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Hip-Hop on Pause? Not One Rap Song in Billboard’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990

For the first time since February 1990, no rap songs are in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40. This happened after Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s hit “Luther” dropped from the chart. The highest rap song now ...
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For The First Time in 35 Years, There Are No Rap Songs in the Hot 100 Top 40

For those tapped in throughout the '90s and 2000s, rap dominated every crevice of pop culture. Most popular songs fell under the hip-hop umbrella, the fashion of the time was heavily influenced by ...
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Hip-Hop Grows Up: Why Generational Clashes Can’t Stop the Culture From Evolving

Time is supposed to be uncomfortable because your time is never yours alone. You might get your dream job by 26, the perfect marriage by 30, and become a millionaire by 35, just like you predicted on ...
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For The First Time in 35 Years, There Are No Rap Songs in the Hot 100 Top 40

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...
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There Are No Rap Songs In The Top 40 For The First Time In 35 Years

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.