No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' Exits Billboard Hot 100

Billboard's recent change in threshold for songs to remain in the top 40 of the Hot 100 list booted Kendrick Lamar and SZA's ...

The Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 Has No Rap Songs for the First Time in 35 Years

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

Rap falls off the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years — here’s what’s behind the drop

For two weeks in a row, rap has been absent from the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. It's been 35 years since the genre ranked ...
Uproxx

Sound Sipping: Pairing The Best New Rap Songs & The Best New Whiskey

Good music and a good drink often go hand in hand, but do we ever really stop to appreciate the pairing? We do now, because 2025 has been a banner year for rap music, but it’s also quietly been an ...
Rolling Stone

No, Zohran Mamdani Did Not Drop a New Rap Verse After Winning New York’s Mayoral Primary

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was once a rapper named Mr. Cardamom — and his rap career is still past tense. On Oct. 4, attorney Jim Walden, who recently backed out of his own independent ...
The Sun Chronicle

New Hampshire court rules in clergy abuse case that 2020 law cannot be applied retroactively

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s 2020 law abolishing deadlines for lawsuits alleging sexual assault cannot be applied retroactively, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The ruling came in the ...
New York Post

Letitia James’ ‘fugitive’ grandniece at center of NY AG’s bank fraud rap goes on fib-filled Facebook rant

Letitia James’ fugitive grand-niece at the center of the federal indictment against the New York attorney general posted a boastful, fib-filled Facebook post after her extensive criminal record became ...
The New York Times

Beheaded and Sent to Watery Graves, Columbus Statues Get New Life

More than 30 monuments to Christopher Columbus were toppled or taken down in 2020. Now some are being restored, and finding new, usually less-public homes. The broken pieces of a Christopher Columbus ...
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☎️Thaboxingvoice Rap Battle: Season 2 New Beginnings ️

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Black Enterprise

The Hip Hop Museum Honors Dignitaries At New York City Gala

The Hip-Hop Museum held a Black Tie Gala to raise money for the organization and to honor select Hip-Hop figures. As The Hip Hop Museum readies to launch in 2026, Rocky Bucano, the CEO of the upcoming ...
Charlotte Observer

UNC Charlotte professor’s new hip-hop conference celebrates cultural impact

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Ashley Tate has danced and choreographed for most of her life. And the further she has gone with the art form, the more she has ...
The Source Magazine

Anthony Williams Redefines Christian Rap with Bold New Single “Pawn”

London-based Christian rap artist Anthony Williams is making waves internationally with his highly anticipated single, “Pawn”, a thought-provoking track that cements his position as one of the most ...