Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the 21st Century recap reflects performance on weekly charts dated Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 28, 2024. The category ranks the best-performing acts in that span based on activity on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. (Titles released prior to mid-1999 are excluded, although such entries that appeared on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums or Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in that span contribute to the calculation of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists).| Billboard
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is teasing his remix of Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar's "Like That" diss track.| Billboard
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Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime Show was the most hip-hop in history. Here's a review.| Billboard
At EMPIRE's Africa writing camp in San Francisco, Fireboy locks in while the next project for Terrace Martin's Dinner Party takes shape at company HQ.| Billboard
Sabrina Carpenter, SZA, Ariana Grande and Jack Black won multiple awards at the 2025 Kids’ Choice Awards on June 21. Here's the full winners list.| Billboard
THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY POP RADIO AIRPLAY DETECTIONS, AS MEASURED BY MEDIABASE AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE.| Billboard
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Here are all the times Black artists won both album and record of the year at the Grammys in the same year. Full list.| Billboard
Drake says UMG and Spotify schemed to boost Kendrick Lamar’s "Not Like Us" via bots, payola and other methods.| Billboard
Tupac Shakur’s estate threatened a lawsuit against Drake over a diss track aimed at Kendrick Lamar featuring an AI-generated version of Tupac's voice.| Billboard
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The Drake and Kendrick feud proves the power and dangers of AI Fan Fiction.| Billboard
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