The 40 Best Rap Songs of 2025

Here are Pitchfork’s 40 best rap songs of 2025. Check out all of Pitchfork’s 2025 wrap-up coverage here. When Wham ( Lil Baby ...
Complex

Ranking The 25 Best Rap Songs by NBA Players

You know how the cliché goes: rappers want to be basketball players, and basketball players want to be rappers. This has been a truism since the '90s, when rap really started taking off as a ...
Los Angeles Times

The strange history behind Brian Wilson’s lost rap song ‘Smart Girls’

The world is mourning the loss of music icon Brian Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82. The beloved beating heart of the Beach Boys was one of the most influential and consequential minds and voices in ...
Okayplayer

9 Times Rappers Got Out-Rapped on Their Own Song

When you land the coveted guest verse from JAY-Z, chances are the Brooklyn rap mogul will steal the spotlight from you to deliver a once-in-a-blue-moon message to the world. This is especially true in ...
American Songwriter

There Are No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for the First Time in 40 Years, but Why—a Dip in Commercial Dominance, Rule Changes, Taylor Swift?

The latest Billboard Hot 100 chart is unlike any other one in recent memory. According to the outlet, for the first time in 35 years, there are no rap songs in the chart’s Top 40. The update comes as ...