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Roddy Ricch’s ‘Live Life Fast’ Debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart
Roddy Ricch bags his second No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart as Live Life Fast debuts at No. 1 on the list dated Jan. 1. The set starts with 62,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 23, according to MRC Data. As with most hip-hop releases, streaming powers the majority of Live Life Fast‘s first-week activity. Just under 57,500 of the 62,000 units derive from streaming-album equivalents — representing 76.5 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks. Traditional album sales comprise 3,500 units and the remaining 1,000 units come through track-equivalent units. (One unit equals the following levels of consumption: one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and vi...
EDM.com’s Best of 2021: Music Producers
EDM.com proudly publishes four installments of annual year-end coverage: Industry Leaders, Performances, Music Producers, and Songs. DJing and music production are different. But the difference between the two is like a wallflower—it hides in plain sight, and it is vastly misunderstood. To publish a “Top DJ” list would be to undermine the originality, ingenuity, and dauntless imagination of the artists who dedicate their lives to music creation. To honor their fearless creativity and profound dedication to their craft, we’ve recognized 10 of the best electronic music producers of 2021. Laxcity From the feel-good future bass of his Disconnect EP to the textured synths on “melodies from heaven,” Laxcity took over 2021 with his wistfully dreamy takes on the electro...
Paris Hilton Is DJing In Her Own Metaverse On New Year’s Eve—Next to Her Dog Mansion
Paris Hilton will be DJing in her own metaverse, dubbed “Paris World,” this New Year’s Eve. You’ll even be able to watch from her dog mansion. “Paris World” is a virtual island featuring digital replicas of Hilton’s Beverly Hills home and its dog mansion (her dogs’ names are Crypto, Ethereum, and Ether). Attendees will be able to rent a high-end sports car, Sunray yacht, or purchase virtual clothing. The metaverse experience, which will operate on the Roblox platform, will also include a private jet and massive DJ stages. “For me, the metaverse is somewhere that you can do everything you can do in real life in the digital world,” Hilton told Reuters. “Not everybody gets to experience that, so that’s what we’ve been work...
Roddy Ricch Announces New Mixtape ‘Feed Tha Streets 3’
w1Roddy Ricch has officially announced his upcoming mixtape, Feed Tha Streets 3. The young rapper took to Twitter to confirm the news, simply writing, “FTS 3 comin 2022, u n****s playin wit my top.” Ricch’s news arrives less than a month after he dropped his Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial followup LIVE LIFE FAST, which featured appearances from Future on “all good,” 21 Savage and Kodak Black on “hibachi,” Takeoff on “paid my dues,” Jamie Foxx on “no way,” Alex Isley and Ty Dolla $ign on “slow it down,” Fivio Foreign on “murda one,” Lil Baby on “moved to miami” and Gunna on “don’t i.” Just before dropping LIVE LIFE FAST, Ricch earned his first ever diamond plaque with “The Box” which was presented to him just in time for Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial’s second anniversary...
Snoop Dogg Teases New Project ‘B.O.D.R’
Snoop Dogg is hinting at the release of his newest project, possibly titled B.O.D.R, in January 2022. The hip-hop legend took to Instagram to share a 13-second video of himself enjoying and dancing to his new material, which features a sample of The Whispers’ “Keep On Lovin’ Me,” with the caption, “B. O. D. R. Jan2022.” He did not reveal any additional details or an exact release date. Snoop’s last full-length album, From Tha Streets 2 Tha Suites, dropped just this April and marked his 18th studio album. He recently opened up about how he was “hurt” over being unable to purchase Death Row Records, stating that the missed opportunity led him to his current executive position at Def Jam Recordings. “I went looking for this job because I wanted to be the CEO of Death Row Records and basically...
Gunna Teases New Future and Young Thug Collab From Upcoming Album ‘Drip Season 4’
Gunna is has teased a new track and accompanying visuals to his Instagram earlier this week. In the sample, fans can hear Future and Young Thug featured on the song, giving them a taste of what to expect for his forthcoming album Drip Season 4. The 28-year-old rapper gave fans a nearly one minute teaser clip of the track which shows the WUNNAartist decked out in chains and a red and white ensemble partying it up in a mansion with friends. Gunna shows off his success with a slew of iced-out rings and jewelry and a backward visor. DS4 follows up from Slime Language 2 which was released in collaboration with Young Thug and his 2020 mixtape, WUNNA. Genius previous reported that other features on the album include Roddy Ricch, CEO Trayle, 21 Savage and Yak Gotti. Drip Season 4 is expected to ar...
1501 CEO Carl Crawford Claims They Wished They Still Got Along With Megan Thee Stallion
1501 Certified Entertainment CEO Carl Crawford revealed in a recent interview that while they are currently embroiled in a legal battle with Megan Thee Stallion, they do “wish her the best” and hoped that things turned out differently between them. Speaking to Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson of Bally Sports Network, Crawford labeled Megan’s recent successes — which included graduating from college and inking a Netflix deal — as “cool, but it would’ve been cooler if we were all getting along still.” He continued, “Like really, things always went left. We still don’t have a real reason why things went left. Everything is cool with her, like I said we wish her the best. We’re just going to keep doing our thing, 1501.” Crawford also shared an update about their current legal proceedings, noting tha...
Tori Kelly Spills on Why Doing Voiceover for ‘Sing 2’ Was ‘Really Awkward & Weird’: Watch
Tori Kelly stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Wednesday (Dec. 29) to dish about reprising her role as Meena the elephant in Sing 2. “It’s really fun and you have to just not be scared to be silly. ‘Cause it’s very awkward,” she admitted to guest host Brad Paisley, who’s currently filling in for Ellen DeGeneres. “This was my first time doing voiceover work, so thankfully I had our amazing director Garth Jennings, who is just like a kid at heart.” She continued: “It’s similar to being in a recording booth, like, just recording a song. So that part felt comfortable; I already knew kind of how to do that part. But it’s a lot of repetition. I mean, there would be times where they would be like, ‘OK… this scene you’re falling down a hole. And so we need you to make noises like you’re falling...
Dead & Company Offering Refunds for Mexico Shows Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases
12/29/2021 Refund requests for the Playing in the Sand concerts in January must be submitted by 5 p.m. EST on Friday. 12/29/2021 John Mayer, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir of Dead and Company perform during the Band Together Bay Area Benefit Concert at AT&T Park on November 9, 2017 in San Francisco, California. C Flanigan/FilmMagic Dead & Company announced Wednesday (Dec. 29) it will move ahead with its back-to-back concert weekends in Riviera Cancún, Mexico, next month, but any ticket holders who no longer wish to attend as the omicron variant drives a surge in COVID-19 cases around the world are now eligible to receive refunds. Playing in the Sand is scheduled for Jan. 7-10 and 13-16, all performances will be held outdoors on the beach. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Re...
Nicki Minaj Remembers Former Business Manager Angela Kukawski as ‘Sweetest Person’ After Her Death
Nicki Minaj honored her former business manager Angela “Angie” Kukawski, who recently died in a suspected homicide. The Los Angeles-based business manager was reported missing a week ago on Dec. 22, but Los Angeles and Simi Valley police officers found her body inside her car parked on Patricia Avenue in Simi Valley the next day, according to a press release from the Los Angeles Police Department issued Wednesday (Dec. 29). Her death was ruled a homicide by the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office. She was 55. On Minaj’s Instagram Story Wednesday, the rapper wrote, “Hardest working, most reliable, sweetest person you could ever know. You didn’t deserve this, Angela. My heart is breaking for your children. Rest In Peace.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news Nicki Minaj sympathize...
BE:FIRST and Its Fans Achieve Success on Hot Trending Songs Charts
BE:FIRST, a Japanese group led by musician and music producer SKY-HI, is enjoying tremendous success on the U.S. Billboard charts. The Hot Trending Songs global charts track Twitter posts by artists’ fans and other Twitter users around the world. BE:FIRST’s debut single “Gifted.” — which was released on Nov. 3 — took the No. 1 spot with a commanding lead, a rarity for a Japanese artist. Even now, a month after the single’s release, it still enjoys a high place on the charts. Posts from BESTY, BE:FIRST’s supporters, are generating constant buzz on Twitter. There are also fan accounts who share daily chart updates. [embedded content] As reported in numerous news articles, “Gifted.” took the No. 1 position on the Nov. 10 Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, dominating the digital metrics of downloa...
Diddy Cancels New Year’s Eve Bash Due To Omicron Variant
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is upending many New Year’s Eve plans across the board and it seem like P. Diddy is the latest to make the decision to cancel his typical partying ways in order to ensure a safer environment for himself and his loved ones. According to TMZ, Diddy has canceled his upcoming New Year’s Eve bash due to the skyrocketing COVID-19 infections that’s engulfed the world, and we’re not mad at that decision at all (not like we got an invite anyway). Originally, Brother Love had planned his annual NYE extravaganza to take place in Miami with 500 of his closest friends and peers, but earlier this month scraped those plans as the “Omarion” variant has been running rampant and infecting every and anybody tha...
