After seven weeks of owning the charts with his hit “Old Town Road” remix, the up-and-coming artist decided to gift his collaborator, Billy Ray Cyrus —who hopped on the track after the song’s original version was removed from the Country charts — a Maserati as a token of his appreciation. However, Lil Nas didn’t just give the country crooner the luxury vehicle in a regular way. Oh no, he had it delivered by Postmates! (yes, I guess they deliver cars too now)
On Monday (May 20), Lil Nas surprised Billy at his Los Angeles-area home with the red convertible, alongside his Postmates driver. In a video, shared by TMZ, the 20-year-old rapper, who was outfitted in his usual country garb, is shown instructing Billy to go check out the surprise he got him as “Old Town Road” blasts through the car’s speakers. To Billy’s surprise, when he walks around the corner there’s his brand-spanking new ride waiting for him. “Wait a minute. There’s no way. Are you kidding me? Are you serious man?” Billy says as he hops in the driver’s seat. “Holy smokes, man. Wow!” Lil Nas and Billy dropped the music video for their viral hit “Old Town Road” remix on Friday (May 17). The video, which featured appearances from Chris Rock, Haha Davis, Diplo, Vince Staples, Rico Nasty, Youngkio, Jozzy,came nearly six months following the track’s initial release. As fans know, after having his song “Old Town Road” pulled off the country charts for not being country enough, Lil Nas X returned to the top of the charts weeks later with a killer country remix, thanks to the help of Billy Ray, that catapulted the track to #1 on the Hot 100 chart, where’s it’s stayed for the last seven weeks.
The visuals also pay homage to Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson’s collaboration “What’s It Gonna Be?”
Straight off of Offset‘s debut solo album, Father of 4, the Atlanta native released the captivating music video for his single “Clout.” The melody features his wife and mother of his daughter, Cardi B, who makes an appearance midway through the visual.
Directed by Daniel Russell, the reel pays homage to Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson’s ’90s collaboration “What’s It Gonna Be?” Offset served as a creative director alongside Joseph Desrosiers Jr. In an interview with Billboard, Offset sang Cardi’s praises for her artistry and connection to her fans.
“She’s the same thing. She keeps it 1000. She speaks her voice. What she gotta say, how she gon’ say, she gon’ say it,” Offset said. “She’s a hard worker. People try to take it away from her. You never seen somebody work this hard, so to reward that, you don’t know how to handle it. She be workin’ and people love her. It’s organic.”
Offset also excited fans on the rumored release of the Migos’ next joint album, possibly the follow-up to 2018’s Culture II. The project spawned singles like “Walk It Talk It,” “Stir Fry,” and “Narcos.”
Despite the presence of frequent SNL guest Halsey on “Boy With Luv,” the singer didn’t join the septet for the SNL rendition, which marked the first time BTS performed the single live; Halsey will reportedly reunite with BTS to perform “Boy With Luv” when the group appears at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards.BTS kick off the latest leg of their Love Yourself: Speak Yourself World Tour on May 4th and 5th in Pasadena, California and then will stage two shows apiece at Chicago’s Soldier Field (May 11th and 12th) and East Rutherford, New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium (May 18th and 19th) before travelling briefly to Brazil, England, France and Japan.
Popcaan ignored Alkaline diss while challenging dancehall artists to make more globally appealing music.
Popcaan is arguably the leading dancehall deejay in the game right now with only a handful of other artists are up there with him. Earlier this week, the Unruly Boss made a guest appearance on Drake’s “Assassination Vacation Tour” at London’s O2 Arena. The deejay posted a clip on his Instagram yesterday where he left a lengthy message calling out other artists to spread their wings globally and stop fight down each other.
“Dancehall/reggae reggae/Dancehall let’s try to work harder to make our music more appealing to the wider audiences worldwide, we have so much talented artist on our island but our problem is sometimes we have more ego than hits and it will never work,” Popcaan wrote. “I see our music going so far in my visions and I honestly going to make that vision a reality with the few artist them that actually trying to fight for our music the right way and working towards making more international music.”
“Man them can always sing them bag a gun song them because it’s a part of the thing, I will still sing them too but don’t expect to see none on the billboard all young and new artist stay firm on the journey because it’s not easy out here,” Popcaan continues. “To the ones who fwd before me and still holding up respect goes out in a major way and to the crab Ina barrel artist,radio ppl and selectors get out that fucking barrel like a bullet.. god bless my island and my industry #UNRULY.”
Popcaan’s statement comes a few days after Alkaline tried to reignite their old beef by showcasing his 2017 “Microwave” diss track.
“Until we learn from his life and replace his efforts—we will be weaker without him.”
Since the murder of Nipsey Hussle on Sunday (March 31), the topic of senseless gun violence has remained at the top of conversations. The “Hussle & Motivate” rapper was shot six times outside of his clothing store in Los Angeles by a reported suspect named Eric Holder, who authorities are still on the search for.
The passing prompted statements from thousands of people that cherished the ideas and community endeavors the 33-year-old artist amplified. To put into perspective the impact of Hussle’s presence cemented, Tupac Shakur’s estate also posted a statement on Instagram commemorating the California native’s legacy. “We have lost a champion,” the caption reads. “Until we learn from his life and replace his efforts—we will be weaker without him.”On September 7, 1996, Tupac was murdered in Las Vegas, Nevada. As he sat in the passenger seat while Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight drove down the Las Vegas strip, a vehicle idled beside them at a red light. The driver opened fire on the slain rapper, striking him four times. Knight was injured by fragments to his head.
“Way To The Show” is the third visual from Solange’s ‘When I Get Home’ album.
At the top of March, Solange debuted her fourth studio album, When I Get Home, to fanfare. The soundscape placed her Houston heritage at the forefront of each track while infusing core elements of jazz, funk, and R&B within her contemplative lyrics.
To further promote the project, the “Cranes In The Sky” artist released its third visual, putting imagery to the song “Way To The Show.” Packed with slow-moving choreography and identical wardrobe, Solange is backed by a group of dancers as they elegantly sway to the melody.
To zone in on her Houstonian upbringing, the award-winning singer noted in an interview with i-D that she recorded the majority of the album at the city’s Project Row Houses and described how the tracks took sonic shape.
“What I love so much about recording this record was most of the songs are one-takes. We’d start from the top with me singing a melody and building out chords, just me and click track and then my boy John Key on the drums or keys and John Kirby on the synths,” she said. “I would then go find the best three minutes of the fifteen. I actually tried to recreate some of my vocals, but the energy wasn’t the same and I had to surrender to that. This album isn’t about vocal performance or just words out loud. I tried to create everything I had to say with sonics and frequency. This is really about the way that I feel. Feelings.”
