Rap in 2017 was unprecedented in its breadth and depth. More than practically any other year before, you could find something to suit just about any taste. Many artists embraced the frankly ridiculous ...

Rap music felt as vital as ever in 2017, regaining its dominance on the charts and securing its stranglehold on the pop cultural zeitgeist. As such, there was a lot of rap music to get mad or ...

This year was great for the culture of hip-hop via rap music. We witnessed the emergence of women who rap, an increase in social commentary and an all-out assault on depression with an emphasis on ...

As we enter the new year, Skillz once again recaps the previous 365 days in the latest installment of his annual series "2017 Rap Up." This year, Skillz grabs 50 Cent’s "Big Rich Town" beat, a.k.a the ...

Looking for a common thread for the best rap songs of 2017, it almost seems more daunting than it really is. There is tremendous diversity there, so much so that it seems almost like they have nothing ...

In his short life, MIKE has lived in New Jersey, Hackney, Essex, and Brooklyn. This year, he was separated from his mother, who was in Nigeria dealing with visa issues. On May God Bless Your Hustle, ...

It isn't really up for debate: 2017 was the greatest year in DMV rap history. If you need proof, flip the radio on anywhere in this country and count the minutes before you hear the voice of GoldLink ...

Five years is a long time between projects. Rob Gullatte swore that he was retired, that he was done rapping but no rap retirement indeed rings true. He'd been preparing Gullactic Visions under ...

Drake wins Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Hotline Bling" at the 2017 Grammy Awards. For Best Rap Song, "Hotline Bling" beat out Fat Joe and Remy Ma's “All the Way Up,” Kanye West's ...

Eminem fired off four minutes of furious, expletive-riddled freestyle rap called "The Storm" at the BET Hip Hop Awards on Tuesday, blasting President Trump as a racist, among other things. He kicked ...

On the strength of staggering streaming numbers, hip-hop officially became the dominant genre in America for the first time ever this year. The metrics finally caught up to the zeitgeist, leading to a ...

Streaming changed things. 2017 was the year that rap once again reaffirmed its stranglehold on the collective imagination of America's youth. Like the moment when Billboard first started using ...