Billboard spoke with esteemed cultural critics to break down the complex dynamic between Black hip-hop (and hip-hop-adjacent) artists and Americana iconography. By Kyle Denis As Democrats rally around ...

Hip Hop has always been bigger than one sound, one coast, or one kind of story. Across generations, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander artists have shown up as DJs, battle rappers, ...

Hip-hop is one of the musical cultures currently enjoyed around the world. Developed primarily in the United States, hip-hop ...

Here below, we wanted to highlight three hip-hop acts that took home Grammy Awards in 1997. At a real turning point in music and popular culture, these were the people helping to make a shift. Indeed, ...

The story of hip-hop’s beginnings has been highly contested, but it begins in the Bronx on Aug. 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc’s sister, Cindy, is hosting a back-to-school party in their apartment complex, ...

Hip-hop started as a local movement in the Bronx but quickly grew into a staple among global arts. Today, it influences music as a whole, not to mention fashion, language, and politics worldwide. If ...

Monaleo officially had a breakout year after winning Breakthrough Hip-Hop Artist at the 2026 American Music Awards, on Monday night. The Houston rapper continued building major momentum throughout ...

The epic beef between rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake has once again demonstrated the linguistic acrobatics of rap culture. The feud has seen both artists release multiple tracks where they lyrically ...

Mexican music acts are dropping narcocorridos – songs idolizing crime kingpins – off of their playlists, but they’re still getting stopped at border crossings into the U.S. Case in point: Julión ...

It's been 22 years since Slim Shady took home his first AMA. By Michael Saponara Eminem has won favorite male hip-hop artist at the 2025 American Music Awards. Twenty-two years after taking home his ...