Hip-Hop
Lil Baby & Lil Durk Set the World on Fire in DJ Khaled’s ‘Every Chance I Get’ Video
“Every Chance I Get” is from Khaled’s 12th studio album, Khaled Khaled, which arrived last week along with a music video for “Sorry Not Sorry,” featuring Nas, Jay-Z and James Fauntleroy. The first two singles from project arrived simultaneously in July 2020: “Popstar” and “Greece,” both featuring Drake. Watch the latest Khaled Khaled visual below: You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Hip-Hop and TikTok Are Bringing Pop-Punk Back in a Big Way
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-04T18:36:48+00:00“>May 4, 2021 | 2:36pm ET Pop-punk has crept back onto the charts, and its latest takeover is well underway — without any live shows and long after the end of Warped Tour, a hallmark of the genre’s previous reign. In the past year, pop-punk has made its comeback, but with the help of some unlikely forces. The first of those forces are hip-hop crossovers, which have propelled pop-punk to the top of the charts. 24kGoldn and iann dior’s single, “Mood”, blended elements of pop-punk and hip-hop and went to No. 1. On the Alternative Airplay chart, All Time Low got their first No. 1 with their single “Monsters”, which featured hip-hop star blackbear. A remix featuring D...
J. Cole Announces New Album The Off-Season Arriving Next Week
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-04T19:39:57+00:00“>May 4, 2021 | 3:39pm ET J. Cole’s highly anticipated project, The Off-Season, is almost here. Today, the North Carolina rapper announced he will be releasing the new album on May 14th. While sharing the album artwork, the Dreamville boss tweeted that the follow-up to 2018’s KOD “was years in the making.” Cole originally teased The Off-Season in the description for the music video for his 2018 track, “Album of the Year (Freestyle)”. He wrote, “The Off Season coming soon… All roads lead to The Fall Off.” At the time, fans speculated the project would be a mixtape dropping ahead The Fall Off, an album that’s been teased under Cole’s kiLL edward alter ego...
Billie Eilish, A$AP Rocky, & Post Malone to Headline Governors Ball 2021
DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, 21 Savage and more slated for Sept. 24-26 event at Citi Field in New York. The 2021 Governors Ball festival will take place at New York’s Citi Field from Sept. 24-26, and will feature headlining sets from Billie Eilish, A$AP Rocky and Post Malone. The 10th anniversary edition of the festival — which took a break in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic — will follow all mandated state and federal guidelines at the time of the event, according to a release. More than 60 acts will take the stage over the weekend, including J Balvin, DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Ellie Goulding, Leon Bridges, 21 Savage, Young Thug, Portugal. The Man, Burna Boy, Future Islands, Phoebe Bridgers, Jamie XX, Carly Rae Jepsen, Big Thief, Bleachers and many mor...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Changes His Middle Name: ‘Welcome to the Love Era’
Need proof? Diddy shared a snap of his Florida driver license which carries his full, official name (and height, to remove all mystery). “Look what I just got in the mail today… It’s official!!!” he writes. “Welcome to the love era.” The three-times Grammy Award winner and Revolt TV network founder was born Sean John Combs in New York City back in 1969. When he entered the rap game, he was Puff Daddy. Then he was P. Diddy, only to drop the P five years later to become “Diddy,” which was later expanded to encompass group Diddy—Dirty Money. In 2017, he confirmed his new name Love, as in Brother Love. “I will not be answering to Puffy, Diddy, Puff Daddy, or any of my other monikers,” he said at the time. Explaining his reasoning behin...
Nipsey Hussle’s Marathon Clothing & Puma to Launch Limited Edition Collection
The shoes ($80) and tee ($45) will be available on puma.com on Friday (May 7), at the Puma NYC Flagship store and at select retailers, including Marathon Clothing. “What It Feels Like,” Nipsey’s posthumous collaboration with Jay-Z that was featured on the Judas and the Black Messiah soundtrack, peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February, earning Hussle his third-highest-charting hit on the tally. Last month, THE MARATHON Live Visual Album was unveiled by creative design company OkiDoki, Hussle’s family and The Marathon Clothing crew to honor the 10th anniversary of the late star’s pivotal THE MARATHON 2010 mixtape. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined ...
Moneybagg Yo Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘A Gangsta’s Pain’
Of A Gangsta’s Pain’s 110,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending April 29, SEA units comprise 106,000 (equaling 147.4 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise 4,000 and TEA units comprise less than 1,000. The set was previewed by the top 20-charting Hot Rap Songs hits “Time Today” and “Hard for the Next,” the latter with Future. Moneybagg Yo first hit the Billboard 200 in 2017 with Heartless, which peaked at No. 177. He’s been prolific on the chart since, as A Gangsta’s Pain is his 11th charting effort, and ninth album to reach the top 25. Pain is his fifth top 10 album overall, and fourth consecutive top 10, following Code Red (No. 6 in 2020, with Blac Youngsta), Time Served (No. 3, 2020) and 43VA Heartless (No. 4, 2019). He g...
Irv Gotti Issues Apology for Comments About DMX’s Death: ‘I Apologize for Talking Out of Turn’
DMX, born Earl Simmons, died on April 9 after experiencing a heart attack triggered by a drug overdose. He was 50. Further details about the rapper’s death have not yet been released. Gotti’s interview drew backlash from prominent figures in the hip-hop community, including 50 Cent and Swizz Beatz. “This guy is a idiot,” 50 on Instagram. “did he just say DMX died from smoking crack and fentanyl! why would he say that?” Swizz agreed, commenting on the post, “Bozo moves can’t lie.” On Saturday (May 1), Gotti, who was responsible for signing DMX to Def Jam in the late 1990s, shared a lengthy apology on Instagram. “1st off. Let me say again. How much I love my n—- X,” Gotti began the post, which included an older photo of himself standing alongsid...
Chloe Bailey’s ‘Be Careful’ Cover Has Cardi B Blushing
Get ready to hit replay on Chloe Bailey’s (of Chloe x Halle) spellbinding cover of Cardi B‘s “Be Careful.” Bailey pours out her whole heart in her vocal take on Cardi B’s 2018 single, which she posted on social media on Saturday (May 1). “This is soo beautiful got me smiling from ear to ear and blushing maa hard …..You see this how I thought I sounded on the track,” Cardi, who shared the clip on her own account, humbly wrote on Twitter. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of...
Angie Stone, Ramsey Lewis & More to Receive 2021 Black Music Honors
Stone will receive the soul music icon award; Ginuwine, the urban music icon award; Sapp, the gospel music icon award; and Lewis, the legends award. The National Museum of African American Music in Nashville will be honored with the Legacy Award. The museum, established in 2019, showcases the musical genres inspired, created or influenced by African Americans. Chicago-based television production company Central City Productions will present the show. This year marks the first time that the program, now in its sixth year, will air in June. Don Jackson, the show’s founder and executive producer, said in a statement: “In addition to the amazing honorees and exciting performances this year, we are also announcing that the Black Music Honors will now be held in the month of June. This is an imp...
Travis Scott Announces Dates for Astroworld Festival 2021
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-01T02:36:51+00:00“>April 30, 2021 | 10:36pm ET Travis Scott knows how to throw a celebration, and in honor of his 29th birthday today the rapper has announced the return of his Astroworld Festival. The event will take place November 5th and 6th at Houston’s NRG Arena. After selling out both the inaugural 2018 event and 2019 edition before even releasing a lineup, Scott has expanded the fest to two days this year to keep up with overwhelming demand. With a creative theme of “Open Your Eyes To a Whole New Universe”, Astroworld 2021 promises a “larger-than-life multi-stage music festival experience,” according to a press release. Though the rapper is the only confirmed act...
What’s Your Favorite Travis Scott Hit? Vote!
La Flame is lighting 29 candles on Friday (April 30), so to honor his birthday, Billboard wants to know: What is your favorite Travis Scott hit? He’s earned four No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the last three years: “Sicko Mode” in December 2018, “Highest in the Room” in October 2019, “The Scotts” with Kid Cudi in May 2020, and “Franchise,” featuring Young Thug and M.I.A., in October 2020. The last three songs debuted atop the tally, making the rapper the first artist ever to pack three No. 1 debuts into a span of less than a year. But the Houston MC also fares well as a featured artist, linking up with two out of three Migos members. Scott and his Huncho Jack partner Quavo paired up on “Portla...
