As the old saying goes, all rappers want to be athletes and all athletes want to be rappers. There’s a long and fascinating history of the hip-hop and sports worlds overlapping—whether it’s All-Stars ...

This year’s Best Rap Album race should come down to Kendrick or Clipse, even if the other three nominees are all worthy in their own right. Lamar and Clipse, however, are lyrical titans. And while you ...

Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 7, Rolling Stone is breaking down 10 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy ...

Outside of those three near-sure bets, who else is in contention? GloRilla could become the eighth woman to earn a nomination for best rap album thanks to her debut studio album, Glorious. After ...

New Orleans and Louisiana have left an indelible mark on rap music as the home state of some of the genre's biggest stars and most iconic record labels. Five albums by Louisiana artists were selected ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...

Getting the discourse started for 2027 Grammys in the Rap Field, since we’ve all accepted Kendrick is sweeping for 2026 and there’s not much left to discuss! Cardi B’s latest album was pretty big in ...

In the past, Doja Cat has had a complicated relationship with what kind of artist she is and what type of music she should make. Almost a year to date after releasing her first No. 1 hit “Say So,” she ...

Rewind back to the 2021 NFL season. The Kansas City Chiefs got off to a sluggish start but found their way back to the top of the AFC West, winning the division, and then awaiting the Buffalo Bills in ...

The singer, who just dropped her third album, 'It's Magic,' is introducing younger generations to a timeless genre of music with her interpretations of 20th-century American jazz and show tunes. By ...

JID and J. Cole apparently have a collaborative album in the vault. “Me and Cole got a body, a 15-track smoker. Me and him, back and forth,” JID revealed on The Joe Budden Podcast. “We worked on this ...