Remember the pure, exhilarating rush of scouring sites like DatPiff, YouTube, or Limewire, digging for hours just to discover your new favorite underground track? For many of us, music was the ...

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As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay tribute to a ...

The latest Billboard Hot 100 chart is unlike any other one in recent memory. According to the outlet, for the first time in 35 years, there are no rap songs in the chart’s Top 40. The update comes as ...

The New York Knicks have restored the feeling. So here's the 100 best New York City rap songs of all time, with classics from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Hip-hop is bigger than ever, as it’s the most-consumed genre of ...

While plenty of energy was spent this year debating whether or not rap was still at the forefront of pop culture as it reached its fiftieth anniversary, there was no shortage of exciting new music to ...

The hip-hop world lost another legend with the MC Sparky D over the weekend. Sparky D, whose real name was Doreen C. Broadnax ...

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