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On the heels of her third studio album, Latto is hitting the road for the Sugar Honey Iced Tea Tour this fall. Dates for the show were announced on Wednesday morning (August 14), along with the news that the rapper will be bringing fellow ATLiens Mariah The Scientist and Karrahbooo with her on the trek.
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Latto kicks off the 22-city North American leg on October 25 in Tampa Bay with stops in Nashville, Philly, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Boston, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Seattle, San Diego, Phoenix and Las Vegas before wrapping up in Denver on December 7.
CITI pre-sale tickets are currently on sale, while the general public on-sale begins on Friday (August 16) at 10 a.m. local time on Latto’s website.
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The Grammy-nominated artist delivered her Sugar Honey Iced Tea album on August 9 featuring guest appearances from Ciara, Coco Jones, Hunxho, Young Nudy, Teezo Touchdown, Megan Thee Stallion and tour mate Mariah The Scientist.
“From 21 to 25, I feel like I became a woman,” she told Billboard. “Everybody used to tell me, ‘Oh, when you turn 25, something is going to change in your brain.’ I really feel like it did. I’ve had new relationships, I bought my first house, signed deals, fell out with people. Every year that I’ve been in the industry, I feel like I’ve reached more success, so there’s just more sh-t to talk about.”
Sugar Honey Iced Tea follows Latto’s 777, which reached No. 15 on the Billboard 200 in 2022. Latto has eight Billboard Hot 100 entries including top 10 hits like “Seven” (No. 1 with Jung Kook) and “Big Energy” (No. 3).
The 25-year-old added a bonus track to the album ‘s disc two this week. “Chicken Grease” samples Atlanta legend T.I.’s breakout hit “24’s.” The DJ Toomp-produced anthem was Tip’s first Hot 100 entry and reached No. 78 on the chart.
Find the Sugar Honey Iced Tea Tour dates below.
Oct. 25 — Tampa, Fla. @ Yuengling Center
Oct. 27 — Nashville, Tenn. @ Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Oct. 28 — Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem
Oct. 29 — Philadelphia, Pa. @ The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark
Oct. 31 — Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Barclays Center
Nov. 1 — Cincinnati, Ohio @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center
Nov. 3 — Bridgeport, Conn. @ Total Mortgage Arena
Nov. 4 — Boston, Mass. @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Nov. 7 — Toronto, Ontario @ HISTORY
Nov. 11 — Detroit, Mich. @ Fox Theatre
Nov. 12 — Chicago, Ill. @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Nov. 15 — Dallas, Texas @ South Side Ballroom
Nov. 16 — Houston, Texas @ 713 Music Hall
Nov. 17 — Austin, Texas @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
Nov. 21 — San Diego, Calif. @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
Nov. 25 — Seattle, Wash. @ WAMU Theater
Nov. 26 — Vancouver, B.C. @ PNE Forum
Nov. 29 — San Francisco, Calif. @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Dec. 1 — Inglewood, Calif. @ YouTube Theater
Dec. 4 — Phoenix, Ariz. @ Arizona Financial Theatre
Dec. 5 — Las Vegas, Nev. @ Brooklyn Bowl
Dec. 7 — Denver, Co. @ Fillmore Auditorium
Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s Vultures 2 storms in at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart (dated Aug. 17). The set, which was first expected for release on March 8, arrived on Aug. 3 and earned 107,000 equivalent album units in the tracking week of Aug. 2 – 8, according to Luminate.
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Of the album’s first-week total, 60,500 units came through traditional album sales. The figure was helped by multiple versions in the marketplace: a widely available standard explicit edition, a late-in-the-week-released clean edition and five additional explicit variants released on Ye’s official webstore – each containing the standard album and one exclusive studio bonus track per album. The webstore editions each sold for $5, while the widely available offerings were discounted to $4.99 in Apple’s iTunes Store. Thanks to the robust sales, Vultures 2 debuts at No. 2 on the Top Album Sales chart.
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Streaming activity contributes 46,000 units, equaling 59.4 million official on-demand streams of the standard album’s songs), and prompting a No. 6 start on the Top Streaming Albums chart. Track-equivalent album activity comprises the remaining 500 units. (One unit equals the following levels of consumption: one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams for a song on the album.)
With Vultures 2, Ye earns his 12th No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and ties R. Kelly for the fifth-most champs among all artists since the chart began in 1965. The Temptations lead the count, with 19, followed by Drake and Future (15 each) and Jay-Z (14). Since Ye debuted with The College Dropout in 2004, he has only missed the top spot once – 2016’s The Life of Pablo peaked at No. 2.
Ty Dolla $ign picks up his second No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with Vultures 2, following the project’s previous installment. Vultures 1 reigned for five consecutive weeks in February – March.
Elsewhere, Vultures 2 opens at No. 1 on the Top Rap Albums chart and at No. 2 on the all-genre Billboard 200. On the latter list, the entrance notably ends a streak of 11 consecutive No. 1 starts for Ye’s discography.
Nine tracks from Vultures 2 jump onto the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, led by “Field Trip” at No. 10. The track, which features verses from Playboi Carti, Kodak Black and Don Toliver, was the album’s most-streamed song of the week with 9.5 million official U.S. streams.
Here’s a full rundown of all Vultures 2 cuts on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
No. 10, “Field Trip,” featuring Playboi Carti, Kodak Black & Don ToliverNo. 21, “Promotion,” featuring FutureNo. 24, “Fried,”No. 25, “Slide”No. 32, “River,” featuring Young ThugNo. 37, “530”No. 38, “Dead,” featuring Future & Lil DurkNo. 39, “Time Moving Slow”No. 41, “Lifestyle,” featuring Lil Wayne
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Rapper, singer, producer, songwriter, Grammy winner, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Songwriters Hall of Fame member. Missy Elliott has racked up so many accolades since she burst once the scene in 1997 with her classic debut Supa Dupa Fly that it’s a bit of a shock when you hear that her current concert tour is her first headlining trek, ever. She’s opened tours before (even one for Michael Jackson) and co-headlined treks (alongside Beyoncé and Alicia Keys, no less), but Out of This World: The Missy Elliott Experience is her first headlining solo tour.
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Not that she’s alone. The tour boasts performances from Timbaland, Ciara and Busta Rhymes, with the latter two artists delivering substantial 45-minute-ish sets that feel like events unto themselves. And on Monday (Aug. 12) night, when the tour rolled into Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, some surprise guests — including Lil’ Kim and LL COOL J — popped by to help NYC pop off.
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But make no mistake: This is a Missy Elliott production. From the fashion-forward fits to the UFO imagery to the brilliantly off-kilter choreography, this feels like the spotlight tour Missy Elliott has been waiting decades to deliver. Thanks to a 25-plus-song setlist stacked with Hot 100 hits, Missy soars, whether floating above the crowd during “Gossip Folks,” spitting “She’s a Bitch” while an impossibly large cape flutters behind her or rapping “Get Ur Freak On” as her dancers climb around a rope fence. A rope fence… why? Why not! Missy’s aesthetic, both sonically and visually, has always been to get weirder (and more wonderful) than her competitors, and her iconoclastic freak flag is flying high and mighty on this tour.
Unlike some game-changing MCs, Missy has never been afraid to share the limelight, and her tour gives ample shine to her openers and guests. Lil’ Kim had the arena shrieking when she emerged from beneath the stage to rap her 2003 hit “The Jump Off”; Timbaland joined Missy to bump “Up Jumps Da Boogie”; Busta joined her to trade verses on “Touch It”; and Ciara was front and center for the show-closing “Lose Control” (at which point most of the audience did just that). Speaking of Ciara, the energized R&B diva brought out some special guests of her own: Lady London and Lola Brooke joined her for “Da Girls,” while WNBA mascot Ellie the Elephant of the New York Liberty came out to throw down for a moment, proving that a Brooklyn dancer in an animal outfit can out-breakdance some breakers at the Olympic level.
Busta Rhymes – whose rapid-fire, dexterous flow remains unmatched — shared his spotlight, too, welcoming to the stage (at various points) his children, Flipmode Squad’s Rah Digga and his childhood hero LL COOL J to rap Craig Mack’s “Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)” live for the first time ever. “History was made tonight!” Busta crowed.
The Flatbush MC also took a moment to speak on the importance of nurturing and encouraging the next generation of hip-hop as opposed to trying to keep others down to stay on top. That’s a philosophy which has seemingly helped guide Missy Elliott over the course of her three-decade career. And as this stacked tour proves, one blazing star doesn’t diminish another’s shine — it simply makes for a more breathtaking constellation.
Megan Thee Stallion and GloRilla have become besties after spending months together earlier this year running through arenas as part of Meg’s Hot Girl Summer Tour.
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The “Wanna Be” collaborators have been tapped as the next guests on Instagram’s Close Friends Only podcast, and IG shared a clip of Meg and Glo from the episode on Tuesday (Aug. 13).
While they’ve enjoyed each other’s company in recent months, Megan and GloRilla still aren’t in each other’s Close Friends on Instagram. “I’m gonna add you to my Close Friends,” Meg said before Glo promised to return the favor.
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“Cause, b—h, why I’m not in your close friends,” Meg asked while raising her voice. “B—h, I’m not in yours,” Glo struck back.
“That’s so crazy,” Megan continued. “I let you watch me do crazy s–t all day. And I can’t know what you posting to Close Friends?”
While their chemistry is apparent these days, that wasn’t always the case. GloRilla recalled in an interview with VIBEthat she was “shy” when first meeting Meg and eventually got more comfortable.
“I was actually shy the first time I went around her,” she admitted. “The second time, it just got more [comfortable]. We got some shots and stuff, it just felt natural. She’s just so fun. That’s what Megan is, she’s super fun to hang with. I genuinely like being around her and watching her perform and everything. I just like Megan.”
The Hot Girl Summer Tour saw heartfelt moments on stage with Megan Thee Stallion and GloRilla exchanging gifts. Meg surprised Glo with flowers for her birthday while Big Glo returned the favor in Houston when presenting Thee Stallion with a custom “M” plaque.
“I love the bond that me and @glorillapimp have built in these past few weeks!” Megan Thee Stallion captioned a June Instagram post. “You are my sister 4L , you and cola never getting rid of me.”
Glo replied in the comment section: “I luv you 4L Meg [heart emoji, teary-eyed emoji] I’m so glad I got to do dis tour with you I wouldn’t have had it no other way [party emoji] I can’t wait for dem to hear dat hot shit ahhhh so excited.”
Megan and GloRilla’s “Wanna Be” collaboration is holding firm on the Billboard Hot 100, where it sits at No. 13 on this week’s chart.
Watch the clip below. Fans can expect the full episode to arrive on Thursday (Aug. 15).
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Rihanna‘s youngest son Riot Rose crawled his way onto the superstar’s Instagram feed recently.
In a video posted on Sunday (Aug. 11), the one-year-old speedily crawls across the floor, pushing a miniature Target shopping cart in an adorable cameo during one of her Fenty promo posts. Rih is known for dressing Riot and 2-year-old RZA — her first-born son with partner A$AP Rocky — in trendy outfits. In this case, the baby boy’s diaper peeks out of a chic grey sweatsuit.
The “We Found Love” singer also shared a photo of her posing next to the cart filled with travel-size versions of her Fenty Beauty products. “more minis are on the way to @ultabeauty in @target,” she captioned the post.
The adorable announcement comes about a week after Rih attended the Crop Over Festival in her home country of Barbados, stunning the crowd in a bedazzled carnival outfit complete with multi-color feathered wings. Before that, she watched Manchester City’s match against AC Milan at Yankee Stadium and met star players Christian Pulisic, Jack Grealish and Yunus Musah. While there, one young fan snubbed her by asking her to take a photo of him with the soccer pros, seemingly not recognizing the billionaire nine-time Grammy winner right in front of him.
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As some fans joked after a video of the interaction went viral, the fact that Rih hasn’t released an album in eight years could very well be the reason certain kids don’t know who she is anymore. The mogul herself previously addressed the matter in a hilarious message to GloRilla, a screenshot of which the “TGIF” rapper posted on Instagram in July: “I know dis wild hypothetical, but when the album drop?”
To date, Rihanna has been coy about a release date or vibe for her untitled ninth album, the follow-up to 2016 album Anti. In June, after fans got scared by a T-shirt she sported reading “I’m Retired,” the singer promised fans, “I’m not retired. I just like that dress. I got it as a gift and I loved it. They didn’t read the second line, I’m not retired, I’m just retired from dressing up — it’s a lot of effort.” She also noted at the time that she’s “starting over” when it comes to her music.
“But I don’t want to neglect the songs that I have, so I actually want to go back and listen to stuff with new ears, with my new perspective and then see what applies and what I’m still in love with,” she said.
Watch Riot Rose crawl like a champ below.