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There Are No Rap Songs In Top 40 For 1st Time In 35 Years

No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' Exits Billboard Hot 100

Billboard's recent change in threshold for songs to remain in the top 40 of the Hot 100 list booted Kendrick Lamar and SZA's hit "Luther." This made history, ending a 35-year streak of rap tracks on the top 40 spots on the chart.

The Western Journal on MSN · 15h

The Billboard Top 40 Now Contains Zero Rap Songs for the First Time in Decades

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

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.

Complex on MSN

No Rap Songs in Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990

The last time the Hot 100 had zero rap songs in the top 40 was Feb. 2, 1990, when Biz Markie's Just a Friend had just reached ...

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Are we living through a rap drought? The Billboard charts suggest we are

Billboard reports that “the lack of rap songs in the Hot 100’s top 40 is the latest sign of a recent dip in rap’s commercial dominance,” while also pointing out that they made a rule change that ...

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