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Nicki Minaj Accuses Billboard Of Threatening To Take Away “Pink Friday 2” Sales

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Recently, Nicki Minaj took to X to announce that she’d be giving some of the Barbz an opportunity to select songs to appear on the deluxe edition of Pink Friday 2. Per the terms of the contest, she asked them to provide proof that they purchased all four versions of the album either digitally or on vinyl. She quickly let them know, however, that Billboard tried to put the kibosh on her contest, threatening to take away some of her album sales for requesting proof of purchase.

“Been discussing my 100 barbz contest for months,” she wrote. “They said billboard reached out to say they gon take away sales for me telling y’all about the 100 barbz thing. Can’t wait until these next 6 hours are up so I can tell y’all some sh*t. You can give out millions in cashapp money tho. Lol. So barbz, me asking you to show PROOF of something that was already DELIVERED OR PURCHASED IS AGAINST THE RULES. SO pls disregard. Apologies.”

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Nicki Minaj Puts Billboard On Blast

Nicki went on to tell her fans not to buy or stream the album anymore, accusing Billboard and other companies of trying to “bring her down.” She noted how other artists have done similar contests with no consequences, and claims that they’re targeting her in particular. “They changed all those other rules specifically for me yet their own ‘ppl’ are the ones suffering from it & will CONTINUE to,” she said in a subsequent Tweet. “I don’t need any validation. Album is phenomenal & my fans as well as others love it. But they’re soooooooooo angry they couldn’t stop me.”

Regardless, it doesn’t look like Nicki’s letting the debacle get her down, as she went on to let everyone know she isn’t worried about sales. “Threatening me…like what? Huh?” she wrote. “You don’t scare me. Take away all the sales y’all want. I’ve never not ended up feeling sorry for my enemies. Read that line again. God is in control.” What do you think of Nicki Minaj calling out Billboard for allegedly threatening to take away Pink Friday 2 sales over her contest? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Nicki Minaj Projected To Go Number One With “Pink Friday 2,” Fans React

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Nicki Minaj is easily one of the biggest artists in rap. Overall, her place in the genre’s history is cemented. Many see her as the greatest woman MC of all time, and it is a fair assessment. She has dropped a couple of classic albums, and to this day, fans are obsessed with her biggest singles. Last Friday, Nicki dropped off her latest album, Pink Friday 2. This is a sequel to her debut, although in name only. The new album does not sound anything like the original Pink Friday, but we digress.

So far, the album has been getting an interesting response from fans. Some adore it, but many others are a bit upset at the direction. After all, they were expecting a lot more pop than we ended up getting. Either way, Nicki is very happy with her album and she is still adding songs to it, every day. Furthermore, the album is set to chart extremely well. As we all know, Nicki has always been an artist who can top the charts with ease. According to Hits Daily Double, that is exactly what she is going to do with her new project.

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Nicki Minaj Back On Top

The album is going to sell around 200K units, and that will be enough to hit the number one spot. In the tweets below, you can see that a lot of her biggest supporters believe the numbers could be bigger. Essentially, they are all trying to lock in and get her to even more streams. After all, Minaj is someone who has a pretty large fanbase, and her Stans are committed to making her the highest-selling artist out there. Furthermore, some fans actually believe she would have done a lot better with more promo.

Fans React

With the project out on the market now, let us know what you thought of it, in the comments section below. Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest news and updates from around the music world. We will always be sure to keep you informed on all of your favorite artists.

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Nicki Minaj Reveals The Origins Of Her New Lil Uzi Vert Collab

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Everybody is currently digesting Nicki Minaj’s highly-anticipated new album Pink Friday 2 which dropped overnight. The project sports a bulky 22 tracks including numerous high-profile features. It also includes some singles dating all the way back to last year like “Super Freaky Girl,” “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” and “Last Time I Saw You.” Billboard celebrated the release of the album by ranking all 22 of its tracks and Nicki caught the list on Twitter.

At their number one spot, they put the Lil Uzi Vert collab “Everybody.” The song is already catching on with fans like North West, who shared a video of herself dancing to it in a Barbie-themed outfit. Nicki made a response tweet of her own explaining the surprising origins that resulted in one of the album’s best songs. “This is mad funny b/c that was the song I wrote in 5 mins one day for “Call Of Duty” Once I kept it for my album, I still didn’t even rlly know if it made sense on PF2. I didn’t wanna send it to Uzi b/c I thought he’d be over it. Instead he was like this hard af! Uzicito,” her post reads. Check out her response and fan reactions to it.

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Nicki Minaj Wrote “Everybody” In 5 Minutes

Pink Friday 2 is Nicki Minaj’s first album in 5 years and she didn’t hold anything back. Alongside the length of the project, it also features numerous high-profile appearances from other rappers. Drake, Future, J. Cole, Lil Wayne, and of course Lil Uzi Vert all appear on the project. The album doesn’t sport any features from any of Nicki’s major female contemporaries. But fans do think they’ve found points on the record where she takes shots at Megan Thee Stallion and Latto.

To celebrate the release of the album Nicki will be making an appearance on an episode of “Watch What Happens Live” next week. What do you think of Nicki Minaj’s explanation on the origins of her new Lil Uzi Vert collab “Everybody?” Let us know in the comment section below.

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Sexyy Red Opens Up On How “Rich Baby Daddy” Came To Be

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Earlier this month, Sexyy Red dropped the deluxe version of her breakout album Hood Hottest Princess. The album was originally released earlier this year and served as her breakthrough moment. It dropped off the strength of “Pound Town 2” which featured Nicki Minaj and spawned even more hits like “SkeeYee” and “Hellcats SRTs.” The deluxe version added an entire 11 new songs which are stacked with big features. Chief Keef, 42 Dugg, G Herbo, Summer Walker, and Sukihana all appear on the new tracks from the deluxe edition.

Earlier this week Sexyy Red teamed up with Billboard to answer some fan questions on Threads. She discussed numerous tracks from her debut album and the deluxe edition. She also dove into some of the collaborations that resulted in those tracks. But Sexyy also had something to say about the making of one of her biggest songs to date “Rich Baby Daddy” with Drake and SZA. The song landed on Drake’s new album For All The Dogs and has already racked up more than 90 million streams. It’s also still hovering inside the top 30 of the Hot 100. When asked about how the track came together, Red kept it brief. “Me and Drake already was cool ever since he brought me on his tour. We talked about doing songs then he put SZA on it,” she explained. Check out all the questions she answered below.

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Sexyy Red Answers Fan Questions

Last week, Sexyy Red had an Instagram live that left fans particularly curious. In the live, she made references to the Illuminati and secret societies and claimed that she couldn’t get out of the music industry because she’s making too much money. While many think she was joking some took her at face value and tried to dissect what exactly she would be talking about.

The comments resulted in a few jokes made at Red’s expense by Nick Cannon on his podcast earlier this week. What do you think of Sexyy Red’s brief explanation of how she ended up on Drake’s song “Rich Baby Daddy?” Let us know in the comment section below.

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Ice Spice Is Billboard’s Top New Hip-Hop/R&B Artist For 2023

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Ice Spice is set to finish 2023 as Billboard’s #1 Year-End Top New R&B/Hip-Hop Artist, as caught by Chart Data. The feat comes after the outlet named her its R&B/hip-hop Rookie of the Year, back in August. Her charting success comes primarily from the release of her debut EP, Like..?, in July as well as several popular collaborations. In 2023, Spice’s “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2” (with PinkPantheress), “Princess Diana” (with Nicki Minaj), “Karma” (with Taylor Swift), and “Barbie World” (with Minaj and Aqua), all reached the top 10 of the Hot 100.

As for her Rookie of the Year honors, she told Billboard: “I have put in so much hard work, and it means a lot to be recognized for it and have more than just plaques to show for it.” Despite her chart success and rookie honors, Ice Spice lost Top New Artist at the Billboard Music Awards, last weekend, to Zach Bryan. She also lost Top Rap Female Artist to Nicki Minaj.

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Ice Spice Performs At Camp Flog Gnaw

Ice Spice performs at the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival – Day 1 at Dodger Stadium on November 11, 2023, in L.A. California (Photo by Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images)

Speaking with Billboard, Spice reflected on her rise coming during the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and revealed that she hopes to push the genre forward. “Fifty years of hip-hop is monumental,” Spice said. “I hope to push the genre forward in whatever ways I can, but I know I’ll have a huge impact on the youngins coming up now.” Check out the announcement about her chart success below.

Ice Spice Dominates “Billboard” Charts For 2023

Spice’s dominance likely won’t end with 2023. She recently teased that she has another project titled Y2K! in store for next year. Be on the lookout for further updates on that upcoming project as well as Ice Spice in general on HotNewHipHop.

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What Is The Top Rap Song Of 2023 On ‘Billboard?’

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With just a couple of days to go until Thanksgiving, Billboard has released its year-end charts (the music industry, much like all those turkeys, pretty much dies with the holidays, so it is usually best not to count the last month of the year, which Mariah Carey rules with an iron fist anyway). Those charts tabulate all the sales and streams up til the second week of November (including, last year’s December stats), then tell us what we’ve listened to the most collectively (like Spotify Wrapped but for the US as a whole).

While country music, pop, and the rap-R&B of SZA dominated as a whole, the top hip-hop track of the year (at No. 5 overall) was Metro Boomin’s take on a mid-2000s classic. “Creepin’” featuring The Weeknd and 21 Savage covers Mario Winans’ 2004 hit “I Don’t Wanna Know,” which itself sampled the Fugees’ 1996 song “Ready or Not,” which in turn sampled Enya’s 1987 song “Boadicea.” Released on January 27 as a single from Metro’s then-latest album Heroes & Villains “Creepin’” peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100 on February 6. It currently has over 1 billion streams on Spotify and 86 million cumulative views on YouTube across its visualizer, official music video, and audio stream (not including the seemingly dozens of bootleg streams).

Of course, if you don’t want to count that as the “top rap song” of 2023 since it only features a rap verse from 21 Savage, the next qualifying track also includes 21 Savage. “Rich Flex,” from Drake and 21’s joint album Her Loss also ranked near the top of the year-end list, coming in at No. 14. Sorry, Pusha T stans and Drake haters (same difference, right?) — it doesn’t look like The Boy has lost his touch just yet.

Other top tracks include “All My Life” by Lil Durk feat. J. Cole, “Just Wanna Rock” by Lil Uzi Vert, and “Fukumean” by Gunna. Also, Ice Spice really did prove to be the reigning princess of rap, appearing no fewer than four times on the list — the most of any female rapper.

You can check out the full list here.

Drake Wins Five 2023 Billboard Music Awards

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The 2023 Billboard Music Awards went down on Sunday (November 19), and had a lot of big winners. Taylor Swift and Morgan Gallen were among the most awarded musicians of the night, but what’s a top dog conversation without the 6 Dog- I mean, God? Moreover, Drake won a total of five BBMA trophies for the occasion, pointing to his excellent commercial run over the past few years. Specifically, these awards were Top Rap Album for his 21 S*vage collab Her Loss, Top Rap Song for the project’s opener “Rich Flex,” Top Rap Artist, Top Male Rap Artist, and Top Rap Touring Artist.

Furthermore, this caps off a pretty great 2023 for Drizzy, with the expanded version of his album For All The Dogs coming out just a few days ago as of writing this article. Sure, that promo cycle brought him his fair share of beefs, too. But what’s the industry without a little tussling, especially when you’re at such a high peak of success and polarization? Regardless, congrats to Drake on these awards, and we’re sure that this won’t be the end of his award show run in the next few months.

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Drake Takes Five Billboard Music Awards Home For 2023

 
 
 
 
 
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For example, the Recording Academy nominated him for various Grammy awards after re-entering the submission process. For those unaware, the Toronto superstar hadn’t submitted his work for consideration in a long time, and it’s unclear if this will affect his nominations for the 2024 ceremony in a negative or positive light. Whichever way the wind blows, he might spit a bar or two about it eventually, but we’re sure it won’t faze him too much. After all, Drake basks in constant acclaim; only something really special these days to either hype him up or tick him off.

Meanwhile, Scary Hours 3 is shaping up to sell very well based on first-week projections, so the success will surely keep on rolling in. Do you think that he deserves these dubs or is Billboard not a good enough metric to determine his value? However you may feel, let us know in the comments down below. Also, stick around on HNHH for the latest news and updates on Drake.

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Chrisean Rock & Lil Mabu React To “Mr. Take Ya B*tch” Chart Success

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Chrisean Rock and Lil Mabu reacted to their recent collaboration, “Mr. Take Ya B*tch,” landing on the Billboard Hot 100 on social media, earlier this week. The song, on which Rock takes aim at her ex, Blueface, debuted at No. 96 on the chart.

“God got me hitting Billboard 100,” Chrisean posted on her Instagram Story. “It’s crazy cuz I did it while I was in a storm. My baby was still in the hospital recovering from surgery and I was so down [for real].” In his own post, Lil Mabu added: “Been HOT & I been keeping it. [100 emoji] @billboardcharts.” It’s not the only success the song has seen since its release. It also peaked at No. 1 on the TikTok Music Charts.

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Chrisean Rock & Blueface Attend The Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 24: ChriseanRock and Blueface attend the 2nd annual Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards at The Beverly Hilton on June 24, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Prince Williams/Getty Images)

In the lyrics to the song, Chrisean disses Blueface by rapping: “Only thing that’s broke is my f*cking water/Gave birth to my kid but I hate his father/I used to f*ck wit Blue’s now I f*ck wit ones/Only f*ck with white boys that be toting guns.” In response, Blueface joked that Chrisean and Mabu “should make it official fr.” Instead of targeting Blueface with his lyrics on the track, Mabu goes at Wack 100. He raps, “But I know Wack 100 ain’t gon’ like this (This) / ‘Cause he f*** with snitches and I don’t like kids (Kids).” Check out Mabu’s reaction to the success of the song below.

Lil Mabu Celebrates His 1st “Billboard” Hot 100 Song

Outside of music, Chrisean recently remarked that she’s “so in love with,” being a mother on Twitter. She welcomed her and Blueface’s first child, earlier this year. Be on the lookout for further updates on Chrisean Rock and Lil Mabu on HotNewHipHop.

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Taylor Swift’s “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” Sees Biggest Billboard 200 Debut In Nearly 10 Years

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Taylor Swift’s latest re-recording release, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), notched the biggest opening on the Billboard 200 in nearly a decade, this past week. It debuted at No. 1 after moving 1.653 million equivalent album units in the week ending on November 2. It’s the most since Adele’s 25 sold 3.482 million units in its first week back in 2015. The figure is even higher than the original version of 1989, which debuted with 1.287 million in its first week in November 2014.

While it’s the highest-selling album since 2015, it’s also the sixth highest-selling of all time in terms of traditional album sales, which make up 1.359 million of the aforementioned total sum. In addition to being behind Adele’s 25, it’s also behind NSYNC’s No Strings Attached (2.416 million), NSYNC’s Celebrity (1.878 million), Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP (1.76 million), and Backstreet Boys’ Black & Blue (1.591 million). Swift also has the most number-one albums for a female artist of all time with 13 different projects topping the chart. She’s tied with Drake for third place on the list of any artist regardless of gender. They’re behind only JAY-Z’s 14 and the Beatles’ 19.

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Taylor Swift Spotted In New York City

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 27: Taylor Swift is seen in the West Village on October 27, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Stealth Pix/GC Images)

Swift first began re-recording her first six studio albums in 2019 amid a dispute over ownership of her masters. She was unable to reacquire them after Scooter Braun bought her former label, Big Machine Records.

Outside of Music, Swift has been dating Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce. Amid their romance, the pop star has attended several of Kelce’s games. Kelce addressed the media frenzy around the relationship back in October. “We’re learning with the paparazzi taking photos from all over the place,” Kelce told reporters at the time. “But at the same time, you know, it comes with it. You’ve got a lot of people that care about Taylor, and for good reason. You’ve just got to keep living and learning and enjoying the moments.” Be on the lookout for further updates on their relationship on HotNewHipHop.

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Drake Sets This Billboard Milestone For Tour Sales In Hip-Hop

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Drake’s unquestionably at the top of the game commercially, and has been for many years up until this point. However, just because he keeps setting records doesn’t mean his chances of breaking them get any slimmer. Moreover, the 6 God just set a new record as the highest-grossing touring rap act, according to Billboard, which means that he’s made more money off of tours than any other rapper throughout his career. Other metrics exist for the highest-grossing tours, individual shows, and more, and you can bet that he’s near the top of those lists, too. Yet, with over 3.9 million tickets sold and profits of approximately $473 million, the 37-year-old stands alone in all-time profits.

Furthermore, Drake’s latest milestone has a few interesting facts and curiosities to it. For example, he’s performed 304 shows for his tours, so this doesn’t count one-off performances, guest appearances, and things of that nature. Drizzy’s first tour show was on April 9, 2010 at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Philadelphia. That show grossed him and his team $191,000. For comparison, the OVO mogul’s 2019 show at the O2 Arena in London, England earned him and his crew a whopping $13.5 million.

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Drake Performing At Lollapalooza Chile 2023

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SANTIAGO, CHILE – MARCH 18: Drake performs during day two of Lollapalooza Chile 2023 on March 18, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images)

For those curious, Jay-Z is the runner-up in this field, with about $431 million in profits from 402 shows across his career. Other names in this list include Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Eminem, J. Cole, Tyler, The Creator, Nicki Minaj, and more. Interestingly enough, some very popular but relatively smaller artists also made the cut that might surprise you, such as $UICIDEBOY$. There’s also The Black Eyed Peas, which most people don’t view as part of hip-hop as much these days.

Regardless of those technicalities, Aubrey Graham’s accomplishment is impressive. If you take a look at the numbers for his best-selling album, it’s no wonder that he continues this dominance in every commercial field possible. Let us know in the comments whether you think he’s going to fall off now… and get ready for him to beat expectations once again soon. For more news and the latest updates on Drake, stick around on HNHH.

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