THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...

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 WEEK'S MOST POPULAR R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

February’s conclusion brings HotNewHipHop’s eagerly anticipated monthly collection of premier hip-hop releases, highlighting an exceptional period of musical innovation and artistic expression.

“Mutt” is the title track to Thomas’ second studio album, which was released in September 2024. Thanks to its namesake’s success, Mutt springs 25-10 on the Top R&B Albums chart and debuts at No. 33 on ...

Several of the most lauded hip-hop songs in music history have achieved diamond status—10 million sold or more—according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). For these ...

This song became a staple in clubs, sports arenas, and everywhere people wanted to feel like they were on top ... 10 Drake ...

Hip hop has been an incredibly influential way of storytelling and social commentary through music, leading the genre to be the epicenter of the most influential musical artists in the history of hip ...

This week's Five Burning Questions looks at the stellar performance of Carti's second full-length of the 2020s, which seems ...

Throughout his long career, Roy Ayers’s music has been sampled several times, and we have eight essential songs from Ayers that were sampled by Hip-Hop and R&B stars. Countless artists have ...

Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew. Barbados-born Fresh created seminal hip-hop such as "The Show," and "La Di Da Di," the latter ...