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With hip hop having greatly increased in mainstream popularity in the late 1980s, Billboard introduced the chart in their March 11, 1989 issue under the name Hot Rap Singles. [1] [2] Prior to the addition of the chart, hip hop music had been profiled in the magazine's "The Rhythm & the Blues" column and disco-related sections, while some rap ...
Hot Rap Songs is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard that ranks the most popular hip hop songs in the United States. 77 songs topped Hot Rap Songs in the 2010s. The first number-one song of the decade was "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys. [1]
On April 7, 2014, Jimmy Kimmel Live! held a skit called "American Sign Language Rap Battle." Khalifa performed the song as three ASL-certified interpreters competed. The song was featured in multiple trailers for the 2017 film The Lego Batman Movie. The song was an anthem for 1% Motorcycle club Satudarah due to its black and yellow club colors.
"Red Light Green Light" is a single by American rapper DaBaby. It was released on June 25, 2021, with an accompanying music video. [1] It was produced by D.A. Got That Dope. [2] The song contains a flute instrumental with snares. [2] [3]
This page lists the songs that reached number-one on the overall Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the R&B Songs chart (which was created in 2012), and the Hot Rap Songs chart in 2017. The R&B Songs and Rap Songs charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
The song, produced by production team THC and co-produced by Gwen Bunn, features a guest appearance from his Black Hippy cohort, Top Dawg Entertainment labelmate, and fellow American rapper Kendrick Lamar. The song has since peaked at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 36 on the UK R&B Chart.
The intro of the song samples "Introduction / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" by Gil Scott-Heron. [3] The song finds Royce da 5'9" and Eminem rapping over an "organ-driven" boom bap beat, with King Green on the chorus. [4] Eminem takes aim at mumble rap, rapping: "The boom bap is coming back / With an ax to mumble rap". [5]
The album featured the song "Drag 'Em in the River", which was a diss song directed at fellow New Orleans rapper Mystikal. [3] According to Mannie Fresh in a 2008 interview, the song's beat was the major reason Cash Money was able to sign rapper Juvenile, and in 2001 the same beat was reused for Juvenile's single "Set It Off". [1]