Music Notes: Drake and PartyNextDoor, Travis Scott and Janelle Monáe
Written by ABC Audio ALL RIGHTS RESERVED on February 3, 2025
The release date for Drake and PartyNextDoor‘s highly awaited collab album has been announced. $ome $exy $ongs 4 U will drop on Feb. 14 aka Valentine’s Day, Drake shared alongside a teaser. The clip starts at a speakeasy, capturing various groups in conversation, before making its way to the back. There, Drake is posted on a couch, staring into space while drinking and singing the words to the song.
Travis Scott’s “4X4” has debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his fifth #1 on the chart. It garnered 16.2 million official streams, 2.9 million radio airplay audience impressions and sold 167,000 digital and physical singles in the U.S. in the week Jan. 24-30. The song also debuts at #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.
Nelly’s decision to perform at Donald Trump‘s inauguration has lost him a fan in Janelle Monáe. “F*** you Nelly!” she yelled at a Grammys afterparty in the middle of singing a rendition of his song “Hot in Herre.” “I used to like Nelly… but then he went to perform for Donald Trump. F*** that n****. I don’t give a f***. I’m with my family ain’t nobody gonna hate on us. I care about women.”
“Nelly, you sold out. I used to think you was cool,” she later added. ‘Now you look like a motherf****** fool. I might be a little tipsy but I know everything I’m saying. F*** you n****. Get a new attitude.”
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