At Chattanooga Hip-Hop Week and Hip-Hop Summit, the city's hip-hop community is coming together for a week of events to celebrate the dynamic cultural movement and some of what it's influenced in the ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from J. Cole, Rico Nasty, and Doechii. I don’t know what was going on for the past seven days, but this week’s column is a doozy. To ...

National and local artists will once again converge in downtown Chattanooga for the fourth annual CHA Hip-Hop Week this October – and organizers are seeking area businesses interested in getting ...

Hip-hop appears to be making a resurgence in 2026. Back in October 2025, Billboard reported that hip-hop's market share ...

THE MIDDLE OF HIP HOP WEEK IN KANSAS CITY. WE ARE. IT’S BEEN OFFICIALLY MADE WITH A PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR. THERE ARE A WIDE RANGE OF CELEBRATIONS, INCLUDING A DANCE CLASS. AND THAT’S WHERE WE ...

After back to back Billboard Hot 100 charts (dated Oct. 25 and Nov. 1) featured zero rap songs in the top 40 for the first time since February 1990, Megan Thee Stallion has brought the genre back. Her ...

The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from Cardi B, Flo Milli, Tierra Whack, and more. Guys, it’s finally happened: A Best New Hip-Hop column in which I could literally get ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what’s out and also what’s hot, so XXL decided to make things ...