Developing: Official Charts’ own UK Rap Chart page still showed the week-one chart when we checked on Saturday night, so the week-two positions below come from Mixtape Madness’s report of Friday’s 1Xtra countdown. We’ll check them against the official page once it updates.

UK rap finally has a chart of its own, and two weeks in, the top spot has already changed hands. According to Mixtape Madness, Skepta’s ‘Currency’ went straight in at No.1 on the second Official UK Rap Chart, revealed by Kenny Allstar on BBC Radio 1Xtra on Friday night.

The same report puts ‘Broken Hearts’, Skepta’s track with Central Cee and Jorja Smith, at No.2. BexBlu and Paul Stephan’s ‘Sound Of The South’ climbs two places to No.4, and D-Block Europe and Young Adz have a new entry at No.5 with ‘Graduation Baby’. Last week’s No.1, ‘What U Wanna Do’, drops to No.7, and ‘Chiltern Firehouse’ with Fakemink is at No.6.

That’s a strong second act for The Fork and Knife, which entered the albums chart at No.4. Fakemink and Skepta also released a Dexter Navy-directed video for ‘Chiltern Firehouse’ on 10 November, Complex reports.

For the record, here’s the first chart, covering 6 to 12 November, as published by Official Charts. D-Block Europe and Young Adz took the first ever No.1 with ‘What U Wanna Do’. Fakemink and Skepta’s ‘Chiltern Firehouse’ was No.2, EsDeeKid’s ‘Bandit’ No.3, Morrisson’s ‘Cos Of You’ No.4 and Skepta’s ‘Pandora’s Box’ No.5. Nines had three tracks in the Top 15, and Bugzy Malone had three in a row from No.15 to No.17.

So how does it work? The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company from UK streams and sales of British rap singles, BBC Newsbeat explained at launch. Kenny Allstar counts it down on 1Xtra every Friday, and it goes up on BBC Sounds afterwards. His verdict on the launch was one word: ‘Finally’.

His reasoning is simple. ‘It’s not easy for any artist to go against Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift every week,’ he told the BBC, and a rap-only chart gives the scene ‘its dedicated space where artists can just be celebrated’. Eric Hunter of Official Charts told Newsbeat it would help ‘give emerging talent a way to track their progress alongside their peers’.

Two weeks in, both sides of that pitch are showing. The legends are at the top, and names like BexBlu and Paul Stephan are climbing next to them. Next countdown: Friday on 1Xtra.

Why this matters: A chart only for UK rap means the scene’s wins get counted on their own terms, not just against the pop giants.