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Submit questions about Billboard charts, as well as general music musings, to askbb@billboard.com. Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the United States. Or, reach out on Bluesky. Let’s open the latest mailbag. Hi Gary, “20 Cigarettes” by Morgan Wallen has debuted at No. 20 on the latest Billboard Hot 100. If that’s its high, it will join the list of songs whose titles include the number where they peaked, such as Prince and the New Power Generation’s “7” and so many others. I also see that Wallen has a…

Diddy’s legal team grilled his former assistant, Mia, on Friday (May 30), using her past social media posts to challenge her abuse allegations. AllHipHop.com Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. Get our daily email for exclusive, breaking news, and weekly digests, all curated for the true Hip-Hop enthusiast. Stay connected and informed with the heartbeat of Hip-Hop culture. Subscribe now! Subscribe A woman testifying against Diddy faced off in tense court testimony on Friday (May 30) as his high-profile attorney, Brian Steel, worked to discredit her testimony. The former assistant, known only as “Mia,” has accused the Hip-Hop…

Image Image Credit Jeff Hahne / Contributor via Getty Images Hip Hop has seen its fair share of tragedies. The untimely deaths of several prominent rappers have created a void in the music industry and in the hearts of fans worldwide. Whether it was by a drug overdose, fatal shooting or just being at the wrong place at the wrong time, these artists were taken way too soon — often at the height of their careers. The passing of Nipsey Hussle, Mac Miller and Young Dolph not only signified a loss of talent but also highlighted the often-harsh realities and…

Wrapping it all up A huge thank you to HWIN for sharing his insight into making MIDI instruments feel alive and expressive. His approach – prioritizing real-time performance, dynamic articulations, and Kontakt’s powerful expression tools – proves that virtual instruments don’t have to sound robotic. Whether it’s shaping contrast through subtle timing variations or using multi-mic blending for depth, his techniques highlight the importance of human feel in digital production. What stood out most was his emphasis on performance over perfection – capturing the imperfections that make a track feel real rather than chasing a quantized, sterile sound. His process…

APU Software has released a real-time equal-loudness contour plugin and standalone application for Windows and Mac.APU Loudness Contour offers precise control over a wide range of perceptual loudness contours, including ISO 226 (2003 & 2023), Fletcher-Munson, K-weighting, A/C-weighting, ECMA-418, and ITU-R 468.Each contour is normalized to 0 dB at 1 kHz and includes a dedicated contour weight parameter, allowing you to scale the frequency response in both positive and negative directions. A weight of 0% results in a flat response, while negative weights invert the contour. ISO 226 and Fletcher-Munson curves support variable reference levels from 20 dB SPL to…

The mogul purchased the pop star’s six-album catalog for upwards of $300 million in 2019. Scooter Braun & Taylor Swift Al Pereira/Getty Images; Gilbert Flores for Billboard When Taylor Swift first slammed Scooter Braun in a Tumblr post heard ’round the world, nobody was prepared for one of the biggest feuds in music history to unfold over the coming months — much less the reverberations it would cause in the industry for years afterward. Though officially beginning in 2019 — when the pop star first put former label boss Scott Borchetta on blast for selling her catalog to the SB…

Although Pusha T cut ties with Ye a few years ago, it seems the Donda artist is missing his old collaborator.Ye took to X early Friday morning (May 30) to write, “I miss me and Pusha’s friendship.”Ye’s message arrives on the same day Clipse marked their return to music with the new single, “Ace Trumpets,” produced by Pharrell. The track will appear on Clipse’s upcoming album, Let God Sort Em Out.Push, who was once G.O.O.D. Music’s president, alludes to Ye on the track, appearing to mock his YZY brand with a line about long shipping times. Pusha also seems to…

Singomakers has released a new sample pack inspired by TNT, Restricted, Nicolas Julian, Luciid, Vortek’s, Kø_lab, Holy Priest and the next wave of Neo Rave & Hard Techno headliners. The royalty free Neo Rave pack contains 1.89GB of loops and one shots for your music productions.Neo Rave has exploded from underground sweatboxes to the main stages of Tomorrowland, Awakenings and Time Warp in under a season.Driven by nuclear-grade kicks, screeching synths and rap-infused hype vocals, it fuses Hard Techno, Rawstyle, Hard Dance and Hardcore into one unstoppable groove. This pack distils that sound into a polished, royalty-free arsenal for producers…

Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” is No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart for an 11th consecutive week on Friday (May 30). In the 2020s, only one other song has enjoyed a comparable run at the summit: Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits” ruled for 11 weeks in 2021, the longest streak in the decade so far. Warren was previously tied with Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (2022), Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” (2023) and Dave and Central Cee’s “Sprinter” (2023), all of which earned 10-week stays on the charts. Only six songs boast longer stints at No. 1 in the U.K. since records began.…

While discussing the West Coast-East Coast beef of the ’90s on the latest episode of the podcast Joe and Jada, Fat Joe recalled the time Ruff Ryders Entertainment saved his life during a visit to Los Angeles.”Shout out to [Darrin Dean aka Dee ‘The General’] and Icepick Jay,” Joe remarked around the 6:50 point of the podcast to his co-host Jadakiss, as seen above. “They saved my life. Icepick Jay, he saved my life one time. They was going to get me, and you know, I had a lot of beef with the West Coast. I’m probably, and we’re not…