Planta Industrial Adds Sazón to the Mosh Pit With ‘Punk Wave Sin Barreras’ EP

Planta Industrial has already made a giant splash, winning new fans over with a punk-meets-metal-meets-dembow-meets-rap sound that is uniquely their own. The duo, comprised of Saso and akathedarknight ...

Inside the World of AI Song-Making: Big Hits and a 7-Figure Deal

But I can’t do vocals as powerful as what I created with Xania.” At least 10 AI songs have charted recently, according to ...

Emo Rap Is Back. Here We Go Again.

Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion ...
LAist

How the entire K-pop industry was nearly upended by one girl group sensation

In March 2024, when the K-pop girl group NewJeans was awarded group of the year at Billboard's Women in Music event, the crew ...

Half of What You See

The jazz-rap ensemble’s second album is dense, chaotic, and thrilling, with electroacoustic abstraction grounded by casual ...

Rapper NBA YoungBoy drags Kevin Durant into explosive new diss track: "My bit—h f—ked Kevin Durant"

However, his latest song, "Zero IQ Freestyle", is definitely a heavy hitter, a diss track aimed at another rapper, NLE Choppa ...

Rap star says hip-hop beefs are bad for the culture (and business)

But one rapper who has long feuded with a fellow 2000s music star says he thinks they’re bad for the culture — and for ...

For the first time in 35 years, the Billboard Top 40 has no hip-hop or rap songs. Here’s why

Hip-hop and rap have been driving culture in the U.S. for almost four decades now, especially in America. So why are these ...
Billboard

Rap Streaming Songs

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR STREAMED RAP SONGS (AUDIO AND VIDEO) ON LEADING DIGITAL MUSIC SERVICES, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE. click to see more Gains In Performance M.J.R ...
Billboard

Rap Streaming Songs

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR STREAMED RAP SONGS (AUDIO AND VIDEO) ON LEADING DIGITAL MUSIC SERVICES, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE. click to see more X.Landum, Charlie Handsome, K.O'Brien Gaines, Y.H.Chain, ...
Complex

The Alchemist Says Rap’s Top 40 Absence Isn't Because of This One Thing

The Alchemist has weighed in on rap's historic absence from the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40. After 35 years straight of rap dominating the charts, hip-hop has officially hit a lull, with zero songs ...
The Fader

The best rap songs of October 2025

Every month, The FADER's Vivian Medithi showcases all the standout rap songs from the past 30-ish days in one unranked list. After opening up for Lil Tecca on tour in 2024, 18-year-old tana has been ...