Billboard crowns Cardi B #1 on their hottest female rap artists of 2025 list beating out a number of other acts.

For Billboard's second annual Hottest Female Rappers list, the editorial staff highlights the best femcees of the 2025.

Hip Hop has long been a male-dominated industry, where women have had to fight twice as hard for recognition—whether on the mic, behind the boards, or in the background shaping the culture. Yet, ...

We have been in a female rap renaissance for at least the last decade, but this year has been particularly kind to Southern women in rap and their supporters. In June, I was standing in a sold-out ...

From its earliest days, hip-hop has been fundamentally about storytelling, with artists repurposing existing sounds to create new forms of self-expression. While the genre is often perceived as ...