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20-05-2025
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Joey Bada$$ Takes Aim at Kendrick Lamar, Ray Vaughn & More on Fiery ‘My Town' Diss Track: Listen
Update: Joey Bada$$ continues to empty the clip as he returns fire with 'Crash Dummy,' which finds him rhyming over 2Pac's 'Hit Em Up' instrumental. Joey Bada$$'s war of the words with the West Coast is heating up. The Brooklyn rapper returned fire on what was a busy Monday night (May 19) in hip-hop as Joey directed his attention at Ray Vaughn, Kendrick Lamar and more on his scintillating 'My Town' diss track. More from Billboard Carín León Nabs Fourth No. 1 on Latin Airplay Chart With 'Ahí Estabas Tú' Here's What Drake Has to Say About the Dreaded 'Drake Curse' in Sports Here's What 50 Cent Has to Say About People Allegedly Wearing 'Free Diddy' Shirts for $20/Hour Outside Court 'I'm the real boogeyman, y'all n—-s should be afraid/ Get the general, I'm killing his troops,' he raps while teasing Lamar. 'Don't make me Pulitzer, better be wise because/ I'm dottin T's and cross your eyes like Whitaker.' Joey had plenty of smoke for TDE's Ray Vaughn and sniped at AzChike, who threw his hat into the ring on Monday with his 'What Would You Do' diss track. 'Look, Ray Vaughn was so last week/ Now, I'm hearing s–t about some nigga named 'Ass Cheek'/ Who wanna be the next victim/ How many Top Dawgs will it take to sick 'em,' Joey spews. The 30-year-old pays homage to Cam'ron's 'Welcome to New York City' with his own spin on the Big Apple staple to close out the outro. Kendrick has yet to address Joey's shots, as the Brooklyn native previously taunted the Compton legend on 'The Finals' earlier in May. Ray Vaughn didn't waste any time in returning fire on Monday with 'Golden Eye,' which finds him rapping over 50 Cent's classic 'Back Down' instrumental. 'Vaughn Wick' jabbed at Joey Bada$$'s relationship with Diddy and claims that there's a video implicating Joey in crimes with the disgraced Bad Boy mogul. 'If you're standin' next to Diddy, then you shouldn't mention dick/ 'Cause if they ever show that footage, you gon' have to plead the fifth,' he raps. The explosives are still seemingly dropping out of the sky every hour as Daylyt returned on Tuesday (May 20), going after Joey on 'Ayo.' The Joey Bada$$ versus the West Coast battle began on New Year's Day when Joey gritted his teeth on 'The Ruler's Back.' He appeared to reignite the flame last week during the 'Red Bull Spiral Freestyle' alongside Ab-Soul and Big Sean. Monday brought about a barrage of lyrical missiles fired as AzChike, Daylyt, CJ Fly, Kai Ca$h, JaeWon, Joey Bada$$ and Ray Vaughn all exchanged diss tracks. Find a timeline to keep up with the entire battle below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
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20-05-2025
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Carín León Nabs Fourth No. 1 on Latin Airplay Chart With ‘Ahí Estabas Tú'
Carín León places his second No. 1 of the year, and fourth overall, on Billboard's Latin Airplay chart, as 'Ahí Estabas Tú' ascends 3-1 on the May 24-dated list. The new achievement comes only two months after his most recent triumph with 'El Amor de Mi Herida.' 'Ahí Estabas Tú' claims the top spot on the overall Latin Airplay chart with 8.2 million audience impressions earned in the U.S. during the May 9-15 tracking week, according to Luminate –that's a 21% gain from the previous week. The Greatest Gainer-awarded track of the week trades places with Gerardo Coronel 'El Jerry''s 'No Se Dice,' after the latter drops 1-3 with a 5% dip in impressions (to 8.23 million). More from Billboard Saweetie Locks in Debut Australian Tour Dates French Police Recover Bust From Jim Morrison's Grave, 37 Years After It Was Stolen Taylor Swift Premieres 'Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor's Version)' in 'The Handmaid's Tale': Watch 'Ahí Estabas Tú' marks León's second champ of 2025. Previously the Hermosillo, Sonora-born singer-songwriter took command of Latin Airplay for one week through 'El Amor de Mi Herida' (March 22-dated list). With a second ruler in 2025, León is only the second soloist to have two No. 1s on Latin Airplay this year unaccompanied by another act. Earlier in 2025, Bad Bunny topped the chart twice with his solo tracks 'El Clúb' and 'Baile Inolvidable,' each reigning for two weeks in February and March, respectively. In total, four artists have secured two No. 1 hits in 2025 so far. Between Benito's two chart-toppers, Myke Towers claimed the No. 1 spot with 'Otra Noche' featuring Darell, for one week in February. He followed up with another No. 1 hit, 'Degenere,' which features benny blanco, leading for one week on the May 3 chart. Meanwhile, Colombian Kapo placed back-to-back champs as 'Más Que Tú,' with Ozuna, ceded its place to 'Imagínate,' with Danny Ocean, on the April 26 list, both one-week rulers. Beyond his Latin Airplay coronation, León also takes 'Ahí Estabas Tú' to the summit on Regional Mexican Airplay, where it jumps 2-1, his eighth No. 1 overall. He ties Eden Muñoz for the fourth-most rulers among soloists in the 2020s decade. They trail Christian Nodal who leads with 17 No. 1 this decade, Gerardo Ortiz follows with 13, and Alejandro Fernández with 12 leaders. All charts (dated May 24, 2025) will update on tomorrow, May 20. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Four Decades of 'Madonna': A Look Back at the Queen of Pop's Debut Album on the Charts Chart Rewind: In 1990, Madonna Was in 'Vogue' Atop the Hot 100
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20-05-2025
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Joey Bada$$ Is Beating the West Coast By Himself
A new era of rap beef is upon us. One where diss tracks get dropped left and right, forcing curious fans to scramble around trying to catch up. Enter Joey Bada$$. More from Billboard Carín León Nabs Fourth No. 1 on Latin Airplay Chart With 'Ahí Estabas Tú' Here's What Drake Has to Say About the Dreaded 'Drake Curse' in Sports Here's What 50 Cent Has to Say About People Allegedly Wearing 'Free Diddy' Shirts for $20/Hour Outside Court Since the Brooklyn rapper kicked things off on New Year's Day with 'The Ruler's Back,' there have been 22 tracks released (and counting), with a flurry of them coming after Joey's recent 'Red Bull Spiral Freestyle' verse, where he addressed the drama that he started. 'Since 'Ruler's Back,' they been tryna measure up,' he rapped. 'Look, my name ain't Rick, but I talk slick, don't press ya luck/ And I ain't taking no words back, I'm with all that (All that) But this ain't gotta turn to nothin' else, let's keep it all rap.' He then referenced Kendrick's infamous 'Control' verse from 2013 when he named names and invited his peers to a friendly competition. 'First off, I could never hate the West Coast,' Joey rapped. 'But since n—as comin' for Joe, f—k it then, let's go/ N—as must've forgot what Dot said on 'Control'/ There's still a buncha sensitive rappers in they pajama clothes, I guess/ This ain't no East versus West, I just think that I'm the best, as a matter fact, I know.' And you know what? He's right. So far, Ray Vaughn, Daylyt, Reason, and AZ Chike have stepped up for the West Coast with a couple decent tracks here and there, but nothing really to write home about. I was into AZ Chike's decision to step into the ring with his song 'What Would You Do?,' but that effort was squashed when Joey called him 'Ass Cheek' and brought along battle rap vet Loaded Lux to add insult to injury on their reply entitled 'My Town.' Speaking of Lux, a handful of New York rappers have stepped up to the plate in Pro Era member CJ Fly, Brooklyn rapper Kai Ca$h and Jadakiss' son Really Jaewon. And while I dug Kai's 'Knicks in 6' record, the offerings from the East Coast heir have been mainly forgettable already — but they've managed to show the type of solidarity the West showed during the Kendrick and Drake battle, which I have to commend them for. Somebody else from NYC needs to drop a crazy diss record over a Cash Cobain beat or something, though. Let's get everybody involved. Anyway, there have been fans clamoring for the Griselda guys to get involved, but they haven't taken the bait yet. Rome Streetz tweeted out a popular meme clip of Stephen A. Smith to express how he feels about people trying to drag him into this thing — and Benny the Butcher seems perfectly fine being a spectator like the rest of us, tweeting out earlier that he felt like Joey was 'handling himself exceptionally well.' And you know what? He's right. The Brooklyn rapper hasn't dropped a full-length project since 2022 and has been focusing on a bubbling acting career in recent years. So, when he randomly dropped his Conductor Williams-produced track with a shot at the West Coast's recent dominance, fans were taken aback. He then followed that up with a three-song EP in Pardon Me in February, which included the already released 'Sorry Not Sorry' and the aforementioned 'The Ruler's Back,' and he told Red Bull that he's planning on releasing a lot of new music this year in an interview. If that's the case, then he's doing a good job with his album rollout — even if the stakes of this battle are pretty low compared to others in rap's history. His songs 'The Finals,' 'My Town' and 'Crash Test Dummy' are the strongest out of the bunch to me as of press time. Filing a TDEast trademark and buying the domain so that his new battle releases can live there was also a nice touch. Call it East Coast bias, or maybe blame it on the Knicks being in the Eastern Conference Finals — but Joey is winning this thing so far, and I'm not sure it's been close. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
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20-05-2025
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Here's What 50 Cent Has to Say About People Allegedly Wearing ‘Free Diddy' Shirts for $20/Hour Outside Court
50 Cent continues to troll Diddy as his trial heads into its second week. Over the weekend, the Queens rapper and filmmaker posted a video that was floating around social media of a group of people wearing 'Free Diddy' shirts outside Manhattan federal court and couldn't help but comment on what he was watching. 'Diddy paying people to wear Free Diddy shirts is diabolical,' he quipped in the caption. 'But $20 a hour ain't bad. I might go throw that on for a hour tomorrow.' More from Billboard After Hearing Cassie's Testimony, 50 Cent Says Diddy Should Have Taken a Plea Deal Carín León Nabs Fourth No. 1 on Latin Airplay Chart With 'Ahí Estabas Tú' Here's What Drake Has to Say About the Dreaded 'Drake Curse' in Sports The video was originally posted by writer Emilie Hagen, who can be heard in the background explaining the scene to her TikTok followers. 'So, these are all paid protesters, you can get $20 an hour if you wear a T-shirt,' she claimed. Hagen then turns the camera to a bystander that had supposedly turned down an opportunity to put one on. 'I refused,' the bystander said before adding that the recruiter told her it was for a Diddy coin. 'He told me it's for a 'Diddy coin,' so I'm not really sure what that is. They just tried to pay me $20 to wear a 'Free Puffy' shirt. The lady right there just kept convincing me to wear shirt and I'm like, 'I'm good.'' She added that the woman who tried to recruit her was paid $60 the day before for three hours of work. As far as Diddy's trial is concerned, former Bad Boy signee and collaborator Dawn Richard continues her testimony about the times she personally witnessed the embattled mogul abusing Cassie Ventura. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
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20-05-2025
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Here's What Drake Has to Say About the Dreaded ‘Drake Curse' in Sports
Whenever Drake supports a team with his rooting interest or backs them with his six-figure bets and that franchise ends up losing, the 6 God hears all the noise from sports fans about the 'Drake Curse.' Drake was finally asked about the mythical curse in a mock interview he posted to his Instagram on Monday (May 19) in promotion of his partnership with Stake. More from Billboard Drake Loses $1 Million Bet on Toronto Maple Leafs & Jokingly Blames Justin 'Bieber Curse' Carín León Nabs Fourth No. 1 on Latin Airplay Chart With 'Ahí Estabas Tú' Here's What 50 Cent Has to Say About People Allegedly Wearing 'Free Diddy' Shirts for $20/Hour Outside Court 'I feel like I don't play sports, whether I picked the wrong team or not, if I could get out there and win for all your favorite teams, I would,' he said. Ultimately, Drake feels vindicated that a 'curse' doesn't exist because the Toronto Raptors captured their first NBA championship in 2019. 'The Drake curse is funny to me,' he revealed. 'First of all, the Toronto Raptors are NBA champions. If there was a Drake curse, Kawhi [Leonard] would've never hit that shot, we would've never beat the Warriors. There is no Drake curse, but it's funny, though.' However, Drake did concede that he isn't a sports gambling savant and has taken his fair share of monetary losses with bad bets over the years. 'I am a flawed sports better,' Drizzy admitted. 'I will not deny that. That's not my gift. I'll let everybody roll with it. I'm sure if you're a Drake curse believer, there will be plenty more content in the future to confirm your theories because my slips do not cash out. But one day I'm gonna have a parlay that's insane.' Drake added to the 'Drake Curse' theories on Sunday night when his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs after a 6-1 thrashing at the hands of the Florida Panthers in Game 7. Drizzy actually ended up betting $1.25 million on the Maple Leafs to take home the game 7 victory and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. However, Drake jokingly flipped the script and blamed the 'Bieber Curse' in his IG Story, as Justin Bieber, who's a massive Leafs fan, was in attendance front and center at Scotiabank Arena with his wife, Hailey, to watch the excruciating loss in person. 'I don't remember a time in my life when I haven't been obsessed with the leafsssss,' Bieber wrote following the loss on his Instagram. 'This year we made it farther than we have in so long and im happy about that. I can be patient cuz I know this is the team to do it.' Watch the full interview clip with Drake below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
