Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hip Hop in 2025 didn’t move in a straight line — it expanded, paused, reflected, and, in many cases, recalibrated. Rather than ...

Kendrick Lamar has secured another major milestone as GNX is officially the most-streamed rap album on Spotify in 2025. The project amassed 2.98 billion streams, outperforming the next-closest release ...

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NBA star Kyrie Irving spent $11,001 for LaRussell's new album as the rapper aims to sell 100,000 copies independently. On Jan. 1, Bay Area rapper announced he was selling his new album, Something's in ...

British singer-songwriter James Blake has announced that his seventh solo album and his first as a fully independent artist, ...

Released in late 2024, XG’s second EP, “Awe,” earned a first entry on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart. Shortly after, ...

California rapper LaRussell has taken an unconventional approach to selling his album, and it's paying dividends with the likes of Dallas Mavericks All-Star guard Kyrie Irving shelling out thousands ...

Kyrie Irving is putting his money where his mouth is by supporting one of Hip-Hop’s most promising independent acts. As LaRussell once said, “Billboard can’t count my spins, I’m out the trunk.” He has ...

I was made aware of the new 21 Savage album two weekends ago when a midsize Toyota pulled up to a Christmas tree lot pumping “Where You From,” the opening track on “What Happened to the Streets?,” now ...

Mindforce frontman Jay Petagine is one of the most dynamic forces on the hardcore underground, and he’s lent his ultra-confident Noo Yawk bellow to side projects like Pillars Of Ivory and Out For ...

Independent rapper LaRussell takes a pay-what-you-want approach to his new album with a goal of selling 100,000 albums in 30 days. Independent Bay Area rapper LaRussell decided to take a unique ...