Ye is on Team Ye, Denying Any Side in the Rap Civil War

Wake up, there’s a new Drake sneak diss IG caption. “I could never sell ya’ll out to sell my latest work,” is his latest contribution to the rap civil war. In other news today:

• Song streams & revenue 💰️ 

• Bryson Tiller wants to pursue this unlikely job after new album 🤔 

• Ye is on Team Ye, adding a 3rd and 4th side to the rap Civil War 🥩 

• New Music Friday releases 💿️ 

• Industry Insights 📈 

Song Streams & Revenue

It’s a new week 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 March 15 to 21.

Sexyy Red’s new single debuts with 13M streams, generating almost $62K. Cardi B’s new club anthem debuts just under Sexyy Red with 11M streams and $51K in revenue. Gunna’s first song with a feature debuts with just under 8M streams and $35K in revenue.

Bryson Tiller Wants to Pursue This Unlikely Job After Upcoming Album

It’s whatever Bryson wants after his forthcoming self-titled album, set to release on April 5. Talking to Complex, he revealed that he’s planning to take another hiatus from music (his last album was in 2020) to pursue his “number one passion,” video games. 

While averaging 6+ hours of screen time on NBA 2K and Modern Warfare does require an unparalleled commitment that could be classified as “passion,” Tiller wants to participate in the game's design aspect. He’s already been designing a game for the last three years.

He’s even looked into internships with different companies to learn more about the industry. In 2021, he told WDRB News he wanted to go to college to study game programming and design, but he wasn’t done with music yet.

Tiller has two daughters, but studio time and touring make it hard to prioritize family. “The thing about game design, it’s super cool ’cause I can do it from anywhere. I could be next to [my daughter] while she’s gaming. It’s just what I love to do, and it doesn’t feel like work.”

Is Rockstar Games hiring? We might get a Tiller-designed game before GTA 6.

Ye is on Team Ye, Denying Any Side in the Rap Civil War

Less than 48 hours after a subtle IG story had the world believing Ye was on Team Kendrick, in the war of everyone vs. Drake, he’s made a PSA to clear things up. “Everyone knows I washed Kendrick on No More Parties in LA,” reads the beginning of Ye’s IG story.

So Ye is not on Team Kendrick, but it doesn’t stop there. “Everyone knows I washed Drake at the Free Hoover convert. Everyone knows I brought Adidas into the culture, and I took them out,” Ye continues.

He also names Demna Gvasalia (of Balenciaga), the late Virgil Abloh, and Jerry Lorenzo (of Fear of God), insinuating their work for him is what made their respective careers in fashion.

Ye’s IG story was handing out free smoke like he was Kelly Oubre talking to the refs after losing to the LA Clippers.

Now, for the grand final of “it’s just big me (Ye’s version)”....”I am the only person to come back to number one after cancellation. There is only one GOAT. I stand by me. My friends call me Ye :)”

If 21 Savage is the child of divorce in this war, then Ye is the step-child acting out when it’s not all about him. IRL, Ye grew up an only child, and there’s no bigger only child energy than creating your own team so you don’t have to share with others.

Sheck Wes gets involved

Rather than successfully inserting himself in the Big 3 and rap civil war convo, Ye created another beef with…Sheck Wes? Commenting on Ye’s post, Sheck said, “You stole my whole cadence, flow, beat, tempo to get  #1 u delusional.”

The randomness of this side beef has fans wondering how Travis, who has ties to Ye and Drake, will feel about his Cactus Jack artist jumping in the mix.

Ye didn’t go on his usual rant response but instead posted Sheck Wes’ “Mo Bamba” song on his IG stories. To troll? Probably, the IG story of “No More Parties in LA” was not to plead his allegiance to Kendrick. Expect more “it’s just big me (Ye’s version)” every time the attention shifts from him.

There are how many sides to this beef?

To recap, Kendrick’s verse on “Like That” was the Pandora’s box that has more and more rappers beefing. Drake continues to sneak diss in IG captions rather than getting in the booth. Ye jumped in the mix to declare he’s the only GOAT, adding a 3rd side. Sheck Wes said Ye’s delusional and a copycat for an unsolicited 4th side.

Men used to go to war—now they fight in IG comments and captions.

New Music Friday

It's hard to follow up on last week’s NMF of Future and Metro. We got a bunch of Drake sneak diss IG captions, but still no response for Kendrick. Here’s all the music you can listen to now—categorized by 💿️ for albums and 🎶 for singles:

• 💿️ Genre:sadboy by Machine Gun Kelly, Trippie Redd

• 💿️ Forget Me Not by Bfb Da Packman

• 💿️ Out Your Body Music by Lil Skies

• 💿️ Cowboy Carter by Beyonce

• 💿️ Streets Say You Still Miss Me (deluxe) by Ryan Trey

• 💿️ Don’t Forget to Breathe by Buddy

• 🎶 “BUSSIN” by Moneybagg Yo, Rob49

• 🎶 “HI-VOLTAGE” by HOMIXIDE GANG

• 🎶 “Since When” by FourFive

• 🎶 “Alter Ego” by Doechii, JT

• 🎶 “Steppas” by A Boogie Wit da Hoodie

• 🎶 “The Quest” by Mac Miller

• 🎶 “Subject” by G Herbo

• 🎶 “I LUV IT” by Camila Cabello, Playboi Carti

• Universal Music expands Spotify partnership to include music videos and pre-release teasers. The news comes after UMG pulled its catalog of 4M songs from TikTok.

• Viral TikTok rapper Trefuego must pay $800K to Sony Music for copyright infringement. His hit song “90mh” used an unauthorized sample of “Reflections” from Japanese composer Hinata.

• DJ Khaled’s former Florida mansion selling for $16.4M with epic sneaker closet. The infamous sneaker room remains intact with the signature “we the best” logo on the floor.

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