Rap music just vanished from the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years

Last week's Billboard Hot 100 marked the end of a remarkable 35-year streak, after Kendrick Lamar and SZA 's "Luther" - a ...

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.

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 ...

Rap shut out from Billboard's Top 40 for the first time in 35 years

While this could’ve opened up the playing field for other rap songs to rise, there are other factors at play. For instance, ...
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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 ...
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A new face, and new chapter, in R&B's unstoppable rap makeover

At some point this century, all of the R&B heartthrobs had to make an adjustment. There's no pinpointing the exact moment, but you can see the gears in motion in 2012, when hip-hop's influence on ...
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Rico Nasty Is Rap’s Weird Emo Cousin

Before her debut at The Bomb Factory, Rico shares details on evolving as an artist and why more than one woman can be at the ...