From all-women posses bubbling out of Memphis and Chicago.

It’s coming from underground heroes like New York doomsayer billy woods and Detroit punchline addict Veeze. 1s, but the fact remains: Pretty much all of the best rap music being made right now is further down the charts, or not on them at all. More recent months quelled industry fears, with lackluster records and tracks by the likes of Travis Scott, Jack Harlow, and Doja Cat scoring No. As hip-hop celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, headlines swirled around its potentially diminishing force as a commercial juggernaut: The first half of the year didn’t see a rap song or album top Billboard’s main charts for the first time since 1993.