Recent rule changes that led to the departure of Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s “Luther” from the Billboard Hot 100 left the 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 ...

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 ...

Rapper Young Bleed, part of Master P's No Limit Records, died from a brain aneurysm while at a Verzuz after-party.

Formed in 1973 in London, Bad Company brought together Rodgers and Kirke from the band Free, Ralphs from Mott the Hoople and ...

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 ...

The most streamed songs on Spotify of all time. See the 2025 list with The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran, and Billie Eilish. Full stats ...