Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: ...
"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 ...
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 ...
For the first time since February 1990, the Billboard Hot 100 ’s top 40 section contained zero rap songs on the chart dated ...
The last time the Hot 100 had zero rap songs in the top 40 was Feb. 2, 1990, when Biz Markie's "Just a Friend " reached No. 41. That single would jump to No. 29 the following week, sparking a 35-year, ...