The Weeknd’s ‘The Hills’ Becomes Diamond-Certified Single Zoe Zorka July 2, 2019 Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories While Drake has been dominating both Canadian and American headlines in recent weeks, another Toronto-based hip-hop artist has been quietly making money moves- and they've paid off majorly. The Weeknd's brea... Read Article
J. Cole May Have Features on His Next Album Miss2Bees March 19, 2019 Hip Hop Music | Listen To and Download Hip Hop Tracks, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories J. Cole sat down with GQ for their April cover story for a rare interview where he discussed the "Platinum With No Features" meme. The Dreamville Records boss admitted that he was initially flattered but was... Read Article
‘Tha Carter V’ and ‘Queen’ Certified Platinum on Same Day Corey Copeland January 15, 2019 Hip Hop Community News, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj prove that Young Money/Cash Money Business is still alive and well. The Cash Money business side has been settled for Wayne making 2018 indeed a winning year. Young Money's first la... Read Article
Drake is the Top-Selling Solo Male Artist of All-Time in America Matt Van Sol December 7, 2018 Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories According to the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), Drake has passed Elvis, Eminem and Michael Jackson for total music sales grossing up to $218,280,000 in sales. No other solo male artist has ev... Read Article
Ella Mai’s Self-Titled Album Goes Gold In One Week Sha Be Allah October 26, 2018 feature, Her Source, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives The accolades keep coming for British singer-songwriter, Ella Mai, who recently dropped her self-titled album to critical acclaim. In just one week, the extraordinary R&B debut has already attained gold status,... Read Article
Kanye West’s ‘Ye’, ‘I Love It’ Featuring Lil Pump Goes Gold Miss2Bees October 16, 2018 Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories Kanye West has another win, or two, to be correct. As of late, the Recording Institution of America confirmed Kanye's 'Ye collection a gold certification. His Lil Pump-assisted effort, "I Love It," has likewise... Read Article
Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ Is No Longer the Biggest Selling Album in U.S. History Ime Ekpo August 20, 2018 Digital Entertainment, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories After spending 35 years in reign as the biggest selling album in U.S. history, Michael Jackson's Thriller has officially been dethroned. The RIAA recently revealed new data that calculated '70s rock band The Ea... Read Article
Tyga’s ‘Taste’ Featuring Offset is Officially Platinum Miss2Bees July 31, 2018 Hip Hop Music | Listen To and Download Hip Hop Tracks Tyga is a certified hitmaker who doesn't show any signs of slowing down anytime soon. The rapper's most recent confirmation of that is "Taste," a universal summer-accommodating tune that the Recording Institute... Read Article
Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ Went Platinum the Day it Dropped Miss2Bees July 4, 2018 Hip Hop Music | Listen To and Download Hip Hop Tracks, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories Since the June 29th release of Scorpion, Drake has been raking in W's. Which is well needed after his defeat in the infamous rap feud with Pusha T. The album was pulling in 10 million streams every hour on S... Read Article
Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’ Goes Platinum Miss2Bees May 31, 2018 Hip Hop Music | Listen To and Download Hip Hop Tracks Childish Gambino's latest hit single, "This is America" is officially certified platinum. The politically charged record debuted on Saturday Night Live on May 7th, during Donald Glover's hosting gig and perf... Read Article
Stunt On ‘Em Breezy! Chris Brown Earned 40 RIAA Plaques This Year sourcestaff December 9, 2017 Digital Entertainment, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories Words by Comfort Nnana Kalu On Wednesday, Chris Brown revealed on Twitter that he has received 3-dozen plaques from the RIAA this year. “40 PLAQUES THIS YEAR!,” he wrote. “Today the RIAA released 23 more ce... Read Article
Chris Brown Receives His 7th No.1 Album! Shanice Stephanie November 11, 2017 Exclusives, News Exclusives, Uncategorized Chris Brown’s recent release of his album Heartbreak on a Full Moon has been the most talked about on social media these past couple of weeks. The album consists of 45 tracks and fans couldn’t have been any ha... Read Article
SZA’s ‘The Weekend’ Goes Platinum Ime Ekpo November 9, 2017 Digital Entertainment, Her Source | Beauty and Fashion Trends, Hip Hop Music | Listen To and Download Hip Hop Tracks This makes two lil platinum thingy's for the songbird. SZA has sealed another platinum single the with “The Weekend”, the third single off her album, Ctrl. In October, Ctrl was certified Gold by the RIAA obt... Read Article
Lil Uzi Vert “XO Tour Llif3” Goes 4x Platinum jquinones October 18, 2017 Hip Hop Music | Listen To and Download Hip Hop Tracks, Uncategorized Since it official release via Soundcloud in March, Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO Tour Llif3” has been a ubiquitous hit. Heard everywhere, time and time again, the hit shows no signs of fading into obscurity. In July, the ... Read Article
Future is the Only Artist to Have Two Gold Albums in 2017 Miss2Bees October 11, 2017 Hip Hop Music | Listen To and Download Hip Hop Tracks, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories Future continues to make history in Hip Hop. He managed to get not one, but two gold albums this year alone, making him the only artist to achieve this accomplishment this year. https://twitter.com/RIAA/s... Read Article
Childish Gambino’s Redbone is Certified Platinum Deniqua May 7, 2017 Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories Childish Gambino now has a third platinum single. "Redbone" the second single from Gambino's third studio album, Awaken, My Love! was certified platinum by the RIAA. Peaking at no. 45 on the Hot 100, this makes... Read Article
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘DAMN.’ Album Goes Platinum In Less Than A Month Sha Be Allah May 5, 2017 feature, featured, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives Kendrick Lamar, who just dropped his fourth album DAMN. last month, has been reaping the rewards of the critically acclaimed project, which has spent two weeks (so far) at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and dominat... Read Article
Kanye West’s ‘The Life Of Pablo’ Becomes First Streaming Only Album To Be Certified Platinum Sha Be Allah April 4, 2017 Digital, feature, Hip Hop Culture | Hip Hop Arts and Lifestyle, Hip Hop Entertainment | Hip Hop TV, Film and Video Games, News Exclusives, Tech, Tech News, Technology Visionary multi-disciplinary artist Kanye West, who has won 22 Grammy Awards®, has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, and has twice been named to TIME magazine’s list of “100 Most Influential People In The ... Read Article
Streaming Is Finally Bringing Money To The Music Industry Sheme Watson September 20, 2016 Tech With nearly twenty years of sharp decline as a direct result of piracy and declining prices, the music industry has recently shown signs of recovery. Spearheading the way to profitability via streaming are Spot... Read Article
Sixteen Years After Its Release, Nelly’s ‘Country Grammar’ Goes Diamond M.Musa July 26, 2016 Hip Hop Community News, Hip Hop Culture | Hip Hop Arts and Lifestyle, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories The album that brought you hits like "Country Grammar (Hot Sh*t)," "E.I.," and "Ride With Me" turned 16 years old this month. While Nelly and The St. Lunatics set the bar in achievement for Hip Hop, it wasn't d... Read Article