Drake led the BET Hip-Hop Awards 2018 with eleven nominations, followed by Cardi B with ten. Under them Childish Gambino received six nomination, Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar tied for five nominations, and Jay-Z (credited also as "The Carters" with Beyoncé in Album of the Year, Best Collabo, Duo or Group and Song of the Year categories Feb 8, 2018 · February 8, 2018. British rap is in an exciting place right now. Grime veterans like Dizzee Rascal, Skepta and Wiley are regularly releasing music while newer MCs like Stormzy, AJ Tracey, and Dec 16, 2023 · With popular hip-hop artists like Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and Cardi B churning out new hits produced by the biggest rap producers today, it's hard to pinpoint the best rap songs of 2018, as well as the best rap albums of 2018. New rap songs are innovative, catchy, and - in recent history - often contain thoughtful politically charged lyrics. 1. Drake. Drake - In My Feelings. Drake is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, & record producer. In 2007 he released his debut mixtape, Room for Improvement. He released two further independent projects, Comeback Season and So Far Gone, before signing to Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment in June 2009. Apr 17, 2023 · Fifty years later, hip-hop has become the most popular musical genre in the U.S., with R&B/hip-hop having the largest share of total album consumption in 2022, according to entertainment data and Musical artist. Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones ( / nɑːˈsɪər /; born September 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Nas ( / nɑːz / ), is an American rapper. Rooted in East Coast hip hop, he is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. [1] [2] [3] The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas began his musical career in 1989 under the Nov 15, 2022 · In 2018, the rapper XXXTentacion, just 20 years old, was shot dead. Hip-hop has since lost an artist every year. The frequency with which we are losing rappers to gun violence is painful: Nipsey Sep 27, 2023 · One of the biggest examples of hip-hop's growth when it comes to LGBTQ+ acceptance is Lil Nas X. The Georgia-bred artist had the biggest song on the planet when he came out on the last day of Dec 6, 2018 · For decades, hip-hop has played an outsize role in influencing American popular music—but it may have never been more evident, at least on the pop charts, than in 2018. Of the 49 weeks clocked Dec 14, 2023 · These are some of the biggest names and best Latin rappers of all time, and with good reason. Their slick rhymes, strong fan bases and catchy tunes have made these Latin hip hop artists widely known across the globe. Latino rappers are widely popular not only among the Spanish speaking audience, but English fans as well. FLkSdq6.