Thats why i try avoiding the charts & radio its a bunch of fictitious bullshit

Didn't they announce they'd stop posting charts?

Yes they did

Thanks for confirming cuz yeah I swear I saw that too but I can't find a source for it

Article is paywalled, but BI is the source I guess

A lot of businesses use their own playlists so it’s even less things propping them up than you think

Industry hella fake

I dont know what happened

Pop radio clearly played black hits back when usher/ciara/lil jon era

Its like a mandate was made that said "ok chill with all that black s***"

Oh fr? They literally just started lmao.

I think it's the fact rap songs will never get the same amount of radio as pop or rnb songs.

I feel like some stations kinda weirdly separate genres like the Grammy's with race.

There is a pop station in Houston that play generic pop songs, but when they have rap features they are cut out 100% of the time.

Even if the verse is clean.

Plus on the big top 40 stations, it takes forever for a rap song to finally get plays on the radio.

But they cool playing MJ or the weekend usually

Catchy pop songs are on the top of the charts and also some forgettable generic rap ones

They just fell off. And then it was just Drake.

In 2008, Mitt Romney's private equity firm bought iHeartMedia. Radio playlists across all genres but especially pop became steadily whiter from that point on. Bain saw pop as a predominantly white genre, and the era of Fergie, Alicia Keys, and Nelly Furtado gave way to the era of Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. Black artists trying to work in the pop space now faced an intense uphill battle getting exposure through radio. Rihanna was able to save her career by repositioning herself as a global artist, crafting dancehall and house influenced singles that felt just as at home on UK stations as American ones. Her global popularity gave her leverage against US radio's new corporate overlords and her career was saved.

Black artists were forced to adapt to industry politics

Drake is not black why are you bringing him up

Lmfao them labels put a call in quick to cut that s*** out

glad somebody finally saying it lmao, this and middle aged people when they with kids or at events they cue the “pop hits today!” playlist or the safest radio stations they’ve been accustomed to knowing lmao

we’ve all seen it… trap beats make “certain” people uncomfortable

Serious question: how do we get rid of Payola?

I always thought he tried out being a soundcloud guy but failed to rally any attention from it
I remember when no jumper would plug him almost weekly

wait till op finds out about the stream farms

No proof.

Its not really payola. Its just pop music gets more radio plays than rap.

And fell off too. I feel like Drake replaced most of them while Rihanna and Beyoncé doninated the rest.

50/50