Since the beginning of 2026, a flood of AI-generated music and videos built around Viking and Norse mythology aesthetics has swept social media. Here's how the AI Viking rap trend spread across ...

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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 ...

Though Nas raps his ass off on the No I.D.-produced Magic standout cut "Meet Joe Black," the one thing that stands out the ...

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Let’s get this out of the way at the beginning: there is no handful of songs that ever completely encapsulate any genre or artist or sound. The beauty of art is that it’s ephemeral—to quote a famed ...

Noisey selects three songs for anyone forced to work two jobs in order to make ends meet or just trying to build some savings ...

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The South African singer says she might release one in the future. By Angel Diaz Tyla has bars. In her recent Nylon cover story, the South African singer revealed that she’s made “full-on rap songs” ...

The release of Doechii’s debut mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal has cemented the ascent of a brand-new rap superstar. Unfortunately, it also resurrected a tired, misogynistic conversation among rap ...