"Empowered women empower women," said Khan, who is set to receive the Luminary Award at the Jan. 27 event.

New York rapper Lexa Gates will kick off 2026 with her new album ‘I Am’, her second full-length on Capitol Records. To ...

Explore 13 iconic female rap and R&B collaborations that topped charts and shaped culture. From Brandy to Beyoncé, these ...

Here is a roll call of some of the notable figures of African and African American descent who died in 2025. It includes the ...

Fivio Foreign didn’t enjoy most of 2025 due to being in jail for the bulk of the year … but the NYC rap star is ensuring that his 2026 will be sweeter — by checking into rehab!!! Wednesday, the “Big ...

Hip-Hop/R&B accounted for 30.7% of all streams across platforms, making it by far the most dominant genre in 2024. This isn’t ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

The late Charlie Kirk's criticism of Nicki Minaj has resurfaced following her surprise appearance at Turning Point USA's ...

Following Nicki Minaj's AmericaFest appearance, a resurfaced clip of the late Charlie Kirk dissing Minaj as a role model for young women as surfaced.

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

Billboard crowns Cardi B #1 on their hottest female rap artists of 2025 list beating out a number of other acts. Cardi B‘s dominance of Billboard’s new female rap ranking proves women now control ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...