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Don Toliver and Doja Cat are dropping their new collaboration âLose My Mindâ from the F1 movie soundtrack this week. The two are heard harmonizing on the hook âSo why donât we just lose my mind?â in the hi-tech video clip that was shared on Instagram by the Formula 1, F1 movie and F1 album […]
Latto headlined Syracuse Universityâs Block Party 2025 over the weekend, and she got around to posting some pictures from her time on the central New York campus on Tuesday (April 29). While sheâll always be Big Mama, Latto went by Big Daddy in Syracuse as she rocked a throwback âfit that went diamond in the […]
Did you know Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal were hip-hop heads?
As the two actors promote their film The Accountant 2, they sat down with Complex for their âGOAT Talkâ series and the topic of Rap Mount Rushmore came up, with Ben offering up some interesting picks.
âI think Lil Wayne should be on there,â he said. âYou were talking about Eazy-E today. We were talking about back when we were young. I mean, you know, a lot of talk about, âWell, Slick Rick.â And then of course, thereâs Kendrick right now.’â
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Ben seemed to feel put on the spot and was throwing out names off the dome, but when Jon asked him to confirm, the Armageddon actor answered, âYeah, I mean, I kinda at random, but, yeah Iâd take that Mount Rushmore. Iâd take that,â before also bringing up Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
Bernthal essentially agreed with Benâs picks, but replaced Slick Rick and Lil Wayne with the Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac while also acknowledging that he liked the idea of Affleck putting Weezy on his.
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âI mean, I think you need Biggie on there. You need 2Pac on there,â The Punisher actor said. âBut Iâll put Eazy on there and Kendrick, but I love that you put Lil Wayne on there.â
Ben then said that âPac is probably his pick for greatest rapper ever before telling a funny story of his son asking him if he ever heard arguably the greatest diss song of all-time. âMy son played me this song the other day,â he joked. âAnd heâs like, âYo, you heard this?â And he played me âHit Em Up.â And I was like, âHave I heard this? Motheâ-er, I had a whole fâinâ life that I lived before you were born.’â
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YK Osiris says he hasnât dropped any new music out of fear of âhumiliation.â In a livestream with Lil Rodney Son on Monday (April 28), YK Osiris opened up about why he hasnât dropped anything new, and said heâs scared of embarrassment. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and […]
Nelly shared his thoughts on President Donald Trumpâs first 100 days in office before stepping on stage for his Stagecoach performance. In a quick interview with Fox News Digital prior to his Stagecoach set on April 26, Nelly called himself a âglass half-full type of guyâ when speaking on Trumpâs first 100 days back in […]
On the heels of delivering Kush + Orange Juice 2, Wiz Khalifa is hitting the road. Wiz and Sean Paul announced the Good Vibes Only Tour on Tuesday (April 29), which will feature DaBaby as a special guest performer. The 15-date amphitheater run will go through North America this summer, kicking off on July 6 […]
So, who invented ârageâ rap? Trippie Redd has an idea.
âThe inventors of the rage sound is me, [XXXtentacion], Carti and Uzi,â he said in an Instagram Stories video posted April 27. âWe paved the way. We popularized it. Iâm not gonna let you old aâ nâs say you invented something that you ainât invent. Nâs need to take they pills, man. You nâs be psychotic, like, out of they fâking mind. Your old aâ ainât invent shât.â
âThatâs exactly why I ainât pull up on his old aâ âcause he always just wanna put a nâa beneath him and sât. You ainât really for black people. You ainât really for your people, nâa. You be using nâas and you lost right now.â
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Trippie then added a message for younger artists to be careful who they chose to collaborate with.
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âArtists coming up â keep a hold of yâall craft, man,â the Ohio rapper warned. âDonât give yâall sât out to these old nâas âcause they just wanna get around you, find out your sound, use you, and then dump you, nâa. They wonât fâk with you ever again. All these nâas cutthroat.â
And while he didnât mention any names, Trippie may be referring to Yeâs April 26 comments during an interview with Sneako, claiming that he invented the style with his 2013 album Yeezus, and more specifically with the song âBlood on the Leaves.â
âI invented ârage,â bro. âBlood on the Leaves,â Ye claimed. âI invented this whole ârageâ sound ⌠Yeezus is that energy. âNâas in Parisâ is the first time nâas was moshinâ. We got Black people moshinâ, that was some white boy sât.â
Some fans on social media have credited Kid Cudi as the rapper to introduce that specific sound and point to his Man on the Moon series of albums and the fact that he often referred to himself as âMr. Rager.â
Yung Miami is clapping back at speculation sheâs in pursuit of NFL draftee Shedeur Sanders. On Sunday (April 27), the former City Girls rapper responded to someone on X who implied she was âmaking it sooo obviousâ that she romantically wants Sanders. âYâall bâhes donât know what âsupporting your pplâ look like!!!!â she wrote in […]
SZA crowns both the latest Billboard 200 albums chart and the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart dated May 3. While itâs customary for star acts to lead both lists simultaneously, SZA does so differently than the way that the feat is usually achieved.
As previously reported, SZAâs album SOS rebounds for a 13th week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Concurrently, Kendrick Lamar and SZAâs âLuther,â from Lamarâs album GNX â not SOS â logs a milestone 10th week at No. 1 on the Hot 100.
Since the beginning of the 2020s, only three acts have led the charts simultaneously but with a Hot 100-topping song not from the album at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The two prior to SZA: GNX headed up the Billboard 200 as Lamarâs stand-alone single âNot Like Usâ led the Hot 100 for a week in February and Taylor Swiftâs 1989 (Taylorâs Version) was No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as the then-four-year-old âCruel Summerâ ruled the Hot 100 for a week in November 2023.
Comparatively, in a hefty 50 weeks this decade, and continuing coordination common since the â60s, acts have doubled up atop the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 with albums and songs from those sets. Most recently, Lamar did so twice via GNX: the LP was No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as âLutherâ (March 15) and âSquabble Upâ (Dec. 7, 2024) topped the Hot 100. Leading the way since 2020, Morgan Wallenâs One Thing at a Time and its smash âLast Nightâ spent 11 weeks atop the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 side-by-side. (The set and song reigned for 19 and 16 total weeks, respectively.)
Prior to SZA, Lamar and Swift earning such commands, no act had scored such a divergent double-up since August 1997, when Diddy (then Puff Daddy) was No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with No Way Out (with The Family) while being featured with Mase on The Notorious B.I.G.âs Hot 100 leader âMo Money Mo Problems.â Among artists in lead roles, none had earned the honor before SZA, Lamar and Swift since 1975, when, for two weeks that January, Elton Johnâs Greatest Hits led the Billboard 200 as his cover of The Beatlesâ âLucy in the Sky With Diamonds,â not on the collection, topped the Hot 100.
The recent relative uptick in the feat suggests that songsâ success can be less tied to album campaigns than in the past. In the case of the acts above, the reign of âLutherâ aligns with the recent reissue of SOS; âNot Like Usâ was re-diss-covered after Lamar performed it at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show and it won five Grammy Awards, all within an eight-day span in early February; and âCruel Summerâ was revived from Swiftâs 2019 album Lover, partly from fan fervor as she performed it early in the run of her The Eras Tour.
Meanwhile, in a digital era, artists can more easily release single tracks than before, while the likes of TikTok and media synchs can more randomly spark popularity for songs not on albums that acts are simultaneously promoting.
Further tying Lamar and SZA together, GNX is No. 2 on the Billboard 200, while the stars kicked off their co-headlining Grand National Tour April 19.
When Wiz Khalifaâs seminal mixtape Kush and Orange Juice dropped in 2009, the Pittsburgh staple brought a new sound and lifestyle that forever shifted the hip-hop landscape.
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âThe mode I was in â tapped in with the fans, being on the road, buying Jordans, wearing Chucks, wearing camo shorts every day,â recalls Khalifa a decade-and-a-half later to Billboard. â[I] was literally smoking Kush and drinking orange juice, [and] putting the world onto a whole lifestyle that we were living.â
Earlier this month, Khalifa kept the Kush and Orange Juice legacy alive when he released the sequel to his magnum opus. He enlisted familiar faces such as Taylor Gang affiliates Ty Dolla $ign, Juicy J and Chevy Woods while linking up with new characters including LaRussell, Don Toliver and Larry June, making this 23-track ride memorable. The albumâs standout tracks, such as the swagger-filled âPimps n Hustlersâ and the Curren$y-featured âJet Taylor,â showcase the same gusto that made Kush and Orange Juice a classic.
âI wasnât nervous at all,â Khalifa confidently states when facing the arduous task of following up his 2009 classic. âIt was something that I felt I could challenge myself to do. And I would also know if it was it or wasnât it. There were a couple of times during the process where I would get to maybe Iâm done, maybe I figured it out, and I did, but the fans would always let me know what direction to shift it. When I finally got to the end of it, I was 100% confident. So, it wasnât scary. It was fun trying to figure it out.â
Wiz Khalifa, the spry MC who emerged as the cornerstone of stoner rap in the early 2010s, has transcended past being a caliber MC from the Blog Era. He has become a Billboard Hot 100 contender, courtesy of his rap bona fides. His journey from songs such as âBlack & Yellow,â âWe Dem Boyzâ and âWork Hard, Play Hardâ to the melancholic anthem âSee You Againâ placed him in the venerable territory, hitting Diamond status and accruing 12 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, is a testament to his evolution. This growth, from his stoner rap roots to becoming a Hot 100 contender, is something that his fans can take pride in. Despite these milestones, Khalifaâs love for hip-hop runs deep in his blood, as proven by his latest freestyles over J. Coleâs âCloudsâ and Kendrick Lamarâs âSquabble Up.â
âI did it strategically,â says Khalifa, revealing a key aspect of his creative process. âI started working on the album and removed myself from social media for a bit. It was about four months, and I didnât scroll or digest anything. It was on purpose because I had to find myself and figure out what I was going to do regardless of what was going on around me.â
Watch Khalifaâs full Billboard News In Conversation interview above, during which he spoke about his love for Snoop Dogg, linking up with J. Cole and more.
