Hot Rap Songs is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard which ranks the most popular hip hop songs in the United States. 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. 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 records made appearances on the related Hot Black Singles chart. The inaugural number-one single on Hot Rap Singles was "Self Destruction" by the Stop the Violence Movement. From its 1989 inception until 2001, the chart was based solely on each single's weekly sales. To formulate chart rankings, Billboard assembled a panel of selected record stores to provide reports of each week's top-selling singles.
Between 1989 and 1999, 173 singles topped the Hot Rap Singles chart, with "Hot Boyz" by Missy Elliott featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip being the final number-one single of the 1990s. The single's 18-week reign at the top spot extended into the next decade, and until 2019 it held the record for the most weeks at number one in the chart's history. LL Cool J and Puff Daddy each attained nine number-one hits on the Hot Rap Singles chart during its first 11 years, the most for any artist during this period. In a 25th anniversary listing of the top 100 songs in the history of Hot Rap Songs based on chart performance, "Me So Horny" by the 2 Live Crew and "Tootsee Roll" by 69 Boyz were the highest-ranked singles of the 1980s and 1990s respectively.
Number-one singles +Key Billboard year-end number-one single ↑ Return of a single to number one
Single Artist Reached number one Weeks atnumber one Ref. "Self-Destruction" Stop the Violence Movement 10 "Me Myself and I" De La Soul 8 "I'm That Type of Guy" LL Cool J 2 "Fight the Power" Public Enemy 6 "It's Funky Enough" 4 "Smooth Operator" Big Daddy Kane 4 "Me So Horny" 2 Live Crew 4 "Cha Cha Cha" MC Lyte 2 "New Jack Swing" Wrecks-n-Effect 1 "Somebody for Me" Heavy D & the Boyz 2 "" 2 "Expression" Salt-n-Pepa 8 "" Digital Underground 5 "Murder Rap" Above the Law 2 "Funhouse" Kid 'n Play 3 "911 Is a Joke" Public Enemy 2 "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" Ice Cube 3 "" Snap! 3 "We're All in the Same Gang" 4 "Untouchable" Above the Law 1 "Banned in the U.S.A." Luke featuring 1 "Call Me D-Nice" D-Nice 4 "Treat Them Like They Want to Be Treated" Father MC 1 "" LL Cool J 2 "Ice Ice Baby" Vanilla Ice 1 "Knockin' Boots" Candyman 6 "Monie in the Middle" Monie Love 2 "I'll Do 4 U" Father MC 3 "Around the Way Girl" LL Cool J 4 "Gold Digger" EPMD 3 "Treat 'Em Right" 3 "Looking at the Front Door" Main Source 3 "It's a Shame (My Sister)" Monie Love featuring True Image 2 "Daddy's Little Girl" Nikki D 2 "I Got to Have It" Ed O.G. and Da Bulldogs 1 "Mama Said Knock You Out" LL Cool J 1 "You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo" Yo-Yo featuring Ice Cube 4 "Rise 'n' Shine" Kool Moe Dee featuring KRS-One and Chuck D 2 "Homey Don't Play Dat" Terminator X 1 "Pop Goes the Weasel" 3rd Bass 2 "Summertime" DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 2 "" 2 "" Jibri Wise One 2 "Growin' Up in the Hood" Compton's Most Wanted 1 "O.P.P." Naughty by Nature 4 "Fuck Compton" Tim Dog 1 "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" Geto Boys 3 "Can't Truss It" Public Enemy 3 "Check the Rhime" 1 "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" Kid 'n Play 2 "Blue Cheese" 2 "Just the Two of Us" 2 "" / "How I Could Just Kill a Man" Cypress Hill 5 "" Black Sheep 2 "Poor Georgie" MC Lyte 1 "Oochie Coochie" MC Brains 2 "Shut 'em Down" Public Enemy 1 "" featuring KRS-One 1 "" Leaders of the New School 1 "Jump" Kris Kross 5 "Tennessee" Arrested Development 1 "They Want EFX" Das EFX 3 "Sometimes I Rhyme Slow" Nice & Smooth 1 "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" 3 "Take It Personal" Gang Starr 1 "Warm It Up" Kris Kross 3 "Don't Sweat the Technique" Eric B. & Rakim 1 "Fakin' the Funk" Main Source 1 "Crossover" EPMD 3 "People Everyday" Arrested Development 3 "Mic Checka" Das EFX 1 "360 Degrees (What Goes Around)" Grand Puba 1 "Here It Comes" / "Back to the Grill" MC Serch 1 "Ever So Clear" Bushwick Bill 1 "Blow Your Mind" Redman 1 "Lost in the Storm" 2 "Rump Shaker" Wreckx-n-Effect 3 "Not Gonna Be Able to Do It" Double XX Posse 1 "Flex" Mad Cobra 2 "Wicked" Ice Cube 2 "I Got a Man" Positive K 2 "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" Digable Planets 3 "Informer" Snow 2 "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg March 12, 1993 3 "Throw Ya Gunz" Onyx 2 "Time 4 Sum Aksion" Redman 1 "It Was a Good Day" Ice Cube 1 "Down with the King" Run–D.M.C. featuring 2 "How I'm Comin'" LL Cool J 1 "Typical Reasons (Swing My Way)" Prince Markie Dee and Soul Convention 1 "Deeper" Boss 3 "Head or Gut" / "We Getz Busy" Illegal 2 "Lots of Lovin'" 1 "Passin' Me By" 1 "Slam" Onyx 2 "Bonnie & Clyde" / "IBWin' wit My Crewin'" Yo-Yo 1 "Insane in the Brain" Cypress Hill 3 "Ruffneck" MC Lyte 1 "Check Yo Self" Ice Cube featuring Das EFX 1 "Alright" Kris Kross featuring Super Cat 2 "Grand Groove" / "At Large" Intelligent Hoodlum 1 "Chief Rocka" Lords of the Underground 1 "We Getz Busy" ↑ Illegal 1 "Flow Joe" Fat Joe 1 "Recipe of a Hoe" Boss 1 "Valley of the Skinz" Trends of Culture 1 "What's Next" Leaders of the New School 1 "Stay Real" 1 "Shoop" Salt-n-Pepa 5 "What's My Name?" Snoop Doggy Dogg 3 "Getto Jam" Domino 6 "Whatta Man" Salt-n-Pepa featuring En Vogue 2 "Gin and Juice" Snoop Doggy Dogg 2 "Player's Ball" Outkast 6 "Got Me Waiting" Heavy D & the Boyz 3 "Regulate" Warren G and Nate Dogg 3 "Funkdafied" Da Brat 11 "Tootsee Roll" 69 Boyz 1 "Flava in Ya Ear" 4 "Tootsee Roll" ↑ 69 Boyz 1 "Flava in Ya Ear" ↑ 10 "Tootsee Roll" ↑ 69 Boyz 5 "Big Poppa" / "Warning" 6 "Dear Mama" / "Old School" 2Pac 1 "Big Poppa" / "Warning" ↑ 1 "Dear Mama" / "Old School" ↑ 2Pac 1 "Big Poppa" / "Warning" ↑ 2 "Dear Mama" / "Old School" ↑ 2Pac 1 "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" Dr. Dre 1 "Dear Mama" / "Old School" ↑ 2Pac 2 "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" Method Man featuring 6 "One More Chance/Stay with Me" 9 "Boombastic" / "In the Summertime" Shaggy / Shaggy featuring Rayvon 1 "Gangsta's Paradise" Coolio featuring L.V. 11 "Cell Therapy" Goodie Mob 1 "Hey Lover" LL Cool J 8 "Tonite's tha Night" Kris Kross 5 "Get Money" Junior M.A.F.I.A. featuring 3 "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" / "Everything Remains Raw" 7 "5 O'Clock" Nonchalant 1 "" Bone Thugs-n-Harmony 6 "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" 2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo /2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and 6 "Elevators (Me & You)" Outkast 4 "Loungin" LL Cool J 4 "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" ↑ 2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo /2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and 2 "Bow Down" Westside Connection 2 "Po Pimp" Do or Die featuring Twista 1 "Bow Down" ↑ Westside Connection 1 "Street Dreams" Nas 1 "No Time" Lil' Kim featuring Puff Daddy 9 "Cold Rock a Party" MC Lyte 2 "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" Puff Daddy featuring Mase 12 "Hypnotize" 7 "I'll Be Missing You" Puff Daddy and featuring 112 8 "Mo Money Mo Problems" featuring Puff Daddy and Mase 4 "Up Jumps da Boogie" Timbaland & Magoo 8 "Feel So Good" Mase 6 "Been Around the World" Puff Daddy & the Family featuring and Mase 6 "Dangerous" 1 "Father" LL Cool J 3 "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)" Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz 1 "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" 2 "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)" ↑ Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz 4 "Romeo and Juliet" featuring Chill 4 "Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up" 4 "Money, Power & Respect" featuring DMX and Lil' Kim 1 "Raise the Roof" Luke featuring No Good but So Good 1 "I Got the Hook Up" Master P featuring Sons of Funk 1 "Come with Me" Puff Daddy featuring 5 "Lookin' at Me" Mase featuring Puff Daddy 10 "Just the Two of Us" 2 "Superthug (What What)" Noreaga 1 "Pushin' Weight" Ice Cube featuring Mr. Short Khop 2 "Doo Wop (That Thing)" 4 "Pushin' Weight" ↑ Ice Cube featuring Mr. Short Khop 1 "Ghetto Cowboy" Mo Thugs Family featuring Bone Thugs-n-Harmony 8 "Watch for the Hook" Cool Breeze featuring Outkast, Goodie Mob and Witchdoctor 3 "It Ain't My Fault" / "Somebody Like Me" Silkk the Shocker featuring Mystikal /Silkk the Shocker featuring Mýa 3 "What's It Gonna Be?!" featuring 5 "Who Dat" featuring Solé 8 "No Pigeons" Sporty Thievz featuring Mr. Woods 4 "Wild Wild West" featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee 3 "Jamboree" Naughty by Nature featuring Zhané 4 "Jigga My Nigga" Jay-Z 2 "I Want It All" Warren G featuring Mack 10 4 "Satisfy You" Puff Daddy featuring 4 "4, 5, 6" Solé featuring and Kandi 1 "Hot Boyz" featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip 18
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External links Hot Rap Songs at Billboard