Pop ruled as the most common primary genre over hip-hop in the Hot 100's top 10 throughout 2025, according to Hit Songs Deconstructed's analysis.

These days, the line between Hip Hop and pop is nearly invisible. In many cases, rap artists routinely drive the sound and the success of global pop culture. At the same time, pop stars have long ...

Nothing about Biz Markie’s unapologetically wacky, is-this-guy-for-real? 1989 hip-hop love song “Just A Friend” screamed POP HIT! The “vocalist,” a Long Island, New York MC, deejay and beat boxing ...

On March 26, Billboard announced that Kendrick Lamar’s newest album, “To Pimp a Butterfly, “had debuted at No. 1 on the weekly Billboard 200. Lamar’s latest effort marks the third hip-hop album this ...

Troy Carter bought Pop Art Records, the Philly label behind Roxanne Shante’s first diss track and Salt-N-Pepa’s debut. Music industry veteran Troy Carter has acquired the complete catalog of Pop Art ...

For much of the 2020s in Korea, hip-hop has been both omnipresent and peripheral — still deeply influential in the world of K ...