Rap Retirement is Like a Brief Vacay! Why Nicki Minaj Will Be Back…
(September 8, 2019). The word “retirement” can mean many different things to different people, and it can often depend on who’s saying it and in what profession they work. Take…
R.I.P. Nipsey Hussle (1985 – 2019); the Prophecy of an Immortality We Weren’t Expecting…
We’ve had a week to mourn entrepreneur and rapper Nipsey Hussle’s untimely and tragic death – a week to process how someone whose spirit seemed so right and who stood…
Clap to this: The First (and very eclectic) Rap Singles Chart turns 30!
(February 16, 2019) It’s a long way from “Self Destruction” to “Thotiana.” And what was once considered “dope” is now just “lit.” Billboard magazine, the industry’s oldest trade publication, has…
New No. 1: Future’s Latest Numbers Game…a Blessing and a Curse.
Welcome to the Future, where the burden of having rapper affluenza really is a thing and trapping is somehow still king. And where the rapper Future, who is 35, enters…
These Six Guys Do What No Other Men Have Done In Billboard Chart History
In the history of popular music, there have been periods of time when men dominated the charts, particularly in the early days of rock and roll before women came into…