Have you heard? Kendrick Lamar is being sued because of a Bill Withers’ sample he used in his song “I Do This.” The sample in question comes from Bill Withers’ “Don’t You Want to Stay” and are suing him and his label, Top Dawg Music, for copyright infringement. Mattie Music Group has filed the suit […]
Category: Urban
Usher’s 14 Wins at the 2004 BBMAs
The year was 2004 and Usher had just released his album, Confessions. This album had hits like “Confessions,” “Yeah!,” “Burn,” and “Caught Up,” which makes it no surprise that this album and its singles would have such great success at the 2004 Billboard Music Awards. That year, Usher would win 14 awards including the Top […]
Silento Up For Five BBMAs
The Billboard Music Award nominations went out earlier this week and there were many big names that received numerous nominations. Silento was one artist that didn’t receive double-digit nominations, but he did receive five! This brand new artist in the game had himself one heck of a first year. It’s hard to pinpoint which award […]
Drake, Fetty Wap, and The Weeknd Dominate BBMA Nominations
The Billboard Music Awards are going to be hosted by Ludacris and Ciara on May 22 and we now know who they will be talking about specifically for each award. The show, which will be occurring in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena, is sure to be an exciting one with every star in attendance. Rappers […]
Kanye West Scores Number One Album
Kanye West has had a lot of cameras around him lately and with good reason. He’s given us many great quotes, tweets, and single releases. Now, he’s not only released another great album, but an album that has reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart. “The Life of Pablo” is his seventh album release […]
Wiz Khalifa Collaboration Tops IFPI Most Played Chart
Every year, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) releases their charts for many different subjects. One of those this past weekend was the most played songs of 2015. One giant name was on the list as well as many other songs we’re sure you’ve heard thousands of times. There were no true rap […]
Drake Sets Views From the 6 Release Date
Drake’s fourth album, Views From the 6, has an official release date and as expected, it’ll be later this month. The album will be coming out April 29. Recently, he has released singles like “Pop Style” and One Dance,” but also released another single, the first off the album, “Summer Sixteen” back in January. The […]
Beyoncé Suing Over Feyoncé Merchandise
You can buy about anything these days and one of these random things you can purchase is a coffee mug that says “Feyoncé: He Put a Ring On It.” This mug sells for $14.95 and is pretty clever if you realize it’s similarities to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” hit. Well, Beyoncé has realized this and is […]
Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa Announce New Tour
Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa have recently announced “The High Road Tour” and it’s something we should all get excited about. These two will be heading out on tour starting in July and will be touching down in 33 different locations this year. Almost all of the dates will be in the United States, but […]
Rihanna Continues Stay at Top of Mediabase Chart
Each and every week we like to take a look at the Mediabase chart to see what songs are making waves and we have a feeling we’re going to be seeing Rihanna at the top for quite a while. Her recent work with Drake has been a huge hit and “Work” is so good that […]