Apr 11

XXXTENTACION Reportedly Suing Woman For Fraud & Defamation

After an old video of XXXTENTACION appearing to hit a woman emerged online last month, the alleged victim in the clip said she waited so long to speak out because she was “terrified” for her life.

Now, the “Look At Me!” rapper is suing the woman for fraud and defamation, according to TMZ. In a new lawsuit, X claims the woman is lying about her initial statement and trying to extort him for $300,000.

X’s manager allegedly reached out to the woman shortly after she posted the video but her grandparents called back to ask what X would do to “make everything good.”

The woman’s grandparents reportedly said X threw a BB gun at the woman’s face prior to the slap seen in the clip. In the court doc, the Broward County, Florida native says she was threatening to hold a news conference about his frequent violence toward women.

X is currently facing multiple felony charges stemming from a 2016 domestic violence case that includes kidnapping and witness tampering.

Despite his polarizing public persona, X’s music continues to do well. His most recent project, ?, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, marking his first chart-topping album.

HipHopDX reached out to X’s team but didn’t hear immediately hear back.

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Apr 11

Mysterious Hackers Briefly Change Titles Of Drake & Cardi B Videos On YouTube

A group of hackers exploited a potentially dangerous hole in VEVO and YouTube’s security, changing titles of several notable videos, such as Drake’s “God’s Plan” and Cardi B’s “Bartier Cardi.” The hackers change a variety of popular videos to different variations of “hacked by Kuroi’sh  Prosox.”

A few of the videos also added Shade and Akashi IT as accomplices, suggesting some additional manpower. A Twitter user with the handle ProsoxW3b claimed responsibility and said the hacking was done for fun.

Luis Fonsi’s smash-single “Despacito,” which surpassed five billion plays just days ago, was also briefly erased. Initially, hackers merely changed the still image to a scene from Netflix’s Money Heist (also known as La Casa de Pape) with the caption ”Free Palestine.” But soon after, it was taken offline altogether.

Prosox didn’t take responsibility for deleting “Despacito.” However, the Twitter user did note “if we would like to harm your customers we would delete all the video[s].”

The titles for the various videos have since been corrected and “Despacito” has been restored.

Article source: http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.46471/title.mysterious-hackers-briefly-change-titles-of-drake-cardi-b-videos-on-youtube

Apr 10

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Weeknd Runs Away With #1 Spot

The Weeknd didn’t need much promo to secure his third consecutive #1 debut on the Billboard 200. The hit-making singer’s My Dear Melancholy EP continued his hot streak despite its abrupt release. Elsewhere on the chart for the week ending April 5, Rich The Kid’s inaugural LP performed well enough to reach #2.

The Weeknd’s “My Dear Melancholy” EP Takes Top Spot

my dear melancholy,

A post shared by The Weeknd (@theweeknd) on Mar 29, 2018 at 8:55pm PDT

At the end of March, The Weeknd surprised fans by teasing a brand new project and dropping it a few days later. Despite the lack of major promotional campaign, his fans supported his My Dear Melancholy in droves and helped it reached #1 on this week’s Billboard 200.

The EP moved 168,570 total album equivalent units with 68,480 coming in pure album sales. His total numbers beat out his closest competition by over 100,000 units, and he may not be done yet following another tease.

Read HipHopDX’s review.

Rich The Kid’s First Album Lands At #2

Made the world mine ??

A post shared by Rich The Kid (@richthekid) on Apr 2, 2018 at 9:48am PDT

Rich The Kid’s debut album, The World Is Yours, landed at #2 in its first week on the chart. The Rich Forever Music founder’s LP achieved the feat by raking in 59,095 total album equivalent units.

The inclusion of the Kendrick Lamar-assisted “New Freezer” and popular single “Plug Walk” certainly helped the streaming numbers (74,278,829 in total) for Rich. The World Is Yours sold 6,413 in pure sales, so most fans were listening through their streaming service of choice.

Check out DX’s review.

DJ Esco’s Future-Assisted “Kolorblind” Cracks Top 40

Bring It Out!

A post shared by DJ ESCO (@escomoecity) on Apr 8, 2018 at 12:23pm PDT

DJ Esco’s Kolorblind project was the third-highest Hip Hop debut of the week, but it was nowhere close to The Weeknd and Rich The Kid’s releases. Despite Future’s heavy presence on Esco’s latest work, Kolorblind was all the way down at #38 in its first week.

Billing it as a collaborative project with Future — similar to 2016’s Project E.T. — probably would’ve bolstered sales, especially since the Freebandz boss is featured on every song. For his first week, the “Coolest DJ In The World” garnered 12,632 total album equivalent units.

Top 10 Billboard 200 Rap RB Albums For The Week Ending 04/05/2018

Note: The first number below is this week’s “total album equivalent units” count, an intersection of album sales, single sales, and streams implemented by Billboard’s new rating system. A pure album sales figure is available in bold in parenthesis and information about each album’s streaming count is available in brackets.

1. The Weeknd — My Dear Melancholy — #1 — 168,570 (68,480) [140,817,851]
2. Rich The Kid — The World Is Yours — #2 — 59,095 (6,413) [74,278,829]
3. XXXTENTACION — ? — #3 — 56,945 (3,430) [74,545,984]
4. Various Artists — Black Panther: The Album — #6 — 43,345 (5,573) [49,638,313]
5. Migos — Culture II — #7 — 40,975 (2,679) [51,613,367]
6. Post Malone — Stoney — #8 — 28,612 (2,313) [35,741,490]
7. Logic — Bobby Tarantino II –#10 — 26,654 (2,589) [34,282,811]
8. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN. — #15 — 19,624 (3,401) [22,569,192]
9. Khalid — American Teen — #17 — 19,213 (2,044) [23,405,293]
10. Bruno Mars — 24K Magic – #18 — 18,619 (4,872) [15,031,631]

Article source: http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.46455/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-weeknd-runs-away-with-1-spot

Apr 10

Nicki Minaj Tweet & Delete Leads To Album Release Theories

Nicki Minaj, who has recently been praised by both Birdman and Jack White, is no stranger to whipping the web into a frenzy with rogue — almost cryptic — posts. Sunday (April 8), she set off yet another storm of wild speculation, breaking her self-imposed social media absence to tweet “4,” before promptly erasing it.

#TweetAndDelete: #NickiMinaj tweeted for the first time since last year quickly deleted it…What y’all think “4” means? ???

A post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) on Apr 8, 2018 at 3:41pm PDT

Fans quickly began to speculate that it had something to do with the release of her highly anticipated fourth album, with some wondering if the number referred to four days, meaning it drops at midnight on April 13th. Others were less optimistic but speculated that it could apply to an album release in April (the fourth month).

Whatever it means, Barbz Twitter collectively lost its mind.

Whether the tweet is, in fact, forecasting a release (or was merely fired off accidentally), it heightened anticipation for the new LP, which would be her first release since 2014’s The Pinkprint.

Article source: http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.46456/title.nicki-minaj-tweet-delete-leads-to-album-release-theories

Apr 10

Drake Celebrates “God’s Plan” Becoming His Longest-Running #1 Single

Drake hit yet another career milestone recently, with “God’s Plan” becoming his longest-running #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The cut — which appears on the Toronto rapper’s two-track Scary Hours EP — has now topped the chart for the past 11 weeks, surpassing the 10-week reign of his 2016 single, “One Dance.”

“God’s Plan” debuted at #1 on February 3. It becomes the first single in over 20 years to spend its first 11 weeks at #1, equaling the nearly three months Puff Daddy and Faith Evans’ “I’ll Be Missing You” spent at the top of the chart in 1997.

There are only two singles to have spent more than their first 11 weeks at #1. “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men from 1995 currently holds the record for spending its first 16 weeks at #1.

Drizzy hit Instagram on Monday (April 9) to celebrate the news of his single’s continued success, sharing two images from the track’s video shoot.

11 WEEKS ?

A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on Apr 9, 2018 at 6:07pm PDT

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A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on Apr 9, 2018 at 6:12pm PDT

The video to “God’s Plan” — which was filmed in South Florida earlier this year — features Drake giving away nearly $1 million to those less fortunate. It currently has more than 358 million YouTube views since its February 16 release.

The visual did, however, receive criticism from some quarters. Peter Rosenberg of Hot 97 was one such critic, questioning Drake’s intentions.

“Is it a little bit cheap to use those emotions of, ‘Look at this person in need getting something good,’ and transfer those emotions onto yourself?” Rosenberg asked. “I don’t know the last time I saw a four-minute montage of, ‘Look at all the nice things I do.’”

A short while before unveiling the video to “God’s Plan,” Drake hit Instagram to call his charitable work in Miami, “the most important thing I have ever done in my career.”

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