Lil Kim just earned another major accolade nearly thirty years after she changed the sound and style of rap. Billboard has officially ranked her debut album Hard Core as the greatest hip hop album ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lil Kim performs during The Way It Is 20th Anniversary Tour at Barclays Center on July 12, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Udo ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

Look, I’ll be the first to admit that the ‘90s was the golden era of hip-hop. It was the decade where production became cinematic, storytelling reached its peak, and the culture truly went global. But ...

Hip-hop entered the new millennium carrying heavy losses. The murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. left the genre reeling, while Y2K anxieties cast uncertainty over everything. But when ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 5 ...

The first six months of 2026 delivered blockbuster releases, underground gems, and some of the strongest hip-hop albums in recent years.