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One person was shot and critically wounded at a concert headlined by rapper Lil Baby in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday night, police and local media said.

Lil Baby celebrated his birthday with a hometown Atlanta show this week (December 27), being joined on stage by J. Cole and Quavo for the occasion.It was the third year in a row that the rapper has thrown a gig at the city’s State Farm Arena.

Thania Garcia It’s the end of the year and Vevo has crunched the numbers to find out which music videos and artists saw the highest viewership on the platform. After releasing multiple albums, touring the world with record-breaking numbers and launching a concert film, Taylor Swift was named Vevo’s “Most Watched Artist” in the United States with nearly 650 million views in 2023. According to the music video network, during the “Eras Tour,” Swifties across the country tuned in to view Swift’s content on Vevo — this includes videos for “All Too Well: The Short Film” (+333% lift in U.S.

Lil Baby concert last month (September 7).Last month, The Memphis Police Department said on social media that officers had responded to a report of a shooting at 10:23 p.m. at 191 Beale Street, which is the address of the FedEx Forum, where Lil Baby was playing.According to a police press release, the show was cancelled immediately after the shooting and the venue evacuated.

Lil Baby show in Memphis, Tennessee, last night (September 7), police and local media have said.The Memphis Police Department said on social media that officers had responded to a report of a shooting at 10:23 p.m. at 191 Beale Street, which is the address of the FedEx Forum, where Lil Baby was playing.A male victim was taken to hospital and is no longer in a critical condition.

Lil Yachty has given some insight into Drake‘s upcoming album ‘For All The Dogs’, revealing that it will see him dealing “with some controversial things”.After months of teasing, Drake confirmed this week that the new album will land on September 22. Meanwhile, in August, he revealed its cover art, which was drawn by his son Adonis.Now, Lil Yachty has shed light on what fans can expect from the record in a new interview on his A Safe Place podcast with MitchGoneMad.“It sounds current, you know? It sounds very current,” he said.

Thania Garcia The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) — a collective of Black creators, activists and influential leaders dedicated to addressing racial inequality in the music industry — has announced its third annual Gala will take place on Sept. 21 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. This year’s event, presented by Live Nation, will be produced by Primary Wave Music and Jesse Collins Entertainment with Collins and Dionne Harmon serving as the gala’s executive producers.

Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian participated in an informative visit at the California State Prison, Los Angeles County in Lancaster, California, on Monday.The stars, along with leaders of the REFORM Alliance, including the organization's co-chair, Michael Rubin, were joined by Gen-Z influencers and entertainers who are part of the Future Shapers Advisory Council to meet and speak with inmates about their experiences in the criminal justice system.Kim, Khloe, rapper Lil Baby, influencers Dixie, Heidi and Marc D’Amelio, Hannah Jackson, Rondo Bonilla, Sophia Kianni, Zander Moricz, Jack Wright, REFORM Alliance Chief Advocacy Officer Jessica Jackson, and California Assembly member Matt Haney listened to the incarcerated men speak about their life behind bars, and the events leading up to their time in prison.The group also had the opportunity to discuss ways the system could better support safety and rehabilitation. Getting a first look at one of the rehab services, the group toured the program's Paws for Life program.Kim, who has been vocal about her support alongside Michael to bring awareness to those wrongfully convicted and criminal justice reform, spoke about the inspiring day.«It’s always an honor to be able to visit the men and women living behind our prison walls,» she said in a statement.

Lil Baby will embark on a lengthy 32-date run of live shows this summer. The Atlanta rapper has announced details of the It's Only Us tour, which begins at Houston's Toyota Center on July 26 and runs until September.

Jenna Ortega, Dwayne Johnson, Dove Cameron, Miranda Cosgrove, Olivia Rodrigo and Kelly Rowland are among the star-studded talent confirmed to appear at the 2023 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, TheWrap can exclusively report. The live event, which will air Saturday at 7 p.m.

Rolling Loud Festival is dropping into Inglewood, CA’s The Lot at Hollywood Park for three huge, rap-packed days featuring some of the genre’s biggest names like Playboi Carti, Travis Scott and Future.They’ll be joined by fellow headliners like Kodak Black, Trippie Redd, Lil Uzi Vert, 2 Chainz and Lil Baby who are all set to spit over the course of the weekend as well.That’s not all though.Legends like Lil Wayne AND Soulja Boy will be there, too.To be honest, we’re just getting started — over 100 major acts are booked over the course of the three-day extravaganza.We haven’t even mentioned City Girls, Tyga, Don Toliver, Ski Mask The Slump God and Fivio Foreign are also on the bill.And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.Make sure to act fast though.Last-minute tickets are available but just for a short time.While we couldn’t find single-day passes, three-day passes can still be scooped up for $285 before fees on Vivid Seats.All prices were found at the time of publication and are subject to fluctuation.As mentioned earlier, over 100 hip-hop acts are set to perform over the course of the long weekend.Rather than list them all, we recommend you check out Rolling Loud’s expansive poster below.A post shared by Rolling Loud (@rollingloud)After hip-hop Christmas comes a season that doesn’t stop giving.Here are just five of the biggest hip-hop tours you won’t want to miss over the next few months.• Wu-Tang Clan with Nas• Lil Wayne• Legendz of the Streetz with Rick Ross• A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie• FutureWant to see who else is on the road? Check out our list of the 52 biggest concert tours here.

Lil Baby just dropped his new album It’s Only Me and he's in a celebratory mood in the "Stand On It" video. "Stand On It" charts Baby's rise from "Shootin' dice and selling weed" to a world of private jets and hero worship.

Stormzy blazes straight into the Official Trending Chart at Number 1 this week with latest cut Hide & Seek.

The 1975 lead an all-new Top 5 in the race for this week’s Official Albums Chart Number 1 with Being Funny In A Foreign Language.

Lil Baby has opened up about how he coped with the pressures of becoming successful, explaining that in the early days of his fame, the rapper found himself in a “dark spot”.The revelation came in an interview with fellow rapper Big Loon, with Lil Baby – real name Dominique Jones – appearing on his podcast The Experience. Around halfway into their hourlong chat, Loon and Jones spoke about how a position of influence can affect a young rapper’s psyche; asked outright if he enjoyed his life, Jones said: “Yeah.

Ahead of the release of his next album, It’s Only Me, on October 14, Lil Baby has shared a new single from the project called “Heyy” along with its cover art and tracklist. If you read it in a text message, the word “Heyy” could come off as shy or even noncommital.

This winter the FIFA World Cup 2022 will take place in Qatar amid a backdrop of complaints over everything from human rights to fixture congestion. Somehow in the middle of the soccer madness is Lil Baby, who has recorded the official anthem of the tournament, "The World Is Yours To Take." The inspiration song, designed to convince soccer players like Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe that they can triumph, remixes Tears For Fears' 1985 hit "Everybody Wants To Rule The World." Check it out below.

Lil Baby has shared a new single titled ‘The World Is Yours To Take’, heavily sampling Tears For Fears’ 1985 classic ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’.The song is shaped around the lead melody of the Tears For Fears track – one of the Bath outfits most iconic – with Lil Baby rapping about ambition and personal triumph over it. In the first verse, he spits: “I’m by far one of the hardest workers / Real firm believer in “practice make perfect” / You can gather all the water, stay thirsty / Took a lot to get us here / We broke curses.”It comes as part of a collaboration between Lil Baby and American beer brand Budweiser, and was released as the latter’s official anthem for this year’s FIFA World Cup.

Crowds at Vancouver's Breakout Festival caused thousands of dollars worth of damage after it was announced that headliner Lil Baby would not be performing, Global and CTV reports. Lil Baby was due to headline the Sunday night (September 18) of the two-day event at Vancouver's Pacific National Exhibition Amphitheatre but pulled out at the last minute, with organizers stating that the rapper was "too sick" to take to the stage.

Lil Baby cancelled his headline slot at the Breakout Festival in Canada.The rapper’s performance was pulled due to illness at 9.30pm local time last night (September 18), 30 minutes before the Vancouver festival was due to close.As a result, videos from the event following the announcement appeared to show attendees ripping down tents, throwing bins, toppling refrigerators, breaking tables and raiding a drinks tent.Police said seven people were arrested for breach of the peace and a criminal investigation has been launched, reports the Vancouver Sun.Riot at the pne and @6ixAdemiks re tweeted me first so he gets footage Best in Vancouver cauze lil baby didn’t show pic.twitter.com/EEuEDCkxPJ— vancity (@vancity2023) September 19, 2022Lil Baby apologised for pulling out earlier today (September 19), writing on his Instagram Stories: “I would like to start off by saying I truly apologise Vancouver, Canada, the Breakout Festival, and to everyone who was in attendance! I have been going so hard these past few months without any breaks that it finally caught up with me. And my body completely shut down.

Lil Baby has announced his third studio album, ‘It’s Only Me’ – listen to new single ‘Detox’ below.The record, which will follow on from 2020’s ‘My Turn’, is due to arrive on October 14 via Motown.“I know it’s been a long time coming but I’m coming harder and harder,” Baby wrote on social media to share the news of the forthcoming LP, adding the hashtag “#worththewait”. He also posted the official artwork for ‘It’s Only Me’.The painting-style cover depicts the present-day Lil Baby sitting in front of a Mount Rushmore-esque mountain face that boasts carvings of the artist at four different stages of his life.

Less than a month after splitting the bill with Drake on “Staying Alive,” an early August single from last week’s blockbuster DJ Khaled LP God Did, Lil Baby has returned with a new solo cut called “Detox.” The track comes with a video co-directed by the Atlanta rapper himself, with help from Ivan Berrios. The new song finds Lil Baby flowing consistently for two-and-a-half minutes, delivering a money-over-fame message atop a choir-sampling Nick Papz trap beat.

EJ Panaligan editor Atlanta rapper Lil Baby has announced his third studio record “It’s Only Me” on his Instagram Friday, sharing the album art along with its October 14 release date.A post shared by @lilbaby “I know it’s been a long time coming but I’m coming harder and harder,” Lil Baby wrote. His last solo studio album was “My Turn,” which dropped in February 2020 and has since been certified quadruple platinum. In 2021, he released “The Voice of the Heroes,” a collaborative 18-track record with Chicago emcee Lil Durk. The album cover features a Mount Rushmore-style depiction of Lil Baby’s different life stages in a similar expressionist painting style that began with “My Turn.” The goats from his 2020 album cover have begun growing horns in the “It’s Only Me” cover, a not-so-subtle indication of where Lil Baby believes his rap career is heading.

wore the ultimate Barbiecore ensemble to perform a show-stopping medley of her greatest hits featuring “All Things Go,” “Roman's Revenge,” “Monster,” “Beez in the Trap,” “Chun-Li,” “Moment 4 Life,” “Super Bass," “Anaconda,” and “Super Freaky Girl.” Dressed entirely in pink from head to toe, the performance marked her first at the VMAs in four years. Among the fellow artists Minaj thanked for giving her “huge opportunities” that she'll “never forget” were Kanye West, Beyoncé, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Eminem, Britney Spears, and Rihanna.Ahead of her acceptance speech, Minaj wore the ultimate Barbiecore ensemble to perform a show-stopping medley of her greatest hits.In addition to her Video Vanguard nod, was also nominated in this year's competitive Best Hip Hop category for her collaboration with rapper Lil Baby, “” Since her debut in 2010, Minaj has been nominated seventeen times and won five times at the VMAs.

Drake is giving a shout-out to a budding artist on Instagram.

DJ Khaled has dropped new song "Staying Alive," a collaboration with Drake and Lil Baby, alongside a big budget video. Check that out above.

DJ Khaled has shared ‘Staying Alive’, a Drake and Lil Baby-assisted single lifted from the producer’s upcoming album.‘Staying Alive’, the chorus of which interpolates the 1977 Bee Gees song of the same name, sees Khaled refresh the old school disco classic with sparse production and sharp hi-hats. Khaled lists the Bee Gees — Robin, Andy and Maurice Gibb — as lyricists on the new track.For their part, Drake and Lil Baby switch flows before delivering an auto-tuned rendition of the titular original on the new song’s hook.

Drake just dropped his new music video for “Sticky”.

Travis Scott has shared his first song as a primary artist since last November, teaming up with NAV to deliver the Lil Baby-assisted ‘Never Sleep’.The song – produced by Tay Keith and Grayson, with co-production from Mike Dean – serves as the lead single from NAV’s upcoming fourth album, ‘Demons Protected By Angels’, which according to a press release, will be “coming soon”.He and Scott share the song’s chorus, rapping: “Geeked, never sleep / Stretch a hundred to millions in weeks / Got her runnin’ and ridin’ for me / Where it’s sunny we gotta retreat / Straight from London, she out in the East / Let her shop and she keep the receipts / Don’t you tell him you got it from me / After this, I’ma need therapy.“I been buildin’ up my legacy / Hundreds on hundreds, on fold / I been up so far, somewhere / Stuck at the top and it’s nowhere to go.”Take a look at the lyric video for ‘Never Sleep’ below:Aside from an uncredited guest feature on Kanye West’s ‘Donda 2’ cut ‘Pablo’, Scott has had a relatively quiet year on the release front. Back in April, though, he appeared on the single ‘Hold That Heat’ alongside Future and 808 Mafia producer Southside.

Nav has reached into his rolodex of contacts and called on Travis Scott and Lil Baby to appear on his latest single "Never Sleep." The song will appear on Nav's new album Demons Protected By Angels, which is "coming soon" according to press materials. "Never Sleep" was produced by Tay Keith and Grayson, with co-production from Mike Dean.

Lollapalooza Festival.Chicago’s very own music extravaganza welcomed the heavy metal icons for an unforgettable performance of their greatest hits for the first time since their last appearance at the festival in 2015.The band even gave a special shoutout to Netflix’s hit show “Stranger Things” which helped introduce an entirely new generation to Metallica’s music.The show famously featured the band’s hit track “Master of Puppets” in season 4, which instantly went viral and racked up millions of listens on streaming platforms.And none other than frontman James Hetfield expressed gratitude to the show’s producers for feating the track.“Forty-one years to still be up here kicking your asses and you still kicking ours … we were born to do this and we’re glad we’re still doing it,” Hetfield told the crowd before asking how many first-timers were in the audience.

Lollapalooza Festival is set to kickstart on Thursday through Sunday, and the grand list of performers is definitely something to scream about.With some of the biggest names in music taking to the many stages in Grant Park, Ill., there’s something for everyone to break out their best dance moves.Thursday’s line-up sets the tone for a music-filled few days, with none other than rapper Lil Baby and iconic heavy metal band Metallica headlining on Day 1.Also joining Thursday’s star-studded line-up is electronic music king Zhu, known for his mega hits such as “Cold Blooded,” “Faded” and “Working For It.”Tove Lo and Jazmine Sullivan are also set to take to the main stage Thursday.And if you thought Thursday’s line-up is hard to top, Day 2 might have you second-guessing.Music fans will be able to rock out to Machine Gun Kelly’s pumped-up tracks on the main stage, as he and singer Dua Lipa are Friday’s headliners on their respective stages.Other acts include rockers Royal Blood, and rapper Don Toliver who will take to the main stage ahead of MGK.R&B songstress Tinashe will be vibing out with the crowd during her hour-long set. “Heat Waves” hitmakers Glass Animals will also be performing, taking to the stage just before “New Rules” singer Dua Lipa.Starting the weekend off strong on Saturday is a host of musical acts that need no introduction.With the one and only J.

Lil Baby has shared the trailer for his new documentary – Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby. Check it out below.The film charts the rapper’s rise from someone who never dreamed of rapping to his current status as a generation-defining rap artist. The film will arrive on Amazon Prime on August 26.In the trailer, which is directed by Karam Gill, Drake can be seen praising the rapper.

The2022 BET Awards are here to honor Black excellence across music, television, film and sports! Some of the biggest celebs turned out for the big occasion.

2022 BET Awards are here to honor Black excellence across music, television, film and sports! Some of the biggest celebs turned out for the big occasion.This year's awards show was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and hosted by Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress Taraji P. Henson for the second year in a row. Last year, Henson used her hosting position to honor some iconic Black women who have had an impact on pop culture with a memorable opening monologue and various ensembles that honored and celebrated the styles and looks of some groundbreaking artists.

Ellise Shafer The BET Awards are back for their 2022 edition, with Taraji P. Henson hosting Culture’s Biggest Night for the second year in a row. The show airs live on BET Sunday night at 8 p.m.