This year, hip-hop produced earworms en masse. Desiigner‘s wildly wacky smash hit “Panda” gave the black-and-white bear emoji purpose while Rae Sremmurd‘s “Black Beatles” featuring Gucci Mane lit up social feeds with the viral Mannequin Challenge.
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The genre also dominated the charts. Drake Cha Cha’d at the top of the Hot 100 for 10 weeks with the Wizkid and Kyla-featured jam “One Dance” while Chance The Rapper notched his first No. 1 on both the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop and R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charts with the carefree track “No Problem” featuring 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne.
Kanye West loyalists also caught the Holy Ghost with his gospel-meets-rap release “Ultralight Beam” as Fat Joe and Remy Ma turned each milestone into a turn-up with the French Montana and Infared-assisted “No Problem.”
With a plethora of gems to choose from, vote for the hip-hop song that ruled 2016 (or write in your own pick) below!
