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Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” has experienced a boost in popularity after Drake filed legal petitions against Universal Music Group (UMG), Spotify and iHeartRadio over the diss track.Talk of the Charts revealed on X that "Not Like Us" is projected to experience a surge both in sales and streams this week, with estimations coming in at a 440% increase in US sales and a 20% increase in US streams. The diss track also returned to the Apple Music and Spotify charts, moving up 16 spots on Spotify's Global chart. As HipHopDX notes, these numbers will likely affect its placement on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.Last week's legal filings from The Boy accused UMG of defamation and illegally boosting the diss track's popularity by using bots and payola, claiming that they were aware of the lyrics tha...

LL Cool J recently appeared on Apple Music's Le Code and spoke about his place in the industry. Speaking on his career over the decades, the rap legend responded to questions about a possible movie. While he did state that it would be difficult to accomplish, he said, I think that one day people are going to wake up and realize LL Cool J is the most important rapper that ever existed. I truly believe one day people will say that." He goes on to break down that he was the first one to ever set any of the trends other rappers were doing. He explained, "They're going to look and say, 'Wow when it comes to the jewelry, this is the guy that introduced all the ice and the jewelry and the champagne." He adds, "They’re going to say when it comes to the love songs, they’re going to say, 'This is th...

Kendrick Lamar is opening this week's Billboard 200 at No. 1 with GNX.The surprise album earned a total of 319,000 equivalent album units in its first week, including 285,000 in streaming equivalent album units (379.92 million on-demand streams of the songs), 32,000 in album sales and 2,000 in track equivalent album units. GNX is 2024's sixth-largest opening week so far by equivalent album units, holds the record for the biggest streaming week of the year for any R&B/hip-hop album, the year's second-biggest debut streaming week and 2024's third-largest streaming week overall. To top it off, the album marks Dot's fifth consecutive chart-topper following Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, DAMN., Untitled Unmastered and To Pimp a Butterfly.Also debuting in this week's top 10 is the Wicked...

Worlds are colliding in Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre's latest Missionary single "Another Part of Me," which features the legendary Sting.Clocking in at approximately three-and-a-half minutes, "Another Part of Me" opens with a reinvention of the Police's "Message in a Bottle" and Snoop delivering his inspired melody over it. Sting shares his own verse after a short bridge, while Dre gives a short outro to end the track.Missionary will follow Snoop and Dre's Doggystyle, with the followup arriving 20 years after its predecessor. The record is set to include additional guest appearances from Alus, Jhené Aiko, Eminem, 50 Cent, Jelly Roll, Method Man, the late Tom Petty and more.Stream "Another Part of Me" on Spotify and Apple Music. Missionary drops December 13.Click here to view full gallery at Hype...

J. Cole is set to celebrate the 10th anniversary of 2014 Forest Hills Drive with a special one-off show next month.The GRAMMY winner is set to perform at New York City's Madison Square Garden on December 16, a week after the album's release date. In addition to general onsale tickets, an additional 2,014 tickets will be made available for $1 USD on the day on the show. The location and time will be announced on the morning of December 16 and will be available for purchase in-person only, one per fan with the location to be automatically selected.To further commemorate the album's anniversary, Cole unveiled a series of anniversary edition vinyl LPs and CDs that include four new bonus tracks, an alternate cover vinyl and more.2014 Forest Hills Drive  marked Cole's third studio album, with pr...