Hitmaker of the Month: Writer-Producer 30 Roc on Hitting No. 1 With Roddy Ricch’s ‘The Box’

Roddy Ricch​’s Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial continues its sustained success on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set returns to the top (rising 2-1) for a fourth nonconsecutive week at No. 1.

A Boogie Wit da Hoodie returned Friday (Feb. 14) with his third album Artist 2.0, an ode to his debut 2016 project Artist, which dropped on Valentine's Day four years ago.

Welcome to the This Week in Billboard News podcast, where Jordyn Rolling, Billboard News host and producer, and Gary Trust, Billboard senior director of charts, dive into the week's biggest music news stories. This week, delve into Roddy Ricch's rise, as the rapper spends a fi

During his Billboard cover shoot, Roddy Ricch took some time to play Fishing For Answers, as he shared his favorite Kobe Bryant memory, discussed the inspiration behind his chart-topping single “The Box,” and more.Pulling questions out of a fish bowl, Ricch is asked to share his best memory of Kobe Bryan, to which he names the time when the basketball star scored 81 points in a game. “Me and my grandpa watched that game together,” he says.

Roddy Ricch's "The Box" spends a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.Plus, Tones and I's "Dance Monkey" ascends to the Hot 100's top five, rising from No.

Roddy Ricch’s “The Box” has gained massive popularity since the release of Roddy’s debut album, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial. It’s spent a total of four weeks sitting at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and even sparked a slew of viral memes around the song’s “EHH-ERR” sound. Genius recently sat down with 30 Roc and Dat Boi Squeeze, the producers of the hit single, to break down how it all came together.

Meek Mill penned "Letter to Nipsey" with Roddy Ricch especially for the Nipsey Hussle tribute performance at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards. Following the show, the song debuted at No.

Roddy Ricch tops Billboard's Hot 100 Songwriters chart (dated Feb. 8) for a third week.He boasts five songwriting credits on the Billboard Hot 100, all on songs on which he has artist billing, led by "The Box," which spends a fourth week at No.

Roddy Ricch's "The Box" logs a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.Meanwhile, Maroon 5's "Memories," at No.

Roddy Ricch’s Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a third nonconsecutive week, while Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? vaults back into the top three after Eilish’s big night at the Grammy Awards.The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S.

Roddy Ricch returns to the top spot on the Billboard 200 with his debut album, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial. According to Billboard, his third nonconsecutive week at No. 1 racked up a little under 95,000 album-equivalent units. Streams helped Ricch leapfrog back to the top, as 92,000 SEA units comprise the bulk of his units.

Toronto-based producer and DJ Ryan Hemsworth shared a 4-track project on Saturday, Roddy Ricch Remixes, adding his dancefloor-ready touch to tracks like "Roll Dice'" and "Racks in the Middle."

The wins continue to pile up for Roddy Ricch in 2020. The Compton native invaded the East Coast on Wednesday (Jan. 29), where he brought his No. 1 hit "The Box" to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, serving as the night's musical guest. 

One of the most moving moments of a largely subdued Grammys came during the Nipsey Hussle tribute featuring Meek Mill, DJ Khaled, John Legend, and more. Meek Mill has now gone one step further, recruiting Roddy Ricch for new song "Letter to Nipsey." Atlantic Records has confirmed that all proceeds will benefit Nipsey Hussle’s family.

Roddy Ricch's "The Box" posts a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.Meanwhile, Eminem's "Godzilla," featuring Juice WRLD, blasts onto the Hot 100 at No.

Several of Nipsey Hussle’s close collaborators paid tribute to the late rapper during a performance at the 2020 Grammy Awards. Millidelphia and Roddy Ricch debuted a new song titled “Letter to Nipsey.”

Several of Nipsey Hussle’s close collaborators paid tribute to the slain rapper during a performance at the 2020 Grammy Awards. YG, Roddy Ricch, and Meek Mill each took the stage, while DJ Khaled and John Legend played Nipsey’s first posthumous song, “Higher.”

Tonight at the 2020 Grammys, Meek Mill, DJ Khaled, John Legend, YG, Roddy Ricch, and Kirk Franklin all took to the stage for a tribute to the late rapper Nipsey Hussle. The performance opened with Meek and Roddy before transitioning into “Higher,” DJ Khaled’s song with Nipsey and John Legend. YG, donning all red, appeared on stage to perform afterwards.

Roddy Ricch kicked off 2020 by beating out the likes of Justin Bieber for the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100—and it turns out that his hit single, “The Box,” was the last song he made for his debut album, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial.

The atmosphere was hot when the producer Samuel Gloade, known by his moniker 30 Roc, concocted the beat for the eventual Roddy Ricch hit “The Box." Literally. “The studio was like 80 degrees because the A/C went out,” he explains, speaking to Billboard from his Atlanta-area studio.