How Hip-Hop Changed the Billboard Charts: From “Rapper’s Delight” to Today | Billboard News
Written by cdf8d on November 11, 2026
From Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” breaking into the Hot 100 to chart milestones from Lauryn Hill, Eminem, OutKast, Drake …
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@SonanceMedia On November 11, 2026 at 3:23 am
Going from "Rapper's Delight" on the Hot 100 to milestones from Lauryn Hill, Eminem, OutKast, Drake and Kendrick shows how far the genre's chart presence has come. Which chart moment do you think mattered most for hip-hop?