This is the First Confirmed Music Video for Drake's 'For All The Dogs'

Happy birthday to A$AP Rocky, who turns 35 today 🎂 he recently said his new album is “his best work yet”—read more in Industry Insights. In other news today:

• Billboard Hot 100 📈 

• Discover new music with The Rap Index 🎵 

• Drake’s first For All The Dogs confirmed music video 🐶 

• Kanye previews new album in Italy & disses Nas, Pusha T 🇮🇹 

• Man arrested for Tupac’s murder didn’t even pull the trigger 🔫 

• Industry Insights 🔎 

The Billboard Hot 100

The above chart shows Billboard’s Hot 100 ranking for this week. The Hot 100 ranks songs based on a combination of streaming activity, radio airplay audience impressions, and sales data—all measured by Luminate.

Doja Cat’s back at #1, and Drake’s song with SZA drops to #12 after debuting at #1 last week. Gunna’s “fukumean” moves up one spot to #8—it’s now been on the Hot 100 for 15 weeks.

The Rap Index ft. Lil Wayne, J. Cole, Lil Yachty, Meek Mill, A$AP Rocky & More

The Rap Index is a way to follow and discover new music. Divided into 4 categories describing rap subgenres, songs are placed according to their style and sound—giving you a better idea of what songs will appeal to your musical taste. Only releases from the previous New Music Friday are included to help keep you up to date.

RapTV’s Ranking of NMF Songs Featured in the Rap Index

1. “Tuxedo” by Lil Wayne, Euro (Listen on Apple Music & Spotify)

2. “The Secret Recipe” by Lil Yachty, J. Cole (Listen on Apple Music & Spotify)

3. “Fa Fa Fa” by Yo Gotti, EST Gee, CMG (Listen on Apple Music & Spotify)

4. “Shaq & Kobe” by Rick Ross, Meek Mill (Listen on Apple Music & Spotify)

5. “Get A Grip” by Kelvin Krash, A$AP Rocky (Listen on Apple Music & Spotify)

6. “Dubai” by BIA, Tion Wayne (Listen on Apple Music & Spotify)

7. “Guitar In My Room” by Lil Durk, Kid Cudi (Listen on Apple Music & Spotify)

8. “Testimony” by NBA YoungBoy (Listen on Apple Music & Spotify)

Drake & Lyrical Lemonade Shot This ‘For All The Dogs’ Music Video on Tour

About a month after a video leaked of Drake and Lil Yachty shooting something in Vancouver, Lyrical Lemonade’s Cole Bennett confirms the leak was a For All The Dogs music video that he directed. The song is titled “Another Late Night,” and all the details are revealed below.

Speaking to Arshan of Kids Take Over, Bennett says Drake had a few days off in Vancouver during his tour and wanted to shoot a video. He went to Vancouver, and Drake played him the album, giving him free rein to do a video for any song he wanted.

Bennett knew the album was a work in progress and didn’t want to shoot a video for a song that was unfinished in case it never got released.

“So I was like Yachty’s in Vancouver, we’re doing a run and gun style video, we shot it in 2 hours, we can lean on their chemistry, have fun, the song’s called “Another Late Night,” and it’s a night time shoot.”

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Bennett chose the Maple Ridge, Vancouver, location for its secludedness, but it clearly wasn’t private enough to go unnoticed by nearby residents. The leaked clip shows Drake and Yachty driving around in a sports car covered in Christmas lights and rapping together in an empty lot. You can even hear Drake’s lyrical wordplay with A$AP Rocky’s name.

Kanye Previews New Album in Italy and Disses Nas, Pusha T, and More

Either Kanye’s decided to leak his archives, or someone’s working overtime to empty his vault. An unreleased documentary, reportedly filmed in 2018 after the album ye, has surfaced online and dredged up a classic Kanye rant aimed at collaborators he produced albums for around that time.

Almost simultaneously, news leaked of a listening party for his new album. According to the Sun, Kanye previewed the album at an intimate recording studio in Italy. Ty Dolla $ign was in attendance and is rumored to be on the project.

The below photos have also leaked, showing Kanye’s infamous whiteboard-written tracklist—a telltale sign that a new album is otw.

But what about the rant? The 2018 footage shows a POV previously unknown on Kanye’s relationship with Nas, Pusha T, Teyana Taylor, and Cardi B. Kanye goes off during a call with his former manager, Scooter Braun, about his immediate removal from G.O.O.D Music (the label he founded in 2004) and artists being undeserving of his beats.

“The fuck I’m doing giving ‘Gonna Love Me’ to fucking Teyana? What the fuck I’m doing giving that Daytona album to Pusha? What the fuck I’m doing, bro?” Kanye says in the clip below.

Highlights of Kanye’s rant, in quote form:

• “I need to get rid of G.O.O.D. Music ’cause I’m great. And guess what? Good is the enemy of great.”

• “I’m the greatest muthafuckin’ artist living, and I could do everything!”

• “I’m performing at other people’s festivals and shit. I’ve been wanting a fucking festival.”

In another clip, Kanye shares his thoughts on Cardi B being an industry plant by the Illuminati. “She has literally replaced Nicki Minaj purposely. And now she doesn’t know what to do,” he says, ranting. “She thinks it’s just a blessing from the universe. Ain’t no blessing from the fucking universe.”

Man Arrested for Tupac’s Murder Didn’t Even Pull the Trigger

Last week, news broke that Duane Keith “Keffe D” Davis had been arrested for the 1996 murder of Tupac. The information came as a shock to many, some saying Davis had this coming for years, and others claiming authorities got the wrong guy—here’s why.

In July, cops raided the home of Davis’ wife as part of the ongoing investigation (catch up on the full details here). Davis has vocally admitted to being a witness to Tupac’s murder for years, insinuating that he was in the car with his nephew Orlando Anderson, who pulled the trigger.

Authorities have since portrayed Davis as the ringleader of a plan to get revenge on Tupac for jumping his nephew at the MGM Grand Hotel. There was an ongoing rivalry between the Compton Crips (Davis and Anderson) and Death Row.

Witness says Davis’ nephew didn’t shoot Tupac

The indictment revealed transcripts of testimony told to the Grand Jury that voted to arrest Davis. An unnamed affiliate of the Crips testified in the weeks leading up to the arrest that it was Deandre “Big Dre” Smith who shot Tupac, not Anderson like Davis had suggested. Big Dre is no longer alive, and Davis is the only living person of the four who were in the car that night.

The witness swore that Anderson couldn’t get a clear shot, so Big Dre shot Tupac, and Davis planned it. “[Davis] is the one who’s going to make all the arrangements and all the plans until that gun goes into somebody else’s hand,” the witness told a grand jury.

Suge Knight won’t testify

The only other living eyewitness to Tupac’s murder is Suge Knight, who was in the car with Tupac. Speaking to TMZ from prison, Knight said he was surprised to hear about the arrest, and he’ll refuse if called to testify in Davis’ trial. He wouldn’t confirm or deny if Davis had any involvement, but he claims Anderson wasn’t the shooter and suggested prosecutors have the wrong suspect.

Although Tupac’s death was 27 years ago, there’s no statute of limitations for murder charges in Nevada, and that applies to those who aid or abet in a murder.

• A$AP Rocky calls his new album “his best work yet.” During an interview with Dazed, the rapper said he’s really been experimenting, and he wants to leave expectations wide open.

• Spotify is developing AI-generated playlists created by user prompts. A tech veteran spotted references in the app’s code and posted screenshots online.

• Offset previews Playboi Carti collab at the listening party for his new album Set It Off. Arriving October 13th, the Carti preview is the latest feature in addition to Future, Latto, Cardi B, and Chloe Bailey.

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