"Rap music is still all over the top 40; it's just not being made by rappers," Stereogum's Tom Breihan observed in a column published Thursday, Oct. 30. This article originally published at Rap music ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

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

Perseverance has always been the impetus of hip-hop music. Built on themes of overcoming adversity and fighting through hardship, the genre has birthed some of the most inspirational artists, whose ...

While this could’ve opened up the playing field for other rap songs to rise, there are other factors at play. For instance, all 12 songs from Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl have stuck in the ...

The Alchemist has weighed in on rap's historic absence from the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40.

If it seems like an unlikely pairing, think again: Country and rap have always had more in common than meets the eye. Both genres come from a tradition of being proud of where you come from, and both ...

This has not occurred since 1990, when Cold Chillin’ Re cords artist Biz Markie reached No. 29 in February 1990 with “Just a Friend.” That placement marked the beginning of a successful streak of a ...