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Rob49 opened up his new restaurant, The Nest NOLA, in New Orleans just in time for the Super Bowl, and the rapper is sharing how he was inspired to open a restaurant, what it was like to work with Lil Wayne, his upcoming music releases and more!
Catrise Johnson:
Hey everyone. It’s your girl Catrice J, we are in New Orleans with Rob49 at his new restaurant The Nest NOLA. How you feeling?
Rob49:
I’m good, good, good. It’s like a lounge type, restaurant type vibe.
Tell me about it.
That’s what it is. I just always wanted somewhere like for me and my partners to come instead of going like to these… all these spots that we not comfortable at.
What does it mean to you to have this restaurant in New Orleans, your home city?
It feels good just because New Orleans food is everything I ain’t- I wouldn’t even feel comfortable building nowhere else.
New Orleans has one of the richest food cultures in the world. How do you think the flavors of the city are going to represent in this restaurant?
It’s the one like, I think if they come here, they’re gonna know, like, New Orleans got the best food in the United States. Like, for sure. And I know it sounds crazy, 50 states, 49 of them like, but this the one.
I feel like it too. I’ll be honest.
You feel like that?
I feel like you have the best food in New Orleans.
Nah, swear to God bro.
And obviously your restaurant, or lounge-
Today’s gonna do it for you.
Oh, I’m excited!
So we’re here for Super Bowl weekend. How does it feel to have the Super Bowl in your city?
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Twenty One Pilots lead Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart for the first time in three years, reigning on the Feb. 15-dated list via the 2-1 rise of “The Line.”
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The song marks the duo’s 11th No. 1 and first since “The Outside” ruled for three weeks beginning in January 2022.
Since then, the band had notched three chart entries, including two No. 2-peaking tracks in “Overcompensate” and “The Craving” in 2024.
With 11 rulers, Twenty One Pilots, who first led with “Stressed Out” in 2015, rank as the act with the sixth-most No. 1s since Alternative Airplay began in 1988.
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Most No. 1s, Alternative Airplay:15, Red Hot Chili Peppers13, Green Day13, Linkin Park12, Cage the Elephant12, Foo Fighters11, Twenty One Pilots8, U28, Weezer7, The Black Keys7, Imagine Dragons
Of the band’s 11 No. 1s, two have now come from soundtracks to TV or film. “The Line” is featured on the soundtrack to Netflix’s Arcane, which premiered its second and final season in November, while “Heathens” was heard in the 2016 movie Suicide Squad.
Concurrently, “The Line” ranks at No. 17 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 2.4 million audience impressions in the week ending Feb. 6, according to Luminate. It reached a No. 14 high in December.
The song appeared at No. 28 on the most recently published multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs tally (dated Feb . 8, reflecting data accumulated Jan. 24-30); it hit No. 13 in December. In addition to its radio airplay, “The Line” earned 2 million official U.S. streams in that span.
The soundtrack to Arcane’s second season peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard 200 in December and has earned 220,000 equivalent album units to date.
All Billboard charts dated Feb. 15 will update Tuesday, Feb. 11, on Billboard.com.
The Palisades fire devastated Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt, and now the couple are regaining the strength to rebuild their life through Heidi’s music. They share their first-hand encounter with the Palisades fire, how fans have impacted Heidi by streaming her music and more. Spencer Pratt: Wow. Here’s the final mix, and it just got […]
Linkin Park lands its 12th No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, as “Heavy Is the Crown” lifts a spot to the top of the tally dated Feb. 15.
The song is the band’s fourth No. 1 in as many tries dating to 2023, when “Lost” reigned for eight weeks. “Friendly Fire” followed for a week last April and “The Emptiness Machine” ruled for six frames beginning in October.
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With 12 total Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1s, the sextet ties Disturbed for the eighth-most leaders in the chart’s history (which dates to 1981). Of those, 10 came with vocals from late singer Chester Bennington or rapper/singer Mike Shinoda, while new vocalist Emily Armstrong has taken the reins of the two most recent rulers alongside Shinoda.
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Most No. 1s, Mainstream Rock Airplay:19, Shinedown18, Three Days Grace15, Five Finger Death Punch14, Foo Fighters14, Metallica13, Godsmack13, Van Halen12, Disturbed12, Linkin Park
Linkin Park first led Mainstream Rock Airplay in 2003 with “Somewhere I Belong.” The group first appeared on the survey in 2000, when “One Step Closer” debuted; it peaked at No. 4 in January 2001, marking the band’s first of 21 top 10s.
Concurrently, “Heavy Is the Crown” rises 13-12 on Alternative Airplay. On the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, it reigns for a fourth week via 5.3 million audience impressions in the week ending Feb. 6, according to Luminate.
On the most recently published Hot Hard Rock Songs list (dated Feb. 8, reflecting the Jan. 24-30 tracking period), “Heavy Is the Crown” ranked at No. 2; “The Emptiness Machine” led for 21st week. In addition to its radio airplay, the former drew 1.7 million official U.S. streams, up 3%.
“Heavy Is the Crown” is the second single from From Zero, Linkin Park’s eighth studio album and first with Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain. The set launched at No. 1 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart in November and has earned 287,000 equivalent album units to date.
All Billboard charts dated Feb. 15 will update Tuesday, Feb. 11, on Billboard.com.
The Super Bowl is just around the corner, and Kendrick Lamar dropped some gems at his press conference in NOLA, NFL players are reacting to Trump’s attendance at the Big Game, Swifties are considering switching sides for the game and more. Are you excited for Kendrick & SZA this Sunday? Let us know in the […]
Lil Wayne and Drake’s “She Will” has been crowned No. 1 on this week’s TikTok Billboard Top 50, but the top 10 is filled with a roundup of new hits. Keep watching to see what they are! Tetris Kelly:A new leader climbs to the top while the rest of the top 10 sees some major […]
After the devastating Eaton and Hurst fires impacted the community of Altadena in California, local residents share their firsthand stories of how the fires burned their homes down, how they’re trying to rebuild and more.
Keep watching this Billboard News special to learn more about those impacted.
Julian Perry:Just seeing around, like the waves of black smoke coming over the houses and looking down the street, and I can’t even see down the street, but I can see the house over there. You know, it was fully engulfed in flames.
Adam Clingmon:I lived here for 40 years. This was just my community. This is where I grew up, my neighbors, my friends, we got the emergency text around 6:30, maybe little earlier than that. Then we saw it on TV that there was a fire in Eaton Canyon. And maybe 15 minutes after that, we get another text saying that we have to evacuate.
The Edwards Family:Every house, except for three on our street, burned down. And then she lives pretty far. I remember … Yeah, one mile, far in the sense of a fire, but yeah, she lives exactly one mile away, west of it.
Julian Perry:Hearing the loud explosions and the pops and that crunch of the wood was, you know, was terrifying.
Adam Clingmon:Most people are freaking out. I’m staying calm thinking, like, “You know, we’ve had these before, it’ll be all right.” And so we start packing stuff up. My mom, my sister, my nephew, they evacuate. My dad wants to stay. So I was like, “I’m gonna stay as long as my dad stays.” But then around 8:39 o’clock, the power goes out, and that’s when it gets scary. And then we go outside, and we can see a huge glow on the mountain, a huge glow. That’s when I got scared.
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Gelo became an overnight rap sensation when “Tweaker” dropped, and today, he exclusively reveals to Billboard the star feature on the “Tweaker” Remix. He shares how his hit came to life, why he chose to sign with Def Jam, debuting on the Hot 100, album plans and more!
Michael Saponara:
So we gotta talk about “Tweaker” here. It’s going crazy out here, walk me through how this came together. What was… When you started writing for it and then recording it? Paint that whole picture for us.
Gelo:
I had to, like, I always get, like, a little itch to write. If I feel like that, I go make some songs. Well, I wrote it in the garage, but I was feeling like, a certain way, and then I just got to thinking and writing and sh–. That’s what I came up with, though. But at the end of that, like, I knew that sh– was gonna be great. Like, I was like, wow.
So you’re like, “This is a hit here.” Right?
I played it all the way home. I’m like, yeah, “This goes hard.” Like, it’s gonna be it.
So were you sending it out? Does LaVar get to hear it? Does LaMelo hear it? Does Lonzo hear it?
I sent it to Melo and Zo, like, two of my friends, like, nothing. It’s not going to be spreading like that.
Gotcha. And they all thought it was out of here too?
I do that with all my music, though. I got other songs I like more than “Tweaker,” but it’s coming.
And how long, I guess, before we heard it? Did you write the record and record it?
I wrote that, like three weeks ago.
Oh, wow, so this is all fresh.
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Ahead of the Super Bowl this upcoming Sunday, Travis Kelce shared his thoughts on President Donald Trump attending the big game. What do you think about his response? Let us know in the comments! Travis Kelce: Doesn’t matter who the president is, I know I’m excited. Tetris Kelly: Travis Kelce is honored to play the […]
After the devastating Hurst fire impacted the community of Altadena, Calif., in January, The Game heads out to the community of Altadena where he interviews first responders, local high school coaches and more about their survival stories from the Hurst fire.
Keep watching this Billboard News special to learn more about those impacted.
The Game:
This is some serious… It’s serious business, man, and after this experience, now, when I hear a fire truck coming down the street, I’m pulling over and I’m not annoyed because usually it’s like “agh I got to pull over.”
Firefighter 1:
Over there we have our kitchen.
The Game:
You know I like to eat. Is he a good cook?
Firefighter 2:
The best!
The Game:
So you guys went up?
Firefighter 1:
I mean, I was here the day that everything happened.
The Game:
Wow.
Firefighter 1:
It was myself and one of the partners. But unfortunately, he’s not here.
The Game:
How was that?
Firefighter 1:
It was one event where we thought that something was gonna happen and it just led to something way out of our hands.
The Game:
My like, my hat’s on, but it’s off to you guys, man.
DeAnthony Langston:
These guys are personal friends of mine. They’re high school coaches here. This is actually Tony’s crib that he grew up in right now. His mom’s crib right there, but all of them have their unique stories about how they were devastated about that right there. But this was a predominantly African American neighborhood, and just to see this is terrible man, and you coming out says a lot about you, man. And so I’d like everybody to introduce themselves and tell them what school you coach at.
Tim Tucker:
Not only were these fires big for our basketball program, two of our players lost their homes, but I also have residential treatment centers for kids. So I have group homes for kids. And we lost our girl’s house.
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