At the end of the 20th century, hip-hop was booming, but the mood was dour. Two of the greatest rappers of all time—2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.—had recently been violently killed. Artists were ...

The 2026 Grammy Award nominations are in and the Best Rap Album category is stacked this year. Doechii was presented the award by Cardi B, who won the Best Rap Album ...

Sort of like the economy, the current state of hip-hop depends on who you ask. There were the reports last month that, for the first time in 35 years, no hip-hop song had reached the Top 40 on the Hot ...

It’s a waiting game for Malik Beasley, who remains a free agent three weeks into the new season. Beasley hasn’t been cleared by the NBA or by the federal investigators regarding his alleged ...

The Grammy nominations are nearly upon us, and in honor of that, as Uproxx’s resident rap expert, it seems that it makes the most sense for me to talk about the Best Rap Album category. Here’s the ...

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 5 ...

Although NBA free agent Malik Beasley was cleared of any wrongdoing regarding bets placed on other sports, he finds himself in the middle of another betting scandal as the NBA's latest gambling crisis ...

As the old saying goes, all rappers want to be athletes and all athletes want to be rappers. There’s a long and fascinating history of the hip-hop and sports worlds overlapping—whether it’s All-Stars ...

This year’s Best Rap Album race should come down to Kendrick or Clipse, even if the other three nominees are all worthy in their own right. Lamar and Clipse, however, are lyrical titans. And while you ...

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 ...

Outside of those three near-sure bets, who else is in contention? GloRilla could become the eighth woman to earn a nomination for best rap album thanks to her debut studio album, Glorious. After ...

In the music industry, the sophomore slump is an artist’s nightmare, and fans definitely fear it, too. After a successful debut album, some artists struggle to live up to the hype, while others bounce ...