Lil Wayne News

Returning to the Top 10 of the Billboard Top 200, Lil Pump crashes the chart at #7 with his hotly-anticipated sophomore album, Harverd Dropout.

Billboard is proud to announce today that multi-talented entertainer and digital superstar Lele Pons will take the stage as a panelist at this year's Billboard Latin Music Week. The Venezuelan-Italian-American artist will headline the 'From YouTube Star to Music Star' panel on Tuesday April 23 along with content creator and musician Rudy Mancuso. Pons and Mancuso join previously announced 2019 panelists Wisin & Yandel and Anuel AA, with additional headliners and panelists to be announced in the coming weeks for the leading Latin music industry event held at The Venetian in Las Vegas April 22-25.

As winter begins to wind down, that means it's time to get ready for the official kickoff to summer- the 12th annual Soundset Festival. Today, Rhymesayers Entertainment and Rose Presents unveil the lineup for Soundset 2019. On Sunday May 26, 2019, the preeminent Midwest music and lifestyle experience will take over the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on the Midway.

Music mogul DJ Khaled is set to host Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards 2019, the biggest, slimiest party of the year for kids, broadcasting live Saturday, March 23, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT) from the Galen Center in Los Angeles, Calif. The news, which also included this year's nominees, was announced today by Double Dare host Liza Koshy via a first-time Kids' Choice Awards nomination livestream event across Nickelodeon's YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter handles and channels.

As he continues to dominate the culture as hip-hop's foremost “scholar,” Lil Pump announces the dates and schedule for his 2019 Spring tour with Lil Skies. 

Tonight, multi-platinum selling modern icon and history-making teenage superstar Lil Pump—who has cracked the social media code to become the most viral artist to date—unleashed his anxiously awaited follow-up to his self-titled debut and one of the year's most anticipated albums, Harverd Dropout [Tha Lights Global/Warner Bros. Records]. Get it HERE.

Santigold has announced a US tour to commemorate the recent 10thanniversary of her self-titled debut album. The 10 Years Golder Tour kicks off April 30th at Denver's Fillmore Auditorium. She will be performing her debut album in its entirety as well as songs from throughout her career including her latest mixtape-style album I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions (Downtown). Citi is the official presale credit card for the tour. As such, Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Wednesday, February 20 at 10 AM local time until Thursday, February 21 at 10 PM local time through Citi's Private Pass program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Artist fan club presale will be available Wednesday, February 20 at 10 AM local time through Thursday, February 21 at 10p local time. Fans can sign up for the artist fan club presale code atwww.Santigold.com. The deadline for the presale code signup is Tuesday, February 19 at midnight local time. This will be followed by local pre-sales on February 21 at 10 AM local time and the general on sale on February 22 at 10 AM local time.

Tune in this Friday, February 15 at 10:00 pm ET/PT to watch the broadcast premiere of the concert featuring the GRAMMY Award-winning rapper, songwriter and producer “Jay Rock” on AT&T* AUDIENCE Network via DIRECTV Ch 239. The show will also be available streaming on-demand through DIRECTV NOW and WatchTV. 

Halsey pulls double duty as host and musical guest for Saturday Night Live on February 9, 2019.

This Sunday, live from STAPLES Center, and hosted by Alicia Keys, is the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards. The event will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.

Recording artist Halsey will serve as host and musical guest when “Saturday Night Live” returns on Feb. 9.  

Today, Toronto-born and Denver-based rapper, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trip Rexx unveils his new single'Envelope.'

Today, Founders Entertainment announces the sale of single day GA and VIP tickets for the 2019 Governors Ball Music Festival. The ninth annual edition of New York City's very own homegrown fest will take place from Friday, May 31st through Sunday, June 2nd on beautiful Randall's Island Park. Featuring performances from Florence + The Machine, Tyler, The Creator, The Strokes, Lil Wayne, SZA, NAS, The 1975, Kacey Musgraves, Major Lazer, BROCKHAMPTON,  Louis The Child, Mitski, and many more, Governors Ball will showcase 70 artists throughout the weekend.

Today, three-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer and songwriter Asiahn releases cinematic visuals for her second single, 'Like You.' The single, hails from her recently released, a well-received album, Love Train 2.

Sports Illustrated (SI), the preeminent voice in sports journalism, and Talent Resources Sports today announced hip-hop legends Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne will headline their epic pre Super Bowl bash in Atlanta on Saturday, February 2, 2019. This event marks SI's return to the Big Game Weekend's entertainment & hospitality scene.

Capping off a monumental 2018, GRAMMY® Award-nominated multi-platinum Washington, D.C. MMG superstar and culture iconoclast Wale shares a pair of new songs today—the single “Poledancer” and “Winter Wars.” Get them now via Warner Bros. Records.

Atlanta hitmaker, K Camp, releases the video for 'Cherish My Dawgs,' a standout single from his recently released RARE Sound album. Directed by BRUME, the vintage black and white visual is a tribute to K Camp's inner circle and the memory of Jeffrey 'Lil Jeff' Warford II.

Known for his global success with hit “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix),” Jamaican Reggae fusion artist OMI debuts his new single and returns to Miami to shoot his video for “As Long As I'm With You ” with CMC$  via Ultra Records. 

The Recording Academy's GRAMMY Recordings® and Republic Records will release the 2019 GRAMMY® Nominees album on Jan. 25, 2019 in stores and via digital retailers.

Billboard, the leading destination for charts, news, trends and innovations in music, and American Express announced today that Alex Belle and Isis Valentino of St. Beauty will receive theAmerican Express Impact Award at the 13th annual Women in Music event on December 6 in New York City.