As one long-running hip-hop smash goes recurrent on the chart, the Hot 100's top 40 does not boast a single rap song, ending ...

For two weeks in a row, rap has been absent from the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. It's been 35 years since the genre ranked ...

The last time the Hot 100 had zero rap songs in the top 40 was Feb. 2, 1990, when Biz Markie's "Just a Friend " reached No. 41. That single would jump to No. 29 the following week, sparking a 35-year, ...

For the first time in 35 years, there are no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40. The shift came after Kendrick Lamar ...

Billboard reports that “the lack of rap songs in the Hot 100’s top 40 is the latest sign of a recent dip in rap’s commercial dominance,” while also pointing out that they made a rule change that ...

Billboard Hot 100 has no rap songs in the Top 40 for the first time since 1990 following rule changes that knocked Kendrick Lamar from the chart.

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

Megan Thee Stallion’s “Lover Girl” breaks a two-week dry spell for rap on the Billboard Hot 100, debuting at No. 8.

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 ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: ...

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