The 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2025

From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the ...

This Sentence Structure Is a Dead Giveaway That AI Wrote It

Forget lists of words and punctuation marks. If you really want to know if a text was written by AI, look for this particular ...
Billboard

Kendrick Lamar & SZA Prove This World Is Theirs Atop Year-End Rap Songs Chart: Countdown to Billboard’s 2025 Year-End Charts

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 – after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski – check out the Hot Rap Songs top 10. By Keith Caulfield We’re counting down the days to the unveiling ...
People

No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' Exits Billboard Hot 100

Billboard's recent rule change ends a three-decade-long streak for the genre Michael Owens/Getty Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Luther," featuring SZA, fell off the Billboard Hot 100 chart The list now ...
Rolling Stone

2026 Grammys’ Best Rap Album Is Going to Be a Face-Off Between Kendrick and Clipse

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 ...
Pitchfork

The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time

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 ...
Reuters

Member of Irish rap group Kneecap appears at UK court on terrorism charge

LONDON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Hundreds of fans turned out to support a member of Irish rap group Kneecap on Wednesday at a London court as he sought to throw out a terrorism charge for allegedly ...
Reuters

Member of Irish rap band Kneecap charged with terrorism offence

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - A member of the Irish rap band Kneecap was charged with a terrorism offence for displaying a flag in support of the Iran-backed group Hezbollah, British police said on ...
The Conversation

Boredom gets a bad rap. But science says it can actually be good for us

Daniel Hermens receives funding from the Commonwealth government's Prioritising Mental Health Initiative and the Queensland Mental Health Commission. Michelle Kennedy does not work for, consult, own ...
InfoQ

CMU Researchers Introduce LegoGPT: Building Stable LEGO Structures from Text Prompts

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...
The New York Times

The Year in Rap: Beneath Kendrick vs. Drake, a Thriving Underground Roils

A new generation of hip-hop artists seems less interested in becoming stars and more in becoming myths — and dismantling the status quo. A new generation of hip-hop artists seems less interested in ...