Below, Billboard’s hip-hop braintrust ranked the 50 greatest hip-hop album covers of all-time, spanning from from the genre’s earliest days, to some of the new generation’s most daring stars. Take a ...

April 29 has witnessed many important developments in Hip-Hop and R&B over the decades. From the birthdays of important ...

With landmark records like “911 is a Joke” and “Fight the Power,” Chuck D and Flava Flav bring their revolutionary sound to ...

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 ...

2 years ago today, Nasir Jones—better known as Nas—dropped his groundbreaking debut album Illmatic, forever changing the landscape of Hip Hop. Released on April 19, 1994, via Columbia Records, the LP ...

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 ...

Rap is in Ghostface Killah‘s DNA. As a legendary member of the iconic rap group Wu-Tang Clan, he continues to keep his fingerprints on hip-hop. Fresh off the release of his latest album, Supreme ...

New Orleans and Louisiana have left an indelible mark on rap music as the home state of some of the genre's biggest stars and most iconic record labels. Five albums by Louisiana artists were selected ...

Raekwon and Mobb Deep announced a 19-city tour blending “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx” and “The Infamous” in a nonstop 90s Hip-Hop celebration. The tour, put together by Live Nation and LOUD Live, kicks ...

After more than twenty years at the center of Southern hip hop, T.I. is preparing to close the book on his recording career. The Atlanta artist has positioned Kill The King as his final studio album, ...