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In February 2016, Future became the fastest artist (less than seven months) to chart three number-one albums on the Billboard 200 since Glee soundtrack albums in 2010. [3]On February 3, American Hip Hop DJ Big Kap who was part of New York city DJ Group The Flip Squad died due to a fatal heart attack at the age of 45.
On the chart dated June 25, 2016, "For Free" entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 18, powered by first-week digital download sales of 104,748 copies. [4] It became DJ Khaled's fourth highest-charting single, peaking at number 13 in its ninth week (behind 2011's "I'm on One" with Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne and 2017's "Wild Thoughts", with Rihanna and Bryson Tiller and "I'm the One ...
This page indexes the individual year in hip hop music pages. 1970s. 1979 in hip hop music; 1980s. 1980 in hip hop music; 1981 in hip hop music; 1982 in hip hop music
Rock the Bells is an annual hip-hop festival that originally took place in Southern California only, but has since toured throughout the world. The concert features a line-up of high-profile alternative hip-hop artists, often headlined by a more mainstream artist.
On July 31, 2007, Common performed a free concert in Santa Monica, California, on the 3rd Street Promenade to promote the release of Finding Forever. Common explained to the audience that the title "Finding Forever" represented his quest to find an eternal place in hip-hop and also his wishes to be an artist for the rest of his life.
The song was number 10 on Rolling Stone ' s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007 and number 91 on their top 500 greatest songs of all time. [14] [15] Pitchfork Media's "Top 500 songs of the 2000s" listed the song at number 43. At the 2007 BET Hip Hop Awards in October, "International Player's Anthem" was nominated for Best Video and won Best ...
On January 8, Drake's Summer Sixteen Tour was declared the highest grossing hip-hop concert tour in history with a gross of $84,300,000 from a total of 54 different shows. The previous record holder was Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne Tour , which made a total of $75,000,000 from 63 live shows.
Following several delays to its release date, [4] Careless World: Rise of the Last King debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 and atop both the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts. [8] [9] [10] His third studio album, Hotel California, was released on April 9, 2013. [11]