Hip-Hop
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Good Kid, M.A.A.D City’ Returns to Top 10 on Album Sales Chart After Eight Years
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The Album Sales chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Pure album sales were the measurement solely utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. Good Kid has sold particularly well in recent weeks on vinyl at independent record stores, as well as Target and Walmar...
Trump Considers Pardoning Lil Wayne and Kodak Black: Report
Donald Trump has 13 days left in office — tops, if he doesn’t get impeached or 25th-ed. After the events of Wednesday, he’s in such disarray he can’t even figure out where to sleep. At the same time, he’s also trying to figure out who to pardon with his last gasps of power. Unsurprisingly, a lot of folks he’s considering share the name Trump, but also on the shortlist are rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black, according to Bloomberg. Weezy publicly endorsed Trump back in October, posing for a photo-op with the one-termer. Two months later, the Tha Carter V rapper pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge stemming from a December 2019 incident where a he was found with a firearm on his private plane. The maximum sentence is 10 years, but even without a presidential pardon, he likely would...
Key Glock Spits a (Literally) Fire Banger in ‘Off the Porch’ Video
Key Glock comes in hot for the new year with the new single “Off the Porch” and its accompanying music video. The Memphis rapper keeps it cool and low-key for the visual, which features him in a dark room surrounded only by a yellow sports car, a matching yellow bike and a mic that catches on fire once he’s done spitting. He flexes his chains, including one featuring Homer Simpson that blinks after he lets him hit his blunt, and compares his drip to that of Lil Uzi Vert. “Diamonds dancing on me like Uzi, choppa keep Bruce Lee, pullin’ up too deep,” he raps in the first verse. He released two back-to-back mixtapes last year, Yellow Tape in January and Son of a Gun in May via Paper Route Empire. His 2019 joint album with mentor Young Do...
‘Hold On,’ Because Kelly Clarkson Just Crushed This Drake Cover
Oops, Kelly Clarkson did it again. The singer put her signature smooth spin on Drake‘s “Hold On, We’re Going Home” in the latest edition of her Kellyoke series. Thursday’s (Jan. 7) take found Kelly and her band tackling the laid back 2103 track from Drizzy’s Nothing Was the Same album and somehow making it feel like even more sublimely sensual. In Clarkson’s hands, the song was transformed into an R&B power jam, with Clarkson revving up her virtual crowd into a frenzy with another stirring reworking of a modern classic. 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...
Dr. Dre’s Los Angeles Home Target of Attempted Burglary
Dr. Dre and one of the four burglars arrested (photo via TMZ) Upon hearing news that Dr. Dre was in the hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm, four men allegedly hatched a plan to break into his Pacific Palisades home. According to TMZ, the four individuals were spotted “casing” the million-dollar property around 10 p.m. local time. However, before they could reach the main building structure, Dr. Dre’s home security confronted the men and called the police. “The men fled, but cops arrived almost immediately and chased the 4 would-be burglars, catching and arresting them.” ABC 7 reports that during a search of the suspects’ vehicle, officials “found a backpack full of burglary tools, saws, and crowbars.” All four men have been arrested for attempted burglary and are curr...
MGK Drops Second High-Energy ‘Downfalls High’ Trailer, Revealing More A-List Cameos
Machine Gun Kelly dropped the second trailer for his upcoming feature film, Downfalls High, on Tuesday (Jan. 5), offering a further look at the all-star cast. After the first 15-second teaser of the movie musical revealed glimpses of MGK’s frequent collaborator drummer Travis Barker, Chase Hudson and Sydney Sweeney, the latest tease for the self-described “first of its kind musical film experience” unveiled appearances by Trippie Redd, Blackbear and Iann Dior. The movie is due out on January 15. 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 ...
Westside Gunn Reveals New Song “The Hurt Business” featuring Smoke DZA and Wale: Stream
The Griselda Records universe continues to grow, and with this expansion comes the collective’s first-ever feature film, Conflicted. Directed by AK Reed with a script from Deuce King, the upcoming “urban tale” depicts longtime label artist Benny the Butcher as a Buffalo gangster trying to get his life back on track after spending time behind bars. As to be expected, the movie comes with a soundtrack by a bunch of gold-tiered Griselda talent, including Westside Gunn, who appears on a new cut titled “The Hurt Business”. Today’s offering features additional contributions from Smoke DZA and Wale, but the spotlight shines firmly on Westside and the gritty story he weaves. Painting a graphic scene of the vicious streets of Buffalo, he raps over an old-school production, “Blow his brains out...
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Dr. Dre Hospitalized After Suffering Brain Aneurysm [Updated]
Dr. Dre, photo courtesy of artist Dr. Dre is reportedly in intensive care after suffering a brain aneurysm. According to TMZ, the 55-year-old hip-hop mogul suffered the aneurysm on Monday and was rushed by ambulance to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. TMZ says Dr. Dre is “stable and lucid,” but he remains in the ICU as doctors conduct tests to determine the cause of the aneurysm. Update: In a post to Instagram, Dr. Dre said he’s doing great and getting excellent care from my medical team. I will be out of the hospital and back home soon.” Related 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...
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian to Divorce: Report
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are reportedly ending their marriage of seven years. According to Page Six, a divorce between the celebrity couple is “imminent.” Kardashian has reportedly hired divorce attorney Laura Wasser to engage in settlement talks. West first hinted at a riff in the couple’s marriage over the summer when he bizarrely tweeted about divorcing Kardasian in the wake of a meeting she had with Meek Mill. “I been trying to get divorced since Kim met with Meek at the Warldolf [sic] for ‘prison reform,’” he tweeted, seeming to refer to a criminal justice summit attended by Kardashian and Mill in November 2018. West also accused Kardashian of attempting to get him involuntarily committed into a mental health facility. In response to the tweets, Kardashian said Kanye was in the m...
slowthai Teams with ASAP Rocky on New Song “MAZZA”: Strea
slowthai is kicking off the new year with a fresh track called “MAZZA” that features none other than ASAP Rocky. The collaborative single is the latest offering from the UK rapper’s upcoming sophomore album TYRON. TYRON is divided up into two contrasting sections, one that’s aggressive and swaggering and another characterized by more introspective reflections. Today’s cut is off the former half and aptly comes out swinging. Indomitable, rumbling bass, co-produced by slowthai and SAMO, sets the stage for the two MCs to throw it down fiercely and fearlessly. “Ayy, make the place look like a murder scene/ Ayy, when I make moves I’m a money fiend,” slowthai boasts on the chorus. I mean, who would dare stand in his way? Listen to “MAZZA” below. Editors’ Picks TYRON arrives Febr...
Cardi B Flips About Surprise ‘WWE Raw’ Mention, Jokes at Vince McMahon to Be Ready to Rumble
Cardi B went on a Twitter smackdown spree Monday night (Jan. 4) after she received an unexpected shout-out during WWE Raw by Hall of Fame professional wrestler Torrie Wilson. The surprise name drop came in a filmed backstage bit in which WWE champ Angel Garza presented a rose to Wilson — Bachelor-style — who politely demurred, noting that she had “invited Cardi B, Kylie Jenner and Ariana Grande to come here to watch RAW tonight.” She then claimed that all three were chilling just down the hall and told Garza that the “WAP” rapper would LOVE the rose. “She’s looking SOOO fine tonight,” Wilson lied, encouraging Garza to buzz off and find Cardi in what turned out to be a dark room where he encountered a menacing Boogeyman instead...
Missy Elliott Reveals That Tweet’s ‘Oops (Oh My)’ Is Not About What You Think It’s About
Not interested in ruining a good story, Missy said, “we just let the consumers mind create what they wanted.” That strategy seemed to work, as the song reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2002, thanks in part to such provocative lyrics as “Mmm, I was looking so good, I couldn’t reject myself/ I was feeling so good, I had to touch myself,” which live on the track alongside other languid lines such as “I was eyeing my thighs, butter pecan brown.” In a fan-resurfaced clip, Tweet backs up Missy, explaining that the track was not sexual but about “self love and appreciation… You know I was real insecure with myself for a while.” Having learned the lesson that sex sells, however, Tweet says in the clip that she was also happy to l...
