From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the ...

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With Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s 13-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Luther” falling off the Hot 100 dated Oct. 25, 2025, there were officially no rap songs in the chart’s top 40 last week. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Post Malone returns to Billboard’s hip-hop tallies as DJ Khaled’s ...

Starting in the late '70s, hip-hop and rap ascended through popular culture, mostly in America but also in other countries. Then, in 1990, a breakthrough. Hip-hop and rap tracks began infiltrating the ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.

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Billboard's recent rule change ends a three-decade-long streak for the genre Michael Owens/Getty Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Luther," featuring SZA, fell off the Billboard Hot 100 chart The list now ...

From 1982 to 2020, here are 15 memorable records and lyrics rooted in protest. Decades before "Black Lives Matter" became a global hashtag touted by celebrities and leading politicians, hip-hop ...