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Are music genres a thing of the past? Steve Lacy’s ‘Bad Habit’ is No. 1 on the R&B and Rock charts—a first—but neither genre’s radio stations play it.
(September 12, 2022). It’s biscuits, it’s gravy. And it’s the number one song on this week’s Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart! Oh, it’s also No. 1 on the Hot Rock and…
Won’t He? DJ Khaled’s ‘God Did’ boasts 7 of the 10 most prolific rappers alive, and a roster that has an insane 81 No. 1 albums, collectively
(September 8, 2022). How did a 46-year-old deejay and former radio show host with Palestinian lineage and no rapping repertoire of his own develop enough clout to boast one of…
Tribute: Serena Williams’ 23 Grand Slam wins – and the songs that topped the Billboard charts during each one!
(Update: This article was updated on September 5, 2022. It originally appeared July 11, 2015.) In 2015, when tennis icon Serena Williams completed “Serena Slam 2.0” by defeating Garbiñe Muguruza…
Chicago club targets hip-hop and youth after one patron mows down three others ‘execution’ style; unfair or right move?
(August 28, 2020). I’ve been following this tragic story ever since it unfolded a couple weeks ago. In the early morning of Sunday, August 14 while a conflict erupted among…
Female rappers continue to make waves, so why can’t they top the album charts?
(August 26, 2022). Their singles do very well. Their albums…not so much. Two of the highest profile female rappers of the past ten years released new music on August 12,…