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**For clarity, rap and hip-hop are used interchangeably throughout the article, as both represent the same space in music charts.** For the first time in over 35 years, rap vanished from the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 when Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s ...
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The 20 greatest hip-hop songs from movie soundtracks
The music heard in movies serves several purposes, such as invoking emotion between characters, creating continuity between scenes, highlighting key moments, and setting the overall tone. From Will Smith to Kendrick Lamar,
2025 was a strange year for rap singles, although some of the genre's biggest artists showed out with some bonafide hits. Hip-Hop in 2025 was highlighted by discourse about whether or not the genre is really dying. Rap singles struggled to chart this year ...
Let’s get this out of the way at the beginning: there is no handful of songs that ever completely encapsulate any genre or artist or sound. The beauty of art is that it’s ephemeral—to quote a famed lyricist, it’s blowin’ in the wind. But that ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Post Malone returns to Billboard’s hip-hop tallies as DJ Khaled’s “Brother” with YoungBoy Never Broke Again debuts ...
In today’s digital age, you would think your favorite rap song would be just a click away. Well, as most of us know, that is not the case, especially on popular streaming platforms like Apple Music, Spotify, and, for me personally, Tidal, where most of ...
A bizarre conspiracy theory circulating online has combined two popular targets of right-wing hatred: rap music and the U.S. Agency for International Development. The wild theory accuses the US government of financially supporting hip hop music, alleging ...
Noisey selects three songs for anyone forced to work two jobs in order to make ends meet or just trying to build some savings.
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. The same holds true for this week's chart. It has been a ...
Since the beginning of 2026, a flood of AI-generated music and videos built around Viking and Norse mythology aesthetics has swept social media. Here's how the AI Viking rap trend spread across