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Bernard Smalls / @BeanzGotGamez / Tory Lanez Felon Tory Lanez isn’t letting his 10-year bid behind bars stop him from giving his “umbrellas,” aka fans, new auto-tuned jams. After two tracks leaked on the internet, leading people to wonder if they are real or AI-produced, TMZ Hip Hop shared exclusive details from sources close to the matter, confirming the Canadian musician who was found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion is dropping a double album. Lanez then hopped on social media, sharing the news about the album and sharing the artwork for the double-album project.TMZ Hip Hop also notes that…

Future has been putting up crazy sales numbers with his extensive discography for over a decade now, and the run is likely to continue.Pluto dropped The Real Me on July 10. The project marks his 10th solo studio album and his first solo release since 2024’s Mixtape Pluto, kicking off what will likely become another strong debut in one of hip-hop’s most consistent commercial catalogs.Looking back at Future’s first-week history, the growth has been steady. His 2012 debut album, Pluto, opened with just over 41,000 units, while Honest in 2014 pushed that number to around 53,000. But things changed fast once he entered…

Source: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / GettyTeyana Taylor did her big one on JAŸ-Z’s final night at Yankee Stadium. Following her performance, the Harlem native took to social media to thank Hov for the opportunity, sharing a collage of photos recapping her night on stage.“Gratitude was louder than any mic could ever be. I got to see this lil Harlem girl stand beside the GOAT … in Yankee Stadium … in front of over 40,000 people who showed so much love. If you would’ve told this lil Harlem girl that one day she’d share a stage with JAY-Z in one…

Tory Lanez is set to release a 23-song double album this week, dividing the project into separate rap and R&B discs with no guest features. Tory Lanez is keeping his music pipeline moving despite his incarceration and the embattled artist has announced a new double album with a special proposition. The looming opus, titled MADE YOU THINK I WAS GONE…BUT, blends the two genres that define his career. On Tuesday (July 14), Lanez revealed that the project is scheduled to arrive Friday (July 17). The release will be divided into two separate discs, with the first dedicated entirely to rap…

Source: Arturo Holmes / GettyThe 2026 Fanatics Fest is set to go down this week at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in New York City and while thousands of sports enthusiasts and, well, fanatics will be in attendance to see their favorite athletes and celebrities in person, they’ll also be treated to some pretty good tunes in the process. According to Billboard, Audiomack has unveiled the official music playlist for the event, and luckily for us older heads, it will feature more grown-man music from yesteryear than whatever the heck the kids are listening to nowadays. Coming in at 50…

If Major League Baseball wanted the 96th All-Star Game to feel like a celebration of the game’s history and its future, Citizens Bank Park delivered. Coming less than 24 hours after St. Louis Cardinals slugger Jordan Walker stunned the hometown crowd by defeating Phillies star Kyle Schwarber to win the T-Mobile Home Run Derby, Tuesday night’s Midsummer Classic provided another memorable chapter to an unforgettable All-Star Week in the City of Brotherly Love. Even with several marquee names absent, including Shohei Ohtani, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Gerrit Cole, Max Fried, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Elly De La Cruz and Cal Raleigh, all…

A mild but brewing feud between Rochester rapper and producer 38 Spesh and Yonkers rapper Jadakiss has taken a new turn. After Jadakiss seemingly upped the stakes in their war of words, 38 Spesh fired back at Jada, Fat Joe, and DJ Khaled in response. To bring readers up to speed, the situation between 38 Spesh and Jadakiss began after Spesh sat down with the Bag Fuel podcast earlier this year and puffed out his chest over his collaboration with Benny The Butcher, “Sunday School,” which features Jadakiss. Spesh believes that he had the best verse on the song and…

Welcome to Chart Brief, Rated R&B’s weekly column tracking the latest movements across R&B charts. Each week, we’ll break down and analyze the R&B artists making waves on the Billboard, radio, and streaming charts. This edition covers the charts dated July 18, 2026.  Billboard Charts Adult R&B Airplay Tracks the week’s top Adult R&B hits via 24/7 airplay data from Mediabase and Luminate. No. 1: “Up Out & Gone” – Ne-Yo (LW: 1) THE BRIEF: Ne-Yo’s “Up Out & Gone” leads the Adult R&B Airplay chart for a second consecutive week. The song appears on his country soul album, Highway 79. …

Nicki Minaj tells a judge the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball lawsuit only targets her deep pockets, and wants it dismissed. Nicki Minaj wants a judge to toss the lawsuit accusing her of stiffing a production company and calls the case a cash grab aimed at her wallet. Her lawyers filed a motion to dismiss on July 14 in New York County Supreme Court, arguing she never personally hired anyone. The filing was submitted by Bruce Bieber of Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, the same firm representing her in the case. 24/7 Productions first sued Minaj back in March for more than…

Source: John Nacion / GettyListeners for The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show on Tuesday (July 14) were shocked as a debate over investments turned into a heated argument betwwen Ebro and Peter Rosenberg, with Ebro calling Rosenberg “b—h, a “hoe,” and a “p—y” at the most explosive juncture of the debate.  On the episode aptly titled “And THIS Is Why You Don’t Talk Money In the Workplace,” the hosts were discussing Charlamagne Tha God’s viral sit-down discussion with Akademiks. At the 32-minute mark of the show, Rosenberg expressed surprise at Charlamagne’s involvement with Roc Nation during their bid to build a…