The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure ...

As one long-running hip-hop smash goes recurrent on the chart, the Hot 100’s top 40 does not boast a single rap song, ending a streak that’s lasted for over 35 years.

Rap music has had a famously difficult time on the Billboard Hot 100 in recent weeks. (After two weeks with no rap songs in the top 40, the drought finally ended this week, with Megan Thee Stallion’s ...

And, speaking of first-timers in the top 10, R&B singer-songwriter Daniel Caesar debuts on the Billboard 200 albums chart at ...

The Alchemist has added his two cents on the topic that had Rap Twitter in a frenzy this week.