Top 10 best rap songs of 2025: the most influential, innovative and culturally impactful tracks shaping modern hip-hop.

Here are Pitchfork’s 40 best rap songs of 2025. Check out all of Pitchfork’s 2025 wrap-up coverage here. When Wham ( Lil Baby ...

Explore the best rap albums of 2025, from long-awaited returns to breakout moments. See which projects defined the year in ...

Good music and a good drink often go hand in hand, but do we ever really stop to appreciate the pairing? We do now, because 2025 has been a banner year for rap music, but it’s also quietly been an ...

Lil Baby's 'The Leaks' springs 25-1 on Top Rap Albums after its first full tracking week; it dropped last Wednesday for the rapper's 31st birthday.

Richmond rapper Fly Anakin lands at No. 3 on Pitchfork’s Best Rap Songs of 2025 alongside Big Kahuna OG and Silkmoney. The ...

You might say it was Drake, DJ Premier, or Ice Cube. But the real idea of a beat flip starts with the DJ. In the early days of hip-hop—when DJing was the center of the action and park jams at rec ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where ...

Every month, The FADER's Vivian Medithi showcases all the standout rap songs from the past 30-ish days in one unranked list. Over the sort of subtle ShunGu beat that makes you sit up and listen a ...

Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay ...

Every month, The FADER's Vivian Medithi showcases all the standout rap songs from the past 30-ish days in one unranked list. After opening up for Lil Tecca on tour in 2024, 18-year-old tana has been ...