With the 68th Grammy Awards set for February 1, 2026, excitement is building as fans speculate on this year’s biggest winners. From Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar to Lady Gaga and Olivia Dean, the race ...

The videos often feature people recording themselves drinking hot water, making apple herbal tea, having bone broth for breakfast and wearing house slippers. Chinese Americans have often faced ...

Universal Music Greater China has established Def Jam Recordings China, headquartered in hip-hop capital Chengdu.

A black-and-white AI baby dancing to the Stranger Things theme has taken over social media, and people are both obsessed and terrified. What started as a simple Chinese meme has evolved into a ...

If you’ve never been to Shenzhen, China’s electronics capital, the annual CES trade show in Las Vegas is the next best thing. I’m reporting this week from the sprawling event, surrounded by fancy, ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

Timothée Chalamet shouted out his girlfriend Kylie Jenner in his new rap song with his rumored alter-ego EsDeeKid. “It’s Timothée Chalamet chillin’, tryin’ to stack $100 million. Girl got $1 billion,” ...

The nominees for Best Rap Song at the 2026 Grammys are in. Grammy SZN has officially commenced. On Friday (Nov. 7), The Recording Academy revealed all the nominees for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.

For the first time in more than three decades, not a single rap song ranks among the 40 most popular tracks in America. Last week’s Billboard Hot 100 marked the end of a remarkable 35-year streak, ...

Last week, hip-hop made headlines for a dubious reason. For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appeared in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40. This came after “Luther,” Kendrick Lamar’s ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.

For the first time since February 1990 — over 35 years — the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 contained zero rap songs on the chart dated October 25, 2025 The removal of Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “luther,” ...