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 ...

Chartdata reports that the diss track has logged 53 straight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, officially making it the longest-charting rap song in history. As of writing, “Not Like Us” sits at No. 23 ...

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 ...

With "Pop Dat Thang," DaBaby is back on top of the Hot Rap Songs chart for the first time in six years. The comeback hit is ...

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 ...

Cardi B Plans To Drop Another Album Next Year, Won't Do Deluxe Version of 'Am I The Drama?' The Grammy winner plans to release her third album next year, which will be "different" from 'Am I the Drama ...

For the first time since February 1990, no rap songs are in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40. This happened after Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s hit “Luther” dropped from the chart. The highest rap song now ...

The highest-ranked rap song is Cardi B's "Safe" at number 44. Yes, you’ve read that correctly. There are no rap songs listed in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. This has not occurred since 1990, ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...

Or is there a deeper cultural shift in the works? Those are the sorts of questions permeating social media and music discourse after a shocking report surfaced that the Billboard charts are missing a ...

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.

Megan Thee Stallion’s new single, “Lover Girl,” debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 This marks the first rap song in two weeks to enter the chart’s Top 40 The achievement ends the first drought ...