Jingle Bars: How two Billboard journalists and echoes of Chic’s ‘Good Times’ merged to create the first Christmas rap
The unlikely story of how two Billboard journalists left their job to create the first Christmas rap record for Kurtis Blow
Here’s the surest sign yet that Hip-Hop is in some deep doo-doo… and it hasn’t happened in 3 decades
Hip-hop hasn’t had this happen in 29 years, the surest sign yet that it is on the decline. #HiphopNews #HipHop50
Spinning Nicki Minaj’s Return to No. 1 as a Win for Hip-Hop Is Dubious… but Doable (for her)
Nicki Minaj’s latest No. 1 triumph (Pink Friday 2) highlights the good, the bad and the ugly of hip-hop, particularly for its women.
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Permanent Check-In? How Taylor Swift and Drake Turned This Billboard Chart into Their Hotel California
The longevity and ubiquity of Taylor Swift and Drake on the Billboard 200 charts is unrivaled, even by fellow contemporaries like Beyoncé, Adele, Kendrick Lamar and others. Their sheer volume…
Drake’s New Album May Be ‘For All The Dogs,’ but This Dog Doesn’t Hunt
(October 7, 2023). Okay, perhaps this article’s title uses a lame metaphor to make its point, but it’s no lamer than the new subject album by Drake—released Friday (Oct. 6)—one…