Rap music made headlines for losing its Billboard chart dominance, but it's being celebrated more than ever at the 2026 ...

With Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s 13-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Luther” falling off the Hot 100 dated Oct. 25, 2025, there were officially no rap songs in the chart’s top 40 last week. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 09: (L-R) SZA and Kendrick Lamar perform onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show ...

A$AP Rocky’s first release in eight years, “Don’t Be Dumb,” reinstates his presence in the rap scene. With charged lyrics and ...

Many of the hip-hop’s most lauded works this year feature religious themes—themes that arguably helped spark a renewal of hip ...

This story is the second installment of a three-part series discussing major changes in popular music throughout the course of 2024. Today’s story focuses on the current state of rap music. This year ...

Billboard‘s recent rule changes sparked a concerned discussion after they resulted in a two-week absence of rap music in the Hot 100 chart’s top 40 for the first time in almost three decades. “Is ...

As rap stops appearing in global charts, fans wonder if rap is on the decline in it's prominence in the current culture.

At the turn of the 21st century, important rappers were making music. These are three rap Grammy Award winners from 2002 we ...

For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appear in the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. The streak came to an end on the chart dated Oct. 25, 2025, following the fall of Kendrick Lamar and ...