Kendrick Lamar: Last News

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Sabrina Carpenter were the most-streamed U.S. pop artists last year, according to Luminate‘s year-end music report for 2024.

Drake has dropped a legal case which accused labels of inflating the number of streams on Kendrick Lamar‘s diss track ‘Not Like Us’.The Canadian rapper pursued the legal case last November, and alleged that Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify had “artificially inflated” the number of listens on Kendrick Lamar’s song, which accused him of paedophilia.In the documents, Drake claimed that the companies had used methods like bots and payola to promote the song. “The record-shattering spread of ‘Not Like Us’ on streaming, sales, and radio play was deliberate and appears to have relied upon irregular and inappropriate business practices,” it read.Now, it has been reported that the rapper’s legal team have voluntarily withdrawn the filing and ended the case.BBC News reports that the rapper met with Spotify and Universal representatives yesterday (January 14) to discuss the case.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Drake has withdrawn his petition against Spotify and Universal Music Group after accusing the entities of launching an illegal “scheme” to boost numbers for Kendrick Lamar’s hit diss track “Not Like Us.” In a New York filing on Tuesday reviewed by Variety, Drake and his Frozen Moments company withdrew its order to show cause seeking pre-action disclosure and preservation of certain documents and communications from both companies.

Thania Garcia Lil Baby‘s “Wham” becomes his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with 140,000 units earned in its first full week, according to Luminate. Bad Bunny trails behind at No.

NME’s latest star of The Cover, Dua Saleh, has compiled an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below.The Sudanese-American artist and actor is on this week’s (January 13) edition of The Cover, a weekly manifestation of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read the profile of Dua Saleh here, written by Aneesa Ahmed and featuring photography by Kristen Jan Wong.To accompany The Cover, Dua Saleh has made an exclusive playlist for NME, titled ‘Foraging For Shrooms’.

Dakota Mortensen is sharing his hair transplant journey.

Iggy Pop has hailed Tyler, The Creator as a “genuine, old-school talent” in his latest BBC 6 Music radio show episode.On his show Iggy Confidential, the punk legend reminisced about the time he did a “day’s work” with the rapper – where they both featured in a Gucci campaign with A$AP Rocky.In the Harmony Korine-directed video, the suited-and-booted rock and hip-hop stars mess around at a West Coast home where they eat spaghetti and dance in bathrooms.Tyler seemed to have made a lasting impression on Iggy Pop, as he said on the airwaves: “I’ve always liked Tyler. I did a day’s work with him once, and he would do what it takes to get attention.

Angelique Jackson The NAACP Image Award nominations have been revealed — with “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo, multi-hyphenate Keke Palmer, rapper Kendrick Lamar, comedian Kevin Hart and NFL hall of famer-turned-broadcaster Shannon Sharpe competing for Entertainer of the Year. The winner of the prestigious award will be announced on Feb.

WWE) debut on Netflix.READ MORE: Here’s every wrestler available in ‘WWE 2K24’The company’s Monday Night Raw show premiered on the streaming service on January 6 from the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. The company later announced that 17,514 attended the event live, and the show was intended to be a showcase for WWE that included appearances from legends such as Hogan.The 71-year-old, real name Terry Bollea, entered to much fanfare and spoke to the crowd to promote WWE’s deal with Netflix, as well as his new drinks brand Real American Beer.

AC/DC and Ringo Starr, omnipresent pop stars Charli XCX and Gracie Abrams, heavy metal icons Metallica and System of a Down, honky tonk heroes Post Malone and Megan Moroney, and Pulitzer Prize-wining Hip-Hop stadium headliner Kendrick Lamar (he’s a one-of-a-kind) — that might be coming to a venue near you over the next 12 months.Some of the artists on our expansive list have been on the road since the ’60s; others were born in the aughts. No matter your age or favorite genre, we have a feeling one or three acts will resonate with you.Personally, we’re most excited to see Hans Zimmer, Heart, Tyler The Creator, Weird Al and Jack White but that’s just us.So, come on a journey with us to popular music’s past and future.Here’s what 2025 has to offer.Runs April 11 through June 18Runs May 31 through Sept. 8Featuring Role ModelRuns March 3 through Aug. 12Featuring Zara Larsson and BeneeRuns May 13 through Sept. 26Runs July 22 through Oct. 23Runs Jan. 13 through July 5Runs May 11 through Oct. 16Runs March 29 through June 16Runs March 7 through July 11Runs June 20 through Feb. 28, 2026Featuring Bad SunsRuns Feb. 13 through April 21Runs Jan. 21 through Feb. 4Runs Feb. 11 through June 27Featuring Korn, Avenged Sevenfold and Deftones on select datesRuns Aug. 25 through Sept. 7Featuring Queens of the Stone Age, AFI, JPEGMAFIA, Spiritbox, Jean Dawson and others on select datesRuns April 26 through Sept. 24Featuring Limp Bizkit, Ice Nine Kills, Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies on select datesRuns April 19 through June 29Featuring The Mars Volta and FleshwaterRuns Feb. 25 through Sept. 5Runs April 15 through Aug. 16Featuring Municipal Waste and Alien WeaponryRuns Jan. 15 through Feb. 22Featuring Three Days Grace, Daughtry, Sevendust and

SZA has teased the possibility of releasing two albums of “peaceful children’s music” to complete her current contractual requirements.The singer and rapper released ‘Lana’ last month after almost a year of speculating about its release. Rather than a standalone album, it exists as a deluxe version of her 2022 LP ‘SOS’, her second studio record.Now, just weeks after it became available, SZA has suggested that she is ready to move on from its slick R&B aesthetic and onto a very different vibe, even hinting that she is tempted to seek a quieter life after fulfilling her current obligations.Writing on X on Saturday (January 4), SZA wrote: “To fulfill my last 2 album requirements I think I just wanna make peaceful children’s music n get outta here.

Drake has shared a new freestyle track ‘Fighting Irish. Check it out below.The song, his first of the year, was released in the middle of a 20-minute YouTube video from record producer Conductor Williams.Williams, who posted the video as part of his ongoing ‘Signature Blends’ series, shared a post on Instagram directing fans toward the video, before deleting it shortly afterwards.

Eminem has shared his admiration for Kendrick Lamar and said that he thinks the rapper will clean up at the 2025 Grammy Awards.The rapper, real name Marshall Bruce Mathers III, opened up about Kendrick Lamar during a new interview with DJ Whoo Kid on SiriusXM station Shade45.During the discussion, he shared his praise for the Compton-born rapper and said that he believes that the artist will likely take home all seven awards he is nominated for at the upcoming Grammy Award Ceremony for 2025.“It’s very stiff competition,” Eminem, who already has 15 Grammy Awards to his name, said about the nominees for this year. “Kendrick is gonna sweep that shit.

Tyler, The Creator has shared his top songs from 2024, check out the full list below.The rapper shared the list on New Year’s Eve, taking to X/Twitter to reveal to fans what he considers to be the best songs released across the year. In total, he named 15 songs, including Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’, GloRilla’s ‘Hollon’, Mk.gee’s ‘Alesis’ and SahBabii’s ‘Viking’.His list incorporated tracks from across rap, rock, pop and R&B genres, and also included songs like ‘Through The Rain’ by Tanya Blount, ‘Dominican Barber’ by Lupe Fiasco, and ‘Change My Wayz’ by Luh Tyler.“Thank you all for these songs.

Come back, ’24, all is forgiven. Whether it was an unusually great year for you or an annus horribilis, chances are you needed music to help see you through. Here are 50 of the songs that did the trick for the Variety music staff — representing the realms of superwoman super-pop (Chappell, Charli, Taylor and Ariana), hip-hop (Kendrick Lamar, Doechii), Latin music (Karol G, Kali Uchis), country (Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney), rock (Jack White, Vampire Weekend), R&B (Ella Mai, Tinashe), club sounds (Jamie XX), Americana (Waxahatchee, Gillian Welch), show tunes (Cynthia Erivo) and, not least of all, the great, genre-defying mischief that Beyoncé got up to this year.

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Eminem is revealing his predictions for the upcoming 2025 Grammy Awards!

not a family affair!Jay-Z didn’t show up to support his wife on her home turf in the wake of his legal battle on Christmas Day. The Roc Nation founder, 55,wasn’t in attendance during Beyoncé’s halftime show at NRG Stadium in Houston on Wednesday, Dec.

Tyler, The Creator has released ‘That Guy’, a freestyle over Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Hey Now’, for Christmas day. Check it out below.The rapper shared the track in response to a fan’s post on Twitter/X on November 24, reading: “I want @tylerthecreator to freestyle on Hey Now so bad.”“Merry christmas. had fun with it,” he wrote today (December 25) alongside a link to the new music video, directed by Tyler and featuring cameos from Odd Future’s Jasper Dolphin, Travis “Taco” Bennett, and Lionel “L-Boy” Boyce.“300k in four days Chromakopia/12 days gold I ain’t even drop deluxe one/Sold a million tickets first day for that new stage,” Tyler raps over the instrumental from Lamar’s recent surprise-released album ‘GNX‘.Check it out below.merry christmas.

SZA has announced that she’ll be making further changes to her recently released album ‘Lana’.‘Lana’ arrived last Friday (December 20) after almost a year of teasing. Rather than a standalone album, it exists as a deluxe version of her 2022 LP ‘SOS’.The record was subject to delays, though. Fans had initially expected to wake up to it on Friday morning, but it didn’t drop until the afternoon, with SZA sharing: “Just needed a few more hours for new mixes to ingest evenly across all platforms..

Thania Garcia Stray Kids, an eight-piece South Korean K-pop group, has scored its sixth No. 1 album and second this year on the Billboard 200 albums chart, bumping Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” to No. 3 after it made a two-week return to the top.