Here’s What The Alchemist Has to Say About No Rap Songs Being in Hot 100 Top 40 for First Time Since 1990

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

The Alchemist Says Rap's Top 40 Absence Isn't Because of This One Thing

The Alchemist has weighed in on rap's historic absence from the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40.
Vibe on MSNOpinion

Pop Goes Hip-Hop: Take Rap's "Exit" From Billboard's Top 40 With A Grain Of Salt

The highest appearance by a hip-hop song is YoungBoy Never Broke Again's "Shot Callin," at No. 44. Yet in 1990, hip-hop was ...

Lily Allen lands highest-charting album in over a decade with her 'brutal' breakup record West End Girl - and makes history as it becomes the UK's most-downloaded …

Lily Allen has made history with her highest-charting album in over a decade as it becomes the most downloaded of the week.
Music Week

Dave scores fastest selling rap album on vinyl as The Boy Who Played The Harp breaks chart records

Dave’s third album is also the fastest selling rap LP on vinyl this century, moving 15,561 copies on the format over the past seven days. In fact, it’s the best weekly result for a rap album on vinyl ...

Rapper Dave breaks UK album record with latest release

Dave has become the first British rap artist to debut three albums at number one in the UK's official chart. His latest, The ...
The Official Charts

Dave breaks Official Chart records with The Boy Who Played The Harp

It’s a big week for British music as Dave and Lily Allen celebrate some incredible feats on this week’s Official Albums Chart ...
The News International

Billboard Hot 100 sees first rap-free top 40 since 1990

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 First Time In 35 Years, No Rap Songs Hit Top 40 On Billboard’s Hot 100

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

Rap falls off the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years — here’s what’s behind the drop

For two weeks in a row, rap has been absent from the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. It's been 35 years since the genre ranked ...
StereogumOpinion

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: ...
American Songwriter

There Are No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for the First Time in 40 Years, but Why—a Dip in Commercial Dominance, Rule Changes, Taylor Swift?

The Top 40 of the latest Billboard Hot 100 chart is without a rap song for the first time in 35 years, according to the outlet.