THE WEEK'S TOP-DOWNLOADED RAP SONGS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE. click to see more Gains In Performance NF Real Music/Capitol/Interscope Capitol Atlantic/AG Gains In ...

If it seems like an unlikely pairing, think again: Country and rap have always had more in common than meets the eye. Both genres come from a tradition of being proud of where you come from, and both ...

In 2002, the Recording Academy introduced a new category to the Grammy Awards: Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. At its core, the award is meant to honor the best song that combines elements of rap and pop ...

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.

Hip-hop has officially exited the upper echelon of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in more than three decades. The top 40 of the iconic chart currently contains zero rap songs, marking ...

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 ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...