Billboard

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

The legendary producer had an interesting take on mainstream rap's downward trend. By Angel Diaz The Alchemist has added his two cents on the topic that had Rap Twitter in a frenzy this week. On ...
Stereogum

There Are No Rap Songs In The Top 40 For The First Time In 35 Years

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.
Complex

No Rap Songs in Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990

For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appear in the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. The last time the Hot 100 had zero rap songs in the top 40 was Feb. 2, 1990, when Biz Markie's "Just a ...
CNN

Are we living through a rap drought? The Billboard charts suggest we are

It feels like the Billboard charts could use a good rap beef right about now. That’s because, according to the publication, for the first time since 1990, there is no hip hop in the Top 40 of the ...
The Grio

Rap falls off the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years — here’s what’s behind the drop

Rap has officially dipped out of the top 40 songs on the Billboard charts for the first time in 35 years. Billboard reported today that there are currently no rap songs in the top 40 of the Billboard ...
People

No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' Exits Billboard Hot 100

Billboard's recent rule change ends a three-decade-long streak for the genre Michael Owens/Getty Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Luther," featuring SZA, fell off the Billboard Hot 100 chart The list now ...
Billboard

No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990

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 a streak that's lasted for over 35 years. By Andrew Unterberger With ...
The Fader

No rap songs are on the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years

For the first time since 1990, there are no rap songs in the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Kendrick Lamar and SZA's hit "luther," which spent 13 weeks at No. 1, left this week's most recent ...
Wall Street Journal

The Suburban White Guy Who Became an Overnight Rap Star

At first, the rise of the 20-year-old rapper known as ian seems like a familiar story: Inspired by Atlanta rap music, he started self-releasing music on SoundCloud, went viral and landed a deal with ...
Wall Street Journal

Research Universities Don’t Deserve a Bad Rap

Andy Kessler appreciates the “astounding” list of university research but conveys that the endeavor is now detached from reality. The antidote, he proposes in “Beyond the Research University” (Inside ...
ABC News

Dad goes viral with rap rendition of 'Llama Llama Red Pajama'

Austin Wade is taking story time to a new level. A North Carolina dad has gone viral for his rap rendition of the children's book "Llama Llama Red Pajama" by author Anna Dewdney. Austin Wade took ...