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GloRilla may have never graduated from college, but she’s taking her talents to 2025’s Honda Battle of the Bands in Los Angeles next February. Big Glo is slated to close out the Honda Battle of the Bands event with an electrifying performance on Feb. 1 at SoFi Stadium. The competition will feature six Historically Black […]
When Janelle Monáe sang that she was “an alien from outer space” on 2008’s “Violet Stars Happy Hunting,” she meant it — she so committed to the bit, in fact, that her lyric is paying off 16 years later. On Wednesday (Oct. 30), Monáe showed off her photo-realistic costume for Halloween 2024, where she dressed […]
50 Cent continues to troll Jay-Z and Diddy.
While sitting down with The Breakfast Club on Tuesday (Oct. 29), the subject of Diddy came up, and Charlamagne Tha God asked the Queens rapper and filmmaker about a meme that said he ghostwrote verses for the fallen mogul on the songs “Let’s Get It” and “I Get Money (Forbes 1, 2, 3 Remix)” that sound like confessions.
First, Charlamagne played the beginning of Diddy’s verse on G. Dep‘s “Let’s Get It” where he raps, “Call me Diddy, I run this city/Send the cops, the D.A. and feds to come get me,” which 50 laughed off and said, “I didn’t tell him to say that.”
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He then plays the start of Diddy’s verse on the “I Get Money” remix where the Bad Boy boss spits, “Bo knows but Diddy did it/ Cars, jewelry and big homes, yeah, Diddy did it/ Shootouts, coastal beefs, yeah, Diddy did it/ But my lawyer’s so good that Diddy got acquitted.” 50 then immediately reveals that he got help with that verse from Jay-Z. “Jay helped me with that,” he said. “Jay did that part right there where he said, ‘Shootouts, coastal beefs.’ I wasn’t around for that, that was like East Coast/West Coast.” He then brought up Keefe D, who’s currently incarcerated for 2Pac‘s murder and who has long claimed that Diddy was allegedly involved in some way.
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50 then added, “There were certain things he wanted to say and Jay knew he wanted to insert it into the record,” he claimed. “He would be like, ‘Yo, put this in there.’ ‘Cause his mind is formatted like that. Now, artists freestyle and freestyle and freestyle — Jay remembers the idea in his head so he can just say it without writing it down.”
According, to 50 Cent, he tried to stay to himself once he got his second chance at a rapper career when he was scorching hot after his mixtape run got him a deal with Dr. Dre and Eminem. “I really don’t trust a lot of the people,” he admitted. “I was so hot, it was clear I was under investigation.”
50 has been very vocal about Diddy and the allegations made against him over the years and even has a documentary centered around them coming to Netflix.
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Timothée Chalamet is channeling Bob Dylan in the upcoming biopic about the legendary singer-songwriter, and in a new teaser for the film released on Tuesday (Oct. 29), the actor is seen performing Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In the nearly two-minute long […]
Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre are back. The West Coast icons announced on Wednesday (Oct. 30) that their Missionary album is slated to arrive on Dec. 13.
Snoop made the release date official with the unveiling of a hilarious trailer for the Doggystyle follow-up LP, which is fully produced by Dre.
“‘Missionary’ album drops 12.13. Produced by @drdre,” Snoop wrote to caption the clip.
In the video, a couple of men are going door-to-door preaching the Book of Mormon, but they’re left with their jaws on the floor when greeted by a woman in lingerie. “What the f–k? Your ad said you were dedicated to ‘missionary’ work,” she shouts before they run away in shock.
Snoop and Dre seem to be going in a different creative direction with their Missionary work. Following a few delays and a previously rumored November arrival, fans are excited the project has a concrete release date in December.
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Missionary is the first time Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg will unite on a full-length project since Snoop’s 1993 Doggystyle debut album. The superstar duo has remained tight-lipped regarding details of the LP, but some special guests expected to appear on the album include Sting and Jelly Roll.
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“We have Sting on the song. Man, it’s an amazing roster of artists that’s on this album. I shouldn’t have revealed that, to be honest,” Dre told Entertainment Tonight in August.
Jelly Roll gushed about the dream collaboration in an interview with Bootleg Kev earlier this month, where he confirmed his cameo.
“I won’t say anything about the record because he didn’t, but man, it’s special. It is really good,” he said. “I’m legitimately on the Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre album. It’s crazy. It’s unreal. Dude, Jimmy [Iovine] hits John [presumably Jelly Roll’s manager John Meneilly] and says, ‘Can we get on a FaceTime with Jelly Roll and Dre?’ I’m like, ‘Dr. Dre?’ I get on a FaceTime from my back porch. I’m like a kid. Jimmy’s there and I’m already like, ‘I cannot believe it’s Jimmy Iovine.’”
Watch the trailer for Missionary below.
Elvis Costello is fully in support of Olivia Rodrigo. In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer shared his thoughts on Rodrigo’s Sour album opener, “Brutal,” which seemingly took inspiration from his angsty 1978 anthem “Pump It Up.” He told the publication that artists “allude to [the song] in […]
Nicky Jam is no longer supporting Donald Trump for president, the reggaetón hitmaker announced on Wednesday (Oct. 30) in a video he uploaded to his Instagram page. The message comes a month after the Massachusetts-born singer-songwriter had endorsed the Republican candidate and even spoke at one of his rallies in Las Vegas back in September. […]
Some ‘90s rock bands reunite for the paycheck of a festival appearance or an alternative rock package tour. The original members of Sixpence None the Richer got back together simply to make music again.
As singer Leigh Nash and guitarist Matt Slocum tells Billboard’s Behind the Setlist podcast, the band members’ lives happened to intersect again for the first time since 2002. The result, the group’s new Rosemary Hill EP, was released on Oct. 4 through Flatiron Recordings, and the band is currently on a U.S. tour that concludes in Los Angeles on Dec. 15.
“Leigh and I had started working on new music during the pandemic,” says Slocum. “Dale [Baker], who’s our drummer, started reaching out. He was coming into Nashville periodically, because he still works as a session musician here in town and in his hometown of Durham, North Carolina, and he tours a fair amount.”
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Before long, Nash, Slouch and Baker were talking about making music together over dinner. That conversation led Nash to reach out to bass player Justin Cary. “That ended up being very serendipitous,” says Slocum, “because he and his wife own a bakery in Albany, New York, and they had made the decision to close the bakery.” Nash called to ask Cary if he wanted to make music again, and “he was more than ready to jump in.”
Truth be told, Sixpence None the Richer never really went away. The band’s 1998 breakthrough hit “Kiss Me,” which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 the following year, was streamed 70 million times and played on radio nearly 48,000 times in the U.S. last year, according to Luminate. The song has consistently been featured in television shows, too —i ncluding a 2016 episode of The Simpsons —and most recently can be heard in BLACKPINK member Lisa’s new song “Moonlit Floor,” which uses an interpolation of “Kiss Me” and takes its title from the song’s lyrics (“Kiss me, beneath the milky twilight / Lead me out on the moonlit floor”).
Nash is hopeful “Moonlit Floor” helps the band reach new fans and introduces Rosemary Hill to a younger generation. “I have seen a pretty big uptick in people and followers on our social media platforms and and no doubt those are really young people. So, I’m excited to perhaps affect a brand new generation with the new music that we’re putting out. That would be an insane blessing.”
“It’s been really cool to see how it’s connected with people all over the world and has done this generational jump,” adds Slocum. That “Moonlit Floor” songwriters Ryan Williamson and Jessie Reyez chose to utilize “Kiss Me” “shows that it’s just timeless,” he says.
Listen to the entire interview with Leigh Nash and Matt Slocum to hear more about the writing and recording of the Rosemary Hill EP, performing again for the first time in more than a decade, covering The La’s “There She Goes” and meeting The La’s frontman Lee Mavers in London in 2015. You can listen in the embedded Spotify player below or go to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart, Amazon Music, Podbean or Everand.
Ethan Slater has largely kept his romance with Ariana Grande private, but he took a moment to carefully gush over the “Yes, And?” superstar in his recent cover story with GQ. At one point in the interview, Slater responded to rumors that Grande’s Eternal Sunshine track, “Imperfect for You” is about him. “Messy, completely distressed/ […]
Sakurazaka46’s “I want tomorrow to come” rises to No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Oct. 30, selling 559,181 CDs in its first week.
The 10th single by the popular girl group topped physical sales while coming in at No. 12 for downloads, No. 5 for streaming, No. 68 for radio airplay, and No. 71 for video views.
Creepy Nuts’ “Otonoke” slips to No. 2. While down a notch from the top spot, points for the Dandadan opener is on the rise, with streaming up by about 108% from the week before from 8,460,000 to 9,130,000 streams, and video up by 101%.
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Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “Lilac” continues to hold at No. 3. Points for each metric have decreased slightly as the former No. 1 hit logs its 29th week on the tally, coming in at No.15 for downloads, No. 2 for streaming, and No. 5 for video and karaoke.
M!LK’s “Everybody Good Job!” soars 47-4 to break into the top 5. The title track off the five-man group’s sixth major-label release sold 71,036 copies to hit No. 2 for sales while coming in at No. 56 for streaming.
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Rosé & Bruno Mars’ “APT.” also shoots to No. 5 from No. 96. The track debuted on the Japan Hot 100 at No. 96 after its release on Oct. 18. The earwormy repetition of “apateu” (apartment) made a splash on social media, and streams for the track increased by about 6 times, downloads and videos by about 2.5 times, and radio by 8 times from the week before. It’s the first time a Western song entered the top 5 of the Japan Hot 100 since Coldplay and BTS’s “My Universe” in October 2021. “APT.” is also charting at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.
See the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from Oct. 21 to 27, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.
