Facing his own battle with the deeply flawed and racist criminal justice system, Drakeo The Ruler is currently pending retrial for a crime for which he was already acquitted. Last week, Drakeo announced an 18-track mixtape recorded through a prison phone over the span of two…
Jesse & Joy initiated Pride Month by dropping a new song called “Love” on their official Instagram page. “Our music will always be there to remind you that you are beautiful just as you are,” the Mexican duo expressed in…
The track rises to No. 2 on Country Airplay. Travis Denning rises 2-1 on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart (dated June 6) to become the top emerging act in the U.S. for the first time, thanks to his biggest hit single…
Gunna lands 13 songs on the Hot 100 from his new album "Wunna." Wheezy re-enters Billboard’s Hot 100 Producers chart (dated June 6) at No. 1, leading the list for the first time thanks to nine production credits on the…
Originally scheduled to happen this weekend (June 5-7), the second iteration of the online dance music festival Digital Mirage has been rescheduled for June 12-14. “We do not want our festival,” organizers say in a statement, “to divert any attention…
The hashtag #TheShowMustBePaused was shared more than 700,000 times, while its official social accounts racked up over 70,000 followers. On Tuesday, the music industry shut down in a show of solidarity with protesters calling for justice in the case of…
In a press conference Wednesday afternoon (June 3), Keith Ellison, the attorney general of Minnesota, announced that the remaining three police offers involved in George Floyd’s unlawful death would be charged with aiding and abetting murder. Meanwhile, the previously arrested officer Derek…
YOASOBI’s “Yoru ni kakeru” logs its second week atop the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated May 25 to 31, marking the rising group’s first consecutive weeks at No. 1. Figures for the track hold steady for the most part, with…
Chris Trousdale, best known as a former member of Dream Street, has died, Billboard can confirm. He was 34. “It is with a heavy heart that we confirm the passing of Chris Trousdale on June, 2, 2020 from an undisclosed…
Shares in the Warner Music Group were up 20.5% on the NASDAQ stock exchange at the close of trading Wednesday (June 3), its first day on the market as a public company under Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries. After being priced…