Elliott Wilson’s Best Of Hip-Hop 2025

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...
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Pop Goes Hip-Hop: Take Rap's "Exit" From Billboard's Top 40 With A Grain Of Salt

Nothing about Biz Markie's unapologetically wacky, is-this-guy-for-real? 1989 hip-hop love song "Just A Friend" screamed POP HIT! The "vocalist," a Long Island, New York MC, deejay and beat boxing ...
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Despite Slipping on the Charts, Hip-Hop Dominated This Year’s Grammy Nominations

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 ...
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Hip-hop veteran N.O.R.E. goes the extra mile after completing the NYC Marathon

When rapper and media personality N.O.R.E. crossed the finish line at the 2025 New York City Marathon, it wasn’t just a triumph of athletic endurance — it was a defining moment of growth and ...
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Nas Wants the World to See Hip-Hop Legends as Superheroes

S ince debuting in 1991 with a feature on Main Source’s “Live at the Barbeque,” Nas has been intent on amplifying New York hip-hop. His first full-length album, Illmatic, was an evolution in hip-hop ...