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Inspired by the lyrics of the rapper’s classic ‘8 Mile’ track, the 45-second spot titled ‘One Opportunity’ features footage from the presidential hopeful’s rally in his native Michigan.

Nov 3, 2020
AceShowbiz – Rapper Eminem has given U.S. presidential hopeful Joe Biden permission to use his classic “8 Mile” track for a new campaign ad, which debuted on Monday (November 02), on the eve of the general election.
The 45-second spot’s title, “One Opportunity”, is inspired by the lyrics of “Lose Yourself” and features images of people voting, as well as footage from Biden’s rally in Eminem’s native Michigan.
Eminem has shared the new ad on Twitter, adding the caption, “One opportunity… #Vote.”

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It’s a big step for the rap star, who successfully sued New Zealand’s National Party campaign managers for sampling the song for a political ad back in 2014.
Eminem has always been vocal about his opposition to Biden’s opponent, current U.S. leader Donald Trump – he criticized the businessman-turned-politician in his song “Campaign Speech” and attacked Trump in a freestyle during his song “Framed” at the BET Awards.
Eminem isn’t the only artist who has given his permission for his song to be used for political purpose. Taylor Swift recently let U.S. politician Eric Swalwell use her music in a new ad aimed at boosting voter turn-out ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
The pop star’s track “Only the Young” features in the latest ad for the Democrat’s Remedy PAC organization, which also features a quote about voter suppression from vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris. The video includes a montage of powerful social and political scenes that took place within the past four years under current President Trump’s first term.

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When the country everybro Luke Combs released his album “What You See Is What You Get” a year ago, it became a streaming blockbuster — a rare trophy in Nashville, which has lagged behind most other genres in the shift to streaming.With “What You See Ain’t Always What You Get,” a reissued version of that album, Combs has proved just how much he has learned from pop and hip-hop stars in driving clicks online. The new version opened at No. 1 on Billboard’s latest chart, with the equivalent of 109,000 sales in the United States, according to Nielsen Music; about 70 percent of that total was derived from the album’s 102 million streams.Lesson 1: Give your album another shot on the charts with a “deluxe” version. Reissues with added songs have become hip-hop’s most effective new gimmick, used by Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, Nav, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie and others to extend the sales streaks for recent LPs. The new version of “What You See” has six tracks that were not on the original album.Lesson 2: Promote on TikTok. Again and again. Combs has two million followers on the bite-size video app, which has become the industry’s most reliable hit generator, whether that means Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” or Fleetwood Mac’s 43-year-old “Dreams.” Combs has been seeding the new version of “What You See” on TikTok for months, posting versions of his new songs, including “Forever After All,” which this week also opens at No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart, just behind Ariana Grande’s brand-new “Positions.”Those tactics helped Combs get the most streams of any country album in a week, breaking the record he set last year. For a sense of just how far country music has come with streaming, before Combs, that record was held by Gene Autry — who died in 1998 but whose album “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Other Christmas Classics” had racked up 44 million streams during the 2018 holiday season.In addition to streams, “What You See” sold 22,000 copies as a complete package, and in an era of cratering single sales, songs from the album sold a remarkable 109,000 copies on download stores like iTunes.Also this week, Bruce Springsteen’s “Letter to You,” his first new album with the E Street Band in six years, opened at No. 2 and the rapper Ty Dolla Sign started at No. 4 with his new LP, “Featuring Ty Dolla Sign.”Two posthumous rap albums that have been steady hits since July continue to hold strong on the chart, with Pop Smoke’s “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon” at No. 3, and Juice WRLD’s “Legends Never Die” at No. 5. More

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Though the ‘Rags2Riches’ hitmaker seems to be okay despite the scary incident, fellow hip-hop star Sukihana and others blast Internet trolls who accuse the overweight rapper of causing the stage collapse.

Nov 2, 2020
AceShowbiz – Rod Wave survived a stage collapse over the weekend. The rapper and his entourage were walking down the stage during a concert in Atlanta on Halloween night, Saturday, October 31, when the stage underneath them crashed down.
The “Rags2Riches” hitmaker just came out after being introduced to perform at Morris Brown College. He barely sang his song when the stage collapsed while he and his crew had a big walkout to get to the front of the stage.
Rod himself took to Instagram to share a video of the incident, showing several people falling into a hole created by the busted stage. The 21-year-old artist, meanwhile, did not end up in the vacated pit, but he did fall down nonetheless.
He was pulled up with some assistance after the fall and seemed to be okay as he was able to joke about the incident afterward. “PIMP DOWN I REPEAT PIMP DOWN,” he wrote in the caption of the video he shared, before deleting the post.

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As concertgoers were holding up their phones and filmed the incident, footage of the stage collapse from different angles has gone viral on social media. But instead of worrying about Rod, some made fun of the rapper and appeared to blame him for the stage crash.
“BRO. Maneee HE JUST GOT HERE,” one person wrote along with a clip from the incident. “tryna fall like rod wave in somn rn,” another joked, while someone else quipped, “They should’ve ‘weighted’ until 2020 was over smh.”
“If I was him , I wouldn’t even go on another stage that’s mad embarrassing,” a fourth user commented on a video of the incident. “this is the funniest thing i’ve ever seen in my life,” another wrote, while someone else exclaimed, “DAMN HE A BIG BOY.”
Fellow hip-hop artist Sukihana clapped back at the trolls, writing on Twitter, “I seen bout 30 people fall and the only one y’all talking about is Rod wave.. y’all always tryna make fun of fat people.” Another agreed with her, “People just love to talk s**t. That’s not the first time a floor fell threw at a college.”
“Exactly Rod Wave wasn’t the reason the stage collapsed at all,” another chimed in. “It was a whole rack of bodies that went on stage with him and the problem was whoever made that flimsy cardboard stage needs to be accounted for because when the surface came up we all saw how ironboard thin it was.”
The concert was canceled after the stage collapsed.

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Prior to this, the Atlanta hip-hop star angered Busta after he turned down his rap battle invite, claiming that the Brooklyn-bred rapper was too old to go against him in a song battle.

Nov 2, 2020
AceShowbiz – Busta Rhymes believes that T.I. should be grateful for not going against him in a “Verzuz” battle. During his appearance on Hot 97’s “Ebro in the Morning”, Busta claimed that he would easily beat down Tip, who previously turned down his challenge for a song battle.
“Let’s be clear. You said that you didn’t think me and T.I. would be a good ‘Verzuz’,” Busta told Ebro in the Friday, October 30 episode. “Direct response to that: Neither do I. It would be uncivil, that a**-beating.”
Referring to Fat Joe, Busta went on to say, “But what I’m saying is, I never asked to do a ‘Verzuz’ with T.I. That’s my brother and I love him, but I never asked to do a ‘Verzuz’ with him. Joe Crack was telling me that I see what was going on between him and [50 Cent]. And when 50, you know, kind of brushed him off, did I also hear this thing that T.I. was expressing about his issues with New York MCs.”
“[Joe] asked me if the opportunity to do a ‘Verzuz’ against T.I., would I do it? Motherf**king right,” Busta said on Hot 97. “And that don’t just go for T.I., that goes for any artist from any timeframe, any era of hip-hop.”

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“T.I., it is intriguing to me that you have such a concern with New York MCs,” the Brooklyn-bred rapper said. “I wanna understand what that’s about. But, from one brother that loves you to my brother that knows I love him, I’m begging you to step in the ring with me. I’ma bust yo a** … Come on T.I., let’s have fun.”
“I worked hard throughout these years, man, and I’ve been very consistent throughout these years. And I speak from a place of pride,” he continued. “I’m speaking from a place of being very clear of the fact that I’ve earned my right … to be very, very confident. I’m not speaking from a ‘stroking my own ego’ place, but I don’t think anybody can actually have a problem with me actually stroking my own ego if I chose to. Because I’ve earned it–justifiable so. Bust anybody’s ass on any stage, don’t matter who was the lineup … Bust anybody’s a** on whatever record that I had to be on….”
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Prior to this, T.I. turned down Busta’s rap battle invite because the latter was too old. “Busta’s one of the most phenomenal talents of our time, man,” Tip responded to the challenge. “I salute and respect Busta a whole lot. I just think the generational gap might be a little too much.”
Busta was quick to hit back at Tip. “It’s okay to let people know that you backed down from this ‘Verzuz’ offer. It’s okay, Tip. You’ve ‘respectfully declined.’ I guess that’s the fancy way to say that you turned down this ‘Verzuz’ battle,” the Brooklyn rapper said in his video. “You want to talk about generational gap? That’s a very respectful way of not saying that you don’t really want to sit in the smoking section with me and that you actually just turned down the opportunity to do this ‘Verzuz’ battle with me. It’s cool, Tip. You can say it, King of the South!”

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The Slipknot frontman rules various rock charts as he offers a glimpse into his life and shares his personal struggles with his solo debut album ‘CMFT’.

Nov 2, 2020
AceShowbiz – Corey Taylor launched his solo career this year and reintroduced himself with debut album “Corey Mother F**king Taylor” or better known as “CMFT”. It pushed the 46-year-old vocalist to step out of his comfort zone.
“It’s basically me taking the p**s out of my public persona and making fun of people who think they know exactly who the f**k I am,” so the father of three explained to Metal Hammer.
His experiment paid off. Released in October, the album debuted at the first place on Billboard’s Current Hard Rock Albums chart while climbing up to the second position on the Current Rock Albums, reaching No. 6 on Vinyl Albums, and entering at No. 9 on the Top Albums charts.
The compilation of 13 brand new tracks also propelled the rocker to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Songwriters chart following the release of his two singles “Black Eyes Blue” and “CMFT Must Be Stopped”. He additionally reigned the US Mainstream Rock chart with the lead single.

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Offering a mixture of blues and country infused rock tracks, “CMFT” is unlike Corey’s past music with Slipknot and Stone Sour. It offered a personal look into his life as he shared his dream, inspirations as a kid, as well as struggle with addiction and depression.
In “HWY 666”, he goes all the back to when he was just a young boy as he digs into his childhood journal. “This started as two verses written in a notebook when I was about 16 years old. There’s a little bit of Thin Lizzy, The Charlie Daniels Band and Pantera in there,” he explained.
He also touched upon his love life. In “The Maria Fire”, he gave “a very heartfelt vaya con dios” to a former lover.
As for his tribute to his wife in “Home”, he spent nearly three years to perfect it. “This the first song I wrote about Alicia. I wrote it on the guitar but it lacked that intimacy and personal feel. So I spent two and half years teaching myself how to play piano,” he revealed.

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Meanwhile, rapper Ty Dolla $ign scores his highest charting album ever and his first Top 10 album with ‘Featuring Ty Dolla $ign’ which debuts at No. 4 in this week’s chart for Billboard 200.

Nov 2, 2020
AceShowbiz – Luke Combs gets back on the top of Billboard 200 chart with his album “What You See Is What You Get”, marking its second week to rule the chart. The increase follows a reissue of its deluxe on October 23 as he also sets a new weekly streaming record to the country singer’s album.
“What You See Is What You Get” jumps 20 spots to No. 1 after earning 109,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending October 29, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Of the number, 76,000 were SEA units with 22,000 comprising the album sales. Meanwhile, 11,000 of the number were in TEA units. The album also breaks its own record for the largest streaming week for a country album after gaining 102.26 million weekly streams.
Back to the chart, Bruce Springsteen’s new album “Letter to You” arrives at No. 2 with with 96,000 equivalent album units earned. Additionally, it marks the top selling album of the week, debuting at No. 1 on the Album Sales chart. Meanwhile, Pop Smoke’s “Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon” falls from No. 2 to No. 3 with 61,000 equivalent album units.

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As for Ty Dolla $ign, he gets his highest charting album ever and his first Top 10 album with “Featuring Ty Dolla $ign” which debuts at No. 4 with 44,000 equivalent album units. Occupying No. 5 is Juice WRLD’s “Legends Never Dies” which dips one spot after earning 42,000 equivalent album units.
This week’s chart also sees 21 Savage and Metro Boomin’s collaborative album “Savage Mode II” sinking from No. 3 to No. 6 with 36,000 equivalent album units. As for Lil Baby’s “My Turn”, the album is stationary at No. 7 with 35,000 units earned.
Also a non-mover at this week’s Billboard 200 chart is “Hamilton: An American Musical”, which still occupies No. 8 with 29,000 equivalent album units. Machine Gun Kelly’s former No. 1 “Tickets to My Downfall” is at No. 9 with 28,000 units. Rounding out the Top 10 is Harry Styles’s “Fine Line” which jumps back in to the Top 10 after earning 27,000 equivalent album units.
Top Ten Billboard 200:
“What You See Is What You Get” – Luke Combs (109,000 units)
“Letter to You” – Bruce Springsteen (96,000 units)
“Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon” – Pop Smoke (61,000 units)
“Featuring Ty Dolla $ign” – Ty Dolla $ign (44,000 units)
“Legends Never Die” – Juice WRLD (a little over 42,000 units)
“Savage Mode II” – 21 Savage and Metro Boomin (36,000 units)
“My Turn” – Lil Baby (35,000 units)
“Hamilton: An American Musical” – Various Artists (29,000 units)
“Tickets to My Downfall” – Machine Gun Kelly (28,000 units)
“Fine Line” – Harry Styles (27,000 units)

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