Late ‘How Ya Do Dat' rapper leaves behind massive Gulf Coast rap legacy

Young Bleed, the Baton Rouge rapper who struck big with 1997's "How Ya Do Dat" and was part of No Limit Records' hold as a Southern rap empire, died Saturday (Nov. 1) after complications from ...
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20 Great Rap Artists Who Never Had a Top 40 Hit

For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appeared in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40. This came after “ Luther,” ...

‘Folded’ Becomes Kehlani’s First No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart

Kehlani achieves her first No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs with "Folded," which also jumps into the Hot 100's top 10.

Pop Goes Hip-Hop: Take Rap’s “Exit” From Billboard’s Top 40 With A Grain Of Salt

The highest appearance by a hip-hop song is YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s “Shot Callin,” at No. 44. Yet in 1990, hip-hop was still in its keeping-it-real phase. Biz’s pop chart ascendence (rap’s ...

Meet America Foster — Major Lazer’s Youngest & First Woman Member: ‘Felt Like I Had Known These Guys for Ages’

America Foster, the newest member of Major Lazer, speaks with Billboard about her new "Bruk Down" music video with Parris Goebel and Sadboi, and more.