Could LL Cool J or Chance the Rapper be dark horses in this race? Billboard breaks down the potential nominees for best rap ...

On another, some of the most interesting emerging rap music from the past 10 years has languished, commercially speaking, on ...

Young Thug revealed his top rappers and favorite albums during a guest appearance on Adin Ross’ Kick channel last week. When ...

Last month, we launched the Pitchfork Rap Readers’ Poll, in which we asked you to rank your favorite rap albums of all time. Thousands of you did. Below, find those results, and compare them to our ...

Jay-Z once famously rapped, “30 is the new 20.” On the Dr. Dre-produced “30 Something,” the line was partly Jay grappling with aging in a young man’s game and partly a rationale for being 36 and still ...

Rap’s G League is looking healthy. Last year, when we put together our list of the best teenage rappers, it felt like a struggle to gather good, interesting names. In a genre supposedly dominated by ...

In August of 2025, hip-hop turned the still-very-young age of 52, but let some of its fans tell it the genre is still a young man’s game. However, upon looking at its current landscape, some of rap’s ...

As New York Comic Con once again descends on the Big Apple, Okayplayer looks back at some key moments where rappers took cues from the comic book world. Whereas some found inspiration in heroes like ...

Typically, we run an artist-to-watch list at the beginning of the year. This time around, we’ve been a little busy tapping into the local hip-hop scene and taking notes. In some cases, an artist’s ...

Five albums by Louisiana artists were selected for music website Pitchfork's newly-released top 100 rap albums of all time — ...