The first-week projections for Beyoncé‘s COWBOY CARTER are in, and she will easily claim the top spot on the Billboard 200.
According to HITS Daily Double, Queen Bey’s Act ii will sell over 350,000 equivalent album units in the first week and have a streaming total of 250 to 300 million.
The album also set a first-day streaming record for Spotify, bringing in 76 million streams.
Beyoncé is saluting the Black Country singers who have come before her. On the heels of the release of her COWBOY CARTER album, Beyoncé sent flowers to Mickey Guyton and K. Michelle, who created country music as Black women.
“Thank you for opening doors for me, queen. Keep shining. Love and respect, Beyoncé,” the message to Guyton read.
Michelle’s reads, “You’re killing it! I love what you’ve been doing and I know it’s not easy to enter a new space. Sending you positivity and respect. I hope to meet you one day. Love, Beyoncé.”
You can read the reaction from both Guyton and Michelle below.
R. Kelly hopped on Clubhouse to talk with Wack 100. Speaking on the raids of Diddy’s homes, Kelly provides a warning to those making jokes: “they ass could be next.”
“That’s what’s so fucked up about it,” R. Kelly said. “They so stupid they don’t even realize the moves that’s going on. I don’t believe none of this shit. You could tell me about Puffy, you could about anybody. You could tell me on the news, the weather, the sky is blue, I’m not gonna believe the shit. Cause I’m in it now, and I know what they did.”
You can hear from R. Kelly and Wack 100 below.
In other R. Kelly news, he is fighting to reclaim $28,000 confiscated from his prison commissary account, a sum seized and used as restitution for one of his victims. This development is part of the ongoing saga following Kelly’s high-profile legal troubles and subsequent incarceration.
According to reports from HipHopDX, which accessed court documents, a hearing concerning the dispute over the commissary funds was scheduled for Monday, March 18. The proceedings saw Assistant United States Attorney Kayla Bensing representing the interests of the United States against the embattled musician’s claims.
The roots of this financial conflict can be traced back to a series of court decisions aimed at compensating Kelly’s victims. In March 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in favor of Heather Williams, granting her access to R. Kelly’s label fund. This fund, reportedly valued at $1.5 million in 2020 according to Billboard, became a source of restitution before Midwest Commercial Funding, a property manager, secured a separate $3.5 million ruling against Kelly over unpaid rent for a Chicago studio.
In a significant move in August of the same year, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly ordered that Kelly and his label, Universal Music Group, surrender more than $500,000 in royalties. This order also included the directive for Kelly to hand over the $28,000 in his prison canteen account, emphasizing the legal system’s efforts to ensure Kelly’s victims receive restitution.
The announcement of the livestream link for the hearing noted, “The defendant is appealing his conviction and the government’s seizure of his substantial Bureau of Prisons commissary account to satisfy the financial penalties imposed in the case.” It further stated that each side would be allotted ten minutes to present their arguments, underscoring the limited time frame to address such a complex issue.
Al B. Sure is taking shots at Diddy, accusing the Bad Boys mogul of being the reason he ended up in a coma.
Al appeared at the Equal Justice Now Awards in Los Angeles and spoke about ensuring equal access to healthcare. Then, he made a heavy claim.
“We are going to be producing the Al B. Sure life story,” he said. “So hold on to your britches, and you’ll really understand how I ended up in a coma. You’re really gonna need to call Homeland Security.”
Just last week, Al B. Sure penned a letter to his son on Instagram, calling for him to come “home” following the raids of Diddy’s homes.
Future and Metro Boomin have set a new mark for 2024. According to Billboard, the joint album We Don’t Trust You debuts at the top of the Billboard 200 with the largest week by equivalent album units and stream count.
We Don’t Trust You launches with 251,000 equivalent album units, marking the ninth No. 1 album for the Future. It is Metro’s fourth. The debut is the largest streaming album in 2024 by any album and is the second biggest in Future’s career.
During its debut week, We Don’t Trust You SEA units accounted for 245,000, resulting in 324.31 million on-demand official streams across the album’s 17 tracks. Traditional album sales contributed 4,500 units, as the album was solely available for digital download through platforms like iTunes and the Amazon Digital Music Store. Additionally, TEA units amounted to 1,500.
The most-streamed song from the album during the week was “Like That,” a collaborative track featuring Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar.
It’s insane to think that Nipsey Hussle has been gone from this Earth in the physical form for five years. On the fifth anniversary of his death, Lauren London delivered a message remembering the love of her life.
If you know me You know March is always tough for me 31 days of holding my breath. This day decided to fall on Easter Sunday this 2024 Interesting…. considering your name #GodWillRise Energy never dies…. I love you. Eternal.
Joe Budden could have hit the Madison Square Garden stage and delivered a “Pump It Up” performance.
During the recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, Budden revealed Nicki Minaj reached out to him to perform his hit during her Pink Friday Tour stop in NYC. Budden denied it because he doesn’t know if he has the “hype” in him.
“Nicki hit me last night,” Budden said. “She hit me when she was about to go on in Jersey. I was home. She didn’t say, ‘Yo, come out to Jersey’ and do that. She was 30 minutes from going on stage, and she hit me. I said, ‘I want to go to the New York show.’ And she said, ‘Yeah, you’re gonna come out and do ‘Pump it Up.’”
Regarding rejecting the offer, Budden said, “I gotta go out there and act hype, and I don’t know, I ain’t hype no more.”
Speaking with his cohost Parks, Budden revealed his last stage performance was in 2016.
You can see the moment from the pod below.
Joe Budden turning down a Nicki Minaj Sold Out Arena performance invite is diabolical
Beyoncé is saluting the Black Country singers who have come before her. On the heels of the release of her COWBOY CARTER album, Beyoncé sent flowers to Mickey Guyton and K. Michelle, who created country music as Black women.
“Thank you for opening doors for me, queen. Keep shining. Love and respect, Beyoncé,” the message to Guyton read.
Michelle’s reads, “You’re killing it! I love what you’ve been doing and I know it’s not easy to enter a new space. Sending you positivity and respect. I hope to meet you one day. Love, Beyoncé.”
You can read the reaction from both Guyton and Michelle below.
50 Cent has continued to taunt his ex-girlfriend Daphne Joy over her alleged relationship with Diddy after he made a guest appearance on Nicki Minaj’s tour.
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