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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.

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 ...

Could LL Cool J or Chance the Rapper be dark horses in this race? Billboard breaks down the potential nominees for best rap album at the 2026 Grammys. By Kyle Denis Clipse has earned just one single ...

Legendary rap group The Dirty Dawg could have taken Japan by storm, but then they broke up. Now each member fights in one of the four rival groups. Battles for turf are fought with rap and the ...

Two men accused of killing a Jacksonville rapper in 2020 during a feud over lyrics will spend the rest of their lives in prison. Charles McCormick Jr., 23, known as Lil Buck, was shot and killed ...

Judge explains what happens next to rapper 'Ksoo' following his murder conviction Jurors convicted Hakeem "Ksoo" Robinson and Leroy "ATK Scotty" Whitaker on July 31 in the 2020 Jacksonville murder of ...

Like a soap opera, you skip an episode and lose track of the story. For the past month, two of the most successful hip-hop artists of recent times—Kendrick Lamar and Drake—have been embroiled in a ...

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