The rise of streaming platforms welcomed a much-needed change to how people shared and discovered music. You could finally say goodbye to your friend’s mid-music recommendations or other users’ ...

Here are Pitchfork’s 40 best rap songs of 2025. Check out all of Pitchfork’s 2025 wrap-up coverage here. When Wham ( Lil Baby ...

Spotify playlists are in the process of slaughtering the rap radio star. An artist’s career can be launched into the stratosphere if a buzzing song is placed on a popular playlist. The world’s biggest ...

Shea Serrano is a treasure trove of rap knowledge, so it makes sense that the Houston-based writer would be tapped to assemble one of the more ambitiously whimsical projects on the subject of hip hop: ...

Apple Music announced the launch of “Rap Life,” a new global playlist focusing on contemporary rap artists and culture. It replaces the former “The A-List: Hip-Hop” playlist. Said Ebro Darden, Apple ...

Apple Music has rebranded its A List: Hip-Hop playlist to Rap Life while adding a weekly show with the same name to Beats 1 Radio. The changes have been led by Apple’s global editorial head of hip-hop ...

NPR Music's canon of Southern rap, created by a team of Southern critics, scholars and writers, is an enthusiastic celebration that recenters the South as a creative center in hip-hop and acknowledges ...

When the canadiens.com crew asked alternate captain Brendan Gallagher for help on finding the author of their next playlist, he mentioned that Nick Suzuki listens to a lot of rap. SHOP: New Era cap ...

It’s New Year’s Eve—a time to reflect on the past year and look ahead at what 2020 has to offer. A day like this requires a perfect soundtrack, so whether you’re looking for a pre-game playlist or ...