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 of formidable full-length albums. But like I cried the blues on The Bigger Picture about […]
Multiple petitions have been launched to deport Nicki Minaj to Trinidad and they have reached over 100,000 signatures. Nicki Minaj’s comments earlier this month at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest with Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, and other recent actions have caused some people to take a stand. Two campaigns aimed at getting Nicki booted from […]
Keeping up with music news and resources like Spotify’s giant and regularly updated New Music Friday playlist are great ways to keep your listening habits from getting stale. Sometimes, though, you need a deeper dive. That’s where Uproxx’s Baylee Lefton comes in as she routinely offers quick-hit lists of songs you need to add into […]
After eight rounds of voting, including thousands of ballots cast, YoungBoy Never Broke Again has come out victorious in XXL‘s 2025 Most Valuable Rapper bracket, powered by VAZA. For nearly two months, fans have voted in XXL‘s MVP bracket to decide which rapper had the biggest impact on the year. The 16-person lot included some […]
A couple weeks ago, Cardi B shared that’s she’s been on the treadmill preparing for her upcoming tour, which launches in February 2026. Now she has revealed just what her workload will look like in the coming weeks. In a video shared today (December 29), Cardi starts with a message for some of her more […]
Blueface appears to be unfazed by reports that his music royalties are being garnished in order to pay off a $131,000 lawsuit judgment owed to Soulja Boy’s child’s mother. Over the weekend, reports surfaced that the $123,000 Blueface owes SB’s child’s mother, Jackilyn Martinez, for a defamation lawsuit has increased to $131,655 due to […]
It has been a long, long, long road to ASAP Rocky’s upcoming album Don’t Be Dumb. In 2022, he said the project was finished. In July 2023, he indicated it’d be out soon. It was later given a summer 2024 release date before getting pushed back to the fall. Towards the end of 2024, it […]
Kay Flock has been sentenced to 25 years in prison today after being found guilty in his gang RICO case earlier this year. On Tuesday (Dec. 16), the Bronx rapper was given 300 months in prison or 25 years by U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman, according to Inner City Press Senior Reporter Matthew Russell Lee. The guideline for sentencing was […]
The end of the year means a chance to look back and then plot a course into the future — which is what we did as a part of our year-end YouTube audience report. This series is spread across four articles examining the top performing Warner Music artists (a roster that UPROXX Studios represents exclusively) […]
Nicki Minaj lauded President Trump at a surprise appearance at a Turning Point USA event hosted by Charlie Kirk’s widow over the weekend. On Sunday (Dec. 21), the Queens, N.Y. rapper was a guest at Turning Point’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, Ariz. Nicki has previously opined positively about the POTUS on social media. She […]