While Hot Rap Songs was originally conceived as a bi-weekly sales chart, the rapid popularity and interest in the genre forced a change to a weekly sales recap before the chart reached its first ...

It was also the first rap single by a female to top the Billboard U.S. Hot 100 for multiple weeks since Lauryn Hill's "Doo ...

Listen to the top 20 hip-hop songs - as voted by the 1Xtra audience on the Rap Show with Tiffany Calver. Tiffany, Lethal Bizzle and podcaster Chris Mitchell explore the global growth and impact of ...

The huge week for Nicki Minaj and her Pink Friday 2 album includes a milestone achievement on Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart, where she captures her 50th top 10 on the genre list, tying for the ...