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-year streak was broken.

The last rap song in the top 40 was Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “ Luther ,” which spent 13 weeks at No. 1, and became both artists’ highest-charting, longest-running hit at 46 total weeks. But Billboard ...

Known for his sharp ear and eclectic soundtracks across films like Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad, Gunn ...

Y oung 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 ...

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,” ...

Kehlani bags her first No. 1 on Billboard ’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as “Folded” snags the summit on the list dated Nov.

This marks the first rap song to reach the top 40 since Kendrick Lamar and SZA ’s “Luther” on the October 18 listing, a significant return for the genre after no rap songs appeared in the top 40 for ...

Jeezy, the Atlanta rap veteran, is playing a Las Vegas residency with a 101-piece ensemble, Color of Noize, led by Adam Blackstone and Derrick Hodge.

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 ...

Is there a double standard when the law comes down hard on narcorridos but gangsta rap that extols crime gets a pass?