Did Drake Sneak Diss Kanye on "8am in Charlotte"?

It’s almost time for Drake’s For All The Dogs album to drop. Odds Kanye and Ty Dolla $ign drop something, too? In other news today:

• Song streams & revenue 💰️ 

• Why fans think Kanye and Drake are going head-to-head with albums (again) 🆚 

• Never-before-seen photos and Diddy’s surprise involvement in Tupac’s murder 🤫 

• New Music Friday releases 💿️ 

• Industry Insights 📈 

Song Streams & Revenue

It’s a new Thursday and a new song revenue chart. As reported by Hits Double Daily, which tracks streaming revenue week over week, the above chart reflects the streaming period from September 22 to 28.

Drake’s collab with SZA dropped to #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 but still earned $75K from over 15M streams in its second week. Doja Cat’s “Paint The Town Red” is back at #1, earning $111K from 23M streams. Gunna’s officially platinum song “fukumean” generated $74K from 15M streams.

Kanye and Drake’s Never-Ending Rivalry: Are Both Albums Dropping Tonight?

In scary (and early) hours of October 5th, Drake dropped a surprise video for his new song “8AM in Charlotte.” The video spurred three new topics of conversation: Adonis’ creative vision and artistic wage, 21 Savage’s green card, and Drake’s infamous beef with Kanye.

The video starts off with Adonis holding a drawing that’s likely the first iteration of what turned out to be the For All The Dogs album cover and explains a story involving a goat, not a dog. The goat represents Drake, and when asked, “Do you wanna talk about how much money you got for your beautiful drawing?” he replies, “Oh please.”

In the first verse of the song, Drake raps, “Savage got a green card straight out of the consulate / Where I go, you go, brother, we Yugoslavian.” 21 Savage’s immigration status is what stopped him from visiting cities outside the U.S. for his It’s All A Blur tour with Drake. According to TMZ, 21 Savage’s immigration case has been resolved—just in time for the tour’s closing shows in Toronto.

Drake vs. Kanye

It’s who he didn’t name in the third verse that has everyone talking and theorizing about whether the lyrics are a Kanye sneak diss. “Handle beef so quiet, you think that I’m letting it slide / Next thing you know, we tip-toein’ past enemy lines,” Drake raps, saying his peace offering can be for show, like a Trojan horse to give him an advantage.

He doesn’t mention Kanye directly, but lyrics on “Circo Loco” and Kim K’s audio on “Search & Rescue” suggest the beef was not solved at the Larry Hoover benefit concert. “I’ll probably hold a grudge against you guys ‘till I’m 75,” may be a reference to Kanye and Pusha T. It was Kanye who gave Pusha the information that led to “The Story of Adidon” diss track, revealing Adonis’ identity for the first time.

Fans are speculating that all the news about Kanye’s upcoming album “dropping at any time” was a calculated plan to ruin Drake’s release day. Confirmed collaborator Ty Dolla $ign has erased all posts on his IG and posted the below IG story, hinting at an upcoming song or album.

New Murder Theory & Never-Before-Seen Photos From Tupac’s Case

As Tupac’s murder case begins to unfold, suspect Keefe D Davis’ arraignment was postponed when his lawyer failed to show up in court, more opinions and evidence are coming to the surface. Since the last recap, it’s been insinuated that Diddy played a role in Tupac’s murder, and despite Davis’ involvement, Tupac wouldn’t want him to go to jail.

Never-before-seen photos and videos were released from the night of the shooting. This includes surveillance footage of Tupac and Suge leaving the MGM Grand hotel, the bullet-ridden car Tupac was in, and photos of his autopsy. There may be more evidence unearthed as the trial begins.

Ma$e discussed the case on his talk show with Cam’ron this week and indirectly painted a picture of the suspect, Davis, having a longstanding relationship with Diddy. What Ma$e was alluding to was comments made by Davis during his confession to police in 2008. He claimed that Diddy offered him $1M in the mid-’90s to “get rid” of Tupac and Suge Knight—rivals of Diddy’s Bad Boy Records.

After Tupac’s murder, Davis said he never received the $500K from Diddy, and Davis’ indictment said Tupac was murdered as retribution for jumping Davis’ nephew.

Former Outlawz member Napoleon, believes Tupac wouldn’t want law enforcement involved at all. He told The Art of Dialogue that despite Davis’ involvement, Tupac hated the cops and wouldn’t want Davis to rot in jail for his role in the murder. Oddly enough, Tupac’s last words to a responding officer were “fuck you” before he lost consciousness and later died at the hospital.

New Music Friday

Tonight is for all the dogs 🐶 After many months of cryptic monologues on tour and “dialed in” IG stories, Drake’s new album is dropping. Here’s all the music you can look forward to—categorized by 💿️ for albums and 🎶 for singles:

• 💿️ For All The Dogs by Drake

• 💿️ VOIR DIRE by Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist

• 💿️ Cali Sober by Wiz Khalifa

• 💿️ The Lost Tapes (5 Yr Deluxe) by Ghostface Killah & Big Ghost Ltd

• 🎶 “TBD” by Denzel Curry

• 🎶 “Me & U” by Tems

• 🎶 “Why Would I” by Fivio Foreign

• 🎶 “Ambition (Freestyle)” by Jay Rock

• 🎶 “MF Problem” by ATL Jacob

• Offset seemingly confirms Playboi Carti didn’t clear the feature for his album. When fans asked where Carti was on the official tracklist, Offset liked a comment that replied, “He definitely ain’t clear it.”

• Spotify rolls out new artist profiles highlighting music, merch, and events. The music tab also includes short-form videos from the artist and fundraising links.

• Travis Scott’s Utopia became the best-selling hip-hop album of the year. Surpassing Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains sales, the album achieved over 1.4M units in two months.

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