Need some one-hit wonders from the 1990s to pad your turn-of-the-century playlist? How about a few whole albums?

But one rapper who has long feuded with a fellow 2000s music star says he thinks they’re bad for the culture — and for ...

Charli XCX’s new single “House” for the 2026 film Wuthering Heights has elicited cultural chaos. While her record-shattering ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s ...

Hip-hop and rap have been driving culture in the U.S. for almost four decades now, especially in America. So why are these ...

Sabrina Carpenter, Leon Thomas, Doechii and Tyler, the Creator will compete in the biggest categories at the awards show in ...

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 ...

The last rap song in the top 40 was Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “ Luther ,” which spent 13 weeks at No. 1, and became both artists’ highest-charting, longest-running hit at 46 total weeks. But Billboard ...

The exit of “luther” reignites the contentious debate of rap’s commercial decline in 2025. While this theory is supported by ...

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.

For the first time in 35 years, rap music is taking an unplanned break from the Billboard Hot 100. The streak snapped when Kendrick Lamar’s “Luther,” featuring SZA, fell off the chart after Billboard ...