LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 25: (L-R) DJ Khaled, Chance The Rapper and Quavo of Migos perform onstage at 2017 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
Frederick M. Brown/Getty ImagesFor the first time ever, hip hop is the most consumed music genre in the U.S., according to Forbes!
For the first six months of 2017, R&B/hip hop was responsible for 25.1% of all music consumption in the country, while rock claimed 23%.
Hip hop was king of the song charts, too. Migos’ “Bad and Boujee” had the second-highest amount of streams in that six-month period with nearly 650 million. Seven other rap songs also made that list.
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