From Kendrick Lamar’s five-trophy sweep to Clipse’s comeback and Mad Skillz’s overdue recognition, the 2026 Grammys marked a full-circle moment for hip-hop.

Long before he joined the cast of NCIS, actor David McCallum recorded a song that ended up being sampled by multiple famous artists.

Shaquille O'Neal and Damian Lillard are the two who have generated the staying power to make it as an NBA standout and as a hip-hop artist.

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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 ...

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Because the hip-hop genre has grown over the past three decades into a tremendous force in American and international popular culture, it can be easy to forget how relatively young it is, originating ...

Music's most prestigious night is here. With over $420,000 already traded on Kalshi, hip-hop fans aren't just debating the Best Rap Album race, they're staking real money on the outcome. The category ...

Despite all the chatter and fear-mongering about the state of rap music, one thing is undeniable: the genre has never been this varied, with almost every subgenre enjoying momentum. So if you’re a fan ...

A panel of The Athletic writers ranked 24 of the greatest NBA drops in lyrics that spanned almost five decades worth of hip-hop music.

As far as late-’90s and early-2000s black cinema goes, Brown Sugar is probably my favorite movie. The Wood is as close a second as you can get, much in the way that Reasonable Doubt is my favorite Jay ...

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 ...