Chart Metrics vs. Cultural Mettle: Deconstructing the Narrative of Hip-Hop's "Fall"

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

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,” ...

Megan Thee Stallion Ends the First Top 40 Rap Drought Since 1990

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 ...

R&B/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks of the Week: Jai'Len Josey, Rozzzqween, Icewear Vezzo & More

With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop - from ...

Kendrick Lamar And Clipse Are Locks For Best Rap Album Grammy Nominations

Here’s the thing: there’s almost no suspense to parse here; Kendrick Lamar and Clipse are locks for Best Rap Album Grammy ...

Here's What The Alchemist Has to Say About No Rap Songs Being in Hot 100 Top 40 for First Time Since 1990

The Alchemist has added his two cents on the topic that had Rap Twitter in a frenzy this week.

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 ...

For The First Time in 35 Years, There Are No Rap Songs in the Hot 100 Top 40

For the first time, Billboard's Hot 100 Top 40 doesn't feature a single rap song. Is this due to changing listener ...

‘Can We Use That Beat?’: Inside Souls of Mischief’s ‘Make Your Mind Up’

Tajai, Phesto, A-Plus and Opio—were still in high school when they started recording with fellow Hieroglyphics crewmate Del ...

Anthony Edwards Just Dropped a Rap Album with Wale, Pusha T, and Quavo

We wanted it to feel real,” the NBA superstar tells GQ of the star-studded LP, 'Legend In My Hood,' he executive produced ...
Pitchfork

The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...