Travis Scott and his Jackboys collective’s compilation album Jackboys 2 debuts at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as Billboard reports. It earned 232,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. Of those, 72,000 comprise streaming equivalent albums (SEA) equaling 94.68 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs, according …
Read More »Bad Bunny, Travis Scott, Saweetie, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week,Bad Bunny shares a song he debuted during his historic Puerto Rico residency, Travis Scott links back up with his industry friends for Jackboys 2, and Saweetie ushers …
Read More »Travis Scott Hangs Out With His Amazing Friends on 'Jackboys 2'
“Yeah, man, I swear these old niggas kill me,” raps Travis Scott in his typical melodic flow on “Champain & Vacay.” The Houston star’s pushback against Clipse’s “So Be It,” where Pusha T’s ripped Scott for his “lack of loyalty” towards past mentors and friends like Kanye West and Drake, …
Read More »Travis Scott Says Kanye West Gave Permission to Use Demo in Motion to Dismiss 'Telekinesis' Suit
Travis Scott, SZA, and Future have filed a motion to dismiss a copyright case over their song “Telekinesis,” claiming the song they are accused of ripping off was actually given to them, with permission, by Kanye West. On Monday, June 14, lawyers for the three artists filed a motion to …
Read More »Travis Scott Celebrates 'Jackboys 2' Release With 'Dumbo' Video
Travis Scott is celebrating his Cactus Jack compilation album Jackboys 2 with a new visual. Just a day after dropping the 17-track LP that included songs by Sheck Wes and Don Toliver, Scott released the cinematic video for his highly teased single “Dumbo.” The Gabriel Moses-directed visual splices clips of …
Read More »Travis Scott Unveils 'Jackboys 2' Release Date
With just days to go before its release, Travis Scott announced that his Cactus Jack compilation album Jackboys 2 will roll out this Sunday, July 13. According to post shared to his Instagram on Thursday night, the project will span 17 songs and be hosted by Bun B. “The Jack …
Read More »Young Thug Returns to the Stage With Triumphant Summer Smash Performance
Atlanta’s exiled rap king has returned to the live stage. Young Thug, who spent more than two years behind bars before pleading guilty to racketeering and other charges, was Sunday’s headliner at Lyrical Lemonade and SPKRBX’s 2025 Summer Smash, following headlining sets from fellow ATL legend Future on Saturday and …
Read More »How Director Gabriel Moses Channeled Hip-Hop Culture and Atlanta for His First Short Film
In photographer and filmmaker Gabriel Moses’ debut short film, The Last Hour, a man wakes up to find he’s got a timer attached to his chest. What follows is a quietlydevastating meditation on the decisions that make up a life. The film paints a hyperreal portrait of a surreal situation, …
Read More »Our Favorite Afropop Songs and Albums of 2025 So Far
I have the pleasure of living in the big, busy, diverse, and very diasporic city of Atlanta, where the summertime lituations are about to get very real. There are a ton of great DJs in town spinning all sorts of Afropop and adjacent genres all year long – Afrobeats, amapiano, …
Read More »Excitement Turns to Terror in New Trailer for Astroworld Tragedy Doc
Attendees at Travis Scott’s 2021 Astroworld festival recall how excitement quickly turned into horror in the new trailer for Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy, Netflix’s upcoming documentary about the infamous crowd crush tragedy. Ten people died at Astroworld 2021 when the enormous crowd surged toward the stage as Scott began his …
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