The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Drake, PartyNextDoor, and Cash Cobain.

Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" breaks the record for most weeks at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart after his Super Bowl halftime show.

Nawab Gang is redefining Telugu hip-hop with a fearless blend of heritage and modern rap culture. From underground cyphers to ...

Sitting in the Rolling Stone offices in late January, OsamaSon, born Amari Deshawn Middleton, says he got the idea for the album’s title while in Madrid on vacation. “I was able to be sober, bro. I ...

Almost anyone who came of age in the Bay Area in the mid 2010s knows the song “Panoramic.” The electro rap beat and catchy ...

YouTube video announcing that Oakland homegrown R&B superstar Raphael Saadiq was going to perform a musical tribute to the Bay Area at this year’s NBA All-Star Game. Those five simple words attempted ...

Oh, and it was also Valentine’s Day Weekend, which gave us additional love-minded projects from Flau’jae, Jacquees & DeJ Loaf and Marvin Sapp. Amid a shift in format, NBA All-Star Weekend featured ...

Federal prosecutors are pushing to use Bronx drill rapper Kay Flock’s lyrics as evidence, arguing his music serves as a direct confession to violent crimes.

Xzibit opens up about his return to music, working with Conor McGregor’s Greenback Records, and why authenticity in Hip-Hop still matters.

Experts say the impacts of low literacy can follow children into adulthood as kids with low literacy rates are more likely to ...