The last time no rap songs lingered in the top 40 slots was the first week of February in 1990, when Biz Markie ’s hit “Just ...

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 ...

The Alchemist has weighed in on rap's historic absence from the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40. After 35 years straight of rap ...

Luther” fell off the Billboard Hot 100 due to the chart’s new recurrent rule, ending Hip-Hop’s 35-year top 40 streak.

Billboard reports that “the lack of rap songs in the Hot 100’s top 40 is the latest sign of a recent dip in rap’s commercial dominance,” while also pointing out that they made a rule change that ...

Billboard Hot 100 has no rap songs in the Top 40 for the first time since 1990 following rule changes that knocked Kendrick Lamar from the chart.

For the first time since February 1990, the Billboard Hot 100 ’s top 40 section contained zero rap songs on the chart dated ...