ...

Barack Obama's 2025 playlist highlighted Kendrick Lamar, Drake and Gunna as key Hip-Hop voices shaping the sound of today and ...