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SummaryDoechii has properly announced the largest tour of her career, the Live From The Swamp TourWith the news landing just after her Lollapalooza performance, the tour is confirmed to kick off on October 14 in Chicago and will wrap up in Seattle on November 10Ticket sales begin later this week for the 14-show runEver since Alligator Bites Never Heal dropped on August 30, 2024, Doechii has found herself dominating the cultural zeitgeist. As her biggest year yet almost comes full circle on the award-winning album's one-year anniversary at the end of the month, the Swamp Princess has formally lifted the veil on her biggest tour of her career, the Live From The Swamp Tour.News of the 14-date North American trek arrives more directly on the heels of the Swamp Princess's captivating Lollapaloo...

Summaryxaviersobased has shared surprise new EP entitled once more At just six tracks, the project features contributions from Backend and OsamaSon and takes a more polished persona than the producer/rapper's past sonic offeringsPlugged into a myriad of hip hop subcultures for years now, xaviersobased has become one of the key faces behind powering the current underground scene. At just 21 years old, the New York City-born and bred rapper/producer now has a double-digit number of mixtapes, EPs, and albums under his belt, each one further fleshing out his distinct sound: a raw, pieced-together patchwork of different music subgenres ranging from jerk and cloud rap to pluggnb and even hyperpop, all the while still dripping in his Day 1, internet-era influence.Xavier's latest EP comes as a sur...

SummaryYoungBoy Never Broke Again's new album, MASA, debuts at No. 6 on the Billboard 200It's his 16th top 10 album, tying him with JAY-Z and NasOther notable debuts include TOMORROW X TOGETHER and Tyler ChildersYoungBoy Never Broke Again debuts at No. 6 on this week's Billboard 200 with MASA.His latest effort earns a total of 49,000 equivalent album units in its first week. This includes 48,000 in streaming equivalent album units (69.15 million on-demand streams of the songs), a little under 1,000 in album sales and the remaining in track equivalent album units. MASA gives YB his 16th top 10 entry — tying with him JAY-Z and Nas for the third-most top 10 albums among hip-hop artists. He stands behind Drake with 17 and Future with 18.Other new appearances this week include TOMORROW X TOGETH...