From Kendrick Lamar to Beyoncé and more, these were the biggest headlines across R&B, hip-hop and African genres this year.

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From the aftermath of what was perhaps one of hip-hop’s biggest rap feuds (against Drake, no less), Kendrick Lamar has ...

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Comedian Andrew Schulz has called Kendrick Lamar "the Taylor Swift of hip-hop" because "No matter what [Lamar] does, he's still the victim".

The New Orleans native was disappointed to not have been selected to perform the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime show in his ...

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Lil Wayne opened up about his thoughts on not being chosen to perform at the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show in New Orleans, ...

Spotify has denied Drake’s claims that the streaming numbers for Kendrick Lamar’s Drake-dissing song 'Not Like Us' were ...

Snoop Dogg confessed that he “called and apologized” to Kendrick Lamar for giving the diss track a co-sign without listening to the full song that featured an AI-generated verse of his likeness and ...

From Kendrick Lamar to Tyler, the Creator and Cash Cobain, the year in hip-hop featured a variety of styles and sounds.