DaBaby scores his first No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart in nearly six years as "Pop Dat Thang" tops the list dated May 16. The single rises from No. 2 with a gain in all three ...

The year 2025 has been a whirlwind year for music, with songs from every genre going viral and dominating playlists around the world. From pop chart-toppers to underground experiments, artists have ...

These days, the line between Hip Hop and pop is nearly invisible. In many cases, rap artists routinely drive the sound and the success of global pop culture. At the same time, pop stars have long ...

Music is a game of chemistry. Sometimes, it’s simply a polite handshake. Other times, it is a full-blown cultural explosion. In the world of Afrobeats, the magic usually happens when a singer meets a ...

2025 was a strange year for rap singles, although some of the genre's biggest artists showed out with some bonafide hits. Hip-Hop in 2025 was highlighted by discourse about whether or not the genre is ...

Cardi B has become one of hip-hop’s most recognizable and influential figures, known for her sharp lyrical style, unapologetic personality, and chart-topping hits like Bodak Yellow and I Like It, ...

new video loaded: Is the Rap-Pop Collab Era Over? There was a time when Top 40 radio was dominated by pop songs with a guest rap verse. Is that era officially over? Joe Coscarelli and Jon Caramanica ...

Here's who produced the most No. 1s on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in the first quarter of the century, as part of Billboard's yearlong retrospective. After wrapping the last century on a high note that ...

For those tapped in throughout the '90s and 2000s, rap dominated every crevice of pop culture. Most popular songs fell under the hip-hop umbrella, the fashion of the time was heavily influenced by ...