With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop - from ...

CRT FRSH, Hip-Hop Wired’s playlist where we attempt to showcase music we believe is “Certified Fresh,” is back again for 2025! Now that we’re nearing the end of the year, we’re trimming down the CRT ...

Rick Snyder may have made the “nerd” moniker a bit passé, but these songs prove it’s still possible to gleefully embrace the nerdier aspects of our experience. Though now considered a pillar of ...

Our final exposition of the year heads to the many places and spaces invented and extended by the late Donald Byrd. Throughout the year, our In Hip-Hop and Beyond series explored some of music's most ...

With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop - from ...

College nights never sounded better. Discover the Hip Hop tracks that ruled university dorms, house parties, and clubs — and ...

This speaks to a broader transformation in how cultural products are made, valued and circulated. Music and other art forms ...

Gone too soon, but impossible to forget, Minnie Riperton's music may be singlehandedly responsible for the conception of an entire generation of humans. Comedian Lauren Davis keeps it cute and ...

Roc Boy Preezy dropped his faith-driven anthem SAVED, blending gospel and hip-hop to mark his spiritual journey and ...

In the new version of CRT FRSH, we're featuring 20 songs, alternating between acts you should know and acts you need to know. The CRT FRSH playlist is a labor of love. We don’t take payments, nor do ...