Season 1 · Episode 62
Is Rap Music Dead? with Broken Record’s Justin Richmond
The Sam Sanders Show · KCRW
November 5, 202526m 53sExplicit
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Show Notes
<p dir="ltr">For the first time in 35 years, there are no rap songs in Billboard’s Top 40. Is hip-hop in trouble? </p>
<p dir="ltr">Sam breaks down what it all means with Justin Richmond, music journalist and host of Pushkin’s <a href="https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/broken-record">Broken Record</a> podcast. The two chat about the warning signs that might have led to this moment, how hip hop has evolved, and how Black music continues to influence artists across genres today. </p>
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