Last week's Billboard Hot 100 marked the end of a remarkable 35-year streak, after Kendrick Lamar and SZA 's "Luther" - a ...
As one long-running hip-hop smash goes recurrent on the chart, the Hot 100's top 40 does not boast a single rap song, ending ...
Hey, young world. Here's a story about one measure of the distance hip-hop has traveled in its 50 years. Once upon a time, not long ago, to paraphrase a great rap storyteller, an 11-year-old in Queens ...
Billboard reports that “the lack of rap songs in the Hot 100’s top 40 is the latest sign of a recent dip in rap’s commercial dominance,” while also pointing out that they made a rule change that ...
BigXthaPlug lights up Billboard’s charts this week with multiple achievements on the lists dated Sept. 6. The rapper claims his first No. 1 on the Hot Rap Songs chart with “All the Way,” featuring ...
DMX, Run DMC and Public Enemy (Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Live Nation, Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images x2) Asking someone to name their favorite rap album is like asking what their ...
Pusha T and Malice criticized people for labeling their music as “coke rap” ahead of the Clipse’s long-awaited comeback album. The Clipse rejected the “coke rap” label in an interview with Vulture.