Macklemore's "Thrift Shop" Tops Billboard's 100 Hot Rap Songs Of The Last 25 Years

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' Thrift Shop is the most successful track in the 25 years of Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart .

When Macklemore is recognized in any hip hop category, the reaction is usually nothing short of an uproar. So was the case with his Best Rap Album Grammy win over Kendrick Lamar, yet Mack continues to come out on top. In honor of the 25th anniversary of Billboard's Hot Rap Chart, the publicationdecided to calculate the most successful songs in the chart's history. The list was quite varied, but "Thrift Shop" ended up taking the cake, claiming the number one spot.

Take a look at some of the lists below.

Top 10 Hot Rap Songs

1. Thrift Shop – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz, 2013
2. Tootsee Roll – 69 Boyz, 1994
3. Hot Boyz – Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott ft. Eve, Nas & Q-Tip, 1999
4. Can’t Hold Us – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton, 2013
5. Expression – Salt-N-Pepa, 1990
6. Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio ft. L.V., 1995
7. Flava In Ya Ear – Craig Mack, 1994
8. Big Poppa/Warning – The Notorious B.I.G., 1995
9. No Hands – Waka Flocka Flame ft. Roscoe Dash & Wale, 2010
10. The Humpty Dance – Digital Underground, 1990

Hot Rap Songs: Top 50 Artists (1989-2014):
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2. Jay Z
3. Lil Wayne
4. LL Cool J
5. Kanye West
6. T.I.
7. 50 Cent
8. Ludacris
9. Diddy
10. The Notorious B.I.G

Artists with the Most No. 1s:
1. Drake (13)
2. Diddy (10)
3. Kanye West (9)
4. LL Cool J (8)
5. TIE:
50 Cent (7)
Bow Wow (7)
Lil Wayne (7)
T.I. (7)
9. TIE:
Ice Cub (6)
Nelly (6)
The Notorious B.I.G. (6)

Artists with the Most Top 10s:
1. Lil Wayne (38)
2. Jay Z (34)
3. Drake (29)
4. Kanye West (26)
5. Diddy (24)
6. TIE:
LL Cool J (22)
Ludacris (22)
8.T.I. (21)
9. 50 Cent (20)
10. TIE:
Eminem (19)
Snoop Dogg (19)