Remember the first time a 90s rap track hit you so hard you had to rewind it? That feeling never gets old. From the raw boom bap of New York to the smooth G-funk rolling out of Compton, the 90s gave ...

Portland held a candlelight vigil for 25-year-old Rosalyn Albornoz-Lopez, killed in the July 4 Willamette River boating crash near Sauvie Island. After questions from KATU, ODOT weighs safety fixes at ...

A rock band, or even a country band for that matter, covering a rap song is nothing new these days. There have been entire albums made out of the concept. We've also been served package tours in ...

Here are a few more things worth knowing about the Nickelodeon Movies adventure flick. Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie starring Carolyn Lawrence, Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Bill Fagerbakke ...

Amanda Bynes has flipped the script on her career, trading in potential movie roles for melodies. The former actress, 40, dropped a new single called “Girlfriend” on Friday, April 10, a track that ...

Sandy Denny was the folk rock British singer-songwriter who could have risen to superstardom. Instead, she threw herself down a flight of stairs. Trump says credit card firms violate law if rates not ...

Sandy Knox, the Grammy-nominated songwriter behind many of Reba McEntire’s hits, laughs as she recalls the first song she wrote at age 11. It was a song titled, “Oh Since We Broke Up, Chuck.” “I ...

Timothée Chalamet shouted out his girlfriend Kylie Jenner in his new rap song with his rumored alter-ego EsDeeKid. “It’s Timothée Chalamet chillin’, tryin’ to stack $100 million. Girl got $1 billion,” ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

The nominees for Best Rap Song at the 2026 Grammys are in. Grammy SZN has officially commenced. On Friday (Nov. 7), The Recording Academy revealed all the nominees for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.

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.

For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appear in the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. The streak came to an end on the chart dated Oct. 25, 2025, following the fall of Kendrick Lamar and ...