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 ...

Y oung Bleed, the Baton Rouge rapper who struck big with 1997's "How Ya Do Dat" and was part of No Limit Records' hold as a ...

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 ...

"Rap music is still all over the top 40; it's just not being made by rappers," Stereogum's Tom Breihan observed in a column ...

The shooting victim's brother, Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Daiyan Henly, fell to his knees during a football game hours ...

Here’s the thing: there’s almost no suspense to parse here; Kendrick Lamar and Clipse are locks for Best Rap Album Grammy ...

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 ...

A rapper who became famous in the 1990s has reportedly died from a brain aneurysm. Young Bleed’s son, Ty’Gee Ramon, posted a ...

Megan Thee Stallion's 'Lover Girl' debuts at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100, bringing the top 40's two-week rap song drought to an end.

For the first time, Billboard's Hot 100 Top 40 doesn't feature a single rap song. Is this due to changing listener ...

Nicki Minaj thanked President Donald Trump for highlighting Christian persecution in Nigeria, expressing gratitude for his stance on religious freedom.

This has not occurred since 1990, when Cold Chillin’ Re cords artist Biz Markie reached No. 29 in February 1990 with “Just a ...