Rap Songs (formerly known as Hot Rap Tracks and Hot Rap Singles) is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 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. 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 featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip, a single that was number one for 18 weeks from December 1999 to March 2000.^[1] Drake has the most number-one songs on the chart with 12 currently.

Song achievements[link]

Most weeks at number-one[link]

• 18 Weeks

Missy Elliott ft. Lil' Mo, Nas, Eve and Q-Tip — "Hot Boyz"

• 15 Weeks

Drake — "Best I Ever Had"

• 14 Weeks

Drake ft. Lil Wayne - "The Motto"

Lil Wayne ft. Static Major - "Lollipop"

• 13 Weeks

DJ Khaled ft. Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne — "I'm On One"

• 12 Weeks

Terror Squad ft. Remy Ma - "Lean Back"

• 11 Weeks

Flo Rida ft. T-Pain - "Low"

• 10 Weeks

Jay-Z and Kanye West - "Niggas in Paris"

Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes - "Look At Me Now"

T.I. - "Whatever You Like"

T.I. ft. Rihanna - "Live Your Life"

Nelly ft. Paul Wall and Ali & Gipp - "Grillz"

Snoop Dogg ft. Pharrell - "Drop It Like It's Hot"

Sources:^[1][2]

Note: Above list only includes songs which topped the chart in 2004 or later.

Artist achievements[link]

Most number-one hits[link]

• Drake (12)^[3][4]

Source:^[1]

Most consecutive weeks at number-one[link]

• 21 weeks - Lil Wayne ("Lollipop", "A Milli")
• 20 weeks - Drake ("I'm On One", " Headlines"); T-Pain ("Good Life", "Low"); T.I. ("Whatever You Like", "Live Your Life")
• 19 weeks - 50 Cent ("Candy Shop", "Hate It Or Love It", "Just A Lil Bit")
• 18 Weeks - Missy Elliott, Lil' Mo, Nas, Eve, Q-Tip ("Hot Boyz")
• 15 weeks - Drake ("Make Me Proud", "The Motto"); Drake ("Best I Ever Had")

Note: Above chart only considers songs that charted in 2004 or later

Simultaneously occupying the top three positions[link]

• Drake: October 8, 2011 through October 22, 2011^[1][2][5]

1. "I'm On One" (No. 1 October 8, No. 2 October 15, and No. 3 October 22, 2011)
2. "Headlines" (No. 2 October 8 and No. 1 October 15, and October 22, 2011)
3. "She Will"(with Lil Wayne) (No. 3 October 8 and October 15, and No. 2 October 22, 2011)

• 50 Cent: April 2, 2005^[1][6]

1. "Candy Shop"(featuring Olivia) (No. 1 April 2, 2005)
2. "Hate It or Love It"(with Game) (No. 2 April 2, 2005)
3. "How We Do"(with Game) (No. 3 April 2, 2005)

See also[link]

• List of number-one rap singles of 2011
• Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
• Billboard charts

References[link]

External links[link]

• Current Billboard Rap Songs chart

Yu Dafu
Born	(1896-12-07)December 7, 1896 Fuyang, Zhejiang, China
Died	September 17, 1945(1945-09-17) (aged 48)
Occupation	Short Story writer and Poet

Yu Dafu (simplified Chinese: 郁达夫; traditional Chinese: 郁達夫; pinyin: Yù Dáfū; Wade–Giles: Yu Ta-fu) (December 7, 1896—September 17, 1945). Born in Fuyang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, was a modern Chinese short story writer and poet.

Early years[link]

Yu Dafu's father died when he was three, leaving the family poverty-stricken and destitute. He received a number of scholarships through the Chinese government and went on to receive a traditional Chinese education in Hangzhou. Chronologically he studied in Jiangxing-Fu Middle School (before he came to Hangzhou), Hangzhou-Fu Middle School, Yuying Academy^[1] (育英学堂, formerly of Zhejiang University).

In 1912, he entered Hangchow University (later its major part merged into Zhejiang University) preparatory through examination. He was there only for a short period before he was expelled for participation in a student strike.^[2]

He then moved to Japan, where he studied economics at the Tokyo Imperial University between 1913 and 1922, where he met other Chinese intellectuals (namely, Guo Moruo, Zhang Ziping and Tian Han). Together, in 1921 they founded the Chuangzao she 創造社 ("Creation Society"), which promoted vernacular and modern literature. One of his earlier works Chenlun 沉淪, also his most famous, published in Japan in 1921. The work had gained immense popularity in China, shocking the world of Chinese literature with its frank dealing with sex, as well as grievances directed at the incompetence of Chinese government at the time.

In 1922, he returned to China as a literary celebrity and worked as the editor of Creation Quarterly, editing journals and writing short stories. In 1923, after an attack of tuberculosis, Yu Dafu directed his attention to the welfare of the masses.

In 1927, he worked as an editor of the Hongshui literary magazine. He later came in conflict with the Communist Party of China and fled back to Japan.

Second Sino-Japanese war[link]

After the start of the Second Sino-Japanese war, he returned to China and worked as a writer of anti-Japanese propaganda in Hangzhou, and later in Zhejiang. From 1938 to 1942, he worked as a literary editor for the newspaper Sin Chew Jit Poh in Singapore.

In 1942 when the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Singapore, he was forced to flee to Sumatra. Known under a different identity, he settled there among other overseas Chinese and began a brewery business with the help of the locals. Later he was forced to help the Japanese military police as an interpreter when it was discovered that he was one of the few "locals" in the area who could speak Japanese.

In 1945, he was arrested by the Kempeitai when his true identity was finally discovered. It is believed that he was executed by the Japanese shortly after the surrender of Japan.

Works[link]

• Chenlun 沉淪 "Sinking" (1921)
• Riji jiuzhong 日記九種 “Nine Diaries” (1927)
• Guoqu 過去 “The Past" (1927)
• his first novel?? (1928) (moderately successful)
• his second novel?? (1932)
• Chuben 出奔 "Flight" (1935)

His most popular work, breaking all Chinese sales records, was Jih-chi chiu-chung "Nine Diaries", which detailed his affair with the writer Wang Ying-hsin. The most critically acclaimed work is Kuo-ch'u or "The Past", written in 1927.^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

• Encyclopædia Britannica 2005 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD, article- "Yü Ta-fu"

External links[link]

• Works by Yu Dafu at Project Gutenberg