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 ...

Dave East and AraabMuzik, Young Nudy, Tyga, Boldy James, Skyzoo and Chuck D, and more also unveil new material.

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 aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Ab-Soul, Ferg, and Cordae. The past few weeks have featured a glut of new hip-hop, so even though this week slows things down ...

Some believe that the 1990s was the golden era of rap music. Though the genre was created in the late 1970s in the parks of New York City and later honed in the 1980s thanks to groups like Run-DMC and ...

WBLS celebrates its 50th anniversary at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday with DJ Cassidy’s Pass the Mic ...

Kobe Bryant’s impact went far beyond the basketball court, as evidenced by his many appearances in hip-hop lyrics.

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Brooklyn’s own Jay-Z released he would-be retirement album The Black Album. Although there ...

Ice Cube earns his biggest solo hit ever on two of Billboard's rap charts as his new single “It’s My Ego” debuts.

Have a listen to the best of this week's new releases, selected by Listener staff.