The genre’s peak, which I dub hip-hop’s “Renaissance Era,” started 30 years ago. It’s probably impossible to be completely objective when judging art; often, the stuff we love is because of how it ...

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 ...

The genre of hip-hop was kicked off in the 1970s in the public parks in New York City. There, DJs would plug their setups into public light fixtures and supply the neighborhood with party music, ...

By the 1990s, hip-hop was clearly here to stay and was more than just a flash of youthful rebellion from the inner city. Part of this was due to the geographical and commercial growth of the genre’s ...

The golden age of hip-hop is infiltrating some of TV’s most revered series of the modern era. From Nas to Wu-Tang Clan, classic rap tracks of the 1990s are soundtracking scene-stealing moments. Words: ...

For the first time in 35 years, there are no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40. The shift came after Kendrick Lamar ...

For the back-to-back Billboard Hot 100 charts this year dated Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, no rap songs appeared in the top 40 — marking the first times since the Feb. 3, 1990 chart that the genre was totally ...

This has not occurred since 1990, when Cold Chillin’ Re cords artist Biz Markie reached No. 29 in February 1990 with “Just a ...

The Alchemist has added his two cents on the topic that had Rap Twitter in a frenzy this week.

For the first time since February 1990, the Billboard Hot 100 ’s top 40 section contained zero rap songs on the chart dated ...