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Raymond Boyd/Getty Images 3 Hip-Hop One-Hit Wonders From the 90s Who Deserved More Recognition
The 90s was a great decade for hip-hop, but these three artists deserved way more recognition for their work than what they received.
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(Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Amazon Music) 3 New Hip-Hop and R&B Songs You Must Hear This Week (3/13/26)
Noisey selects three of the best new hip-hop songs and R&B records from this week’s loaded slate of releases.
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(Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images) Wiz Khalifa Shares Artists Who Inspired Him and Why the Newer Generation Deserves More Patience
Wiz Khalifa shared how important lyricism was to him as a young hip-hop fan and why it’s important to give new generations patience.
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(Photo by Kelley L Cox/Getty Images) 50 Cent and His Beef With Papoose, Explained: All the Moments That Led to Their Feud
Noisey recaps years’ worth of tension between 50 Cent and another artist he’s beefing with at the moment, Papoose.
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(Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) 4 Artists to Listen to if You Love Kendrick Lamar
For fans clamoring for new artists like Kendrick Lamar, Noisey selected four rappers that might scratch that itch.
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Eminem at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards held at UBS Arena September 11, 2024 in in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images) Eminem Suffers a Second Death in Less Than 24 Hours: The Rapper’s Friend and DJ, Lord Sear, Has Died
Lord Sear was a beloved DJ on Eminem’s Shade 25 SiriusXM channel, and also worked with the rapper on his Anger Management Tour in the 2000s.
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(Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images) Eminem’s Grandma, Betty, Has Died at 87
According to reports, Eminem’s grandmother passed away after suffering from complications due to breast cancer.
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(Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) Kendrick Lamar Would Rate His Albums in This Order, but I Don’t Think I Agree
Kendrick Lamar sorted through his best albums at the time in 2017, and I’m not sure I agree with his ranking at all.
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(Photo by Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) 3 of the All-Time Best Performances by Tupac Shakur
Tupac was one of the most magnetic hip-hop performers of all time. Noisey selects 3 of his best performances in his brief yet iconic career.
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(Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET) Dr. Dre Joins Beyoncé and Jay-Z as 1 of Only 6 Musicians on Forbes’ 2026 Billionaires List
Dr. Dre is a music industry billionaire, along with Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, and Bruce Springsteen.
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BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 13: Nas performs onstage during Kenny "The Jet" Smith's FlyHouse Presented by Resorts World on February 13, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Kenny Smith) The ‘Corny’ Song Nas Regretted Putting On This 1999 Album
Nas is not too proud of the song “Dr. Knockboot” from his third album, ‘I Am…,’ calling the track “corny.”