Billboard staff combs through the 20 best rap albums of 2024 ranging from Future to Kendrick Lamar to Megan Thee Stallion and more.

Rap is the only genre with battle culture embedded ... it's like upstate got us switchin' crown / The best to go back and forth since Kiss and Styles / Every time we drop, the hottest s**t around.” ...

Co-hosts Carl Lamarre, Kyle Denis, Damien Scott and Trevor Anderson reunited to highlight some of their favorite rap and R&B ...

Billboard magazine incited social media mayhem by naming Drake as the best rapper of the 21st Century on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

The song’s best bar might be when Quanny pokes fun at his own inconsistent release schedule, “N***a I don’t even rap for real, yeah I’m just money talking / I’m the type to cancel my ...

Then, the Captain of the Hotties, Megan Thee Stallion, flexed her superstar muscles, delivering her best album to date with Megan, brimming with grit, resiliency, and high-powered raps than ever.

But Kendrick wasn’t the only rapper who came through in 2024, even if all his press and outright dominance makes it feel that way. So here they are: the top 10 rap albums of 2024.