Only 3 songs in the iTunes top 50 are in the "Hiphop" category...

[MiC]

Has mainstream America lost interest in hip hop?
Will this prevent new rappers from putting out albums and singles?

The 3 songs:
-Monster by Eminem
-Show Me by Kid Ink
-White Walls by Macklemore

 

[Poppa_Dock]

charts have always been like this. At the end of the day people want to hear songs about something worthwhile.

 

[dubsmith_nz]

Pop has always moved major units when it comes to singles, no surprise here

Thought "My nikka" would have been up there though

 

[RammerJammer]

They listen to hip hop, just don't buy it

 

[FlyRy]

were on life support.. them shyts is pop rap too.

 

[Grand Champ]

Its still top of the year, just give it some time fam, everything gon be good

 

[MiC]

Weird to not see jay kanye drake wayne cole kendrick ross ti chainz...at least one of them have a big hit out

 

[Grand Champ]

I see what you saying but those rappers you named only have street singles out right now. Things gonna pick up in a few months when more albums start dropping

 

[dubsmith_nz]

Weird to not see jay kanye drake wayne cole kendrick ross ti chainz...at least one of them have a big hit out

Outside of Drake the rest of those cats dropped albums over 6 months ago. There hasn't been one major label album yet this year, things should start to heat up soon hopefully.

 

[TrixxFE]

iTunes has always been like that, even during the most popular times in hip hop. EDM is really popular right now too and I'm sure there's only about 3-4 of those in the top 50.

 

[No_bammer_weed]

i thought for sure that labels would take the obvious cue from the runaway success of kendrick lamar, and realize that hip hop fans as a whole were weary of the one dimensional club swag rapper, and were interested in artists who had something to say. I guess I was wrong. Execs are committed to stupid rap, against all odds.

 

[Yoda]

man I don't really give a damn. only white people use iTunes anyways. buy the album buttheads! smh at paying a dollar for one song.

 

[TrixxFE]

And either hip hop fans are pirating or the real fans will buy physicals or at least the whole album digitally

 

[Omerta]

i thought for sure that labels would take the obvious cue from the runaway success of kendrick lamar, and realize that hip hop fans as a whole were weary of the one dimensional club swag rapper, and were interested in artists who had something to say. I guess I was wrong. Execs are committed to stupid rap, against all odds.

when Kendrick Lamar has top 10 billboard hits (singles) then labels MAY pay attention.

 

[Harry B]

Counting features I saw about 15 rappers or perhaps more in the top 50 on billboard.

Rappers just haven't released any new shyt, observe the top 50 rap songs and you'll see. Just a wild guess but id say that about 10 of the top 50 rap songs were released in the past 6 months, the rest is older. The real question is if rappers who are coming out are having their singles left in the bushes, I can't find anything supporting that. Cats like YG and Rich Homie were top 20 and shyt..