It's been in the works for some time, but Akon officially announced that the paperwork has been signed to launch Akon City in Senegal. The "Locked Up" artist posed with Senegalian officials on Monday (Jan. 13), as he put pen to…
Youngboy Never Broke Again has been calling in favors. Despite , has been hard at work on his upcoming album. We’ve already seen him connect with , to lay down a few tracks. Now, YoungBoy has posted some new footage of…
“I wanted respect from other musicians,” she says of new album ‘Treat Myself’ Meghan Trainor remembers exactly when she realized pop music was changing. It was the spring of 2018 and she was just starting to promote her third album,…
Stormzy issues a reminder that he’s an emcee before anything. Last week, , one that ultimately led to Stormzy clapping back with a blistering slew of scathing bangers. In fact, many were quick to dub Stormzy the winner, In the…
Welcome back to Takeover Tuesday, where each week, Billboard taps chart-topping artists and tastemakers to compile their very own playlist exclusive to Billboard's Spotify account. We give the artists free rein to base the list on whatever subject they choose.…
Roddy Ricch currently holds the top spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 songs and 200 albums charts simultaneously. Two months ago, when Roddy Ricch last connected with Billboard, he was preparing to release his debut album Please Excuse Me For Being…
Is now the optimum time for Lil Wayne to say goodbye? Dating back to his tenure as a “Hot Boy,” Dwayne Carter went from Cash Money’s resident prodigy in 1996 to claiming to be the “Best Rapper Alive” within a…
Moneybagg Yo set off 2020 with the release of his Time Served album. Yo enlisted Lil Baby to join him on the Tay Keith-produced "U Played," which served as the project's second single and a recipe for streaming success. The…
The “Bad Guy” singer and her brother, Finneas, are collaborating on the track. Billie Eilish is officially a Bond woman. Less than a day after the 18-year-old singer set 007 watchers into a frenzy by posting an Instagram story that spotlighted Bond…
Method Man will play an attorney. As the series finale to Power closens, more information on the show’s spin-off series Power Book II is becoming more available since none other than is leading the upcoming hit. “This is probably the most exciting thing that’s…