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    Kanye West Vows to End Racism in Tribute Song to Late Mother

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    The ‘Stronger’ rapper releases ‘DONDA’, which is presumed to appear on his forthcoming album ‘God’s Country’, in loving memory of his mother who passed away of cosmetic surgery complications.
    Jul 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Kanye West paid tribute to his late mother Donda on Sunday, July 12 with a new track, vowing to “end racism once and for all”.
    The rapper took to Twitter to debut the tune, titled “DONDA”, which is dedicated to his mum, who passed away in 2007 of complications from cosmetic surgery at the age of 58. The song is presumed to appear on Kanye’s forthcoming album, “God’s Country”.
    “In loving memory of my incredible mother on her birthday,” tweeted the 43-year-old rapper, who uploaded a coinciding music video featuring footage from his childhood.

    Kanye West paid tribute to his late mother through ‘DONDA’.
    In the opening of the track, Kanye’s mother can be heard reciting the lyrics to rapper KRS-One’s hit “Sound Of Da Police”, as a gospel-style track plays in the background.
    As she continues to read, several clips play, including footage of a printing press with superimposed video of a concerned looking African-American woman, clips of a young African-American boy peddling up a hill on his bicycle, and footage of an African-American mum walking with her children.
    The video also shows numerous black people living their lives in a country abroad, before the clip switches to film of Kanye roaming a beach.
    In the lyrics of the song, Kanye vows to “start a revolution”, with the star, who recently announced he’s to run for President of the U.S. this year, adding: “Y’all had your fake leaders, don’t worry we got it / it only takes 21 days to break a habit.”
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    He also addresses his mum directly, rapping: “Momma I need you to tuck me in / I done made some mistakes and they rubbed them in / I know you and Grandma had enough of them / Why I gotta be so stubborn, then?”.
    The song concludes abruptly with the husband of Kim Kardashian explaining how he hopes “to end racism once and for all”.

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    Pop Smoke's Posthumous Album Lands Atop Billboard 200 Albums Chart

    Trailing behind ‘Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon’ is ‘Hamilton: An American Musical’, which occupies No. 2 with 102,000 equivalent album units, thanks to the July 3 streaming premiere of the filmed version of the Broadway show.
    Jul 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Pop Smoke’s label pays tribute to the slain rapper with a posthumous album titled “Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon” which successfully debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The set earns 251,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending July 9, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
    Off the number, 190,000 are in the form of SEA units (268.44 million streams). Meanwhile, 59,000 are in album sales with 3,000 in being TEA units. The album, which was released on July 3 via Victor Victor Worldwide/Republic Records, marks Pop’s first studio album, following a pair of mixtapes: “Meet the Woo, V.1” and “Meet the Woo, V.2”. The latter peaked at No. 7 on the Feb. 22-dated chart.
    “Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon” also serves as the first posthumous No. 1 album since XXXTentacion’s “Skins” which opened atop the chart dated December 22, 2018. Additionally, Pop’s new album is the fourth largest streaming week of 2020. The first biggest debut week is still held by Lil Uzi Vert’s “Eternal Atake” (400.42 million streams) which is followed by the second week of “Eternal Atake” (348.72 million streams) and the debut frame of Drake’s “Dark Lane Demo Tapes” (269.10 million streams).
    Back to the Billboard 200 chart, “Hamilton: An American Musical” occupies No. 2 with 102,000 equivalent album units, thanks to the July 3 Disney+ streaming premiere of the filmed version of the Broadway stage show. Meanwhile, Lil Baby’s “My Turn” slips from No. 1 to No. 3 with 62,000 equivalent album units. As for DaBaby’s former No. 1 “Blame It On Baby”, it falls from No. 3 to No. 4 with 36,000 units.
    Also decreasing this week is Post Malone’s “Hollywood’s Bleeding”, which shifts down from No. 4 to No. 5 with just under 36,000 units. The Weeknd’s “After Hours” dips one spot from No. 5 to No. 6 after earning a little more than 29,000 equivalent album units with Harry Styles’ former leader “Fine Line” following at No. 7 with 29,000 units.
    Rounding out the chart are Polo G’s “The Goat”, Lil Uzi Vert’s “Eternal Atake” and Lil Durk’s “Just Cause Y’all Waited 2”. “The Goat” is at No. 8 with 28,000 units, while “Eternal Atake” descends from No. 8 to No. 9 with 27,000 equivalent album units. As for “Just Cause Y’All Waited 2”, it closes the top 10 with 27,000 units, backtracking from No. 2 to No. 10.
    Top Ten Billboard 200:
    “Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon” – Pop Smoke (251,000 units)
    “Hamilton: An American Musical ” – Various Artist (102,000 units)
    “My Turn” – Lil Baby (62,000 units)
    “Blame It on Baby” – DaBaby (36,000 units)
    “Hollywood’s Bleeding” – Post Malone (under 36,000 units)
    “After Hours” – The Weeknd ( little more than 29,000 units)
    “Fine Line” – Harry Styles (29,000 units)
    “The Goat” – Polo G (28,000 units)
    “Eternal Atake” – Lil Uzi Vert (27,000 units)
    “Just Cause Y’all Waited 2” – Lil Durk (27,000 units)

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    Motley Crue and Papa Roach to Headline Virtual Better Noise Music Festival

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    Five Finger Death Punch, Awolnation, Bad Wolves, Escape The Fate and The Hu have also been recruited for the July 16 event that raises funds for the Global Recovery Initiatives Foundation.
    Jul 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Motley Crue, Papa Roach, and Five Finger Death Punch are set to rock out for the virtual Better Noise Music Festival.
    Officials at the Better Noise Music label have also recruited Awolnation, Bad Wolves, Escape The Fate, and The Hu, among others, to appear as part of Thursday’s (July 16) event, which will feature both live sets and previously-unseen archived performances.
    “While the world is wondering what unexpected event will befall us next, Better Noise is kickstarting the summer with a virtual music festival that will feature some of the biggest names in rock music,” organisers share in a statement.

    The show, hosted in collaboration with bosses at streaming platform LiveXLive, will also raise funds for the Global Recovery Initiatives Foundation, which provides “critical support services for those in early recovery from substance use disorder.”
    Tune into the festival from 6 pm EST on YouTube and Facebook, where fans can also find out more information about the event.

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    Artist of the Week: Jack Harlow

    The Louisville rapper explodes with his bouncy song ‘Whats Poppin’, conquering the internet, dominating the charts, and earning recognition within hip-hop community.
    Jul 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – It seems summer 2020 belongs to Jack Harlow. The Louisville rapper is everywhere, dominating the internet and Billboard music charts. Starting selling his CD in middle school and playing sold-out venues in high school, he got his major breakout with his single “Whats Poppin”.
    Produced by JetsonMade & Pooh Beatz, the masterminds behind one of 2019’s biggest hip-hop songs “Suge”, “Whats Poppin” is such a bob with feel-good lyrics. Released in January before pandemic hit the United States, it quickly went viral during the lockdown after grabbing the attention of TikTok lovers.
    As countless homemade fun clips using the song popped up nonstop online, the track is steadily rising on the charts. It additionally earned the Private Garden star recognition from big rappers. The likes of Lil Wayne, Tory Lanez, and DaBaby jumped on the remixed version.
    With the additional boost from those heavyweight names, the song climbed to a new height on the charts. It rose from No. 8 to No. 2 on Hot 100, vaulted from No. 5 to No. 2 on Streaming Songs with 34.1 million streams, reached No. 11 on Digital Song Sales, and peaked at 23 on Radio Songs.
    However, the 22-year-old rapper who was signed by DJ Drama and Don Cannon to their Generation Now label imprint wanted his music to last beyond the warm season. He wanted to produce a classic so he continued to learn and broaden his horizon.
    “I’m really taking this time to try and absorb stuff I never absorb. There’s hit songs from the ’70s and ’80s. I don’t know that everyone knows, so I’m going back and every day I’m doing my research,” so he explained in an interview with Revolt.
    “I’m listening to a lot of older music. I’m listening to a lot of ’70s music. A lot of David Bowie, Hall & Oats, and Marvin Gaye. I’ve really been doing my studying because there’s a lot of music that’s iconic to people and shifted cultures that I missed out on,” he said.

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    Azealia Banks Begs Fans Not to Stream Debut Album Because Her Label 'Steals' the Profits

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    Even though ‘Broke With Expensive Taste’ has accumulated more than 200 million streams, the rapper alleges that all the money goes to Prospect Park’s chief executive, Jeff Kwatinetz.
    Jul 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Azealia Banks is fighting for her rights. Over the weekend, the rapper took to Instagram to ask her fans not to stream her debut album, “Broke With Expensive Taste”, because all the profits are going to go to her label Prospect Park’s chief executive, Jeff Kwatinetz, instead of her or any producers involved in the project.
    She admitted to being in “deep pain” for asking her fans such a thing, but it’s something that she has to do. “The pain I feel right now is so deep. I lost ‘212’. I worked so hard on that record. But every stream goes into his pocket,” so Azealia said. “I have the master drive and will figure out a way to press physicals so you can enjoy the music and I can pay the producers the royalties they have been waiting for six years for.”
    In another post, she shared screenshots of Jeff’s e-mail to her that found him promising not to put his interest ahead of his artist. “I assure you I only stepped in to do that to be helpful and to solve problems in front of us,” he said at one point in the lengthy mail. “My goal was to insure the best marketing and promotion as I truly believe if done right money made in touring, endorsement and other pursuits will dwarf the record money.” In the caption of the post, Azealia called his mail “the original lie.”

    Not stopping there, the “Anna Wintour” rapper later followed it up with another post warning her fans of what Jeff might do in the future. “He will most likely try to press more physicals. Do not purchase them,” she said. “Only when they are available via ME will you actually be able to support myself and the producers involved. Do not buy them via Spotify, Amazon, eBay or any other site until I give you the word.”

    “Broke With Expensive Taste” was released in November 2014. Receiving positive reviews from music critics, it debuted at No. 30 on Billboard 200.

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    Louis Tomlinson Leaves Simon Cowell's Record Label

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    The ‘Walls’ singer announces he parted ways with Syco, making him the fifth and final One Direction alum to leave the company owned by their former mentor in ‘The X Factor U.K.’
    Jul 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Louis Tomlinson has parted ways with Simon Cowell’s record label Syco.
    The 28-year-old singer took to Twitter on Saturday (11Jul20) to reveal the split, which makes him the fifth and final former One Direction star to depart their former “The X Factor U.K.” mentor’s company.
    “Hope everyone is doing ok! Just wanted to let you know that Syco Music and I have agreed to part ways,” Louis tweeted. “I’m really excited for the future and to be back in the studio writing the next album. Can’t wait to finally see you all on tour!! Stay safe and see you soon, Louis x.”
    Louis and One Direction first signed with Syco after finishing in third place on the 2010 season of the TV talent contest and released five hit albums under the banner.
    When the “Midnight Memories” hitmakers went on hiatus back in 2015, however, Louis was the only member to stick with Syco while Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, and Niall Horan all signed with different labels.
    Louis released his debut album, “Walls”, through Syco earlier this year, peaking at number four in the U.K. and landing in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S.

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    We the Fest Heading Online With Migos and 'The Best of Music, Arts, Fashion and Food'

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    The music and arts festivity is going virtual for the first time amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic with the guest performers including the rap trio Takeoff, Offset, and Quavo.
    Jul 12, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The annual We the Fest gathering, due to feature Migos and Cheat Codes, is going virtual for the first time amid the coronavirus crisis.
    The event had been booked for 14 to 16 August (20) in Jakarta, Indonesia but, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the bash is headed online instead, in line with several other events worldwide amid the pandemic.
    In an announcement on social media, organisers announced that the virtual event will bring together “the best of music, arts, fashion and food right to your screens.”
    This year’s festival intended to have a star-studded line-up, with acts including Migos, Cheat Codes, Alextbh, Isyana Sarasvati, Sheila on 7, and more confirmed to perform.
    While the virtual line-up has yet to be announced, fans can pre-register for the event here: wethefest.com.

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    Chrissie Hynde Recycles The Pretenders' 1999 Track

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    The female rocker lends her voice as a background vocals for the retitled song ‘Human on the Inside’ to give songwriter Shelly Peiken a career boost ahead of album release.
    Jul 12, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Chrissie Hynde has revisited her 1999 The Pretenders track “Human” to give songwriter Shelly Peiken a career boost.
    Peiken co-wrote the track with Mark McEntee from the Divinyls, who released the tune in 1996 under the title “Human on the Inside”, and now she has re-recorded “Human” with Hynde on background vocals.
    “To have a legend who writes mega-hits of her own, record your song, is something that doesn’t happen for a songwriter every day… if ever,” Peiken told Guitar Girl Magazine. “I saw Chrissie backstage at the Hollywood Bowl earlier this year, and she confessed that the reason she cut Human is that it sounded more like The Pretenders than the material she was writing at the time.”
    “Now I’m excited to be releasing a version of my own. And the icing on the cake is that Chrissie is singing backing vocals with me!”
    Peiken is also the songwriter behind hits like Christina Aguilera’s “What a Girl Wants” and “Come on Over Baby”, Meredith Brooks’ “B**ch”, Mandy Moore’s “I Want to be With You”, and “Who Are You” by Jessie J. She has also penned songs for artists such as Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, and Britney Spears.
    “Human” will feature on her first solo album, “2.0 etc.”, on which she revisits a number of her biggest hits.

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