Welcome to Listening Habits, a column where I share the music and musical topics I’ve been fixated on recently. It can be hard to remember amidst the downfall of everything, but 250 years of America ...

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 ...

Artists like Kendrick Lamar and Tyler, the Creator are pulling in huge audiences on the road, and YoungBoy Never Broke Again is preparing for his first-ever tour. By Ross Scarano Live music has been ...

Drake secured Apple Music’s most-streamed artist position for 2025, while Kendrick Lamar‘s Grammy-winning diss track “Not Like Us” claimed the platform’s top rap song for the second consecutive year.

In rap music, the guest feature is a sacred thing. It has many functions—it can be a way to introduce a new artist to the world, get a big name on a song by an up-and-coming artist who is in need of ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.

Certain music is just of the people. While classical music and opera can be for high society and rock music can be for those of a certain age today, country music and rap music share a common bond.

An upcoming execution in Texas has gained the attention of prominent rappers like Travis Scott and T.I. for the questions it raises about the place rap lyrics have in the courtroom and how justice is ...