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The must-hear rap song of the day Bane Capital Bane Capital, M.E.D., and Koncept Jack$on – “New Skeezer” Virginia rapper Koncept Jack$on’s verbal control is dizzying. He stretches rhyme schemes to their breaking points across verses, and the sound of his words matters as much as their content. On “New Skeezer,” a single from he...

Six years ago, Sterling Sound mastering engineer Ryan Smith was tasked with what he calls a career highlight: cutting the master lacquer for Adele’s blockbuster release 25. Smith cut five sets of the master for 25, which at the time was a historic number of lacquer sets for production of one album at once —...

The big boss Rick Ross is gearing up to put another record on wax. He announced his 11th studio album, Richer Than I Ever Been, for release on Dec. 10th, with its lead single coming next week. The lead single “OUTLAWZ,” featuring 21 Savage and Jazmine Sullivan, will hit streaming services on Nov. 12. The album...

Mount Westmore, the rap supergroup of Snoop Dogg, E-40, Too Short and Ice Cube, crowns two charts off the bat thanks to “Big Subwoofer,” which debuts atop the Top Triller U.S. and Top Triller Global tallies dated Nov. 6. The Top Triller U.S. and Top Triller Global charts highlight the biggest songs on Triller based...

First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos and albums that dropped this week. Blake Shelton, “We Can Reach The Stars” When Shelton wed Gwen Stefani in July, he penned his own wedding vows in the form of a song. Now, he’s letting the rest of the world hear the tender,...

Camila Cabello is gearing up to release her third solo studio album, Familia, but is treating fans to a fun surprise while waiting for the record’s release. “Don’t Go Yet” — Cabello’s lead single from Familia — is now featured on Just Dance 2022, and the singer sat down with Billboard to discuss the track being a part...

Los Tigres del Norte has extended their current La Reunión tour with new dates for 2022, Billboard has learned. The legendary Norteño band, which kicked off a tour in September, is set to continue with 40 confirmed dates in 2022, including Feb. 11 at Ontario’s Toyota Arena, Feb. 19 at San Jose’s SAP Center, March 12...

They’ll appear on the series’ second installment next week Tyler Pope and Nancy Whang, photos courtesy of the artists Pitchfork’s Listening Room series with Vans Channel 66 is back next week, featuring a conversation and DJ set from LCD Soundsystem’s Nancy Whang and Tyler Pope. It airs on Thursday, November 11, beginning at 3 p.m....

A sea of women flaunting mermaid teal-colored hair made their way into Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater on Thursday (Nov. 4) to see la verdadera Bichota, a.k.a Karol G, perform a sold-out show. Of course, the hair color trend was a nod to the Colombian artist’s own wavy hairstyle that makes her hard to miss. Also...

Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. This week, Travis Scott provides a one-two punch before the end of the year, Post Malone and The Weeknd finally...

From the soundtrack to Netflix’s Bruised, executive produced by Cardi B and Halle Barry City Girls’ Yung Miami and JT, February 2018 (Prince Williams/Getty Images) City Girls have shared the new song “Scared.” It’s the lead single from Warner Records’ soundtrack to the new Netflix movie Bruised. According to a press release, the soundtrack will...

Last Tuesday, Take-Two Interactive released a financial report for the second quarter of the fiscal year (July-September 2021), in which it boasted of the success of GTA, Red Dead Redemption, canceled one expensive game and shared plans for the future. Let’s start with a burning topic – the number of copies of GTA 5 sold...

Wizkid is set to headline this year’s Afrochella in Ghana. The Nigerian singer will lead the lineup for the one-day festival set to return to El Wak Stadium in Accra for the fifth annual event. The 2021 event will follow the theme of “Made in Africa” and take place Dec. 28. Presented by Culture Management...

Butch Walker co-produced the track from the movie Mark, Mary & Some Other People Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, August 2021 (Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images) Green Day have released the new song “Holy Toledo!,” which is from the movie Mark, Mary & Some Other People. Butch Walker produced the track with the band. Listen to Green...

Voted best containment game by players, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a planetary box with sales figures that are beyond comprehension since it has already sold 34.85 million copies in just 1 year and a few months of operation. A colossal success which does not prevent Nintendo from continuing to enrich the content, with in...

This week, The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s smash hit “Stay” became one of just 15 songs to spend 10 weeks atop Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, and the first since 2016. It’s another feather in the cap for Columbia Records, which has held down the top three spots on the Hot 100 — “Stay” at...