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Deliberations in the murder-for-hire case stalled on a digital-evidence request while Durk's lawyers fight to get more of a 2023 interview in front of jurors.
Don't Look Down opened at 99,000 units, almost all of it streaming. That's the Rod Wave floor, and nobody else has one like it.
His first No. 1 becomes 2026's most-streamed rap album — right as the tour's second leg launches.
As reported, jury selection is set for Aug 10 in Las Vegas as Davis maintains his innocence.
The streamer-rapper's new single and Nick Mays-directed video turn a stream gag into a real rollout.
The Chicago singer's third album, executive-produced by DJ Dahi, leads the Aug 7 slate.
A rising name and rap's most influential weirdo trade energy on a buzzing new single.
Kai Cenat and IShowSpeed run their Hardcore Minecraft marathon back on August 7 — but this time the stream doesn't end until all four bosses are dead, not just the Ender Dragon.
Lil Uzi Vert got rained out of Lollapalooza, crashed Major Lazer's set, and surprise-dropped the Maverick "Almost Forever" EP — which shot straight to No. 1 on Apple Music's Hip-Hop/Rap chart.
TDE's dark masterpiece turns 10, and Q is running it back city by city this fall.
A 26,600-square-foot warehouse becomes the base for the internet's most relentless creator.
Ye pulled a record crowd in Istanbul, and the Bully tour's European stadium run reloads at the end of August. Report it straight - the numbers are the story.
Post-Streamer University, the numbers say Kai Cenat ran July without breaking a sweat.
The Bully world tour lands at Estadio Algarve on August 7, Ye's first show in Portugal since 2011, part of a European stadium run.
Twista and Young Roddo join Chance for a hometown night at the historic Ravinia Festival.
Storms killed the Lollapalooza slot. Uzi answered with 'Maverick "Almost Forever"' and a Major Lazer crash.
Over a DJ SwanQo beat, Cardi turns a braggadocious flex into her first solo record since the sophomore album.
Her first single since 'Am I The Drama?' racks up 923K streams on day one and takes the U.S. iTunes rap crown.
Pusha T and Malice turned a rain-delayed Sunday into the set of the weekend. Outside Lands is next.
Ye brings the Bully world tour to Almaty Central Stadium on August 14 - his first major concert in Kazakhstan, and the biggest live-music moment Central Asia has seen.
Producer Medasin says a detection model flagged '$TARFACE' cut 'AFFECTION' as 'likely AI.' Tyga's camp hasn't responded.
A hoax 911 call sent deputies to Blueface's home mid-stream. He was detained, then released - no one was hurt.
A 1:1 retro of 50 Cent's 2003 Reebok sneaker lands August 20 — and rap's most reliable feud fired right back up.
Ye announced his first-ever Indonesia concert, the only Southeast Asia stop on the Bully tour, set for Jakarta on October 24 with the spinning globe stage.
A 7-bed, two-acre Cooper City estate - bought outright - marks Young Thug's post-trial Florida reinvention.
The Bully tour isn't a concert, it's a planetarium. Ye's 50-foot globe stage drew about 118,000 people in Istanbul.
38 Spesh premiered an AraabMUZIK-produced diss aimed at Jim Jones, Fat Joe and Jadakiss - live at the Prudential Center.
Universal dates 'Snoop' for August 6, 2027 - Jonathan Daviss stars, Craig Brewer directs, Death Row Pictures leads.
Ross' 12th album opens at No. 45 with 17K units. 50 Cent threw a party. Rozay called it 'propaganda.'
Doja Cat named Latto special guest for the North American leg of Tour Ma Vie - 31 cities, Detroit to the Garden.
Ye ran the Bully tour through Madrid's Estadio Metropolitano on July 30 - his only Spain stop - and now the run turns back toward the U.S. stadium dates.
50 says the Street Fighter theme puts Eminem next to unreleased 2Pac vocals - vault material, not AI, estate-approved.
The Real Me opens at No. 1 with 131K units, giving Future the third-most No. 1 albums of any rapper ever.
After their 'Compton Forever' Verzuz, The Game confirms YG features on The Documentary 3 - 22 years after the original.
The Bully run adds Caesars Superdome on August 28 - one of the biggest rooms in the country, on U.S. soil.
At LIV Beach in Vegas on July 25, 50 Cent worked Diddy's reported prison fight into his set — the latest jab in a 20-year feud.
Stove God Cooks and Chello over Conductor Williams — the official record for Nigel Sylvester's Air Jordan 4. The sneaker and the song are the same story.
SLAYR, Chris Patrick, SoSoCamo, LA Reezy, Hurricane Wisdom and Miles Minnick spit over DJ Drama — the cypher already past 2M views.
50 assembled a Street Fighter theme around a real vault 2Pac verse and an Eminem feature. The most improbable posse cut in years.
Two of the biggest names in streaming turned a bit into a timeline-owning event — and teased another marathon.
A West Coast Verzuz turned into a celebration — Travis Barker popped out, and a Documentary 3 team-up got born.
Spesh walked onto the Summer Jam stage and fired at Jim Jones, Fat Joe and Jadakiss at once. Bars-first New York beef is back.
Hov's 30th-anniversary run sold fast enough to bolt on second nights in LA and London. The catalog is still stadium-sized business.
Rick Ross released Set In Stone on July 17 — a 19-track, feature-stacked return, his first album in five years and the home of “Maybach Music VII.”
Q confirmed a 12-song album called Thank Que — reportedly his first written and recorded fully sober. The follow-up to 2024’s Blue Lips, no date yet.
A Jadakiss verse that never came became a jab, a Harlem warning, and now a four-front dispute with Fat Joe, Jim Jones, and DJ Khaled in the crossfire.
His 10th solo album lands July 10 with the single 'Radio.' He's not doing humble.
Big Glo's first solo single of the year is a Memphis-on-Memphis link — ice-cold, video out, Shiesty back in rotation.
Pharrell's front row in Paris is where hip-hop, the NBA's next face, and luxury keep shaking hands.
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