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Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Finish 2025 With The Highest Grossing Rap Tour Of The Year Kendrick Lamar and SZA performed a total of 47 shows across the world with one another for the "Grand National Tour." By Cole Blake December 23, 2025
Music YouTube Explains Decision To Pull Streaming Data From Billboard Charts According to Lyor Cohen, Billboard's recent rule change "doesn't reflect how fans engage with music today." By Caroline Fisher December 18, 2025
Music Billboard Announces Major Rule Change That Could Shake Up Hip-Hop Sales The change will take effect on the charts for January 17, which track listening habits from January 2 to 8. By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Named Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year Kendrick Lamar dominated the charts in 2025, mostly from his album, "GNX," as well as his popular Drake diss, "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake December 09, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Dominates Billboard's Top Rap Songs Of 2025 Kendrick Lamar's "luther," "TV Off," "Not Like Us," and "Squabble Up," all made the list, according to Billboard. By Cole Blake December 02, 2025
Music Billboard Reveals Its Ranking Of The Best Hip-Hop Album Covers Of All Time Billboard celebrated the cover artwork for 50 iconic albums for it's newest ranking, featuring Lil Kim, Outkast, and more. By Cole Blake November 26, 2025
Music Cardi B's New Album Breaks Impressive 2020s Record For Female Rap Projects Despite all the drama going on between her and Offset right now, at least Cardi B is getting very good news elsewhere. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 16, 2025
Music Drake Crowned Third Biggest Songwriter Of The Century On Billboard's Hot 100 According to Billboard, Drake is the best songwriter among his 21st century peers on the Hot 100, bested only by Dr. Luke and Max Martin. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 14, 2025
Music Jay-Z Named 25th Best Songwriter Of The Century By Billboard Billboard will be unveiling the rest of the 25 biggest songwriters of the 21st century throughout the week. By Cole Blake November 10, 2025
Music NLE Choppa Puts Billboard Up For NBA YoungBoy Diss "KO" In YB's Hometown NLE Choppa, now NLE The Great, is far away from the days of wanting to reconcile with NBA YoungBoy via a collaboration. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 02, 2025
Music Hip-Hop Slumps To New Low On The Billboard Hot 100 For the first time since February of 1990, zero rap songs have landed in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. By Caroline Fisher October 29, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Falls Off The Hot 100 Chart For The 1st Time Since Drake Beef Kendrick Lamar has put out a number of hits that have landed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart over the last year. By Cole Blake October 21, 2025
Music The Lil Baby Dilemma: Declining Reign, Diminished Dominance & The End Of An Era Lil Baby’s run dominated both the charts and the streets, but even Atlanta’s baton carrier has a ceiling, and 2025 made it impossible to ignore. By Aron A. September 26, 2025
Music Drake's Billboard Hot 100 Debut For "Dog House" Divides Fans Drake is gearing up for the release of his next studio album, "Iceman," although he's yet to confirm when it will drop. By Cole Blake September 23, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar The Only Rapper In 2025 To Chart A Song Every Week On The Hot 100 Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "luther" was also recently named as the fifth best summer song of 2025. It was the only rap song on the list. By Zachary Horvath September 06, 2025
Music Wu-Tang Clan Inducted In Billboard's Hip-Hop Hall Of Fame Raekwon, the RZA, and Cappadonna represented the Wu-Tang Clan at Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players 2025 event. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA's "Luther" Cracks Top 5 Of Billboard's Top Summer Songs Of 2025 Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "luther" has been dominant all year long, breaking Billboard records in the process. By Zachary Horvath September 03, 2025
Music Lil Baby's "My Turn" Tops Billboard's Polarizing Ranking Of The Top Rap Albums Of The 21st Century In addition to Lil Baby, other artists to land inside the top 10 included Drake, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, The Weeknd, and more. By Cole Blake August 27, 2025
Music Drake Lands At Number One On Billboard's Top Hip-Hop Artists Of The Century List Drake is the most dominant rapper of the 21st century so far, and that has been reflected with his latest accomplishment from Billboard. By Devin Morton August 26, 2025
Music Gunna's New Album "The Last Wun" Gets Solid First Week Sales Projections This is reportedly Gunna's final album under YSL, and this end of an era resonated with many fans for various reasons. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 16, 2025
Music Drake & Central Cee's "Which One" Heads For High-Ranking Debut On The Billboard Hot 100 Drake and Central Cee ended up performing the song together at a concert in Manchester over the weekend. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025

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