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J. Cole Covers Billboard & Talks Fame, Trump, Nas, Social Media & More [PEEP]

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In the midst of touring the country on his “KOD TOUR,” J. Cole takes some time off for an interview and photoshoot for the Billboard magazine cover.

Coming off of his ‘KOD’ album Cole sat down with Billboard to discuss a wide range of topics in Pop Culture like Donald Trump Dump, social media and in hip-hop like upcoming projects, Nas, fame, XXXtentaction, and more.

“I swear to God, I be thinking about how to get un-famous but, I know it’s impossible” he says regarding fame. “Rarely do I feel the need to hop on Twitter or social media and chime in especially on
rapping music shit this shit is not real this shit is fucking fake this shit is high school this shit is
fucking celebrity worship”

He goes on to address the elephant in the room being Donald Trump Dump saying, “With Trump in office, I love that America gets to see the truth. If Hillary Clinton was in office, it would be the most fucking disingenuous shit because everybody would be thinking that everything’s cool because we got an incredibly qualified female president.”

Check out more topics in Q&A format below.

ON “1985” CRITICISM: “I don’t look at it as being harsh. I look at it as being a rap response record. It’s not even to someone [specific]; it’s a group of people who were on some ‘Fuck J. Cole’ shit, which, when I started peeking my head back into what was going on, was a shock. But even while I made the song, I was fucking with these kids. I was a fan. I was riding around playing Lil Pump just because I wanted to understand what it was, and the more I understood, it was like, ‘Damn.’ I was writing that song from a place of, like, smacking your little brother. I still love you, but I’ma smack you.”

ON XXXTENTACION: “I spoke to him on FaceTime one day in February for, like, three hours. His management reached out to [Cole’s manager Ibrahim Hamad] and asked if he could FaceTime me or call me. It was a super-intense conversation. He left a mark on me, just as a person.”

ON KELIS’ ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST NAS: “Yeah, that hurt. I ain’t going to lie. That hurts. It feels weird because I fuck with Nas, but I just have to be honest. I came up seeing too much fucked-up shit for that to be acceptable. I don’t care who it is. I don’t fuck with people abusing women, and I don’t fuck with people not taking care of their kids.”

Cole’s Billboard cover will hit shelves every where on September 29th.

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Cardi B Becomes Third Artist In History To Have First 3 Songs On Billboard Hot 100 Chart [PEEP]

Cardi B came out the gates swinging with her banging debut single “Bodak Yellow” last year. The single was acclaimed by many as the song of 2017 and became her first No. 1 single. Looking to continue her domination, Cardi is starting her new year off with a historic moment.

She has became only the third artist in history to have her first three songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Cardi achieved the historic feat by having her “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” at No. 10, joining the Migos on their “MotorSport” single which sits at No. 7, and by being featured on G-Eazy’s “No Limit,” currently at No. 4.

“I’m very happy, like very motherfucking happy,” she said in a celebratory social media video. “I got three songs on the top 10. You know how that make a bitch feel? … I know we all God’s children, but I think he love me the most. But y’all special too.”

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The New York-based rapper joins The Beatles, who were the first to accomplish the feat in 1964 with “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “She Loves You,” and “Please Please Me.” Ashanti became the second in 2002 with “Foolish,” Fat Joe’s “What’s Luv?,” and Ja Rule’s “Always On Time.”

With this accomplishment, Cardi becomes the first rapper to enter the history books with this kind of feat.

Congrats, Cardi! Well deserved.

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Nicki Minaj Brings Out Lil Wayne & Jason Derulo At The #BBMAs [WATCH]

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The queen of hip hop, Nicki Minaj kicked off the 2017 Billboard Music Awards in grand fashion. Dawned in a dominatrix outfit, Nicki lit the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas up. During her breath-taking, opening 9-minute performance, Barbz brought out Lil Wayne, Jason Derulo, and David Guetta, as she cooked up a medley of her hits.

Nicki led things off by performing “Moment For Life,” “Anaconda,” and “Beez in the Trap.” She then brought out Lil Wayne to perform her Remy Ma diss track “No Frauds.” The woman with the most Billboard Hot 100 placements continued by bringing out David Guetta for “Light My Body Up” and Jason Derulo for “Swalla”.

For the grand finale, Nicki performed the emotional single “Regret In Your Tears.” Dressed in all black, the Young Money First Lady was sending a message to her exes, saying it was their funeral.

Watch below.

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Check Out Drake’s Performance Of “Gyalchester” At The BBMAs [WATCH]

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Drake’s fireworks extended past the T-Mobile arena stage were he notched a record-breaking 13 award victories. Joined by OVO’s Baka, Drizzy made his performance of the ‘More Life’ single “Gyalchester” at the fountains of the Bellagio hotel for an ultimate Vegas-like performance.

With the fountians spectacular water show and flames going off behind him, Drizzy showed his intensity while “wearin’ all night” as he says in the song. The performance definitely showcased why Drake won the award for “Top Rap Tour”.

Watch below.

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Drake Breaks Billboard Music Awards Record With 13 Awards [PEEP]

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It was a historic Billboard Music Awards for Drake, who entered the night with an all-time record in nominations with a total of 22. Before the show even began Drizzy had already won 10 of those 22. By the end of the award show, Drake broke Celine Dion and Adele’s record of 12 with 13 total wins.

Drake shared a special moment on stage for his record-breaking final award of the night “Top Artist of the Year.”  Accompanied by his squad comprised of father Dennis Graham, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Jas Prince, and his core of childhood friends, Drizzy showed gratitude and appreciation while mixing some jokes in there.

“Life is like toilet paper. Either you’re on a roll or you’re taking shit from assholes,” he said before continuing with, “I want to say, Nicki Minaj, I’m so glad we found our way back because I love you and I could never ever see it any other way. I want to say, Lil Wayne, if it wasn’t for the risk you took, none of us would be here tonight. And I want to say, my dad got on a purple suit with purple shoes. Boy, if you don’t stop!”

Aside from the “Top Artist of the Year” honors, Champagne racked up wins in other categories like Top Male Artist, Top 100 Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist,  Top Song Sales Artist, Top Streaming Songs Artist, Top Rap Artist, and Top Rap Tour.

Next year’s awards can be pretty record-breaking considering all these awards were for his ‘Views’ album, which many people believe to be his weakest body of work. In 2018 his ‘More Life’ album (or playlist) will be in the running having already broke a number of streaming records and currently charting at No. 5, after topping the Billboard 200. However, next year he will face some tougher competition with Kendrick Lamar’s ‘DAMN.’ album also in the running.

Oh what a time to be alive.

Congrats, Drizzy.

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DJ Khaled & Chance The Rapper Earn First No. 1 On Hot 100 With “I’m The One” [PEEP]

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It’s only been about two weeks since DJ Khaled dropped his newest hit-record “I’m the One”. The Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper, Lil Wayne, and Quavo-assisted single has earned Khaled his first No. 1 single on Billboard’s Hot 100 and became Chance’s first No. 1 record.

“I’m the One” has impacted the charts with over 50-million streams and spins on different radio formats. The single knocks Bruno Mars’ “That’s What I Like” down a spot for sole possession of the top spot. Khaled has had No. 1s in the past but never on the most important chart being the Hot 100.

For Quavo it becomes his first as a solo artist, while Bieber celebrates his fourth and Weezy gets his third.

Khaled and Chance both went on Twitter to display their excitement and appreciation for the honor of taking the Hot 100 throne.

See the Top 10 for the Hot 100 below.

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP 10

1. DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, Lil Wayne – “I’m the One”
2. Bruno Mars – “That’s What I Like”
3. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber – “Despacito”
4. Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
5. Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You”
6. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay – “Something Just Like This”
7. Future – “Mask Off”
8. KYLE feat. Lil Yachty – “iSpy”
9. Lil Uzi Vert – “XO TOUR Llif3”
10. Kyo x Selena Gomez – “It Ain’t Me”

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Drake Scores Seventh Consecutive No. 1 Album & Breaks Record For Most Hot 100 Hits For Solo Artists [PEEP]

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UPDATE: Drizzy continues to break records with his ‘More Life’ album. Every song on the album is currently charting on the Billboard Hot 100 and he has now broken the Billboard record for most Hot 100 hits among solo artists with 154.

With the new record he passes his YMCMB boss, Lil’ Wayne, who has 135. Many people have criticized Drake for having over 20-songs on the album, but the move has proved to be a smart one with all 22-songs charting. In doing so he’s beat his own record for ‘Views’ and The Weeknd’s ‘Starboy’ with the most simultaneously charted Hot 100 songs from one single project.

With “Passionfruit” at No. 8 and “Portland” at No. 9, Drizzy follows Ed Sheeran to simultaneously have two songs on the Top 10.

Below is a list of artists with the most Hot 100 singles.

207, Glee Cast
154, Drake
135, Lil Wayne
108, Elvis Presley
91, James Brown
87, Jay Z
82, Chris Brown
81, Kanye West
77, Nicki Minaj
75, Ray Charles

When Drake said “More Life, more everything,” he really meant it. More success, “more chune for your headtop,” and of course more No. 1s.

With the early projections it should come as no surprise that Drizzy has earned his seventh consecutive No. 1 album with ‘More Life’ topping the Billboard 200 chart. In doing so he tied with Eminem and Kanye West for second most No. 1s amongst hip-hop artists. Jay-Z still maintains the throne with 13, so Drake still has work to do, if he ever wants to dethrone his counterpart.

‘More Life’ scored dominating numbers of over 500,000 equivalent album units, making it the biggest opening and dethroning his ‘Views’ album. Competing against himself, Drake broke records for streaming equivalent units with 257,000 through 384.8 million streams of individual tracks. The “playlist” broke Ed Sheeran’s traditional album sales units with over 200,000 broke both Spotify and Apple Music streaming records.

Through all the success physical copies of more life haven’t even been released yet. They will hit store shelfs on March 31st.

Check out the Billboard 200 Top 10 albums below.

BILLBOARD 200 TOP 10

1. Drake – ‘More Life’ – 505,000
2. Ed Sheeran – ‘÷’ – 119,000
3. Rick Ross – ‘Rather You Than Me’ – 106,000
4. Various – ‘Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack’ – 99,000
5. Depeche Mode – ‘Spirit’ – 64,000
6. Bruno Mars – ‘24K Magic’ — 51,000
7. Various – ‘Moana Soundtrack’ – 50,000
8. Future – ‘Future’ – 40,000
9. The Weeknd – ‘Starboy’ – 39,000
10. Migos – ‘Culture’ – 37,000

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Future Makes History By Earning Back-To-Back No. 1 Debuts [PEEP]

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It’s been quite a winning streak for Future, who has done the unprecedented by having back-to-back No. 1 debuts on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with both ‘Future’ and ‘HNDRXX’, respectively. The feat puts the rapper in the history books making him the first artist ever to do so.

His self-titled ‘Future’ album gave the Atlanta rapper his fourth No. 1 album by selling 140,000 equivalent album units (60,000 traditional). The following week ‘HNDRXX’, gave Future his fifth No. 1 album with 121,000 equivalent album units (48,000 traditional). Both albums currently hold the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the chart.

Prince was the last artist to have two albums in the top two spots on the chart simultaneously with ‘Purple Rain’ and ‘The Very Best of Prince’, following his death. Nelly had No. 1 and No. 2 debuts back in 2004 for ‘Suit’ and ‘Sweat’, but didn’t earn No. 1s for both.

Aside from making history, the back-to-back No. 1 album placements give Future 5 consecutive No. 1 albums. The rapper went on Twitter to make the announcement and also to thank fans for the achievement.

Congratulations, Future! Keep making that great music for the culture! You truly are one of the greatest artist of this generation. Well deserved.

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Jay Z & Beyoncé Top Billboard’s 2014 Power 100 List (News)

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Billboard has revealed their Power 100 List, and Mr.and Mrs. Carter came in the number one spot! Not surprised whatsoever they both put out great albums!

Thanks to their innovative album releases: Hov’s handsome deal with Samsung to distribute Magna Carta… Holy Grail, and Bey dropping her eponymous fifth LP completely by surprise. The strategies clearly paid off with both albums debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, respectively, and subsequently reaching platinum certification. New rules indeed.

You can read the full article here.

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Justin Timberlake’s “20/20 Experience” Goes Platinum (News)

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Congrats to JT! 

Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience is officially platinum. The album is spending another week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart after moving JT moved 318,000 copies last week according to Nielsen SoundScan.