Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eminem performing on stage, wearing a black hoodie and jacket, holding a microphone. The background is filled with blurry lights. Eminem has never seemed real. Pressing play on one of ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. LL Cool J, the multi-hyphenate entertainer who in 2024 released his 14th studio album, “The FORCE,” nearly 40 years after ...

Any time somebody is named the greatest of all time at something, debate will inevitably follow. Billie Eilish, though, is confident when it comes to her pick for the best female rapper of all time. Elsewhere in the video, Eilish discussed some picks for ...

Today’s rap landscape wouldn’t have been possible without the pioneering role of women MCs. In an era when the field was predominantly male in the ’70s and ’80s, these fearless wordsmiths, including MC Lyte, Roxanne Shante, Salt-N-Pepa and Queen ...

Few artists turn chaos into an empire, but NBA YoungBoy has rewritten the rules of rap. From battling the streets of Baton Rouge to topping charts behind bars, every release has shattered expectations and defied limits.

Many have claimed the moniker of “the best rapper alive,” but hip-hop legend and pioneer LL Cool J took that a step further. The legendary rapper stated he believes that one day “people are going to wake up and realize LL Cool J is the most important ...

LL COOL J once called himself the Greatest Rapper Of all Time, but now he argues he’s the most important MC that ever existed. LL COO L J may have popularized the phrase G.O.A.T. in Hip-Hop culture but he doesn’t claim to be rap’s Greatest of All ...

Disclosure: I'm from the Bay Area. So Lil B, The Based God, is somewhat of a deity where I come from, a spiritual advisor to the ways of basedness, if you will. Lil B's awesome powers manifested for the world to see with the curse of Kevin Durant and the ...

The most memorable moment in rap of 2024 isn’t an album, it’s the multi-song rap battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake that culminated in the release of the year’s most world-conquering rap song, “Not Like Us.” But rap had so much more to offer ...

Rapper Emeka Akumefule, popularly known as Blaqbonez, has made a bold claim about his status in the African rap scene. In a recent interview with Chude, Blaqbonez confidently declared himself the best rapper in Africa, stating that his discography ...

Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for his critically-acclaimed “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” closing out a surprising and history-making night. It is the first time a Spanish-language album has taken home the top prize.