As ever, getting to 100 was a massive undertaking ... thanks for the aforementioned songs and tracks like the Aerosmith collab “Walk This Way,” both rap and Run-D.M.C. began to go mainstream.

Billboard single charts: No. 1 (U.S. Hot 100), No. 1 (U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop), No. 1 (U.S. Rap) Bottom line: It took a lot for ...

Tyler, The Creator completes a rare self-replacement at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as "Sticky," ...

In the 1990s and 2000s, it was common to hear ladies singing the hooks (or choruses) on rap songs. Whether big names like ...

The Notorious B.I.G.

Rick Ross’ Teflon Don Best Rap Songs: Rick Ross and Styles P, "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"; Kanye West and Pusha T, "Runaway"; Eminem, “Not Afraid”; Drake, “Over”; Waka Flocka Flame ...

Some believe that the 1990s was the golden era of rap music. Though the genre was created in the late 1970s in the parks of New York City and later honed in the 1980s thanks to groups like Run-DMC and ...