Signs Metro Boomin is on Kanye & Ty Dolla $ign's New Album

A$AP Rocky may drop more fashion collabs than albums, but he always finds time for features. Find him on Brent Faiyz’s surprise album tonight. In other news today:

• Song streams & revenue 💰️ 

• All signs point to Metro Boomin on Kanye & Ty Dolla $ign’s album 😮‍💨 

• Kodak Black appears “geeked out” on Drink Champs 🤔 

• Lil Yachty hints at Drake collab album 🤫 

• New Music Friday releases 💿️ 

• Industry Insights 📈 

Song Streams & Revenue

It’s a new Thursday and a new song revenue chart. As reported by Hits Daily Double, which tracks streaming revenue week over week, the above chart reflects the streaming period from October 13 to 19.

Drake continues to dominate streaming with For All The Dog, his five songs on the chart above made $386K from 84M streams in the album’s second week.

Signs Metro Boomin is on Kanye’s New Album

Metro Boomin added more fuel to the Kanye and Ty Dolla $ign fire this week, tweeting what appears to be the title of the album. The yen and money sign translates to “Ye n Dolla” which would be a fitting title for the collab.

Metro Boomin’s not just showing his support from afar—he’s already landed in Italy. He posted a photo from a beautiful villa in Florence on his IG stories. While there’s no official confirmation, the pattern is the same as Donda. Kanye had collaborators pull up to the Mercedes Benz stadium to continue working on the album for all hours of the day until he decided it was ready for the listening party.

Chances are we’ll see more sneak peeks from Metro and other collaborators travel to Italy before the listening event on November 3. The last time Kanye and Metro collaborated was for The Life of Pablo in 2016. Metro produced “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1,” “Waves,” “FML,” and “Facts.”

Kodak Black Sparks Drug Use Concerns, Says He’d Give Donald Trump $1M

The teaser for Kodak Black’s appearance on an upcoming Drink Champs episode was enough to make fans question his sobriety and state of mind during the interview. His body language seemed jittery, and his speech was mumbled, making it difficult to understand what he was saying.

In the teaser clip below, he expresses his support for Donald Trump, who pardoned him for a 2019 weapons conviction, and says, “Yeah, I fuck with that boy.” When N.O.R.E. asked if Trump needed a million, would Kodak give it to him? “Of course,” he instantly replied.

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The comments are full of fans expressing concern, “He needs help now!!! Omg this just broke my heart! How on earth can people be around him and watch him fall apart like this and not have him in rehab or something…” wrote IG u/missswest and u/chef_wull_4real wrote, “Need to pray for Kodak them drugs are getting the best of him.”

There’s also outrage at Drink Champs and host N.O.R.E. for allowing the footage to air, given Kodak’s allegedly inebriated state. Fans believe it’s unethical to profit from and promote an episode where a guest appears to be struggling with substance abuse.

Lil Yachty Hints at Joint Album With Drake

Lil Yachty has been the Travis Kelce to Drake’s Taylor Swift this year. The duo have been inseparable, from working together on For All The Dogs to supporting each other on tour and doing interviews on the beach. Some may be wondering when they’ll take their relationship to the next level, and Yachty finally broke his silence. 👎️ 

In a new vlog with Our Generation Music, Yachty was asked about the possibility of a Drake x Lil Boat album and said they’ve discussed it in the past and are open to it, but after Drake takes some “me time” for his previously announced music hiatus.

“Yea, we talked about it before. It would be nice, right? I think he gon’ take a little second to breathe,” Yachty said. “I’ma take next year and figure out my situation and you know, we’ll look into it in the future. He gon’ take a break, I’m gon’ press the gas. And then after that, we can see what’s up.”

New Music Friday

Brent Faiyaz is gearing up to drop a surprise tonight. The tracklist for a new album was spotted on streaming services, featuring A$AP Rocky, Babyface Ray, and more. Here’s all the music you can look forward to—categorized by 💿️ for albums and 🎶 for singles:

• 💿️ Larger Than Life by Brent Faiyaz

• 💿️ To Be Eaten Alive by Mariah The Scientist

• 💿️ MegaTron 2 by BabyTron

• 💿️ 5TH AMNDMNT by Homixide Gang

• 💿️ Savage by Rema

• 💿️ Memory Lane 2 by Shordie Shordie, Murda Beatz

• 🎶 “TBD” by Smino

• 🎶 “Brick by Brick” by Conway The Machine

• 🎶 “What Just Happened?” by The Kid LAROI

• 🎶 “sins (let me in)” by KANII, Trippie Redd

• 🎶 “LUKAKU” by Cochise

• 🎶 “Shut Shit Down” by Armani White, TroyBoi

• 🎶 “Go Again” by 42 Dugg (out)

• 🎶 “ILL WHAT I BLEED” by Kid Cudi (out)

• TikTok announces first-ever IRL music festival titled In The Mix. Taking place in Arizona, the event will be live-streamed with performances from Cardi B, Anitta, and more.

• DOOM’s Bistro, the unofficial cookbook inspired by MF DOOM’s songs that pay homage to food, has been released. The illustrated cookbook features over 60 recipes for “Rapp Snitch Knishes,” “Fillet-O-Rapper,” and more.

• Death Row pendants worn by Tupac and Snoop Dogg could sell for $1M at auction. The chains were initially commissioned by Suge Knight to give to his artists depending on their level of success.

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