Other than Drake and a little bit of Meek Mill I don't know crap about modern Hip Hop. Wouldn't recognize one song from Kendrick Lamar, Future or CHAINCE The Rapper. Need to give their stuff a shot via Spotify I guess but every time I do this I'm about 2 minutes in and change the song to stuff I know/like.
Did watch a Netflix doc last weekend about the evolution of hip hop from it's true origins in the 70's in NYC all the way through Gangster Rap and what we hear today. Kind of fascinating, tbh. Appearances by Bambaataa, Grand Master Flash, Chuck D, Kurits Blow, Ice T, Cube, Kurupt, DJ Yella, DOC, and some others. Dre was really the first one in the West Coast to get away from the disco sound in that area a la World Class Wreckin' Cru and generate the signature G funk sound for that area to identify with.