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

"Just A Friend" screamed POP HIT! The "vocalist," a Long Island, New York MC, deejay and beat boxing jokester, was laughably ...

Rap music just vanished from the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years

"Rap music is still all over the top 40; it's just not being made by rappers," Stereogum's Tom Breihan observed in a column ...
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.

Hit-Boy & N3on Host Epic Two-Day Music Camp—Crank Out 17 Songs

Super producer Hit-Boy and streamer N3on joined forces for a wild two-day music camp that fused Hip-Hop, streaming and fan-powered creativity.
The New York Times

The Music Biz Has Changed. These 5 Songs Show How Hit-Boy Changed With It.

The producer has reached the top of the charts and won Grammys. As he embarks on the next phase of his career, he’s looking back on what he’s learned. Credit... Supported by By Jonathan Abrams Hit-Boy ...

British Rapper and ‘Supacell’ Star Ghetts Appears in London Court Over Fatal Hit-and-Run

The musician and actor is charged with causing death by dangerous driving after allegedly failing to stop his car when it hit ...
Complex on MSN

UK Rapper Ghetts In Custody After Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash

The MOBO Award-winning artist allegedly failed to stop his car, resulting in a crash that ended up killing a 20-year-old man.