Cardi B's 'Coronavirus' Rant Remix Lands on the Billboard Charts

John Oliver has found the latest target for his coronavirus ire: Amazon.

By Bruce Haring

Streams of Fountains of Wayne’s catalog of songs jumped significantly in the days since the death of one of its founding members, songwriter and bassist Adam Schlesinger, on April 1 due to complications from the coronavirus. From April 1-4, the band's music earned 3.5 million U.S. on-demand streams, according to Nie

Although the late Bill Withers spent barely a dozen years as an active performer -- from the early 1970s through the mid-'80s, before becoming sufficiently dispirited about the music industry -- his songbook and legacy has endured thanks to a slate of covers, interpolations and re-workings of his most famous tunes.Withers died Monday of heart complications at age 81 in Los Angeles.

Cardi B's "Coronavirus" rant remix hit closer to home for the artist when she told fans via Instagram Live on Thursday (April 2) that she'd been feeling really sick.

The Weeknd’s album After Hours has hit the Billboard 200 in a big way.

The word “viral” has new meaning in the age of coronavirus, but not before DJ iMarkKeyz received the biggest look of his career: a remix of Cardi B’s coronavirus rant that went, well, you know. 

The remix of Cardi B's "Coronavirus rant" by DJ iMarkkeyz has been sweeping TikTok, with users making their own skits and dances to the beat.

Cardi B’s buzzy Instagram rant about coronavirus is now headed for the Billboard charts.A remix of her rant, produced by DJ iMarkkeyz, is aiming for a debut on a number of charts next week, including the all-genre Digital Song Sales tally and R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales.

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Cardi B’s rant on Instagram about Coronavirus was probably the first candid celebrity reaction about the deadly Pandemic. The 27-year-old rapper totally freaked out about the health crisis that originated in China but is now haunting the entire world. She shared the post on March 11 and it went viral within hours. The video ended up inspiring various memes and was even turned into remix tracks, one of which, according to the rapper, is now trending on iTunes. And now, she wants her check.

"Coronavirus! I'm telling you, sh-- is real!" Cardi B famously warned her fans just last week on Instagram in a panicked PSA. And her outburst is music to the Internet's ears after producers transformed it into a flurry of remixed melodies.

With a remix of Cardi B's coronavirus rant becoming a viral hit, The Bronx MC is now looking to recoup on her contributions.Looking to get "her coins," Cardi expressed her surprise regarding the rapid ascension of the explosive tune on Instagram."The fact that this damn coronavirus song is charting on iTunes. Hold on … let me hit the DJ up and [her record label] Atlantic so I can get my damn coins," she wrote.Shortly after Cardi's initial post, the song crescendoed, rocking to No.

Although Vanessa Hudgens faced a lot of criticism for her March 17 Instagram live video complaining about the Coronavirus, she did receive a lot of support from Chrissy Teigen. On the same day of the former High School Musical star’s, 31, video, Chrissy, 34, took to her own Twitter account to defend Vanessa.

Last week, Cardi B went viral with a video showing her flamboyantly expressing her fear of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Her video inspired remixes from artists like iMarkKeys, and his song "Coronavirus" is now rising on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap chart.