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Ja Rule & Fat Joe to Face Off In ‘Verzuz’ Battle: ‘The Summer Ain’t Over’

Ja Rule & Fat Joe to Face Off In ‘Verzuz’ Battle: ‘The Summer Ain’t Over’

It’s lit! Hip-hop icons Ja Rule and Fat Joe are set to face off in an all-new Verzuz battle on Sept. 14. The friendly competition will take place in person, live from New York. Tickets will be available for purchase beginning Tuesday, Sept. 7. “The summer ain’t over!!” Verzuz co-creator Swizz Beatz wrote on Instagram revealing the

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Apple to Allow Spotify to Directly Sign Up Users Through iOS App Next Year

Apple to Allow Spotify to Directly Sign Up Users Through iOS App Next Year

Apple will allow a select group of apps it calls “readers” that includes music streamers like Spotify to include in-app links to their websites for external sign-ups and account management, the company announced Thursday (Sept. 2). The move is part of an agreement with the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), which closed a five-year investigation

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Latin Remix of the Week: Nacho Recruits Yandel, Justin Quiles & Zion For ‘La Buena Remix’

Latin Remix of the Week: Nacho Recruits Yandel, Justin Quiles & Zion For ‘La Buena Remix’

Nacho’s “La Buena” gets a new version thanks to the track’s new remix featuring hitmakers Yandel, Justin Quiles and Zion. Nearly a year since releasing the original, the remix — which dropped on Thursday (Sept. 2) — stays true to the tropical-pop elements of “La Buena” while introducing more amplified reggaeton beats. A love song

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Wizkid & Tems’ ‘Essence’ Hits No. 1 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart

Wizkid & Tems’ ‘Essence’ Hits No. 1 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart

Wizkid’s “Essence,” featuring Tems, reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart (dated Sept. 4) in a milestone achievement for the Afrobeats genre. The track by the two Nigerian artists jumps from No. 3 with an 11% improvement to 18 million in audience in the week ending Aug. 29, according to MRC Data, making it

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J-Pop Singer Ado’s ‘Odo’ Remix Melds Tradition With the Future: Listen

J-Pop Singer Ado’s ‘Odo’ Remix Melds Tradition With the Future: Listen

Breakout J-pop singer Ado dropped a remix of her recent single “Odo” and the accompanying music video. Ado is an 18-year-old singer — born in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2002 — who began her singing career as a so-called “utaite” (Japanese internet slang meaning a singer of covers) on video-sharing platforms. Her major debut single

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The Weeknd Surprises Fans With New ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ Video Six Years After Its Release

The Weeknd Surprises Fans With New ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ Video Six Years After Its Release

Nostalgia is the name of the game — that is, if The Weeknd has anything to say about it. The “Take My Breath” singer decided to take things back to 2015 when “Can’t Feel My Face” ruled the airwaves by treating fans to a brand new, alternate video to accompany the song on Thursday (Sept.

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Attorney For Marilyn Manson Enters Not Guilty Plea For Misdemeanor Assault in 2019 Incident

Attorney For Marilyn Manson Enters Not Guilty Plea For Misdemeanor Assault in 2019 Incident

An attorney has entered a not guilty plea on behalf of musical artist Marilyn Manson, who is accused of approaching a videographer at his 2019 concert in New Hampshire and allegedly spitting and blowing his nose on her. Manson, whose legal name is Brian Hugh Warner, surrendered in July to police in Los Angeles in

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Inside Track: Will Spotify Stay Independent — and Should It?

Inside Track: Will Spotify Stay Independent — and Should It?

Billboard will launch a newsletter in October highlighting the unfiltered thoughts of the CEOs, decision-makers and power players at the intersection of technology and music, written by Billboard’s director of technology coverage, Micah Singleton. This is an early look at what to expect. Edited by Dan Rys Spotify’s Discovery Mode Causes Drama Discovery Mode, a

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