If you thought GloRilla‘s domination of Billboard this week was limited to Rap charts, you thought wrong.

In addition to watching ‘Glorious‘ enter the Billboard 200 with the year’s highest first-week sales among female rappers, the album’s latest single – the Sexyy Red-assisted ‘Whatchu Kno About Me‘ – is the week’s highest-charting new female hit (among all genres) on the Hot 100.

As if that’s not enough to brag, Glo also treaded in new territory in her career when she saw the LP’s cut ‘Rain Down on Me‘ lifted up to #1 on the Gospel charts.

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Although DaBaby-assisted hits ‘Cry Baby‘ and ‘Cash Sh*t‘ are two fan favorites from Megan Thee Stallion‘s prized discography, the chart-topping rappers are far from fans of each other.

At least, that seemingly was the case until recently.

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In news that’s still sending shockwaves across the music industry, GRAMMY-nominated rapper Lil Durk was arrested in Florida on Thursday night (October 24) on federal charges that he was the mastermind behind and financier of a plot to murder fellow emcee Quando Rondo in 2022.

The foiled scheme resulted in the death of Rondo’s cousin.

According to FBI details released on Friday (October 25), five other members of Durk’s Chicago-based Rap collective OTF (Only the Family) have been arrested in connection to the crime with more possibly on the way.

Despite reports Durk is being held without bail, fans have rallied behind the hitmaker in a show of support to demand his freedom.

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Almost four years after she delivered her first octane set for the wildly popular ‘Tiny Desk Concert,’ GRAMMY-winning Pop diva Dua Lipa is back – this time performing live from the NPR studio.

Mostly filling the set list with cuts from her chart-topping last album, ‘Radical Optimism,’ Lipa wowed attendees with acoustic takes on tunes ‘These Walls,’ ‘Houdini,’ ‘Training Season,’ ‘Illusion,’ and more.

Giving future concertgoers a taste of what they can expect when she hits the road on the ‘Radical Optimism Tour‘ next year, hop inside to see Dua do it like only she can.

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Gucci Mane‘s classic ‘I Think I Love Her‘ gets a 2024 facelift courtesy of Hip-Hop “it girl” Sexyy Red.

“Well, my name is Nene, but these n–gas call me Sexyy/ Finesse a n–ga out his real money if he let me / I turn these n–gas out, they let me trap out they house / I got some hoes from the 6 and whatever they say they ’bout,” raps the St. Louis beauty over Go Grizzly production.

Delivered 16 years after its original became a Gucci fan favorite, the Sexyy edition sees its arrival accompanied by a Suave Films-directed music video.

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EMMY-winning film and TV veteran Lynn Whitfield joins forces with TONY and GRAMMY Award-winning singer-actress Renee Elise Goldsberry for the gripping new film ‘Albany Road.’

Also starring familiar faces like J. Alphonse Nicholson, Lisa Andrell, and Gary Dourdan, ‘Road’ tells the story of a New York executive who – while in preparation for a big work trip – is forced to share a rental car with her ex-fiancé’s mother only to discover the mom is hiding a major secret.

The revelation of such puts their already interesting relationship to an even bigger test.

Directed by Christine Swanson, ‘Road’ is set to ride to select AMC Theatres and Malco Theatres locations on November 15.

Ahead of its arrival, see the official trailer inside.

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Nearly 15 years separate music lovers from the Sade‘s last album, ‘Soldier of Love‘ (2010), but she hasn’t completely left them abandoned without new tunes in the time since.

After dropping standalone singles ‘Spring in the City‘ (2016), ‘Flower of the Universe‘ (2018), and ‘The Big Unknown‘ (2018), the R&B icon – two years after she was confirmed to be recording new music –  is back with another offering unattached to a studio project: ‘Young Lion.’

“Young man / It’s been so heavy for you / You must have felt so alone / The anguish and pain / I should’ve known / With such a heavy burden / You had to carry all on your own / Forgive me, son,” she sings on the heart-tugging tune.

The proud mom of transgender son Izaak Theo Adu, ‘Lion’ comes as Sade’s contribution to ‘Transa‘ – a new compilation album by the AID/HIV relief charity organization Red Hot in support of trans and non-binary awareness.

Hear the new tune inside.

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Summer Walker is back!

Just days after dropping official news about her anxiously awaited third studio album, ‘Finally Over It,’ the GRAMMY-nominated R&B diva has unveiled the first listen to its lead single ‘Heart of a Woman.’

“Question is, why I do the things I do? / Answer I may never find, but I’ll always choose you / Wanna give up on you but, damn, I know I can’t / I put the blame on me for giving you chance after chance / In love with you, but can’t stand this,” Walker sings on the tune’s introductory verse.

An undoubted throwback to the days of 90’s R&B, hop inside to hear the Tavaras Jordan-produced slow jam.

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Megan Thee Stallion gives a nod to her Houston roots with the down-home video for her latest single ‘Bigger in Texas.’

One of many gems found aboard the October 25-release deluxe edition of her latest album ‘Megan,’ ‘Texas’ comes as the first taste of the previously unheard set of songs lining the revamp.

“I’m at the top of my game, I’m who they hate / This sh-t come with the fame, that’s how I knew that I made it / I woke up lookin’ this good, I’m in my prime, these n–gas gotta get played / If these b-tches ain’t mad, I need to go harder, I can’t let ’em think we the same,” she raps on the braggadocious track.

Arriving alongside a Julian Klincewicz-directed music video, hop inside to hear the latest from the Hot Girl Coach.

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Thanks in great part to inciting a Tik Tok craze with its viral dance, the Yuki Chiba-assisted ‘Mamushi‘ – found aboard Megan Thee Stallion‘s third studio album ‘Megan‘ – danced its way into history books when it cracked the Billboard Pop chart’s top 40.

To help it reach even higher Hot 100 heights, Meg’s tapped another Asian sensation – K-Pop princesses TWICE – for its official remix.

One of many gems listed on ‘Megan: Act II,‘ the October 25-released deluxe edition of the 3x GRAMMY winner’s latest album, hop inside to hear how the 9-member group did their thing on the updated version of ‘Mamushi.’

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Megan Thee Stallion trotted to her third consecutive top 5 opening on the Billboard 200 when her junior album, ‘Megan,’ debuted with the year’s highest-first week sales among female rappers (at the time).

And while the project slipped off the tally recently after a 15-week run, Stallion’s bid to have the self-titled set reclaim its former glory comes courtesy of a deluxe edition titled ‘Megan: Act II.’

Boasting 12 new tracks including the the top 40 smash ‘Neva Play‘ with BTS star RM, ‘Act II’ also shines with features from TWICE, Flo Milli, Spiritbox, and more.

Delivered just days ahead of the GRAMMY winner’s autobiographical documentary ‘In Her Words,’ hop inside to stream the repackaged version of ‘Megan’ courtesy of Spotify.

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Just weeks after making Billboard 200 history with her ‘Joker‘ specialty project, ‘Harlequin,’ GRAMMY and Academy Award-winning singer is looking to repeat the feat on the Billboard Hot 100 – this time with the first single from her long-awaited seventh studio album.

Titled ‘Disease,’ the haunting tune comes as promised after a series of cryptic social media messages that sent her beloved fans (affectionately called #LittleMonsters) into a frenzy.

“I could play the doctor, I can cure your disease / If you were a sinner, I could make you believe / Lay you down like one, two, three / Eyes roll back in ecstasy,” she sings over Cirkut & Watt production.

The inaugural taste of what’s set to come on her next album (due in February), hop inside to hear ‘Disease.’

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