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For the first time in 35 years, the Billboard Top 40 has no hip-hop or rap songs. Here’s why

Starting in the late '70s, hip-hop and rap ascended through popular culture, mostly in America but also in other countries. Then, in 1990, a breakthrough. Hip-hop and rap tracks began infiltrating the ...
Uproxx

Iggy Pop Performed ‘Punkrocker,’ His Viral ‘Superman’ Song, For The First Time At Portland’s Project Pabst

TikTok often does this cool thing where its users take older songs and give them entirely new life by pairing them with trending dances or even just random posts, making them go viral enough to make ...
NPR

With 'Golden' topping 'Ordinary,' a K-pop girl group hits No. 1 for the first time

From No. 3 on down, though, the top 10 has been unusually volatile. Three albums debut in the top 10 and six drop out, which tells you that some albums aren't "surging" so much as "filling a vacuum ...
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The Billboard Top 40 Now Contains Zero Rap Songs for the First Time in Decades

Or is there a deeper cultural shift in the works? Those are the sorts of questions permeating social media and music discourse after a shocking report surfaced that the Billboard charts are missing a ...
Stereogum

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.
Rolling Stone

Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Luther’ Departs Hot 100, Leaving No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years

The baton that has passed from one hip-hop hit to another for more than three decades has been dropped. Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s hit single “Luther” departed the Billboard Hot 100 following rule ...