The Root

15 Best Hip-Hop Love Songs For Valentine’s Day

To get you ready to celebrate love, check out 15 Rap Love Songs For Valentine’s Day.

Don Toliver scores his first No. 1 hit on Hot Rap Songs chart

"Body" leads 17 songs on the list, all from the rapper-singer's chart-topping Octane.

Chuck D Brings the Noise After Gene Simmons' ‘Hip-Hop Does Not Belong' Rock Hall Diss: ‘KISS Are Rock Gods, But They Don't Have a Lot of Roll'

The Public Enemy frontman respectfully disagrees with the 76-year old God of Thunder about who should and shouldn't be enshrined in Cleveland.
The Grio

Rap falls off the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years — here’s what’s behind the drop

Rap has officially dipped out of the top 40 songs on the Billboard charts for the first time in 35 years. Billboard reported today that there are currently no rap songs in the top 40 of the Billboard ...

Kendrick Lamar Makes History With Grammys Best Rap Album Win

Kendrick Lamar, who led the 2026 Grammys with nine nominations, broke Jay-Z's record as the most-awarded rapper in the ...