Olivia Rodrigo reigns on this week’s Billboard 200 with her debut album ‘Sour.’

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Lil Nas X has emerged as quite the Pop polarizer.

For while some have hailed his unfiltered brand of expression, others have slammed it in earnest.

One person who is Team Montero, though, is none other than Nelly. 

Speaking at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards, he showered the 22-year-old with praise – both in an interview and directly when their paths crossed backstage.

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Cardi B continues to collect acclaim from her peers.

And this time it’s veteran Trina singing her praises.

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Snoop Dogg has shown the potency of his bark and bite on the charts for three decades.

Now, it looks like he may be on the way to doing the same in the boardroom.

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Nicki Minaj is giving fans another glimpse at her baby boy.

The Rap royal and husband Kenneth Petty welcomed the youngster last October and have maintained measured privacy when it comes to their journey as parents.

Still, in having a close relationship with her Barbs, Minaj has shared a super sweet clip of her 7-month-old son – who she affectionately calls Papa Bear.

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Readers of That Grape Juice know how passionate we are about music – whether that be past or present.

However, unlike our other segments – Retro Rewind, TGJ Replay, and From The Vault – The Pop Stop is the most in-depth look at Pop songs that may have flown under the radar over the last week that you should know, rather they be from music’s biggest stars or those on the rise.

This week, we want to highlight cuts from Victoria Justice, Sigrid, Sarah Barrios, and Picture This.

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New music from Dua Lipa could be on the way.

For, the president of her record label – Warner Records – has confirmed that Lipa is “already thinking” about her third album.

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While most VERZUZ battles have skewed more celebratory, Bow Wow appears to be taking the boxing match approach to his upcoming showdown with Soulja Boy.

The spar, which has been confirmed by Swizz Beatz, will see the 00s stars duke it out with their respective hits.

However, according to Bow Wow, Soulja Boy will have to rely on early tracks. For, he’s claiming that the MC’s well of hits has run dry.

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Jay-Z is getting candid.

The music legend recently appeared on LeBron James‘ HBO series ‘The Shop,’ where he shed light on DMX‘s incredible stage presence.

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During an era of music that sees charts dominated by songs booming on streaming and sales platform, Dua Lipa‘s ‘Levitating’ has slowly, but surely risen to the top thanks to good old fashioned radio airplay.

In fact, its popularity on the platform is so great the authorities responsible for calculating radio performance data (and charting them accordingly) is undoing a longstanding rule to reflect it.

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To say the performance of J. Cole‘s latest album, ‘The Off-Season,’ is one of 2021’s biggest music stories is a serious understatement.

As if being a critical slam dunk wasn’t enough, the project entered the updated Billboard 200 at #1 with first-week sales of nearly 300K – the most of any male effort this year to date.  Overall, the measure made him the first rapper in history to see his first six albums peak at #1 on the tally.

The wins don’t stop on the Billboard 200 side of the charts, however.  Look inside to see how tunes that line the tracklist of ‘The Off-Season’ are earning major points on the Billboard Hot 100.

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As evidenced by the ‘My Type’ remix (with Jhene Aiko and City Girls), ‘B*tch from Da Souf’ (with Latto and Trina), and her most recent top 20 smash ‘Best Friend’ (with Doja Cat), rising Rap diva Saweetie is no stranger to leveraging girl power to land a hit.

The potent formula is one that may be just what’s needed to push her latest female collaboration, ‘Baby Mama Coochie’ remix with BbyAfricka, to new Hot 100 heights.

Ahead of BbyAfricka’s debut project, ‘BIG AFRICKA’ (due June 18), she joined forces with Saweetie to deliver the ‘Coochie’ remix alongside an accompanying, Da’mon Broussard-directed visual for the cut.

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