Month: April 2024

Metro Boomin Celebrates “Like That” Hitting No. 1: ‘Hip-Hop is Alive and Well’

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Metro Boomin on a Joint Album With Future in 2023: “Bet on It”

Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar have taken the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Like That.”

The single, which features shots of Drake and J. Cole, is Future and Lamar’s third time at the top of the chart. Billboard says Metro gets his first No. 1 as a leading artist.

Hitting X after the news, Metro tweeted: “Hip Hop is Alive and Well”

Showing the dominance of the We Don’t Trust You album, at No. 2, Future and Metro Boomin appear with “Type Shit,” featuring Travis Scott and Playboi Carti.

Overall, Metro and Future place five singles in the top 10.

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Box Office: ‘Godzilla X Kong’ Smashes the Box off With Surprising $80 Million Debut

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire raged through the box office this holiday weekend. Variety reported that the monster mashup installment to the Godzilla franchise racked up a higher-than-expected total $80 million debut from 3,861 theaters in North America.

Full stop. Why does this matter? Anyone who enjoys going to the movies as a hobby, pastime, or family activity needs films like this outside of the superhero genre to do well. Without the success of studio film franchises, going to the movies as we know it can be at risk of faltering. So this is a good thing. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire eating at expectations helps protect the theater movie-going experience. In a post-COVID world, it’s clear these films need to do well.  

“Every movie counts, and the importance of each film’s performance carries a lot of weight in terms of moving the needle,” in a quote to Variety from senior Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “The combination of ‘Dune,’ ‘Kung Fu Panda,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ and now ‘Godzilla’ has shown the power of a few key releases to turn the box office tide in a relatively short amount of time.”

Now get this: the fifth film in Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, “Monsterverse,” was only projected to bring in $50 million to $55 million. However, Godzilla x Kong went above and beyond the forecaster’s best guesses on performance. The total is now at $194 million “from 64 overseas territories” after three days of release.

As Variety calls it, this is the second-biggest debut in the MonsterVerse, following 2014’s “Godzilla” ($93 million) but ahead of 2017’s “Kong: Skull Island” ($61 million), 2019’s “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” ($47.7 million) and 2021’s “Godzilla vs. Kong” ($31 million while on HBO Max).

If you want to carry a $135 million production budget, this film needs to hit home with customers across the globe to justify the hefty budget. It is on pace to outgross its previous film in the franchise Godzilla vs. Kong, which was a hit during the pandemic-marred theater economy with $474 million worldwide. 

Hopefully, Godzilla and Kong keep kicking monster butt because the movie theater experience, industry, and fun of it all certainly needs it.

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Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” Take Top of Billboard Hot 100

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Future and Metro Boomin Announces Two New Albums in 'We Don't Trust You' Trailer

Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar have taken the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Like That.”

The single, which features shots of Drake and J. Cole, is Future and Lamar’s third time at the top of the chart. Billboard says Metro gets his first No. 1 as a leading artist.

Showing the dominance of the We Don’t Trust You album, at No. 2, Future and Metro Boomin appear with “Type Shit,” featuring Travis Scott and Playboi Carti.

Overall, Metro and Future place five singles in the top 10.

You can get a comment and see the complete top 10 from Metro Boomin below.

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Rihanna Highlights New Savage x Fenty ‘Signature Script’ Collection

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Rihanna Highlights New Savage x Fenty 'Signature Script' Collection

Rihanna is flexing a new line under her Savage x Fenty brand. Hitting Instagram, Rihanna showcased The Signature Script Lingerie collection.

The images from Rihanna include Cheeky Panty, Thong Panty, Underwire Teddy, Slip, Sleep Top, and more.

You can view the collection below and shop the full line here.

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WATCH: Drake Sends Shots at Oversized Travis Scott Head on Tour

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Travis Scott Joins Drake For 'Sicko Mode' During Toronto Tour Stop

Is Drake and Travis Scott‘s relationship on the rocks? The fallout from the shots fired by Future and Kendrick Lamar toward Drake on the We Don’t Trust You album continues.

In case you have been hiding under a rock, Kendrick Lamar released a verse that was hot, targeting Drake and J. Cole. After the release, social media recalled Travis Scott asking Future and Metro Boomin to play the then-unreleased song at Rolling Loud.

It seems kinda of sketchy, right? Mainly since the song contained a verse targeting his “SICKO MODE” and “MELTDOWN” collaborator. Then there is also the note that Scott is featured on “Type Shit” on the album.

With all of that said Drake may have responded. During the It’s All A Blur tour, there was a floating Travis Scott head prop. During The Boy’s visit to the Tri-State area over the weekend, Drake acted as if he was shooting Scott’s head, resulting in fireworks exploding around the figure. You can see the moment below.

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WATCH: Diddy Takes a Smoke and Dances on Dock of Miami Home

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Diddy is Diddy Boppin through the pressure. After his Miami mansion was raided as part of a federal investigation into sex trafficking, Diddy was dancing on the dock of his ocean-side crib. The Hollywood Fix spotted the Bad Boy mogul puffing and enjoying music. You can see the moment below.

After a chaotic week, including numerous accusations, raids of his homes, and more. Diddy positively ended the week, celebrating Easter Sunday with Baby Love.

Hitting Instagram, Diddy shared images of his one-year-old with the caption “HAPPY EASTER from Baby Love.”

Diddy’s Instagram comments were off. You can see the post below.

Last week, Uncle Luke reflected on spending time at Diddy’s house parties. Appearing on the We in Miami podcast, Luke revealed he didn’t stay long at the Bad Boy mogul’s parties.

“I would go to the party and leave early,” Luke said.

He added. “I don’t know what goes on after hours, but I wasn’t trying to find out. You know, I know my place. So I went to a couple New Year’s Eve parties. I know Puff before Puff became super big like that. He’s a cool dude. I feel sorry for him and his family. More so, his kids.”

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Dom Kennedy & Nipsey Hussle Used The Same Microphone to Record ‘Crenshaw’ & ‘Get Home Safely’

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If you’re from the West Coast, or even if you’re not, chances are you’re bumping Dom Kennedy.

The Los Angeles native recently celebrated the 10-year anniversary of his critically acclaimed second studio album, Get Home Safely. The project features standout appearances from Nipsey Hussle, Ty Dolla $ign, TeeFLii, Skeme, and more.

Over the weekend, Dom Kennedy took the stage at the GRAMMY Museum in downtown Los Angeles for an event called Backstage Pass alongside producers Mike & Keys, who played a pivotal role in making the project a masterpiece. The conversation centered around the making of Get Home Safely, along with Dom’s role as CEO of his own label: OPM (Other People’s Money).

With Nipsey Hussle’s death anniversary recently passing, Dom Kennedy shared some words about his relationship with Nipsey and how they struggled together.

“That was a tough loss for everybody, musically,” Dom began. “But for us, as we sit here today, it’s nothing on this album that came out, that he wasn’t there when I recorded it. Or he didn’t hear the beat. And there’s nothing that came out that he made with them at the time, we were working on all of this together. We really were all working on all of this together. In those moments, in those years of struggling with somebody, seeing them day in and day out. Just working on it, unselfishly. It was days where I would record and Nip would sit there. It was days he would record and I’d sit there.”

Dom Kennedy proceeded to reveal that him and Nipsey used the same microphone.

“Crenshaw, Get Home Safely, same microphone,” he continued. “I can hear that microphone when I listen to his songs. The same microphone, I can hear the room in the songs. That’s how close it was. Man, a guy that I have so much respect for. Proud of him for sticking it through. They made Victory Lap, a lot of it. I was able to be on that album.”

Dom Kennedy was featured on “Double Up” alongside Belly, who’s official music video hails over 236 million views and counting.

“But in these times right here, we don’t have to overstate or understate it, but he was a part of it. Not just on a song or anything, he was really eating lunch with us. Driving. We had times, race to the studio. We’d see who’s car was there first. Putting in real work, it wasn’t pretty. On the floor, white t-shirts, house shoes. But with a dream and a vision and a purpose behind it, made it everything. With that attitude of: this is going to work. Every day, with LA confidence. We were never in doubt about anything that we were doing. I don’t think we ever was like aw, we gon’ get up outta here. It’s over. Or they finally got us, we done. No, that was never the case. That was never the case.”

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