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After its first full tracking week, Eminem, Big Sean and BabyTron’s “Tobey” rockets to the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song was released on Wednesday, July 3, allowing it only two days of activity for the chart’s Friday-Thursday tracking cycle for the week of June 28-July 4, but despite the truncated window, “Tobey” still debuted at No. 26. After the tracking week of July 5-11, the collaboration, which name checks Spider-Man actor Tobey Maguire in its hook, soars to No. 7 on the list dated July 20.
For the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, which combines streaming, radio airplay and sales data, “Tobey” registered 13.6 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate, In the July 5-11 tracking week. The nine-figure sum prompts a No. 4 debut on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart and No. 21 on the corresponding, all-genre list. The track also sold 3,000 song downloads and repeats at No. 4 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart. “Tobey” only generated a negligible amount of airplay, with radio promotional efforts still focused on Eminem’s focus single, “Houdini.”
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With “Tobey,” Eminem captures his 18th top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Here’s a rundown of his collection:
Song Title, Artist (if other than Eminem), Peak Position, Peak Date
“Lose Yourself,” No. 4, Dec. 21, 2002
“Forever,” Drake featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem, No. 2, Oct. 31, 2009
“Love the Way You Lie,” featuring Rihanna, No. 7, Oct. 2, 2010
“My Life,” 50 Cent featuring Eminem & Adam Levine, No. 6, Dec. 15, 2012
“Berzerk,” No. 2, Sept. 14, 2013
“Survival,” No. 6, Oct. 26, 2013
“Rap God,” No. 2, Nov. 2, 2013
“The Monster,” featuring Rihanna, No. 1 (13 weeks), Nov. 16, 2013
“Guts Over Fear,” featuring Sia, No. 6, Sept. 13, 2014
“Walk on Water,” featuring Beyoncé, No. 6, Dec. 2, 2017
“River,” featuring Ed Sheeran, No. 5, Jan. 3, 2018
“Fall,” No. 10, Sept. 15, 2018
“Lucky You,” featuring Joyner Lucas, No. 5, Sept. 15, 2018
“The Ringer,” No. 7, Sept. 15, 2018
“Killshot,” No. 2, Sept. 29, 2018
“Homicide,” Logic featuring Eminem, No. 2, May 18, 2019
“Godzilla,” featuring Juice WRLD, No. 3, Feb. 1, 2020
“Houdini,” No. 1 (one week), June 15, 2014
“Tobey,” with Big Sean & BabyTron, No. 7 (to date), July 20, 2024
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The new hit secures Big Sean his 12th career top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and first in nearly seven years, since “Feels,” a Calvin Harris track that featured the rapper alongside Pharrell Williams and Katy Perry, reached No. 10 in August 2017.
BabyTron, meanwhile, achieves a career milestone by teaming up with his fellow Michigan rap stars, earning his first Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs top 10 with his first title to make the chart.
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Two years after it was announced, the first authorized Ol’ Dirty Bastard documentary finally has an air date. The two-hour doc, Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys, is slated to premiere on A&E TV on August 25 at 9 p.m. ET before hitting streaming the next day.
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According to a show description from the network, the first official feature doc on the late Grammy-nominated Wu-Tang Clan co-founder and solo star (born Russell Jones) will feature never-before-seen footage from his persona archive shot by wife Icelene Jones. It also promises “access to his closest friends and family, this culture-defining special humanizes ODB as a man, a father, and a husband like never before,” including interviews with Mariah Carey, Wu-Tang bandmates Raekwon and Ghostface Killah and son Bar-Sun Jones, as well as his parents and record executives.
The doc was co-directed by Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning Director Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI, Black Art: In The Absence of Light) with son Jason Pollard (Get Me Roger Stone, Bitchin’ The Sound and Fury of Rick James), with the two men promising to give fans “an intimate picture of ODB’s life and reflecting on his lasting impact on music and culture.”
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“Part of A&E’s DNA is telling the stories of iconic people who have left a lasting impact on culture and the world,” said A&E vice president and head of programming Elaine Frontain Bryant in a statement. “Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys does just that with intimate, never-before-seen footage and interviews with the people who knew him best. The documentary tells his story while celebrating his life and his lasting impact on hip-hop and the music industry.”
Wife Icelene Jones added, “I am so happy to have brought this documentary about my husband’s life to the screen. He was and is an inspiration to my family, children, and fans across the world. It’s been amazing to work on this project with my partners at Four Screens, as well as Pulse and A&E.” Jones, who is the administrator of her late husband’s estate, added, “Like all of hip-hop, I have missed his energy. This project has let me know that he is alive and well in all of our hearts.”
ODB died at 35 of a drug-induced heart attack in 2004.
Watch the trailer for Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys below.
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