It’s a little mo’ money for Zo. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s shelved rap career got a boost from his 2025 mayoral campaign, his tax documents show — but he didn’t exactly bust a move into the big time. The ...

An underperforming California school district is dishing out nearly $300,000 to partner with a group to teach a rap-based curriculum to students, sparking "troubling" concerns, the Justice Department ...

The Roli Piano Learning System promises to make learning the piano at home easier than ever before. But just how easy can it be to pick up and play a new instrument? Carly Marsh is a video producer, ...

On International Mother Language Day, we look at how rap and hip-hop artists are mixing languages and spreading a vernacular that captures the contemporary Francophone world: multi-ethnic, ...

**For clarity, rap and hip-hop are used interchangeably throughout the article, as both represent the same space in music charts.** Additionally, in mid-September 2025, only four hip-hop songs were on ...

The long-running debate over Hip-Hop and Rap continues to shape global music culture, yet many listeners still struggle to understand the true difference between the two. The world of music is often ...

Clipse Bags Grammy Nod for Album of the Year After Pusha T Says 'We Need to Take Something Home' Clipse bagged five nominations, including for Album of the Year and Best Rap Album.

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.

The latest Billboard Hot 100 chart is unlike any other one in recent memory. According to the outlet, for the first time in 35 years, there are no rap songs in the chart’s Top 40. The update comes as ...

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,” ...

Billboard's recent rule change ends a three-decade-long streak for the genre Michael Owens/Getty Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Luther," featuring SZA, fell off the Billboard Hot 100 chart The list now ...