Timothée Chalamet and EsDeeKid Squash the Alter-Ego Theories With Collab on "4 Raws (Remix)"

Timothée Chalamet and EsDeeKid officially proved they are separate individuals by appearing together in the “4 Raws (Remix)” music video The rumors were fueled by the fact that EsDeeKid consistently ...
AllHipHop

Drake Takes Over Hip-Hop Charts As “Take Care” Crushes New Releases

Drake claimed the top spot on the Hip-Hop charts as his 2011 album “Take Care” outsold new releases. Drake topped the Hip-Hop album sales chart for the week ending December 6 as his 2011 classic Take ...
Hip-Hop Wired

Kendrick's ’Not Like Us’ Crowned No.1 On Apple Music’s Rap Chart

Kendrick Lamar has added another accolade to an already amazing year. Apple Music announced that “Not Like Us” is the most-streamed rap song on the platform in 2025. Although the record dropped on May ...
The Fader

Rap’s chart decline proves it’s still a radical art form

During the week of October 25 through November 1, for the first time in 35 years, no rap songs appeared on Billboard’s top 40. For many, it signaled the death knell of hip-hop’s slow, but imminent, ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2001, Toby Keith Topped the Country Chart with a Rap Song Originally Meant for Blake Shelton

On this day (November 24) in 2001, Toby Keith topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with “I Wanna Talk About Me.” The song, which combined a rap cadence with a contemporary country arrangement, ...
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'Reacher's Skull-Cracking Action Hero Is Making Waves on Streaming Charts Outside of Prime Video

Recently, Reacher fans received the exciting news that production had wrapped on Season 4. With this news came the assumption that the latest installment of the hit Prime Video series will return in ...
Rolling Stone

Despite Slipping on the Charts, Hip-Hop Dominated This Year’s Grammy Nominations

Sort of like the economy, the current state of hip-hop depends on who you ask. There were the reports last month that, for the first time in 35 years, no hip-hop song had reached the Top 40 on the Hot ...
The New York Times

Tom Brady Says He Cloned His Dog. Cue the Critics.

Mr. Brady became the latest celebrity to try to preserve a pet’s genetics, a move that animal rights groups have criticized. By Sopan Deb and Simar Bajaj In retirement, Tom Brady, the former star ...
Today

Tom Brady Cloned His Dog. You Can Do the Same — But It'll Cost You

Tom Brady says he has been given "a second chance" with a clone of his beloved family dog. The Fox Sports broadcaster and retired NFL legend revealed on Nov. 4 that his dog, Junie, is a clone of his ...
Hypebeast

Chart Metrics vs. Cultural Mettle: Deconstructing the Narrative of Hip-Hop's "Fall"

The removal of Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s “luther” from the Billboard Hot 100 chart has reignited the heated debate of rap’s decline in 2025. The conversations are unsurprising when this is the first ...
MLive

90s rap legend dies from brain aneurysm

A rapper who became famous in the 1990s has reportedly died from a brain aneurysm. Young Bleed’s son, Ty’Gee Ramon, posted a video on his Instagram page announcing his father’s passing and honoring ...
Houston Chronicle

Is hip-hop over? According to the Billboard charts, that just might be the case

For the first time in more than three decades, not a single rap song ranks among the 40 most popular tracks in America. Last week’s Billboard Hot 100 marked the end of a remarkable 35-year streak, ...