FENIAN follows their acclaimed 2024 album, Fine Art, and the film about them, simply titled Kneecap and also released in 2024. The band have been outspoken about the genocide in Palestine. The band ...

Hit-Boy has famously had his ups and downs with the labe l. But even through the frustrations, he remained a steady force in ...

"Mercy" with Kanye West marked his first No. 40 hit, and he hasn’t stopped since—expanding his sound from Atlanta trap to ...

Can Kendrick repeat? Will a K-pop star finally win Record of the Year? And who snags the inaugural Best Album Cover?

After the Chicago Bears mounted an improbable comeback against the Green Bay Packers in the wild-card playoffs, hip-hop mogul and artist Lil Wayne had a controversial reaction, which in turn drew a ...

North West is a diehard SoundCloud stan, so it makes perfect sense that her beats come off like she’s auditioning for a placement on the next Molly Santana album. On January 2, she began sharing her ...

Every month, The FADER's Vivian Medithi showcases all the standout rap songs from the past 30-ish days in one unranked list. Recently, Lil Uzi Vert inked a new deal with Roc Nation Distribution and ...

Welcome to one of the worst years in Hot 100 history. Sure, most #1 hits these days are especially crummy, but there’s something impossible about 2005’s lukewarm output. Considering how rich 2004 was, ...

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

Bay Area Rapper LaRussell has teamed up with local high schoolers to showcase his regional anthem “I’m From The Bay,” releasing a set of music videos during the past week and as recently as this ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

A brief music clip that leaked in August sparked fresh conversations in hip hop discussions after it appeared to show Young Thug directing a pointed bar at Gunna on an unreleased track featuring Lil ...