Rap has officially dipped out of the top 40 songs on the Billboard charts for the first time in 35 years. Billboard reported today that there are currently no rap songs in the top 40 of the Billboard ...

*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. Billboard links some of this change to new ...

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With Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s 13-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Luther” falling off the Hot 100 dated Oct. 25, 2025, there were officially no rap songs in the chart’s top 40 last week. The ...

The 35-year streak of rap songs charting on the Billboard Hot 100 has come to an end. Previously, Billboard removed songs that slipped below No. 25 after 25 weeks or No. 50 after 20 weeks. Now ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Top Rap Albums launched in June 2004, and Hot Rap Songs began in March 1989. As GNX asserts its supremacy on Top Rap Albums, ...

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