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In the midst of Drake's controversial defamation lawsuit against UMG that follows The Boy and Kendrick Lamar's ongoing feud, the "Not Like Us" diss track rapper has enjoyed great success with his GNX album. Breaking several records, most recently surpassing Travis Scott's UTOPIA streaming record, the Compton rapper adds another successful metric to the mix.GNX has now become the first rap album in 2025 in the U.S. to sell one million units. The momentum from his major Super Bowl Halftime Show continues as he cements himself as one of the most popular rappers this year. Drake's lawsuit against UMG sees the Toronto rapper accuse the label and distributor of illegally manipulating the sales of Kendrick's "Not Like Us" diss track. He claims that the song was defamatory and now, a year after th...

Playboi Carti is opening this week's Billboard 200 at No. 1 with MUSIC.The artist's latest studio effort earns 298,000 equivalent album units in its first week, including 283,000 in streaming equivalent album units (384 million on-demand streams for the songs), 14,500 in album sales and 500 in track equivalent album units. MUSIC currently holds the record for the biggest week for a rap album in 2025 so far, and the second largest overall just behind The Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow from February. In addition, the project gives Carti his second No. 1 including Whole Lotta Red, and his third top 10 effort alongside Die Lit.LE SSERAFIM also debuts in this week's top 10 at No. 9, with 5th Mini Album HOT opening with 45,500 equivalent album units.Elsewhere on the chart, Lady Gaga moves down to No...

Popular K-Pop group NJZ, formerly known as NewJeans has announced their hiatus in the midst of their record label drama. The quintet recently performed a show in Hong Kong and announced on stage that they would temporarily pause all group activities until all is settled. The group, which consists of members Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein, announced that the performance in Hong Kong would be their last in a while. While their lengthy legal dispute with their record label ADOR continues, all group activities will be suspended for the time being. There is no word on when they will perform again. ADOR, whose parent company is HYBE Corporation, has been responsible for managing major K-Pop acts including BTS, Le Sserafim and Enhypen. Earlier last week, Seoul courts ruled in favor of A...