Billboard spoke with September’s African Rookie of the Month about recording “Isaka (6am),” manifesting a collaboration with Omah Lay before he and Tems hopped on “Isaka II,” and Jimmy Iovine being an ...

In honor of Power Players week, Billboard's Hip-Hop team celebrates the legendary hip-hop labels that molded the superstars we love. As Hip-Hop shaped the sound of the streets and transformed the ...

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 ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Dess Dior and rum•gold. As the first fall breezes start to drift across New York City, Billboard helped usher out the summer season ...

Sierra’s friends worry that her gated emotions have taken their toll on her in a new episode of “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” airing on Tuesday, September 2. “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” is the second ...

“Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” airs Season 13 Episode 8 tonight, Tuesday, September 2 at 8 p.m. with a live broadcast on MTV. You can binge watch the hit season live with a free with a trial of Philo.

Zimbabwe’s longest-running festival of urban culture, the Shoko Festival, is set to host a groundbreaking performance by South African hip-hop legend-turned amapiano sensation Reason, also know as ...

On this day in 2001, Brooklyn’s own Fabolous officially stepped onto the scene with his debut album Ghetto Fabolous. Unfortunately, the release landed on one of the darkest days in New York City ...

A brand new episode of the hit reality series Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta premieres on MTV Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 8/7c. During this week’s new episode there’s more than one confrontation that takes the ...

Tonight, episode 9, “Girls Interrupted,” finds Sierra’s friends concerned for her emotional state. Meanwhile, Zane hopes to unite Ashley and his mom; and Karlie Redd’s chat with the girls takes a turn ...

With a gravel-toned voice that rumbles through speakers like thunder rolling across Highveld tar roads, Kwesta has carved a lane so distinctly his own, it’s become a landmark. He’s not just back in ...

Ravyn Lenae, GELO and Odeal accepted the R&B, Hip-Hop and African Rookies of the Year award at Billboard‘s 2025 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players event Thursday night (Sept. 4) at Unveiled in New York. Staff ...