If there was any common thread uniting the increasingly diverse range of artists that make up the best hip-hop albums of 2022, it was that comebacks came back in a huge way this year. From top-line ...

Wed, August 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM UTC Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century recaps reflect performance on weekly charts dated Jan.

Kem shares the fourth-most No. 1s by a male artist as "Rock With Me," an independent release after two decades with Motown, tops the chart.

The past week in hip-hop and R&B was filled with major announcements. On Thursday (Oct. 9), a federal judge dismissed Drake's bombshell post-"Not Like Us" lawsuit against Universal Music Group. "The ...

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Now that Billboard ’s R&B/hip-hop team has posted its Grammy predictions for four of the R&B categories in the 68th annual ...

Drake is Billboard’s No. 1 R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the 21st Century He had 30 No. 1 hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and 15 No. 1 albums Drake also leads with the most top 10 hits and total chart ...

Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. It wasn’t always ...

Unfortunately, the Grammy nominations are here, which means more complaints from music fans about their favorite artists getting snubbed from the award show. Fortunately, I’m one of those fans and I’m ...