Drake's 'For All The Dogs' Income Revealed

Adonis’ rap debut, “My Man Freestyle,” earned 155K streams on its opening day on Spotify. Check back next week to see if Adonis makes the streaming revenue chart. In other news today:

• Drake’s FATD income revealed 💰️ 

• YNW Melly hit with six new charges 🧑‍⚖️ 

• Kanye says he has “signs of autism” from car crash 🤕 

• Inside Lil Uzi Vert’s $6M mansion for sale 🏠️ 

• New Music Friday releases 💿️ 

• Industry Insights 📈 

For All The Dogs Song Streams & Revenue

All 23 songs from Drake’s For All The Dogs album charted on the Hot 100 this week and Hits Daily Double’s song revenue chart. For the first week streaming period of Oct 6 to 12, FATD made almost $2.4M from 498M streams.

The combined streams were 498,570,000, to be exact, generating $2,399,264M in revenue.

YNW Melly Hit With 6 New Charges

YNW Melly’s legal troubles seem to be getting worse. He’s now facing six new charges in his witness tampering case. These are in addition to the count of tampering with a witness in a capital felony that Melly and his co-defendant, YNW Bortlen, were hit with earlier this month.

According to NBC 6 South Florida, Melly, Bortlen, and a third inmate at Broward County Jail, Terrence Mathis, were charged with directing the activities of a criminal gang, unlawful use of a communication device, solicitation, and conspiracy to commit tampering.

Mathis allegedly facilitated communication between Melly and Bortlen during Melly’s incarceration. The state claims that Bortlen and Melly conspired to convince Melly’s ex-girlfriend, Mariah Hamilton, and her mother, Felicia Holmes, not to testify in his first trial. Holmes did testify while her daughter did not.

Legal documents cited 60 different phone calls between Bortlen and Mathis from March to August 2023. They would use coded language and names to hide their intentions. Melly’s retrial is expected to start soon, with jury selection beginning this week.

Kanye Says He Has “Signs of Autism” From 2002 Car Crash

This week, Kanye delivered a message to Elon Musk and the rest of the world via Ian Connor, who is not banned from most social platforms. Connor came with the receipts, posting screenshots of Kanye’s message to Elon and direct order from Kanye to “get this out to the public.”

The most surprising revelation from this PSA was Kanye’s insistence that he’s not bipolar but has “signs of autism” from his 2002 car crash. You know, the one that left his jaw wired shut and inspired the shit “Through The Wire.”

Kanye was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after being hospitalized for a psychiatric emergency in 2016. He’s openly discussed it before but dispelled the diagnosis during an interview with X17 in December 2022, following his antisemitic rants. You can watch the clip below.

As to why Kanye wanted this message out now is unclear, but his last sentence insinuates that when Elon lifted Kanye’s ban on the platform, he referred to himself as a “friend,” which Kanye calls cap on, and merely wanted Kanye’s audience for his “struggling platform.”

The platform is likely X (formerly Twitter). Kanye’s account was reinstated in July after an eight-month suspension. It was under Musk’s leadership that Kanye was initially banned from the platform when he posted an antisemitic image.

Inside Lil Uzi Vert’s $6M California Mansion For Sale

If you’ve ever wondered how your favorite artists live, real estate watching will give you a peek into what they’re buying or selling. Lil Uzi Vert’s glass-walled mansion in Bell Canyon has hit the market for a casual $6M.

They originally bought the home for $4.1M in 2021, giving them a nice $1.6M profit if sold at the asking price.

What’s inside

• 7,021 square feet of living space

• Five bedrooms and six bathrooms

• Fireplace in the master bedroom

• Wraparound balconies

• Infinity pool

You can view the full sales listing here. Don’t be surprised that the address is publicly available. Uzi, like many celebrities, was living in a gated community which is inaccessible to the public. The 1,700-acre gated community of Bell Canyon also gave Uzi access to private hiking trails, the equestrian center, a private park, and tennis courts.

New Music Friday

It’s a song-heavy NMF, but Gucci Mane’s album and Yeat’s single are already out. Here’s all the music you can look forward to—categorized by 💿️ for albums and 🎶 for singles:

• 💿️ Breath of Fresh Air by Gucci Mane (out)

• 💿️ Memento by Joony

• 💿️ Lahai by Sampha

• 💿️ Conductor Machine by Conway The Machine, Conductor Williams

• 💿️ R.A.W. by City Girls

• 🎶 “WTF They On” by Yeat

• 🎶 “Presha” by Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz

• 🎶 “Heard Of Me” by NBA YoungBoy

• 🎶 “Lyrical Eazy” by Rick Ross, Meek Mill

• 🎶 “Blowfly” by Jay Rock, Ab-Soul

• 🎶 “Laugh When You Cry” by KayCyy

• 🎶 “Too Much” by Kid Laroi, Central Cee, JungKook

• 🎶 “Champions League” by Cochise

• 🎶 “I Should’ve Known” by Lil Tjay, Kyle Rzicch

• 🎶 “Different Breed” by Mike WiLL Made-It, Swae Lee, Latto

• Music publishers sue Amazon-backed AI platform for copyright infringement. Anthropic is being accused of unlawfully copying and disseminating large amounts of copyrighted music.

• Take a closer look at Drake’s 18-carat dog bone chain in celebration of For All The Dogs. He tapped Lebanese jeweler Nadine Ghosn to create the diamond-encrusted chain he wore on tour.

• Rick Ross and Meek Mill announce release date for collab album Too Good To Be True. In a cinematic trailer featuring Diddy, November 10th is confirmed as the release date.

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