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NBA YoungBoy Announces New Album ‘I Rest My Case’
YoungBoy Never Broke Again is welcoming the new year with the announcement of his newest album, I Rest My Case. The upcoming project and its cover art were revealed via DJ Akademiks, who revealed that I Rest My Case is dropping on January 6. The record will mark his first of the year and follows Lost Files, which just came out on December 23 as his final release of 2022. In addition, I Rest My Case will most likely be his first release under his newly-signed record deal with Motown Records; YB’s The Last Slimeto marked his final release under Atlantic Records, which he previously slammed and publicly accused of blackballing him. “I don’t give a f**k you still can’t stop me don’t sign to [Atlantic Records] if you a artist they not gone support you especially if you live a certain way,” he w...
NBA YoungBoy Announces New Album ‘I Rest My Case’
YoungBoy Never Broke Again is welcoming the new year with the announcement of his newest album, I Rest My Case. The upcoming project and its cover art were revealed via DJ Akademiks, who revealed that I Rest My Case is dropping on January 6. The record will mark his first of the year and follows Lost Files, which just came out on December 23 as his final release of 2022. In addition, I Rest My Case will most likely be his first release under his newly-signed record deal with Motown Records; YB’s The Last Slimeto marked his final release under Atlantic Records, which he previously slammed and publicly accused of blackballing him. “I don’t give a f**k you still can’t stop me don’t sign to [Atlantic Records] if you a artist they not gone support you especially if you live a certain way,” he w...
G-Dragon Announces Comeback With “GUERILLA DESK: G_Division” Video
Following Taeyang and Daesung announcing their departure from YG Entertainment, G-Dragon has announced his plans for a comeback with new music. Participating in the release of BIG BANG‘s “Still Life” comeback single last year, the K-pop superstar has remained largely quiet in the music world with his future at YG Entertainment also up in the air. But to kick off 2023, G-Dragon delivered a surprise video to his fans, titled “GUERILLA DESK: G_Division.” In the intimate address, the 34-year-old artist shared that his planning to release an album later this year and shared that he wanted to interact with his supporters more in 2023. “In 2022, I took some time to work on myself, working out more and reenergizing…I haven’t had much chance to speak with you all other than social media. I want to ...
G-Dragon Announces Comeback With “GUERILLA DESK: G_Division” Video
Following Taeyang and Daesung announcing their departure from YG Entertainment, G-Dragon has announced his plans for a comeback with new music. Participating in the release of BIG BANG‘s “Still Life” comeback single last year, the K-pop superstar has remained largely quiet in the music world with his future at YG Entertainment also up in the air. But to kick off 2023, G-Dragon delivered a surprise video to his fans, titled “GUERILLA DESK: G_Division.” In the intimate address, the 34-year-old artist shared that his planning to release an album later this year and shared that he wanted to interact with his supporters more in 2023. “In 2022, I took some time to work on myself, working out more and reenergizing…I haven’t had much chance to speak with you all other than social media. I want to ...
Meek Mill Confirms He Is Dropping a New Album in Each Quarter of 2023
After ending off the year with a rap over of “Munch (Feelin’ U)”, “GOD DID” and more in Flamerz 5 and announcing 10 independent mixtapes starting from September 2022, Meek Mill has kicked off the new year with a subsequent announcement. The Philly rapper has taken to his socials to give fans a teaser on his upcoming projects for the new year. The Dream Chasers artist took to Twitter to announce his timeline of releases, confirming that he will be dropping a new “album every quarter.” The tweet linked back to an Instagram post where he shared snippets and previews of his songs and videos released in 2023. The post was accompanied by a caption stating, “‘Dream catching’ he movie date soon come#2023 first quarter leave a comment! I been loading up for a reason let’s ball!” No further details ...
Meek Mill Confirms He Is Dropping a New Album in Each Quarter of 2023
After ending off the year with a rap over of “Munch (Feelin’ U)”, “GOD DID” and more in Flamerz 5 and announcing 10 independent mixtapes starting from September 2022, Meek Mill has kicked off the new year with a subsequent announcement. The Philly rapper has taken to his socials to give fans a teaser on his upcoming projects for the new year. The Dream Chasers artist took to Twitter to announce his timeline of releases, confirming that he will be dropping a new “album every quarter.” The tweet linked back to an Instagram post where he shared snippets and previews of his songs and videos released in 2023. The post was accompanied by a caption stating, “‘Dream catching’ he movie date soon come#2023 first quarter leave a comment! I been loading up for a reason let’s ball!” No further details ...
Rapper Gangsta Boo, Former Member of Three 6 Mafia, Dies at 43
Gangsta Boo, a pioneering Southern female rapper and former member of hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, has died, according to Fox 13 in Memphis, Commercial Appeal and other reports. She was 43. Boo, born Lola Mitchell, was reportedly found dead on Sunday (Jan. 1) at approximately 4 p.m. at a home in Memphis, Tennessee. The cause of her death had not been released at press time. Shortly after the news of her passing, Three 6 Mafia’s DJ Paul and Juicy J shared tributes to their former bandmate on Instagram. DJ Paul shared an captionless photo of the late rapper, while Juicy J posted a snapshot of the pair accompanied by a broken heart emoji. “Man we was jus together three weeks ago,” Lil Jon commented in DJ Paul’s post. “Rest well quenn.” The Three 6 Mafia members’ tribute posts also garnered co...
Drake, Missy Elliott, Ty Dolla $ign & More Pay Tribute to Gangsta Boo
The hip-hop community is mourning the death of pioneering Southern female rapper and former Three 6 Mafia member Gangsta Boo, who has died at the age of 43. Drake, Missy Elliott, Ty Dolla $ign and Freddie Gibbs are among the many musicians remembering Boo, who was found dead on Sunday (Jan. 1) at a home in Memphis, Tennessee, according to Fox 13 in Memphis, Commercial Appeal and other reports. The cause of her death had not been released at press time. “Rest in heaven Gangsta Boo,” Drake captioned a throwback photo of the late pioneering rapper in his Instagram Story. Elliott shared a similar sentiment, tweeting, “Rest Peacefully @GangstaBooQOM.” Ty Dolla $ign also took to Twitter to remember the late artist. “Long live my home girl Gangsta Boo Queen of the M,” he wrote...
Fred White, Drummer of Earth, Wind & Fire, Dies at 67
Fred White, the former drummer of Earth, Wind & Fire, has died. He was 67. The percussionist’s brother and bandmate Verdine White shared the sad news through social media on Sunday (Jan. 1). Neither the date nor the cause of White’s death had been disclosed at press time. “Our family is saddened today with the loss of an amazing and talented family member. Our beloved brother Frederick Eugene ‘Freddie’ White,” Verdine White wrote on Instagram alongside photos of his brother. “He joins our brothers Maurice, Monte, and Ronald in heaven and is now drumming with the angels!” he added. “He was the wonderful bro that was always entertaining and delightfully mischievous! And we could always count on him to make a seemingly bad situation more light-hearted.” Fred White was born on Jan. 13, 195...
Earth, Wind & Fire Drummer Fred White Dies at 67
Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White has died, the band and White’s brother, Verdine, announced yesterday (January 1). No cause of death was given. Fred White was 67. White was a drum prodigy, touring with the likes of Donny Hathaway before finishing high school (including in the show immortalized on Donny Hathaway Live) and joining his siblings in Earth, Wind & Fire before his 20th birthday. His arrival in the band in 1974 installed him in the twin-drummer engine room of a hitmaking powerhouse; the band’s commercial heyday began a year later with “Shining Star,” a No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100. With a mix of rousing ballads and body-moving soul, Earth, Wind & Fire became pop figureheads of the disco era. Songs like 1976’s “Saturday Nite” established the band as a tran...
Welcome to 2023, the Year of Skrillex
Cue up the Michael Scott memes, because it’s happening. Countless headlines pertaining to new albums from Skrillex—yes, plural—have ran ad nauseam for years. They’ve been tantamount to torture for fans of the dubstep icon, who shed his skin as the poster boy of “brostep” and became one of the world’s most prolific contemporary music producers. It’s been almost a decade since Skrillex’s last album, 2014’s seminal debut, Recess. But fans can finally heave a sigh of relief after he confirmed the release of two albums in 2023. Considering the teaser doesn’t reveal release dates, it’s not quite the smoking gun that fans had in mind, although they’ll surely take it. That, however, came today, when Skrillex took to social media to ...
SZA’s ‘SOS’ Tops Billboard 200 for Third Week in a Row
SZA’s SOS rules the Billboard 200 chart (dated Jan. 7) for a third straight and total week as the set earned 128,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 29 (down 29%), according to Luminate. Plus, five holiday albums populate the top 10 — the most in a year — led by Michael Bublé’s former No. 1 Christmas. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an...
