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For the first time since 1990, the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 chart is completely devoid of any hip-hop and/or rap songs.

The Alchemist has added his two cents on the topic that had Rap Twitter in a frenzy this week.

Reaching the top of any chart is no easy feat, and while topping genre-specific charts such as the Hot Country Songs may be ...

The Alchemist has weighed in on rap's historic absence from the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40.

Back in the 1970s, these three iconic country singles beat out three other iconic singles for the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

The week of October 25, 2025, marked an unprecedented setback for hip-hop: according to The AV Club, no rap songs made the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40. The long-running hit “Luther” by SZA and Kendrick ...

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

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 ...

"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," Billboard ...

"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 ...

Billboard rounded up 13 rap songs that have sampled or interpolated Tame Impala, in order of newest to oldest. Travis Scott ...