Megan Thee Stallion's first song about Klay Thompson ends historic absence of rap from Billboard Top 40

The Grammy-winner's song, "Lover Girl," debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, marking the first rap song to ...

Megan Thee Stallion Has Saved Rap On The Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 With Her Latest Raunchy Single

The last rap song in the top 40 was Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “ Luther ,” which spent 13 weeks at No. 1, and became both artists’ highest-charting, longest-running hit at 46 total weeks. But Billboard ...

Late ‘How Ya Do Dat’ rapper leaves behind massive Gulf Coast rap legacy

Young Bleed, the Baton Rouge rapper who struck big with 1997's "How Ya Do Dat" and was part of No Limit Records' hold as a ...
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Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar & GloRilla Heat Up 2026 Grammys Race for Best Rap Song and Performance: Our Predictions

From record-breaking tours to seismic comebacks, it’s been quite a year for hip-hop. Below, we assess the state of the three single-focused categories in the rap field at the 2026 Grammys: best rap ...
WRAL

Raise up: Petey Pablo anthem to North Carolina proposed as state hip-hop song

North Carolina has an official state dog, state tree and state bird. But what about an official state hip-hop song? On Tuesday, state senator Natalie Murdock pitched an idea. North Carolina has an ...
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Tennessee could be first U.S. state to have a hip-hop song as its state song. Here's how

Could Tennessee have a new state song? Two lawmakers are looking to make just that happen. Tennessee State Rep. Antonio Parkinson and Tennessee State Sen. Raumesh Akbari, both representing Shelby ...