*The week of October 25, 2025, marked an unprecedented setback for hip-hop: according to The AV Club, no rap songs made the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40. The long-running hit “Luther” by SZA and Kendrick ...

Nothing about Biz Markie’s unapologetically wacky, is-this-guy-for-real? 1989 hip-hop love song “Just A Friend” screamed POP HIT! The “vocalist,” a Long Island, New York MC, deejay and beat boxing ...

Hip-hop has officially exited the upper echelon of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in more than three decades. The top 40 of the iconic chart currently contains zero rap songs, marking ...

Williams got a big break in 1992, when he wrote a verse on the Wreckx-n-Effect’s hit “Rump Shaker.” Although they didn’t know it at the time, the hit would open the door for a string of hits by The ...

Jelly Roll lands his first win on a hip-hop-focused Billboard chart, debuting at No. 9 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs tally with Lil Wayne’s “Sharks.” SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - APRIL 05: Jelly Roll ...

CUYAHOGA FALL, Ohio - The tour’s title is a query, “Where The Party At?” The answer on a balmy Tuesday evening was Blossom Music Center, as a quartet of turn-of-the-century hip-hop stars Nelly, Eve, ...