TOP 5

Nicki Minaj broke a lengthy hiatus a week ago by showing up next to Ariana Grande in the outrageously sexy “Side to Side” video.

The all-star late '90s Bad Boy lineup, sans Biggie of course, has recently been thrust back into the spotlight with the Diddy-organized reunion tour, which kicked off in Brooklyn earlier this month.

With Lil Uzi Vert's glo up comes another, hand-in-hand, and that one belongs to Maaly Raw. We're slowly becoming familiar with Maaly Raw's tag, which will likely become a household item, not so unlike Metro Boomin's tag, within the next year.

While at SXSW, we sat down with some of our favorite artists and asked them to tell us about some of their most frequented hometown haunts.

New Orleans native Curren$y might be part cyborg. Either that or they’re putting something in the weed down there, because the man is prolific in a way that few other artist can achieve and still retain top quality.

A couple of days ago, Billboard had Big Sean list his top 5 West Coast MC's of all time. Now the publication has given a more relevant category to Fabolous, asking the Brooklyn rapper to name the top 5 New York rappers to do ever do it.

For whatever reason, Billboard asked Detroit rapper Big Sean to list his top 5 West Coast emcees of all time. Sean is obviously a student of the game, and he's been listening to West Coast rap since an early age.

T-Pain is preparing for a new studio album, and after giving us a little appetizer with his Gangsta Grillz mixtape The Iron Way, he's ready to start really promoting the fifth album.

Continuing his heavy promo runs, Ludacris sat down with MTV News recently and was asked to rank his top five guest verses of all-time.

“Top 5” lists are often a personal thing. Everyone has their reasons for their top five emcees.

Rae Sremmurd have one of the top producers in the game for a boss, which definitely brings them a few advantages when it comes to getting beats.

J. Cole's address of white privilege on "Fire Squad" has consistently been misconstrued as an Eminem diss by fans and media alike.

We recently caught up with Rockie Fresh in Los Angeles, while he had some free time amid his "These Things Happen" tour with G-Eazy and Tory Lanez.

There's no denying that since Rockie Fresh connected with MMG, his stock has soared and it's given him the boost he needed to reach a much wider fan base, outside of the Chicago area.

2 Chainz stopped by ESPN’s SportsNation recently, in which he listed and explained his top 5 favorite emcees of all time.