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

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 ...
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Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Wins Best Rap Song at 2025 Grammy Awards

Kendrick Lamar has won Best Rap Song for “Not Like Us” at the 2025 Grammy Awards. On Sunday afternoon (Feb. 2), hours before ...
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Here’s Every Best Rap Song Winner at the Grammy Awards Over the Years

Although the Grammy Awards came out in 1959, the Recording Academy didn’t debut the Best Rap Performance award until 1989, a year in which it was awarded to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for ...
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Tyler, The Creator, Doechii, GloRilla and More Nominated for Best Rap Song at 2026 Grammy Awards

The nominees for Best Rap Song at the 2026 Grammys are in. Grammy SZN has officially commenced. On Friday (Nov. 7), The Recording Academy revealed all the nominees for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.
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Ranking The 25 Best Rap Songs by NBA Players

You know how the cliché goes: rappers want to be basketball players, and basketball players want to be rappers. This has been a truism since the '90s, when rap really started taking off as a ...
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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 — over 35 years — the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 contained zero rap songs on the chart dated October 25, 2025 The removal of Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “luther,” ...