Joe Rogan believes "rap's fallen off the charts" because the "USAID got defunded."
Drake delivered hip-hop's only No. 1 hit atop the Billboard Hot 100 in 2026, but there's no evidence linking USAID and rap funding.
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Podcast titan Joe Rogan believes that hip-hop’s relative lack of commercial success in 2026 can be attributed to the Trump administration’s defunding of the USAID.
Rogan made the claims about hip-hop during the Aug. 13 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience with comedian Shane Gillis, Mark Normand and Ari Shaffir.
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