Female rappers dominating rap in 2026 is the reality, and the numbers prove it. The numbers came in and the boys are mad.

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

Megan Thee Stallion’s “Lover Girl” entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 38, ending the longest rap absence from the top 40 since 1990. Megan Thee Stallion ended a historic dry spell for Hip-Hop on the ...

I’ll sometimes go on YouTube and throw on the soul food restaurant scene in Doug McHenry’s 1994 tragic romance Jason’s Lyric. The blend of Allen Payne’s sweet-talk toward Jada Pinkett with Eddie ...