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GloRilla is hitting the road. Coming off a banner 2024 campaign full of wins, Big Glo announced plans for The Glorious Tour on Wednesday night (Jan. 29). The North American trek will see support from Real Boston Richey and Queen Key as opening acts. The tour will kick off in Oklahoma City on March 5 […]
D.L. Hughley has fired back at Snoop Dogg with some choice words following the rap legend’s response to the backlash he’s received following his performance at the Crypto Ball at Donald Trump’s inauguration earlier this month. The comedian was brutally honest while condemning Snoop on Tuesday’s (Jan. 28) episode of The D.L. Hughley Show, during […]
Supa King’s “Tell On Me” becomes the first song to reign on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart for more than two weeks in a row in 2025, spending its second week at No. 1 on the Feb. 1-dated ranking.
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The TikTok Billboard Top 50 is a weekly ranking of the most popular songs on TikTok in the United States based on creations, video views and user engagement. The latest chart reflects activity Jan. 20-26. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
The latest TikTok Billboard Top 50 includes seven full days of data; the app was unavailable in the U.S. for multiple hours between Jan. 18 and 19.
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“Tell On Me” is the first song to string together consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the chart since Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Maps” ruled for seven weeks in a row between October and November 2024. It’s also the first song to rack up at least two weeks at No. 1 within the calendar year; M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” spent its second frame at No. 1 on the Jan. 11-dated tally after first reigning in December 2024.
Released in 2016, Supa King’s “Tell On Me,” featured on that year’s SKBP, Vol. 1, has achieved TikTok virality thanks to a trend where creators lip synch to the song’s chorus while performing often gravity-defying stunts and poses, many times in a bathroom.
Its appearance on the chart marks “Tell On Me” and Supa King’s first on a Billboard ranking, and concurrently, the tune jumps 35% to 968,000 official U.S. streams in the week ending Jan. 23, according to Luminate.
While “Tell On Me” remains on top of the TikTok Billboard Top 50, the rest of the top five contains upward movement of some kind. It’s led by Sage the Gemini’s “Gas Pedal,” featuring Iamsu!, which lifts 3-2 in its third week on the chart. The 2013 track, which peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 that September, is driven on TikTok by a dance trend, spurring a 29% gain in streams to 1.7 million in the Billboard chart tracking week ending Jan. 23.
Gelo’s “Tweaker” re-enters the TikTok Billboard Top 50 at No. 3, a new peak. The rap project of basketball player LiAngelo Ball has enjoyed a No. 29 peak so far on the Hot 100, coming on the survey dated Jan. 18. The viral tune has been used in a variety of ways on the platform, including highlighting the “I might swerve, bend that corner, whoa” lyric to show people (or people in vehicles) taking turns or corners, sometimes in dangerous manners.
Lil Wayne’s “She Will,” which features Drake, follows at No. 4 as the TikTok Billboard Top 50’s top debut of the week. It’s boosted by a dance trend, usually with the dancer or dancers shown up against a wall, and it’s led to a 15% boost in streams for the song (which was released in 2011 as part of Tha Carter IV and peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100) to 4.1 million.
Rounding out the TikTok Billboard Top 50’s top five: SZA’s “30 for 30,” with Kendrick Lamar, which lifts 7-5 for a new peak in its fourth week on the ranking. Lamar’s “But if it’s f–k me then f–k you/ And that’s the way I like it” lyric remains the focus here, whether it’s from lip synchs, dances or captions where the user utilizes Lamar’s verse to respond to some type of prompt.
Two more songs hit the top 10 of the chart for the first time after debuting on the Jan. 25 tally: Fetty Wap’s “Jimmy Choo” and Saga Faye’s “Who Are You?” at Nos. 9 and 10, respectively. “Jimmy Choo” benefits from virtually the same trend as “Tell On Me” mentioned before, with creators filming physically challenging contortions and poses in a bathroom mirror. “Who Are You?,” meanwhile, features a trend where users show the progression of their selves throughout their lives, set to the “Thought that I knew, now I don’t have a clue/ Who are you?” lyric.
See the full TikTok Billboard Top 50 here. You can also tune in each Friday to SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio (channel 4) to hear the premiere of the chart’s top 10 countdown at 3 p.m. ET, with reruns heard throughout the week.
Vybz Kartel has kept his foot firmly planted on the gas pedal ever since his release from prison last summer (July 31, 2024).
In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of his seminal Viking (Vybz Is King) album, Kartel is releasing a special deluxe edition of the set featuring seven new songs on Friday (Jan. 31). From the sanctified Sunday mornings (“God Is the Greatest”) to unruly Saturday nights (“Str8 Vybz”), the new additions to Viking expand on the equally vulnerable and anthemic qualities of the original tracklist. The expanded version of Viking (released via Adidjahiem Records/TJ Records) also boasts an eye-popping, X-rated collaboration with dancehall star Ishawna titled “Porn Flick.”
Released in 2015 — three years into his incarceration — Viking became Kartel’s fourth consecutive project to reach the top 10 of Reggae Albums (No. 3). The LP spawned several hits, including “Unstoppable,” “Enchanting” and “Gon Get Better,” which was sampled by Fifth Harmony on their decade-old debut studio album.
The new deluxe edition of Viking follows a hectic past few months for Worl’ Boss. Mere months after regaining his freedom and serving 13 years of a now-overturned life sentence for murder, Kartel mounted Freedom Street — a star-studded New Year’s Eve homecoming concert that stood as Jamaica’s biggest musical showcase in nearly 50 years. In addition to his dancehall deejay sons Likkle Addi and Likkle Vybz, several other stars came out to support Kartel at Freedom Street, including Spice, Popcaan, Skeng, Busta Rhymes, Shatta Wale and more.
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Less than a week after Freedom Street, the “Fever” deejay graced Billboard’s first cover of 2025, in which he discussed recording music while incarcerated, new music with Cardi B and whose side he chose in last year’s bombastic Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud. In the cover story, Kartel also reacted to his first career Grammy nomination, which he earned in the best reggae album category with his Party With Me EP.
“If I wasn’t incarcerated, I would have been nominated already,” he candidly told Billboard. “But I understand, why would they want to nominate a dude in prison? I know if I wasn’t arrested, based on the trajectory that my career was on, I would have definitely won. But I’m very, very grateful.”
At the Feb. 2 ceremony — which will be held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Calif. — Kartel will vie for best reggae album against Shenseea (Never Gets Late Here), Collie Buddz (Take It Easy), The Wailers (Evolution) and the Bob Marley: One Love soundtrack. This year’s Grammys will serve as a fundraiser to help the greater Los Angeles rebuild after several devastating fires.
See the album’s full tracklist below, and pre-order it here.
1. God Is the Greatest*2. It A Tape*3. Polite*4. Dreams Are Made Of*5. Str8 Vybz*6. Porn Flick featuring Ishawna*7. Gon’ Get Better8. Enchanting9. Dancehall Cyah Stall10. Unstoppable11. #AmOut*
*new songs
Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap have announced dates for their 2025 North American tour. The West Belfast, Northern Ireland group whose self-titled, semi-autobiographical film about their rise to fame premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, will kick off the 15-show run in support of their 2024 debut album, Fine Art, with their Coachella Festival debut […]
Dr. Dre has long been one of Kendrick Lamar’s mentors, and when K. Dot clashed with Drake last year, it’s obvious what side the West Coast legend was going to be on.
Dre joined the debut episode of interview series The Unusual Suspects With Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell on Thursday (Jan. 30), during which he publicly voiced his support for Lamar’s “Not Like Us” knockout blow and said he didn’t appreciate Drizzy speaking negatively on Kendrick’s family throughout the battle.
Barris brought up Kendrick’s Pop Out concert and how it made the director “feel proud to be from L.A.,” which prompted Dre to defend his mentee.
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“I love that record,” the Death Row icon said of “Not Like Us.” “I’ma say this on camera. I don’t want to get negative. My whole s–t is about being positive and moving forward and all that s–t, but the fact I heard Drake say something negative about Kendrick’s wife and his kids, that made me say, ‘Ah, adios!’”
Drake repeatedly poked at Kendrick with allegations of abusing his wife, Whitney Alford, and claims that his business pgLang partner Dave Free illegitimately fathered one of their kids on diss tracks such as “Push Ups,” “Family Matters” and “The Heart Part 6.”
“Not Like Us” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and broke the record for most weeks atop the Hot Rap Songs when it passed Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Old Town Road” in October.
Dr. Dre made a special surprise appearance at Kendrick’s Pop Out concert on Juneteenth last year at the Kia Forum, where he had the honor to introduce “Not Like Us” with a simple, “Pst, I see dead people.”
Lamar will have the chance to bring “Not Like Us” to millions of households in February when he takes the stage at the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show in New Orleans.
Hosted by Barris and award-winning author Malcolm Gladwell, The Unusual Suspects debuts on Thursday, and the audio series will feature additional episodes with Jimmy Kimmel, Ava Duvernay, David Chang, Sue Bird and more as guests.
Listen to the clip of Dr. Dre talking about “Not Like Us” below.
J. Cole is serious about this blogging thing. Last night, Cole blogged up a short post addressing fan speculation that his new The Algorithm blog means that his long-awaited album The Fall-Off is finally close to being released. “Ib told me some people was thinking this blog meant an album was about to drop,” he […]
Rihanna showed support for her boo A$AP Rocky as she pulled up to the rapper’s trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday (Jan. 29).
Per legal reporter Meghan Cuniff, Rih was seated between Rocky’s mother and sister as the trial in his 2021 felony shooting case continued. She has not been shown on the court’s livestream, but there are security guards on both sides of the row. According to Variety, Rih isn’t expected to testify in the case.
The Harlem rapper previously turned down a final plea deal last week, which would have seen him serve 180 days behind bars. LA County prosecutors recommended three years of probation and a seven-year suspended sentence. Rocky is facing a pair of felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. He can face a maximum of 24 years behind bars if convicted on all charges.
The charges stem from an alleged November 2021 altercation that accuses Rocky of firing a weapon at former A$AP affiliate A$AP Relli — born Terrell Ephron — following an argument near a Hollywood hotel.
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Rocky’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, has maintained that the weapon was a prop gun and not a real firearm, as the rapper shot off blanks to defuse the situation. There is video footage that allegedly shows Rocky holding some sort of a handgun from the night of the shooting.
Months after the heated confrontation, the “Fashion Killa” rapper was arrested in April 2022 at Los Angeles International Airport. Rocky posted a $550,000 bond shortly after the arrest and later pleaded not guilty to all of the charges in August 2022.
According to The Associated Press, Ephron took the stand to testify against Rocky on Tuesday (Jan. 28) where he recalled the shooting. “He turned around and then it was like boom,” Ephron explained to the jury. “The whole thing was like a movie, he kind of like pointed down and he shot the first shot.”
He emphatically declared that it was “a real gun” in Rocky’s hand. “I was hit. Or I was grazed,” Ephron said. “I didn’t have a hole or nothing.” Relli says his life’s “been a living hell” since the shooting.
Wednesday’s court session has concluded and the trial will continue on Thursday (Jan. 30), where the defense will have its chance to cross-examine Relli.
U.K. rapper Central Cee recently dropped his impressive debut album Can’t Rush Greatness, but fans noticed one thing missing: a track featuring Drake. While chatting with Dutch radio host Fernando Halman of FunX, Cench was asked if he had any songs with the Toronto rapper stashed away. “I’m sure there’s a Drake record in the […]
Don’t ever play yourself, DJ Khaled stays winning. According to the RIAA, the We the Best mogul racked up another 17 new certifications on Wednesday (Jan. 29) to go along with his new diamond plaque for “I’m the One.” Outside of “I’m the One,” other standout certifications include Rihanna and Bryson Tiller’s “Wild Thoughts” at […]