The federal Repayment Assistance Plan, or RAP, will be the newest student loan repayment plan. President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” passed in 2025, made many changes to federal student loan ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

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 ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it had reached a deal with YouTube for exclusive rights to the show starting in 2029. By Brooks Barnes and John Koblin The Oscars are going online.

The best hip-hop releases of 2025, including Clipse, Saba and No ID, JID, Little Simz, Tyler, the Creator, Danny Brown, and Cardi B For many hip-hop fans, Kendrick Lamar’s resounding victory over ...

Rap is also special because it constantly evolves. Each year, new voices emerge with fresh perspectives, while established artists find ways to grow, adapt, or reinvent themselves. Producers push the ...

As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay tribute to a ...

Billboard crowns Cardi B #1 on their hottest female rap artists of 2025 list beating out a number of other acts. Cardi B‘s dominance of Billboard’s new female rap ranking proves women now control ...

Early next year, we’ll launch YouTube TV Plans, bringing more choice and flexibility to our subscribers with over 10 genre-specific packages. One package that we know our customers will be excited for ...

YouTube has launched its first-ever personalized end-of-year summary called YouTube Recap. The feature shows users their top videos, genres, and music, and assigns a personality type based on viewing ...

If your 2025 YouTube history is a mashup of music videos, cooking clips, sports highlights and late-night "how did I get here?" rabbit holes, then there is a new way ...

YouTube has launched its first-ever end-of-the-year recap to show off what videos you watched throughout the year. Here’s how to get it. Every December, platforms like Spotify and Twitch begin to roll ...