For the back-to-back Billboard Hot 100 charts this year dated Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, no rap songs appeared in the top 40 — marking the first times since the Feb. 3, 1990 chart that the genre was totally ...

Since Drake’s debut, dozens of rapper like Doja Cat, Lil Yachty, and Young Thug have blurred the lines of pop music and rap ...

Megan Thee Stallion's 'Lover Girl' debuts at Number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100, bringing rap back to the Top 40 after its 35 ...

Megan Thee Stallion's new single 'Lover Girl' makes history by ending rap's longest absence from the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 ...

The current US Top 30 has no songs that could be officially described as rap or hip-hop – for the first time since 1990. That ...

This marks the first rap song to reach the top 40 since Kendrick Lamar and SZA ’s “Luther” on the October 18 listing, a ...

“No rap songs appear in the top 40 on the Hot 100 for the first time since February 1990,” the account for Chart Data ...

The exit of “luther” reignites the contentious debate of rap’s commercial decline in 2025. While this theory is supported by ...

Chuck D criticized the music industry's leadership after Hip-Hop dropped out of the Top 40 for the first time since 1990.

Jay-Z took Bowie’s classic Fame and turned it into one of the most powerful tracks on The Blueprint, proving his sampling ...

A look at the nominations’ unexpected story lines, including best new artist nominees with unusual paths and the event’s ...

On the chart dated October 25, 2025, Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 13-week No. 1 hit "Luther" officially fell off the Hot 100, ...