Rapper Sexyy Redd lit up LIV Miami on Sunday, April 21st, donning an all-red ensemble to celebrate her 26th birthday in style. The “Skee Yee” artist treated fans to electrifying renditions of her hits, including “Pound Town,” “Shake Yo Dreads,” and her latest single “FTCU (Sleeze Mix)” featuring Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott, and Chris Brown.
Meanwhile, on Friday, April 19th, fellow rapper Rick Ross graced the LIV stage, delivering an energetic performance of his newest single, “Champagne Moments.” The track has stirred controversy, as it’s perceived as a diss aimed at Drake amidst their ongoing public feud.
Rick Ross’s retaliation comes in response to Drake’s alleged diss track “Push Ups (Drop & Give Me 50).” As tensions between the two artists escalate, fans eagerly await the next move in this rap saga.
With We Still Don’t Trust You taking the top spot on Billboard 200, Future has joined JAY-Z, Eminem, Kanye West, and his friend turned foe Drake as the only rapper to top the chart ten times.
Future ties Eminem at ten, and trails Hov (14), Drizzy (13), and Ye (11).
Future takes the top spot, just weeks after his No. 9 entry, We Don’t Trust You.
According to Billboard, Future and Metro Boomin’s second album in a month will move 127,500 equivalent album units to take the top spot. We Don’t Trust You made a No. 1 debut at 251,000 units.
With a run of dates announced for North America, Future and Metro Boomin keep the momentum going with the release of the video for “Drink N Dance.”
The two have also unveiled the highly anticipated We Trust You Tour, sponsored by Cash App and Visa.
Produced by Live Nation, the tour will kick off on Tuesday, July 30, in Kansas City, MO, at T-Mobile Center. It will then make an exciting lineup of stops across North America, including Detroit, Atlanta, Brooklyn, Houston, Toronto, Las Vegas, Inglewood, Seattle, and more. The tour will culminate on Monday, September 9, in Vancouver, BC, at Rogers Arena, following a festival performance at Lollapalooza in Chicago, IL, on Saturday, August 3.
The tour is in support of Future and Metro Boomin’s latest collaborations, WE DON’T TRUST YOUand WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU, released on March 22, 2024, and April 12, 2024, respectively. WE DON’T TRUST YOU debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with the track ‘Like That’ featuring Kendrick Lamar leading Billboard’s Hot 100 for the third consecutive week.
Tickets for the “We Trust You Tour” will be available starting with a Cash App Card presale on Wednesday, April 17, followed by the general on-sale on Friday, April 19, beginning at 10 am local time on livenation.com. Cash App Cardholders can access an exclusive ticket presale and receive a 20% instant discount on official tour merch purchased on-site.
Additionally, fans can purchase VIP Packages, which may include premium tickets, a photo op in front of the stage, access to the VIP Lounge, and specially designed VIP gift items. The contents of the VIP package vary based on the selected offer. For more details, visit vipnation.com.
Tue Jul 30 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center Wed Jul 31 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center Fri Aug 02 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum Sat Aug 03 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza * Sun Aug 04 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena Tue Aug 06 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena Thu Aug 08 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena Sat Aug 10 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center Sun Aug 11 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena Tue Aug 13 – Boston, MA – TD Garden Wed Aug 14 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center Thu Aug 15 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center Sat Aug 17 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena Tue Aug 20 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center Thu Aug 22 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center Fri Aug 23 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center Sat Aug 24 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center Sun Aug 25 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center Tue Aug 27 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena Wed Aug 28 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center Fri Aug 30 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena Sat Aug 31 – Inglewood, CA – Intuit Dome Tue Sep 03 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center Wed Sep 04 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena Fri Sep 06 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena Sat Sep 07 – Portland, OR – Moda Center Mon Sep 09 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
Rihanna has entered the Diamond Record Club for the third time. Rihanna’s 2012 classic “Diamonds” has received official diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.
Roc Nation shared the achievement on X. “Diamonds” is Rihanna’s third song to achieve diamond status, following her 2010 collaboration “Love the Way You Lie” with Eminem (certified on May 9, 2013) and her 2011 collaboration “We Found Love” with Calvin Harris (certified on April 27, 2023).
According to Billboard, “Diamonds” was released by Rihanna as the lead single from her seventh studio album, Unapologetic, in 2012. The album was nominated for Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards. It secured Rihanna her 12th No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, holding the top spot for three weeks. Additionally, the song dominated the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for one week, the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 14 weeks, and the Rhythmic Airplay chart for ten weeks.
In an unexpected fashion that seemed harder than most rappers’ recent diss tracks, Chris Brown dropped a scathing diss track aimed at Migos frontman Quavo entitled “Weakest Link.” Now, the number one online antagonizer is pressuring Quavo to return fire at Breezy, or he can count this battle as a loss.
50 Cent seemed to give CB his props for the Weakest Link, posting the song’s cover art, which shows Quavo chomping on a glizzy, along with a snippet of the song.
“Oh my God i just heard this, if Quavo don’t come with some heat it’s a wrap. First the Fatboys break up now this!” he wrote.
Released on Friday (April 19), “Weakest Link” finds Chris Brown taking his feud with the former Migos member to another level.
Breezy addressed Quavo allegedly sleeping with Brown’s ex, Karreuche Tran, rapping, “You fucked my ex-ho, that’s cool, I don’t give no fuck, lil n-gga/ ‘Cause I fucked yo ex when you were still with her, bitch, I’m up, lil n-gga.”
Brown also takes a stab using the death of Quavo’s late nephew and Migos member TakeOff for some vicious get back. “R.I.P. TakeOff, he the only real one, I got true respect/ Crazy how when he died, everybody really wished it was you instead.”
Previously, Quavo had taken shots at Breezy on his song “Tender”, taunting him over his ex Karrueche Tran, history of violence against women and alleged drug habit. “You did the bitch wrong and now the bitch gone, she posted with a thug/ Call the bitch phone, she won’t come home, don’t beat her up/ It must be the drugs, need to cross out your plug,” rapped Quavo.
The beef between these two date all the way back to 2017, where the Brown and Quavo allegedly got into a physical altercation at the BET Awards Afterparty.
On this date in 2021, Gregory Jacobs akaShock G of the legendary Digital Underground, passed away in his home in Tampa, Florida. He was 57 years old.
Shock helped co-found DU in 1987, which spawned the career of one of Hip Hop’s most prolific icons to date; Tupac Shakur. Also, Jacobs’ self-created alter ego Humpty Hump made up the classic “Humpty Dance” that helped popularize the group in 1989.
Shock G was found dead in a hotel room and it has been revealed that the hotel manager was the last one to see Shock alive outside of the building the day before he died. When Shock missed his check-out time the next day, the manager became concerned and went to the rapper’s room. The manager found Shock unresponsive and called 911.
According to the report from the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner, Shock G, died in April from a lethal mixture of of fentanyl, ethanol (alcohol) and methamphetamine.
Shock G was laid to rest in Tampa, Florida following a May 1 funeral service.