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Hip-Hop & Rap Hits
The crossover bangers.
When rap took over the Hot 100 — the radio smashes, the sample-flipped anthems, and the crossover hits that turned hip-hop into pop's biggest force.
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127 tracks
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▸ Did you know
- The Sugarhill Gang's 1979 'Rapper's Delight' was the first rap single to reach the Top 40.
- Coolio's 'Gangsta's Paradise' was the best-selling single of 1995 in the U.S.