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One thing you have to love about Hip-Hop it’s that some OG’s from the early and late 90’s are still out here churning out new work like they’re trying to get on and the latest artist to do so is one-third of one of the illest Hip-Hop groups ever.
Dropping off some new visuals for “Hood Jealousy,” Fredro Starr of Onyx posts up in his hood with some of his peoples to blaze a spliff and spit his bars while his date waits for him in his Benz to put in his work so they can ride off into the night. Least he left her with a bottle to sip out of while he does his thing.
Quentin Miller meanwhile doesn’t like to keep his women waiting and in his clip to “uKnew,” Big Q kicks it in a dimly lit room with two thick women who pose up a storm while he sits in a chair and kicks his rhymes.
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Boldy James, EARTHGANG featuring Cochise, and more.
FREDO STARR – “HOOD JEALOUSY”
QUENTIN MILLER – “UKNEW”
BOLDY JAMES – “SINGLE FILE LINE”
EARTHGANG FT. COCHISE – “ELECTRIC”
RUBI G – “THIS LAND”
THE MUSALINI & SWUM FT. WILLYYNOVA & REVENXNT – “UGK”
LIL CHRIS – “MISS MY DAWGS”
LOE SHIMMY – “LEAVE”
JAY CRITCH & LARON – “PINK CUPS”
HYBE and JYP Entertainment were among the few music stocks to make gains this week as markets stumbled globally. HYBE, home to BTS and its members’ solo projects, rose 7.2% to 215,500 won ($146.19), its best closing price since Nov. 20, thanks to Friday’s news that BTS member J-Hope willsoon release new music and commence a world tour starting in Seoul on Feb. 28. JYP Entertainment, which has had global success with Stray Kids and ITZY, rose 5.6% to 71,600 won ($48.57) after the company announced it will launch a new boy band, Kickflip, on Jan. 20.
The 20-company Billboard Global Music Index (BGMI) slipped 1.4% to 2,126.33, marketing the fourth time in five weeks the index has lost value. Only five of the 20 stocks finished the week in positive territory. Other than HYBE and JYP Entertainment, only CTS Eventim (up 3.4%), Believe (up 3.2%) and Universal Music Group (up 1.1%) posted gains. Three stocks (Cumulus Media, Deezer and Anghami) were unchanged while 12 stocks had losing weeks.
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Music stocks were dragged down by numerous market forces this week. Stocks fell sharply on Friday (Jan. 10) following healthy employment numbers that investors likely interpreted to mean the U.S. Federal Reserve would not seek to lower interest rates at its meetings in January or March. Also, data from the University of Michigan released Friday showed consumers’ expectations for future inflation rose to 3.3% from 2.8%. In the United States, the Nasdaq composite fell 2.3% to 19,161.63 and the S&P 500 dropped 1.9% to 5,827.04. In the United Kingdom, the FTSE 100 rose 0.3% to 8,248.49. China’s Shanghai Composite Index dipped 1.3% to 3,168.52. South Korea was an outlier as the KOSPI composite index rose 3.0%.
Warner Music Group (WMG) shares dropped 5.4% to $29.33 after three analysts lowered their price targets ahead of WMG’s quarterly earnings release on Feb. 6. Guggenheim lowered its WMG price target to $40 from $44 after taking into account an expected 1.5% foreign exchange impact on the latest quarter’s revenue and a 1.7% impact on revenue for the full fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2025. Guggenheim also dropped its recorded music licensing estimate while maintaining its recorded music subscription revenue growth forecast in the “high single-digit” range. Evercore lowered WMG shares to $35 from $36. UBS lowered WMG to $41 from $43 and maintained its “neutral” rating.
Spotify, which announces fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 4, fell 1.5% to $459.53. Goldman Sachs raised its Spotify price target this week to $550 from $490. Spotify shares have fallen in five of the last six weeks and are 9.3% below the all-time high of $506.47 set on Dec. 4.
Music streaming company LiveOne had the index’s biggest decline, dropping 12.4% to $1.20. Radio broadcaster iHeartMedia fell 11.7% to $1.88. SiriusXM continued its losing streak, sinking 6.8% to $20.83. SiriusXM shares fell 58.3% in 2024 and have dropped 16.4% in the last three months. K-pop company SM Entertainment sank 5.1% to 68,900 won ($46.74).
Mandy Moore, one of the thousands of people who lost their homes as catastrophic fires continue to blaze across Los Angeles, is hitting back at critics who shamed her for posting a GoFundMe page for her in-laws whose home was also destroyed.
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“Yesterday, my brother-in-law and sister-in-law Griff & Kit lost their home and everything they own in the Eaton Fire,” Moore explained in the caption. “With their first baby on the way in a matter of weeks, they need our support now more than ever. Griff is a touring musician and also lost his entire arsenal of drums/percussion he uses to make a living. It’s all so much. So many have asked how to help during this unimaginable and stressful time…Please consider donating and sharing to help them rebuild.”
She then responded to people who indicated that she should just donate her own money to her in-laws, citing a Celebrity Net Worth statistic found online. “People questioning whether we’re helping out our own family or attributing some arbitrary amount of money Google says someone has is NOT helpful or empathetic,” Moore added. “Of course we are. Our buddy Matt started this GoFundMe and I’m sharing because people have asked how they can help them. We just lost most of our life in a fire too. Kindly F OFF. No one is forcing you to do anything.”
See her post here.
The campaign initially sought to raise $60,000 but has since raised $176,000 and counting.
Moore has been sharing her personal experience amid the fires over the past week. “I love you, Altadena. Grateful for my family and pets getting out last night before it was too late (and endless gratitude to friends for taking us in and bringing us clothes and blankets),” she wrote on Wednesday (Jan. 8) alongside videos of her neighborhood, engulfed in smoke and flames. “Honestly, I’m in shock and feeling numb for all so many have lost, including my family. My children’s school is gone. Our favorite restaurants, leveled. So many friends and loved ones have lost everything too. Our community is broken but we will be here to rebuild together. Sending love to all affected and on the front lines trying to get this under control.”
She posted another series of photos the next day, this time from her property, much of which destroyed. “We were able to park and walk up our street to bear witness to all the loss. Miraculously, the main part of our house is still standing,” she wrote. “For now. It’s not livable but mostly intact.”
Moore continued, “Everyone we know lost everything. Every house on our street is gone. My in laws. My brother and sister in law- 6 weeks from welcoming their first baby. Our best friends. Feeling weird survivors guilt. We love this community and will do everything we can to help rebuild and support.”
David Guetta, Alphaville and Ava Max’s update of Alphaville’s timeless anthem “Forever Young” ascends to No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart (dated Jan. 18).
Guetta achieves his 17th leader on the list, lifting him past Calvin Harris for the most No. 1s since the chart began in August 2003. Guetta tied Harris at 16 apiece when “Never Going Home Again,” with Alesso and featuring Madison Love, led in November. Harris scored his 16th No. 1 with “Free,” with Ellie Goulding, in October.
Next up, Rihanna boasts 12 Dance/Mix Show Airplay No. 1s and The Chainsmokers, 10.
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(The Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart measures radio airplay on a select group of full-time dance stations, along with plays during mix shows on around 60 top 40-formatted reporters. Airplay is provided to Billboard by Luminate, with stations monitored by Mediabase.)
Max earns her second No. 1 on the survey, after “The Motto,” with Tiësto, reigned in February 2022.
Alphaville, meanwhile, leads a third Billboard list in a chart-topping history that now stretches more than 40 years. The new version of “Forever Young” crowned the TikTok Billboard Top 50 for a week in October. The German group first topped a Billboard chart when its debut hit, “Big in Japan,” led Dance Club Songs for two weeks in December 1984.
The original “Forever Young” solely by Alphaville hit No. 32 on Dance Club Songs in 1985. Following four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985 (between Nos. 93 and 100), it hit No. 65 on the chart in December 1988, sparked in part by renewed radio airplay.
Among other reworkings of the song, Jay-Z and Mr. Hudson’s “Young Forever,” with the latter singing the original’s enduring chorus, hit No. 10 on the Hot 100 in May 2010.
The new “Forever Young,” on Budde Alphaville/What a DJ/Warner Records, concurrently reaches the top 10 on Adult Pop Airplay, jumping 13-10 with Greatest Gainer honors. Guetta and Max each add their second top 10 on the ranking, while the track marks Alphaville’s first overall entry.
All charts dated Jan. 18 will update Tuesday, Jan. 14, on Billboard.com.
There’s a reason why Ferg decided to take A$AP out of his name. The Harlem rapper sat down for a conversation with veteran rap journalist Touré on his podcast and when asked about the status of A$AP Mob, Ferg had an interesting answer. “Well, I don’t think there is A$AP anymore,” Ferg said. “There’s not […]
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Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’ mother entered the chat after social media and other family members came for Boss’ widow, Allison Holker.
To combat the criticism she is currently facing after revealing her late husband’s alleged battle with drug use, Holker took to her Instagram Stories to explain why she decided to reveal her late husband’s alleged battles with drug addiction.
In a statement, she said she was only doing what she believed Boss would have wanted if that meant helping others. Her statement came after Boss’ mother broke her silence on the matter.
On January 8, Holker responded to the backlash she faced as she promoted her memoir This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light.
“To fans of Stephen and our family and friends, I want to be clear that my only intention in writing the book is to share my own story as well as part of my life with Stephen to help other people,” she wrote in her Instagram Stories. “Just like you, I never really knew what happened, and even as I am trying to put the pieces together I will never really know.”
She continued, “If you decide to read the book, hopefully you’ll see my intention is to celebrate the love and life I shared with Stephen and our three beautiful children, and also the more complex aspects of both of our lives. I hope that by sharing our full story that maybe I can help someone else who might see themselves or a loved one in Stephen.”
Boss’s family and friends, including his brothers and cousin, criticized Holker on social media, and now his mother, Connie Boss Alexander, is breaking her silence on the matter.
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“Our family is absolutely appalled by the misleading and hurtful claims made about my son, Stephen Boss,” Boss’ mother Connie wrote. “The recent publications spreading untruths about Stephen have crossed every line of decency. As his mother, I will not let these accusations go unanswered. We will not stand by while his name and legacy are tarnished. He doesn’t deserve this, and the kids don’t deserve this.”
She added, “For the last two years, I have remained quiet and away from the public eye to protect my family. My primary focus has been on healing and attempting to remain connected to my grandchildren. But when I read these dreadful claims about my baby, our beloved Stephen, I realized I could not stay silent any longer. Our family will ensure his name and memory are protected, and we are committed to defending his honor.”
We hope this situation works out for all parties involved.
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Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome is set to host a benefit concert to help rebuild the communities affected by the devastating fires raging across the city. FIREAID, advertised as “an evening of music and solidarity,” will take place on Jan. 30.
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Ticket information and performers will be announced in the coming days.
The event, produced by the Azoff family alongside Live Nation and AEG Presents, donate proceeds toward an organization created to rebuild Los Angeles infrastructure, as well as support displaced families and advance fire prevention technologies and strategies.
The catastrophic fires started earlier this week in the Pacific Palisades on the west side of Los Angeles, and quickly spread to other areas over the next few days, including Altadena, Studio City and Runyon Canyon. As of Friday, most of the fires were not contained and new ones, including one in Granada Hills, continued to ignite.
Estimates are that up to 350,000 people have been evacuated with more than 9,000 structures destroyed. The fires are among the costliest natural disasters in the United States, with estimated damages to be up to $57 billion, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The music industry has been hard hit with more than 100 executives and artists losing their homes. Several have noted their losses on social media, including attorney Laurie Soriano and publicists Kim Grant and Lesley Zimmerman, as well as Zachary Cole Smith of the L.A. band DIIV. A document with more than 120 names of those who have lost their homes has been circulating with links to GoFundMe accounts for those who have set them up.
Additionally, a number of other resources are available for those who have lost their homes or need assistance in other ways. MusiCares and the Recording Academy have launched the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort to support music professionals impacted by the crisis, making a combined pledge of $1 million to kick off the efforts. People who have worked in the music industry for more than five years may qualify for immediate assistance, including up to $1,500 in financial aid and $500 in food vouchers.
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