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Missy Elliott continues to cement herself as a legendary rapper in the hip-hop game with her most recent feat. The icon has become the third-ever rapper to rake in over $2 million USD just from one concert. Earlier last week, Touring Data posted, "@MissyElliott is officially the third female rapper to gross over $2 million in a single concert in US history, joining #DojaCat and #NickiMinaj." In another post, its data found, "@MissyElliott earned her highest grossing concert of all-time on August 8, 2024, with $2.050 million at Capital One Arena in Washington as part of the 'Out of this World Tour.'"The highly successful tour was first announced back in April and has been her first-ever headlining tour. She was joined by Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Timbaland on tour. Throughout the tour, she ha...

The Weeknd has dropped a new music video with Playboi Carti for their latest join track "Timeless." The duo last paired up together on the 2023 song "Popular" with Madonna. The new music video comes after The Weeknd dropped the visuals for "Dancing in the Flames," which he shot entirely on the iPhone 16 ProRead more at Hypebeast

SOPHIE’s influence on music is evident not only in her production credits with artists like Madonna, Charli XCX, Vince Staples and Arca, but also in her widely-acclaimed independent work like the Grammy-nominated OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES. At the three year mark since the artist’s sudden passing in 2021, SOPHIE’s family hopes to honor her legacy with a posthumous album of 16 unreleased tracks.Ethereal ambient compositions comprised of reverberating synths and spoken words cushion the raw metallic crashes and pounding bass of her experimental club tracks. The duality between highly-emotional ambient works and experimental techno pop songs speaks to the boundary breaking ethos of SOPHIE. Tracks like “Punging Asymptote (feat. Juliana Huxtable)” showcase the ultra-synthesized and overdri...