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Juice WRLD Is Just the Ninth Artist to Top the Billboard 200 Both When Alive & Posthumously
As previously reported, Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die enters the Billboard 200 at No. 1 this week. It’s his second No. 1 album. He landed his first, Death Race for Love, in March 2019—nine months before he died of a seizure. This makes Juice WRLD just the ninth artist in the 64-year history of the Billboard 200 to top the chart both while they were alive and after their death. Here’s a complete list of the artists who have achieved this feat: John Lennon: The ex-Beatle had two No. 1 solo albums before his death (Imagine in 1971 and Walls and Bridges in 1974) and one since (Double Fantasy, a collab with wife Yoko Ono, in 1980). Lennon was shot to death on Dec. 8, 1980. He was 40. 2Pac: The rapper had two No. 1 albums before his death (Me Against the World in 1995 and All Eyez on Me i...
Everything We Know About the Fight Involving Megan Thee Stallion & Tory Lanez (So Far)
An argument involving Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion last weekend resulted in the first rapper behind bars after police arrested him for finding a gun in his car and the latter in the hospital after reports said Lanez allegedly shot her. Earlier on Saturday night (July 11), Megan documented hanging poolside with Lanez and Kylie Jenner on her Instagram Live. Police later arrested Lanez for a felony count of carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle last Sunday (July 12) when officers found the weapon in his SUV after receiving a disturbance call outside a Hollywood Hills residence around 4 a.m. According to TMZ‘s initial report, an argument ensued and someone fired shots in the air before taking off in the vehicle, where police later found the “Hot Girl” ...
Alice Ivy Taps Extraordinary Lineup on Globe-Trotting New Album ‘Don’t Sleep’
With the benefit of hindsight, Alice Ivy was in wonderland when she cut Don’t Sleep. The new LP captures a glorious time not so long ago, filled with mates and late nights in faraway places. That was, before the pandemic ruined everything. Speaking with Billboard from her home in Melbourne, which has just entered a second lockdown, Don’t Sleep is the followup to 2018’s critically-lauded I’m Dreaming. Spanning 13 tracks, Don’t Sleep was written across a dizzying stretch of timezones, and features a diverse lineup with numerous female, non-binary, LGBTQI+, and BIPOC artists and voices. “I’m a very collaborative person,” she explains. “I would have struggled to get a lot of things over the line (stuck) in a room by myself.” [embedded content] In the mixing p...
Kanye West Rages On Twitter
The Kanye West show is in full swing (and full view). A day after his unusual debut political rally in South Carolina in which he appeared wearing a military style jacket with “2020” shaved into the back of his head, indulged in an hour-long train-of-thought session and at one stage, broke down in tears, Kanye is turning his attention to social media. Late Monday, West appeared to be having a very public meltdown on Twitter. It appeared to kick off with a single post, without comment, of Michael Jackson’s music video to “Black or White.” From that point forward, Kanye fired away. With family members among the targets, including Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner. “I put my life on my God that Norths mom would never photograph her doing playboy and that’s on ...
Kanye’s 8 Wildest Statements During His SC “Presidential” Rally
Source: George Pimentel / Getty Kanye West‘s presidential run is only a few seconds old (relatively) and already it seems to be dead on arrival. Yesterday (July 19) he inexplicably stated that the iconic Harriet Tubman never freed any slaves, and that may not have been the wildest moment. “Well, Harriet Tubman never freed the slaves,” Kanye “matter of factly” said. “She just had the slaves go work for other white people.” Again, right back to the whole “slavery was a choice” f*ckery. With a bulletproof vest on his torso and “2020” etched on his dome piece where a fade should’ve been, Kanye continued to leave the South Carolina crowd speechless as he delved into the weirdest and most asinine campaign rally since, well, Donald Trump’s a few weeks ago. After threatening to walk away from both...
Man Dressed As FedEx Driver Murders Son of Federal Judge, Critically Injures Her Husband
Source: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / Getty Yesterday (July 19) a man posing as a FedEx delivery man shot and killed the son of a federal judge and critically wounded her husband at their North Brunswick, NJ home. According to The New York Times, the murder occurred in broad daylight when the suspect showed up on the doorstep of U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas dressed in FedEx attire. After the door was opened the gunman proceeded to open fire on her 20-year-old son, Daniel Anderl and her husband, Mark Anderl. Her son was killed by the attack while her husband, a criminal defense attorney and former assistant Essex County prosecutor, underwent surgery and is in critical but stable condition. Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, expressed his sorrow in a statement Sunday night. “I k...
Pop Smoke ft. 50 Cent & Roddy Ricch “The Woo,” Westside Gunn ft. Benny The Butcher & Conway The Machine “Allah Sent Me” & More | Daily Visuals 7.20.20
Source: Vevo / Youtube Knowing that Pop Smoke isn’t around to enjoy the well-deserved fruits of his labor is still a very hard pill to swallow for the Hip-Hop community, but at least he left us a small body of work to enjoy as we reminisce about his time in the game. In his posthumous visuals to “The Woo,” 50 Cent and Roddy Ricch keep Pop’s memory alive with some throwback footage of Pop kicking it with his crew while Fiddy and Roddy party in his honor with a gang of young women. R.I.P. Pop. Elsewhere Westside Gunn demonstrates the struggle of a righteous man who’s entangled in the street life with his black-and-white clip to the Benny The Butcher and Conway The Machine assisted “Allah Sent Me.” Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed over the weekend includ...
Kansas City’s Dancefestopia Postponed Due to COVID-19 Concerns
Back in May 2020, we reported that organizers of the Kansas City electronic music festival Dancefestopia had announced the news that state and county officials gave them permission to move forward with the event’s 2020 edition. After being given the green-light, representatives acknowledged that “the situation could change.” Due to the unrelenting impact of COVID-19, they have officially announced Dancefestopia’s postponement to September 9th to 12th, 2021. The 2020 edition of Dancefestopia was set to feature many major dance music artists, including headliners GRiZ, Zeds Dead, and REZZ, along with Borgore, 12th Planet, Subtronics, Wuki, G Jones, and TroyBoi, among many others. However, a number of artists disassociated themselves from the brand...
REZZ Teases Hypnotic New Song via Instagram
REZZ, the bass music wunderkind and recent recipient of a shiny Juno Award, took to Instagram today to share a preview of an unreleased track, which immediately sent her fanbase into a frenzy. The preview arrives after a recent tweet in which REZZ wrote that she was working on music that made her “very happy at the moment.” She decided to post a lengthy preview of the ID, which churns along to a typically hypnotic rhythm featuring the alluring vocal refrain of “tag, you’re it.” The series of videos ends with the song’s drop, a menacing, bass-fueled masterstroke that sees her returning to her midtempo roots following the alt-rock and electro hybrid “Someone Else” with Grabbitz. REZZ was mum on the details, however, refraining from po...
VASSY Drops Remix Pack for Chart-Topping Single “Nothing To Lose”
In honor of the ten-year anniversary of her debut release, VASSY has dropped a remix EP for one of her all-time classics. Back in 2016, she joined forces with Tiësto for their Billboard Dance Club Songs number-one single, “Nothing to Lose.” Naturally, her chart-topping tune is the perfect track to celebrate her illustrious career. Released on her co-writers’ label, the record features remixes from LODATO, COOL KICKS, Kue, Gozzi, and Kobe Bourne and JK West. With each artist giving the track a unique spin, the remix EP signifies a metaphorical passing of the torch from the superstars to the up-and-comers. Over the course of her career, VASSY has gone platinum seventeen times, garnered over 2 billion streams, and has co...
Department of Sound’s “Summer of Sound 2020” Program Offers Free Youth Music Production Courses
The nonprofit organization Department of Sound recently introduced its new youth music and podcast production course, “Summer of Sound 2020.” At no cost, students thirteen years of age and older will be able to learn the basics of music composition, live recording, and more. EDM producers and fans alike will be happy to hear that many of the students go on to create electronic music and that a Kaytranada remix is analyzed as part of the coursework. You can listen to the completed beats created by the students here. Students are able to learn at their own pace, with no deadlines aside from the program’s end date on September 22nd, 2020. They will not need to purchase any gear as it can be completed entirely within Soundtrap, an application availabl...
Dehd: Flower of Devotion
One night last summer, at a 19th-century opera house, Dehd were playing in the middle of the room. Headlining a label showcase configured for 360-degree views, the bleeding-hearted indie-rock trio followed their steelier, more poker-faced peers Patio and Deeper. As the latter finished their set, all three bands convened for a cover of The Cure’s “Boys Don’t Cry,” on which Dehd guitarist Jason Balla and bassist Emily Kempf took the mics with their typical on-stage abandon. That night—eye-to-eye with their listeners, hiding no side of themselves, and taking cues from Robert Smith by bending the rigid edges of post-punk with the brightness and zeal of pop—Dehd were exactly in their element. This direct connection carries through Flower of Devotion, the band’s biggest-sounding album yet. Rathe...
