Hot Rap Tracks is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It lists the most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Urban contemporary is a music Radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single sold in that given week. The most weeks at number one was "Hot Boyz" by Missy Elliott, a single that was number one for 16 weeks in late 1999 to early 2000. For the Southern rap group see Hot Boys. " Hot Boyz " is the title of a number-one R&B single by rapper Missy "Misdemeanor" Lexis-Nexis Academic has many of these charts including every week from 1994.