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10/16/2024
The musical luminary took over New York’s Madison Square Garden as part of his short arena tour.
10/16/2024
Rising rapper Real Boston Richey completes a career milestone by earning his first top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with “Help Me.” The single ascends 12-10 on the list dated Oct. 19 thanks to gains in radio airplay while maintaining its steady streaming results on the multimetric chart, which combines streaming, radio airplay and sales data for its rankings.
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For the tracking week of Oct. 4-10, “Help Me,” released through Freebandz/Epic Records, generated 7.9 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate, down 1% from the previous week. Despite the decline, “Help Me” climbs 14-12 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart, where it achieved a No. 7 best in late September. The track sold a negligible number of downloads in the week and does not appear on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales list.
In the airplay sector, “Help Me” registered 7.1 million audience impressions in the tracking period, a 12% improvement over the previous week. The increase aligns with the single’s 19-17 advance on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, sparked by a 16% boost for the week in format plays. “Help Me” repeats at its No. 23 best on Rhythmic Airplay, though it added 1% more plays.
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Elsewhere, “Help Me” drives 9-7 on the Hot Rap Songs chart and 56-53 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. As on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, the song marks the debut appearance for the 27-year-old rapper, who, despite his stage name, hails from Tallahassee, Fla.
Although “Help Me” secures Real Boston Richey’s breakthrough on the singles’ charts, the rapper has made inroads with prior mixtapes. His Public Housing mixtape debuted at No. 22 on the Top Rap Albums chart in 2022, while Public Housing 2 improved upon its predecessor and landed a No. 15 showing in January 2023. Later that year, his debut studio album, Welcome to Bubba Land, reached No. 42 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Megan Thee Stallion is ready to tell her story on her own terms and In Her Words. Amazon’s Prime Video gave fans a first glimpse at the candid Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words documentary when the revealing trailer was released on Wednesday (Oct. 16). Hotties have another reason to celebrate Hottieween, as its shaping […]
Just a week after debuting, NLE Choppa and 41’s collaboration “Or What?” rockets into the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with a 24-9 surge on the list dated Oct. 19. The track, released through NLE Choppa/Warner, continues to turn its viral momentum from TikTok clips into huge gains on streaming services.
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In the Oct. 4-10 tracking week for Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, which blends streaming, radio airplay and sales data for its ranks, “Or What?” registered 8.5 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate. The count is a 49% explosion from the prior week’s 5.7 million clicks. Thanks to the surge, “Or What?” launches at No. 6 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart.
Streaming contributes virtually all the song’s activity for Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, with a negligible number of digital downloads sold in the tracking week and 158,000 total audience impressions. (For comparison, the threshold title on this week’s 50-position R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart drew 1.3 million impressions.)
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With “Or What?,” Memphis rapper NLE Choppa earns his second top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and ties for his best rank among 21 career entries. “Slut Me Out” also reached No. 9, in April 2023.
Hip-hop collective 41, comprised of Brooklyn rappers Kyle Richh, Jenn Carter and TaTa, picks up its first Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs hit under the combined artist billing. The three previously charted individually on breakthrough hit “Bent,” which reached a No. 37 high in December 2023.
Social media users have pushed “Or What?” into viral territory in the last weeks, largely due to TikTok clips in which users play off the track’s “Is we f–kin’ or not?” lyric. The tune has been used in more than 170,000 clips to date on the social platform, with the recent surge pushing the track to a new peak of No. 2 on this week’s TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart.
Elsewhere, “Or What?” shoots 21-6 on the Hot Rap Songs chart and 91-52 in its second week on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.
10/15/2024
Kendrick Lamar took home eight victories while Megan Thee Stallion left empty-handed.
10/15/2024
Big Boogie went onstage during the BET Hip Hop Awards at Drai’s Las Vegas and brought out GloRilla to perform their hit single “BOP!” complete with a coordinated dance and backup dancers for one of Tuesday (Oct. 15) night’s most energetic performances. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and […]
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On Tuesday (Oct. 15), Travis Scott accepted his I Am Hip Hop Award at the 2024 BET Hip Hop Awards in Las Vegas. The hip-hop polymath received the honor after his decade-plus of wins and achievements in the rap space as a hitmaker and producer. Presented by Brisk, Teyana Taylor and Travis’ Epic Records labelmate […]
Florida rapper and viral sensation BossMan Dlow responded to a fan’s comments on Instagram Stories that his music “sounds the same.” IG user @bigxbailaaaaa wrote on her Stories, “Aye my mans @bossman_dlow why all your music sound the same? Why you get on Glo track and it sound like you merge your damn song! Get […]
Bow Wow is weighing in on Sean “Diddy” Combs amid his arrest.
“I never thought I would see it like this,” the rapper recently said during a guest appearance on the More to the Story podcast with Rocsi Diaz. “He’s like the gatekeeper to the game, to the point to where BET Award weekend, like the past two, it just didn’t feel right because there was no motion, there was no parties.”
While he didn’t mention Combs’ sexual “freak off” parties, Bow Wow continued, “It’s like a hole. He was just such a gatekeeper for the liquor and the clubs. He was everything hip-hop. So for that to die out, you just really never thought. Especially when you look at somebody as somebody you studied, somebody you idolized.”
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Diddy was arrested last month in New York City, and Manhattan federal prosecutors are accusing him of operating a criminal enterprise centered on his “pervasive pattern of abuse toward women.”
The indictment, obtained by Billboard, includes allegations of sexual abuse, accusing rapper and music executive of running a racketeering conspiracy that included sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson and bribery. If convicted of the charges, Combs is facing a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life behind bars. Diddy pleaded not guilty and his attorney, Marc Agnifilo, has maintained his client’s innocence.
In a video obtained by CNN earlier this year and dated March 5, 2016, Combs appears to shove his longtime former partner, Cassie Ventura, to the ground near an elevator bank, kick her several times while she lies on the ground and drag her down a hallway. The contents of the video mirror an assault allegation Ventura made in a now-settled lawsuit she filed against Diddy in November.
The embattled Bad Boy mogul has repeatedly been denied bond and will remain behind bars until his trial begins in May 2025.