Rap music had a strong year in 2025, and 2026 is coming with even more new music. Big stars are getting ready to drop new ...

Ice-T is making waves in the hip-hop world once again, announcing a major return to music with a brand-new studio album. Titled Criminal Migraine, the record marks his first full-length project in ...

I happen to think the psychedelic, genre-defying Testing is a much better album than it often gets credit for being, but if ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

Paste is the place to kick off each and every New Music Friday. We follow our regular roundups of the best new songs by ...

Rap music made headlines for losing its Billboard chart dominance, but it's being celebrated more than ever at the 2026 ...

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 ...

There have been two rap nominees on four occasions, which we list below. If GNX is nominated, Lamar will become the first rapper to land five album of the year nods as a lead artist, pulling ahead of ...

As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay tribute to a ...

Hip Hop in 2025 didn’t move in a straight line — it expanded, paused, reflected, and, in many cases, recalibrated. Rather than being defined by one dominant sound or culture-consuming headline, the ...