This week in Hip Hop, Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. continues to make headlines. Also, Lil Wayne shouts out Jay Z and The Roc during a concert, making everyone think he’s moved on from Cash Money Records until he clarifies his situation, and lastly, Kodak Black is facing up to 8 years in prison.
The “DAMN.” Kendrick Lamar Numbers Are In
It’s been tallied up. Kendrick Lamar sold just over 600,000 equivalent album units of DAMN. within the first week of its release, landing him at #1 on Billboard 200 and beating out Drake’s first week More Life numbers for the biggest debut of 2017. On Sunday (April 30), Billboard announcedDAMN.‘s sales dropped 61% in its second week, selling 238,000 equivalent album units, which was still enough for another week in the #1 spot.
The project is currently sitting at a 95 Metacritic score (DX gave it a 4.9/5) and K.Dot’s mama is loving it. He shared a screenshot from his mom bigging up the album complete with emojis and all, like a proud mama would.
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You know who else is loving Kung Fu Kenny’s critically acclaimed album? Los Angeles Police Commissioner Steve Soboroff, who hammed it up with Kenny at an LA Clippers game after being shown how to purchase tickets for The Damn Tour.
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Lil Wayne & Roc Nation?
Lil Wayne hollered out “It’s the Roc” at a recent concert and speculation of him being signed to Jay Z’s Roc Nation ignited (again).
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While Birdman is seemingly holding on to Weezy for dear life, it’s no secret Tunechi is over it and wants out. He later clarified the shoutout to Skip Bayless of FS1’s Undisputed.
“Jay’s a good guy, man,” Wayne said. “It was nothing but a simple thing, just friend to friend, ‘I just wanna help you.’ Simply, that’s all it was. ‘I just wanna help you, man, in any way I can.’ Right now, he’s just gonna help me in any way he can. That’s just what it is.”
Elsewhere, Wayne stopped a show after a concertgoer threw a drink at him while he was performing.
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Kodak Black Found Guilty
Kodak Black thought it was all good when he traveled to a strip club and a boxing match, purportedly for work-related reasons. The court felt those trips violated his probation and now, he’s facing up to eight years after being found guilty. Kodak had also been accused of attacking a bartender at the strip club, but he was found not guilty for it.
Hanging on to some positivity, Kodak’s lawyer doesn’t expect him to do any time behind bars and on May 4 we will all find out how the courts decide to handle the 19-year-old’s sentencing.
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DXclusive: A$AP Ferg, Dr. Octagon & The Breakdown
A$AP Ferg reveals that A$AP Mob’s Cozy Tapes Vol. 2 is currently being mixed during an exclusive interview with HipHopDX.
He also shared info about a collaboration he’s doing with his brand Traplord and Uniform in Liberia to get the kids out there in some new threads.
“Africa was amazing,” he says. “I went to Liberia. I was putting kids in uniforms. Shout out to Uniform, I’m doing a Traplord collaboration with them that y’all should be seeing real soon. And each piece of garment that we sell will be a uniform on a kid’s back in Liberia.”
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During a show at Denver’s Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom Mr. Lif announced a new Dr. Octagon album is for sure coming and explains the significance.
“You know what? I’m about to get misty,” he said. “I’ve gotta tell y’all how much that Dr. Octagon record meant to me. First of all, that’s when I first came into contact with the work of Dan The Automator and my homeboy Qbert … that shit blew my mind.To be here years later and know there’s brand new Dr. Octagon coming out. Not to mention Kool Keith is one of my favorite MCs of all time — slept on in some cases, but he’s one of the most influential MCs to ever bless a microphone.”
Justin Hunte gets the last word on Kendrick Lamar’s #1 album DAMN. Kenny has crushed the numbers game from the critics to the charts. Could Dot be the GOAT?
