Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. This week, Lawrence ...

And then, suddenly, he wasn’t. By the time T-Pain released his debut album, “Rappa Ternt Sanga,” in 2005, the bling rap era had just about fizzled out, but the decadence of its aesthetics ...

So before we get to the month’s best rap songs, let’s talk about some of the best hip-hop music videos of March 2025. This month I’ve been enjoying: • the kaleidoscopic cityscapes and ...

After securing the biggest rap album of the year, Playboi Carti is undoubtedly approaching superstar territory. Can he keep his hot streak intact beyond his MUSIC album? By Carl Lamarre On Sunday ...

Some of the unearthed artefacts are on display at the Yorkshire Museum in York A hoard of Iron Age "bling" unearthed in North Yorkshire was a "garish" display of wealth from tribes more powerful ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR RAP SONGS RANKED BY MAINSTREAM R&B/HIP-HOP AND RHYTHMIC RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS, AS MEASURED BY MEDIABASE AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY ...

Johnson has been much more than an athlete over the past decade, as she has balanced her basketball exploits with a burgeoning hip-hop career that has drawn in much more attention as her on-court ...

Hip-hop has transformed dramatically in the last decade. Emerging from the burnt husk of early-2000s bling rap (sorry Soulja Boy), the new era of hip-hop is expanding the genre’s boundaries. Rappers ...

A hoard of Iron Age "bling" unearthed in North Yorkshire was a "garish" display of wealth from tribes more powerful than previously thought, an archaeologist has said. Dr Adam Parker from the ...

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee all but accused America’s spy bosses of committing perjury Wednesday during a fiery hearing that delved into the bombshell Houthi strike plans ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

Ironically, hip-hop had a similar undercurrent before the emergence of the gangster and bling rap of the 1990s and 2000s. Whereas, in the South African context, hip-hop’s more conscious epoch ...