The FADER

The best rap songs of October 2025

The FADER's Vivian Medithi lays out all of the best rap songs from October 2025, including songs from Lil Baby, Monaleo, and ...

Megan Thee Stallion Ends the First Top 40 Rap Drought Since 1990

This marks the first rap song to reach the top 40 since Kendrick Lamar and SZA ’s “Luther” on the October 18 listing, a significant return for the genre after no rap songs appeared in the top 40 for ...

13 Rap Songs That Sample Tame Impala

Following Tame Impala's third Billboard 200 top five album Deadbeat, Billboard is rounding up 13 rap songs that sample Kevin ...

No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990

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 ...
American Songwriter

There Are No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for the First Time in 40 Years, but Why—a Dip in Commercial Dominance, Rule Changes, Taylor Swift?

The Top 40 of the latest Billboard Hot 100 chart is without a rap song for the first time in 35 years, according to the outlet.

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 ...