Lil Wayne will close out the main stage for the first time in his career Saturday — a feat that’s eluded most other rappers ...

Trap is just one of hip-hop’s many influences on electronic music. Genres such as grime (London), UK garage, Afrobeats (West ...

Hip-hop artists, in particular, have taken advantage of collaborating with streamers. Plaqueboymax, a popular Twitch streamer, has enjoyed commercial success by displaying his music production skills ...

Throughout the years, hip-hop has intertwined with other genres. For example, in 1986, Run-DMC teamed up with Aerosmith on "Walk This Way," and in 2015, Kanye West and Rihanna joined forces with ...

When hip-hop was in its early stages, most people criticized the genre as being a fad. Yet, here we are over 50 years since its inception, and it's one of the most popular genres among fans.

Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus met on the first day of orchestra class in 1996 at Dillard High School of the Performing Arts in ...

funk also ended up influencing other prominent genres like gospel (Alicia Myers’ “I Want to Thank You”), Afrobeats in West Africa (including Fela Kuti), rock, and, of course, hip-hop.

Listen to new songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Lizzen, 4batz and Subjxct 5 and check out Billboard' official ...

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 ...

Post Malone brought the cigarettes and red Solo cups to his closing headlining set at Coachella on Sunday, melding the ...

Today we recognize the 68th birthday of one of Hip Hop’s foundational figures, Afrika Bambaataa—a man whose influence helped ...

April 14 is a remarkable date in Hip-Hop and R&B, and for good reason. It has hosted many pivotal moments in the history and evolution of these genres, with impressions that endure to this day. One ...