Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us” was created to be a Drake diss, but it appears to have also become a party-starter in the Black community. In an interview with XXL, Mustard says he first heard the track alongside the public, refuting rumors that he helped get the Drake diss together.
“I made that beat on my manager’s birthday [April 6]. I sent [Kendrick] maybe three [beats] that day,” he recalled. “He just hearted it. I didn’t hear it ’til [the song] came out.”
Mustard says he was on the freeway when he heard the track and instantly starting getting texts from people who realized he was behind the beat. He called his manager to ask what he missed, found out Kendrick had dropped a song over the beat he’d created and went to take a listen.
“I started going crazy. I had a f*****’ Vegas show that night, so I played that s*** all the way to the f*****’ plane, got to Vegas, played it that night,” Mustard said. “It was f*****’ crazy, man. That’s some crazy s***.”
Though Mustard has some big records under his belt, he says he “never had a record with this kind of impact.”
“I feel like I’m just living in it right now. … [I]t’s an unexplainable feeling,” he tells XXL of the song’s success, adding he attributes being part of this historic moment to his faith.
“I feel really good about what this did,” he continues. “And I do feel like it should make people respect who I am.”
Mustard turned up with Kendrick onstage at the Pop Out concert Wednesday, where K. Dot performed their song a total of five times.
Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us” was created to be a Drake diss, but it appears to have also become a party-starter in the Black community. In an interview with XXL, Mustard says he first heard the track alongside the public, refuting rumors that he helped get the Drake diss together.
“I made that beat on my manager’s birthday [April 6]. I sent [Kendrick] maybe three [beats] that day,” he recalled. “He just hearted it. I didn’t hear it ’til [the song] came out.”
Mustard says he was on the freeway when he heard the track and instantly starting getting texts from people who realized he was behind the beat. He called his manager to ask what he missed, found out Kendrick had dropped a song over the beat he’d created and went to take a listen.
“I started going crazy. I had a f*****’ Vegas show that night, so I played that s*** all the way to the f*****’ plane, got to Vegas, played it that night,” Mustard said. “It was f*****’ crazy, man. That’s some crazy s***.”
Though Mustard has some big records under his belt, he says he “never had a record with this kind of impact.”
“I feel like I’m just living in it right now. … [I]t’s an unexplainable feeling,” he tells XXL of the song’s success, adding he attributes being part of this historic moment to his faith.
“I feel really good about what this did,” he continues. “And I do feel like it should make people respect who I am.”
Mustard turned up with Kendrick onstage at the Pop Out concert Wednesday, where K. Dot performed their song a total of five times.
With an album named Born in the Wild, it’s no surprise Tems‘ debut is going wild on the charts.
Billboard reports the project sold 16,000 equivalent units in the U.S. for the week of June 7-14, according to Luminate, making its debut as the #5 song on the Top R&B Albums chart. It also landed on the Billboard 200, entering at #56, with 11 of the album’s singles making their debuts on the U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart.
“Free Fall,” featuring J. Cole, lands in the fifth spot, giving it the highest debut from the album. But Tems’ highest-charting track from Born in the Wild — and the album’s most-streamed song this week — is “Love Me Jeje,” which made its debut on the chart prior to the album’s release. The track currently sits at #3 on the U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, which is based on streaming and sales; it garnered 3.2 million official U.S. streams this week.
Below is a list of all Born in the Wild tracks to debut on the U.S.-based Afrobeats Song chart. It should be noted that “Me & U,” also on the album, previously made its debut and currently sits at #6. Tems is also featured on Tyla‘s “No. 1,” which is now #18 on the chart.
#3: “Love Me Jeje” #5: “Free Fall,” featuring J. Cole #6: “Me & U” #12: “Wickedest” #13: “Get It Right,” featuring Asake #15: “Born in the Wild” #16: “Unfortunate” #17: “Gangsta” #20: “Forever” #22: “Hold On” #23: “Turn Me Up” #24: “T-Unit” #25: “You in My Face”
With an album named Born in the Wild, it’s no surprise Tems‘ debut is going wild on the charts.
Billboard reports the project sold 16,000 equivalent units in the U.S. for the week of June 7-14, according to Luminate, making its debut as the #5 song on the Top R&B Albums chart. It also landed on the Billboard 200, entering at #56, with 11 of the album’s singles making their debuts on the U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart.
“Free Fall,” featuring J. Cole, lands in the fifth spot, giving it the highest debut from the album. But Tems’ highest-charting track from Born in the Wild — and the album’s most-streamed song this week — is “Love Me Jeje,” which made its debut on the chart prior to the album’s release. The track currently sits at #3 on the U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, which is based on streaming and sales; it garnered 3.2 million official U.S. streams this week.
Below is a list of all Born in the Wild tracks to debut on the U.S.-based Afrobeats Song chart. It should be noted that “Me & U,” also on the album, previously made its debut and currently sits at #6. Tems is also featured on Tyla‘s “No. 1,” which is now #18 on the chart.
#3: “Love Me Jeje” #5: “Free Fall,” featuring J. Cole #6: “Me & U” #12: “Wickedest” #13: “Get It Right,” featuring Asake #15: “Born in the Wild” #16: “Unfortunate” #17: “Gangsta” #20: “Forever” #22: “Hold On” #23: “Turn Me Up” #24: “T-Unit” #25: “You in My Face”
Bad news for Tyler, the Creator fans: He’s dropped his headlining sets at both the Lollapalooza and Outside Lands festivals for an undisclosed reason.
“i hate saying this but i have to cancel lollapalooza and outside lands. i made a commitment that i can no longer keep, and that bums me out knowing how excited folks were. that is not sexy at all,” he wrote on the social platform X. “please please forgive me or call me names when you see me in person. love.”
Megan Thee Stallion will now replace Tyler at Lollapalooza, taking place Aug. 1-4 at Chicago’s Grant Park, and Sabrina Carpenter is the new headliner for Outside Lands, slated to go down Aug. 9-11 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
Kendrick Lamar and fans in LA celebrated Juneteenth at his Pop Out concert Wednesday, which also turned out to be a huge party for the city.
The Compton native tapped several LA stars to take the stage, including Dr. Dre, Tyler, the Creator, Steve Lacy, Mustard, Dom Kennedy, DJ Hed, Roddy Ricch and YG, and paid tribute to the late Nipsey Hussle. He then took the stage with a medley of his own hits, making sure to perform Drake diss songs “6:16 in LA,” “Euphoria” and “Not Like Us.”
Kendrick changed the lyrics to “Euphoria” to reflect Drake’s recent purchase of a Tupac ring, rapped about in Travis Scott‘s “Meltdown.” “Give me 2Pac ring back and I might give you a little respect,” he rapped, wearing an outfit similar to Tupac’s look at the 1994 Source Awards.
K.Dot then performed “Not Like Us” six times, bringing Mustard, who produced the beat, Russell Westbrook and others from the West Coast with him onstage to help him close out the show.
The big group consisting of gang members from different “sections” of the city took a picture with Kendrick, who noted it was a moment for LA to unite following the tragic deaths of Kobe Bryant and Nipsey Hussle.
“We been f***** up since Nipsey died. We been f****** up since Kobe died,” K. Dot said.
DeMar DeRozan, LeBron James, Westbrook and Rick Ross were among those in attendance.
The Weeknd has just passed a major musical milestone.
He’s earned two new RIAA Diamond certifications, making him the first Canadian artist to have seven RIAA Diamond-certified tracks. This also makes him only the third artist overall to have seven RIAA Diamond certifications.
The recognitions go to his smash-hit songs “Save Your Tears” and “Die For You.”
The Weeknd also received Platinum certifications for his 2023 tracks “Popular,” which features Madonna and Playboi Carti, and “One of the Girls,” which features JENNIE and Lily-Rose Depp.
Because of this, JENNIE is now the first female K-pop solo artist to earn a Platinum single from the RIAA. This recognition is also Depp’s first Platinum certification and Madonna’s first since her single “4 Minutes.”
Brandy stars in the A24 horror film The Front Room, for which a trailer has just dropped. In it, she plays one half of “a young, newly pregnant couple who is forced to take in an ailing estranged stepmother,” according to the logline.
“[I] can’t wait for ya’ll to see this. God you’re Awesome!!!! I trust you with my entire life. Thank you for this amazing opportunity to work with this unbelievable cast, crew, and the studio everyone wants to work with and of course my Eggers fam,” Brandy shared to her social media.
The film, based on Susan Hill‘s The Front Room, was written and directed by Max and Sam Eggers. Andrew Burnap, Neal Huff and Kathryn Hunter co-star.
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz are headed on tour to show the world their art exhibition. They’ll be presenting the Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, followed by more dates that will be announced at a later time.
“Our mission has always been about making art accessible to everyone and showcasing these GIANT artists. We realized quickly that meant this collection had to travel to communities across the country and the world. We are so pleased that Atlanta and the High Museum of Art is the first stop on the GIANT tour,” the couple said in a statement.
“ATL is an important part of my story since I went to Stone Mountain High, Redan High and Open Campus,” Swizz added. “I started DJing parties as a kid at Atrium and Club Flavors too! So, bringing Giants to the High is an Art homecoming for me!”
Giants, which first debuted at the Brooklyn Museum, will feature 115 items from the couple’s valuables, including artwork from multigenerational Black diasporic artists, like Nick Cave, Lorna Simpson, Kehinde Wiley, Deana Lawson and Ebony G. Patterson, that “explore the ways in which the featured artists and their work have grappled with societal issues, embraced monumentality and made a palpable impact on the art canon,” per a press release. Albums, musical equipment and BMX bikes will also be displayed.
Travis Scott was arrested early Thursday in Miami on charges of disorderly intoxication and trespassing, according to jail records.
Scott, born Jacques Bermon Webster, was booked at 4:35 a.m. local time, according to jail records. Jail records also note that he submitted a bond of $650 and was expected to be released.
Scott, 33, is set to kick off the European leg of his Circus Maximus Tour next week, starting with two performances in the Netherlands on June 28 and June 30.
He is then set to tour all across the continent throughout July and the beginning of August before heading to Brazil on Sept. 13 to perform at the Rock in Rio music festival.
ABC News has reached out to Scott’s representatives for comment.
Scott was also involved in a fight at a nightclub where he was performing in New York City on March 1, 2023, with the New York Police Department issuing an arrest warrant for the star. He allegedly punched a sound engineer who was working at Club Nebula and damaged $12,000 in sound equipment, according to police.
Scott’s lawyer, Mitchell Schuster, at the time called it “a misunderstanding being blown out of proportion by clickbait and misinformation.” Scott reportedly reached a settlement with the club and was never arrested.
