The most memorable moment in rap of 2024 isn’t an album, it’s the multi-song rap battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake that culminated in the release of the year’s most world-conquering rap song, ...

We say it every year, but 2023 was a great year for rap music, and it was also a great year for so many different kinds of rap music. We've picked the 25 rap albums from this year that we loved the ...

Last month, we launched the Pitchfork Rap Readers’ Poll, in which we asked you to rank your favorite rap albums of all time. Thousands of you did. Below, find those results, and compare them to our ...

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 ...

There is a certain lane of rap that's really thriving in hip-hop’s underground right now. It's filled with names like Griselda, Crimeapple, Big Ghost Ltd, Rome Streetz, Hus Kingpin, Estee Nack and ...

Because the hip-hop genre has grown over the past three decades into a tremendous force in American and international popular culture, it can be easy to forget how relatively young it is, originating ...

This month YouTube’s most successful stationary mic platform On The Radar Radio savvily diversified. While the channel started with more boilerplate interview and trending news coverage, the channel’s ...

Female rappers dominating rap in 2026 is the reality, and the numbers prove it. The numbers came in and the boys are mad.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Hip Hop historians look back at 2024, undoubtedly the climactic confrontation between Drake and Kendrick Lamar will be the ...

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 ...

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 ...