As if the 2021 Grammy Awards weren’t surprisingly good already, Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B took the stage to perform “WAP” at the awards ceremony. Right after Megan Thee Stallion tore through “Savage,” Cardi B arrived onstage flanked by dancers and fog. Confetti fell to the stage as the …
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Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s “WAP” spent a fourth non-consecutive week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. With 34.1 million streams, Cardi B’s single maintained a commanding lead over Drake and Lil Durk‘s “Laugh Now Cry Later” (Number Two, 23 million streams) and 24kgoldn …
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“Laugh Now Cry Later,” the latest triumphant single from Drake, debuted at Number One on the Rolling Stone Hot 100 Songs chart. The track, which includes a guest verse from Lil Durk and a video packed with high-powered athletes, amassed more than 52 million streams and more than 20,000 downloads. …
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Jimmy Kimmel has a brand-new edition of his “Mean Tweets” segment, this time featuring all musicians. The late night host tapped everyone from Billie Eilish to Chance the Rapper to Luke Bryan to Lizzo for the clip, which is hilarious. Eilish goes first, reading a tweet that says “Billie Eilish …
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Ellen DeGeneres dressed up as Cardi B for Halloween, rechristening herself “Cardi E,” and then got a surprise dance lesson from the rapper on Ellen Thursday. The bit opened with DeGeneres emerging in an absolutely bonkers outfit featuring some comically augmented breasts that prompted several goofy one-liners like “I’m Cardi …
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This week was all about the all-star collaborations. Fat Joe locks in Anuel AA and Cardi ‘La Cardi’ B on Spanglish track, “Yes”; Tito El Bambino, Pitbull and El Alfa run wild in “Imagínate”; and Piso 21 recruits Christian Nodal on “Pa’ Olvidarme de Ella.” In case you missed it, …
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During a banner year for EDM and Latin pop collaborations, DJ Snake is the latest producer to connect with artists of the Latin American music diaspora. “I wanted to make a reggaeton hit,” DJ Snake explained toBillboard on Thursday of “Taki Taki.” He initially sent the track to Ozuna, but …
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For a song that starts off painfully real – “Should I call first? I can’t decide/ I want to, but a bitch got pride” – the video for “Ring” is delightfully surreal. Cardi B raps about the emotional heft of having no missed calls from the inside of a floating …
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When Cardi B teams up with SZA to announce, “I think us bad bitches is a gift from God,” hearing is believing. The Bronx queen’s long-awaited debut Invasion of Privacy is even better than everybody was hoping it would be, a whirwind tour of Planet Cardi, a place where female …
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