Mixtape Mixup
Lil Nas X celebrated coming out as gay one year ago today (June 30) before Pride Month officially wrapped. On June 30, 2019, the “Old Town Road” artist shared an animated video of his song “C7osure (You Like)” off his Grammy award-nominated project 7. “some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all […]
Kanye West tapped Travis Scott for “Wash Us in the Blood,” the first single off his upcoming project God’s Country which came out today (June 30). But who should ‘Ye hit the booth with next? Just last week, Nicki Minaj asked the Barbz in a since-deleted tweet to “light up KIM comments everyday if you want NB,” or “New Body,” […]
This year, Black Music Month takes a different turn. Because of the horrific deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and more, we at Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Americans during this cloudy and dubious time. For the month of June, Billboard had artists provide a playlist designed to remedy the heartaches endured by the Black […]
This year, Black Music Month takes a different turn. Because of the horrific deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and more, we at Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Americans during this cloudy and dubious time. For the month of June, Billboard had artists provide a playlist designed to remedy the heartaches endured by […]
DaBaby and Roddy Ricch won’t stop living the “Rockstar” life this summer after their hit reigns Billboard’s Songs of the Summer chart for the third week (dated July 4). But Lil Mosey is on the up and up lately ever since “Blueberry Faygo” made a 15-13 leap on the summer tally and earned the rapper his first top […]
Lil Wayne and Mannie Fresh have a collaborative album in the works. The two confirmed the joint project during a recent conversation on Young Money Radio. Wayne and Mannie have of course been working together for years, and a collaborative project has been spoken of on more than one occasion. Now, after many requests from […]
Plus, North West celebrated her 7th birthday with the fam in Wyoming. Kanye West took to social media on Monday (June 29) to mark the huge family milestone of wife Kim Kardashian reportedly joining him in the billionaires club. “I am so proud of my beautiful wife Kim Kardashian West for officially becoming a billionaire,” […]
The Weeknd’s altruism isn’t slowing down. On Monday (June 29), the XO commander donated a whopping total of $1 million with $500,000 going to MusiCares and the other half to front line hospital workers of the Scarborough Health Network. The Weeknd’s generous gesture is to help those affected by COVID-19. Along with his charitable donation, […]
Plus, Surfaces' 'Sunday Best' debuts. DaBaby‘s “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, continues atop Billboard‘s Songs of the Summer chart, spending a third week at No. 1 on the survey (dated July 4). The 20-position Songs of the Summer running tally tracks the most popular titles based on cumulative performance on the weekly streaming-, airplay- and sales-based […]
Kanye West was a man of his word early Tuesday morning (June 30) when he released his anticipated video, “Wash Us in the Blood,” featuring Travis Scott. At 10:00 a.m. EDT, West unloaded his latest visual, which included various clips ranging from old concert performances to split-screen images of people fighting, twerking, and dancing to […]