List of Billboard number-one rap singles of the 1980s and 1990s
Single Artist Reached number one Weeks at number one
Self-Destruction Stop the Violence Movement March 11 , 1989 10
Me Myself and I De La Soul May 20 , 1989 8
I 'm That Type of Guy LL Cool J July 15 , 1989 2
Fight the Power Public Enemy July 29 , 1989 6
It 's Funky Enough The D.O.C September 9 , 1989 4
Smooth Operator Big Daddy Kane October 7 , 1989 4
Me So Horny 2 Live Crew November 4 , 1989 4
Cha Cha Cha MC Lyte December 2 , 1989 2
New Jack Swing Wrecks-n-Effect December 16 , 1989 1
Somebody for Me Heavy D & the Boyz December 23 , 1989 2
The D.O.C . & The Doctor The D.O.C January 6 , 1990 2
Expression Salt-n-Pepa January 20 , 1990 8
The Humpty Dance Digital Underground March 17 , 1990 5
Murder Rap Above the Law April 21 , 1990 2
Funhouse Kid ' n Play May 5 , 1990 3
911 Is a Joke Public Enemy May 26 , 1990 2
AmeriKKKa 's Most Wanted Ice Cube June 9 , 1990 3
The Power Snap ! June 30 , 1990 3
We 're All in the Same Gang The West Coast Rap All-Stars July 21 , 1990 4
Untouchable Above the Law August 18 , 1990 1
Number-one singles
Key Billboard year-end number-one single ↑ Return of a single to number one Contents 198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000s →
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 it holds 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.