Here are Pitchfork’s 40 best rap songs of 2025. Check out all of Pitchfork’s 2025 wrap-up coverage here. When Wham ( Lil Baby ...

In the last few years, over a few decent mixtapes, BigX built a reputation as the torchbearer of Texas storytelling rap. He’s got an interesting story, one that could be in a Larry McMurtry novel if ...

BigXthaPlug lights up Billboard’s charts this week with multiple achievements on the lists dated Sept. 6. The rapper claims his first No. 1 on the Hot Rap Songs chart with “All the Way,” featuring ...

BigXthaPlug didn’t set out to become country music’s favorite rapper. When he first heard the twangy, western guitar loop that would become his breakout 2022 single “Texas,” he thought it sounded ...

Over the last few weeks, “Old Town Road” — a strutting and lightheartedly comedic country-rap tune by the previously unknown 20-year-old rapper Lil Nas X — has lived an improbable number of lives. It ...

What will the song of the summer be? If Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug and budding country star Bailey Zimmerman have it their way, that song has already been released. The two collaborated on “All The Way ...

Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug continues his journey into the country music world with the release of his newest collaboration with Shaboozey, off his now-officially named upcoming country-rap EP. BigX ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Post Malone returns to Billboard’s hip-hop tallies as DJ Khaled’s ...

Texas rapper BigXthaPlug and country star Shaboozey shut down the streets of Dallas to film a new video of their highly anticipated rap-country collaboration, bringing traffic to a standstill. Dallas ...

In 2024, 20% of the Recording Industry Association of America's gold- and platinum-selling albums and singles claimed Nashville's music industry in their development. That surge has balanced the music ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.