The 1980s was a great decade for rap. This is no skips: three rap albums from the 1980s you'll never have to fast-forward.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hip Hop in 2025 didn’t move in a straight line — it expanded, paused, reflected, and, in many cases, recalibrated. Rather than ...

The '80s was hip-hop's Wild West. These 10 essential Golden Era albums defined the genre and still hit like a brick today.

And 2026 is shaping up t o be a big year for rap releases. We’re expecting Iceman from Drake, Baby Boi from Playboi Carti, The Fall Off from J. Cole, as well as new albums from Yeat, Travis Scott, ...

Hip-hop entered the new millennium carrying heavy losses. The murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. left the genre reeling, while Y2K anxieties cast uncertainty over everything. But when ...

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 ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

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 ...

Rap music has a way of marking moments in our lives, tying certain songs or albums to specific feelings, places, and eras. Part of what makes rap so appealing is its honesty. At its best, it reflects ...