Lil Wayne News

NEW YORK, April 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ Lil Wayne stars in a hilarious new commercial for Bumbu, a premium craft rum from Barbados.

ASCAP, the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, hosted its 35th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards on Monday, April 23, recognizing four impressive songwriting talents with a 2018 ASCAP Pop Music Songwriter of the Year award, each for their individual achievement in crafting some of the most popular songs of 2017. Steve Mac won for 'Shape of You' (Ed Sheeran), 'Strip That Down' (Liam Payne ft. Quavo), 'Rockabye' (Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul) and 'What About Us' (P!nk); Max Martin, receiving the award for an unprecedented 11th time, for 'Side To Side' (Ariana Grande), 'Can't Stop The Feeling!' (Justin Timberlake), 'Send My Love' (Adele) and 'Just Like Fire' (P!nk); Starrah for 'Now or Never' (Halsey), 'Fake Love' (Drake), 'What Lovers Do' (Maroon 5 ft. SZA) and 'Havana' (Camila Cabello); and Drew Taggart for '1-800-273-8255' (Logic ft. Alessia Cara and Khalid) in addition to three hits by his band, The Chainsmokers: 'Something Just Like This' (ft. Coldplay), 'Closer' (ft. Halsey) and 'Paris.'  ASCAP President and award-winning songwriter Paul Williamspresented the awards. 

Next week Speedy Ortiz will release Twerp Verse, its new full-length album and first in three years, but the album can be heard today as it's streaming early exclusively via NPR First Listen. In the Fall of 2016, Speedy Ortiz went to Brooklyn's Silent Barn to record what they thought would be their third LP, but following election day they knew they had to change course. “The songs on the album that were strictly personal or lovey dovey just didn't mean anything to me anymore--that's not the kind of music I've found healing or motivating in the past few years, and I was surprised I'd written so much of it,” explains front person Sadie Dupuis. 'Social politics and protest have been a part of our music from day one, and I didn't want to stop doing that on this album.' So the band scrapped the album they made, Dupuis wrote more songs over the course of four months, and Speedy Ortiz created the urgent, taught, and pointedly witty Twerp Verse, out April 27th on Carpark. Pre-order Twerp Verse on DSPs HERE, at the Speedy Ortiz store HERE, or at the Carpark store HERE. Stream the album in its entirety via NPR First Listen HERE.

dick clark productions and NBC today announced nominees for the "2018 Billboard Music Awards," which will honor the year's most successful artists in 57 categories of music.  Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran lead the pack with 15 nominations each, followed by Post Malone with 13, Imagine Dragons with 11, Drake with 9 and Justin Bieber and Cardi B with 8. The "2018 Billboard Music Awards" will broadcast LIVE coast to coast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 20 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on NBC.

Leading music-industry finance firm Sound Royalties today announced that it is currently working with chart-topping rapper Lil Wayne to help him launch a diverse array of new projects for 2018.

TickPick, the no-fee ticket marketplace that is transforming the industry, has replaced StubHub as the official secondary ticket marketplace for Firefly Music Festival.

The Remix Awards are produced by 'The Remix Top30 Countdown' (RT30) internationally syndicated radio mixshow and Digital Music Pool (DMP) global digital record pool. Leading pop and dance music artists drop-by this electrifying event, held annually in South Beach during Miami Music Week (MMW).

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed fast-rising songwriter and rapper Lil Skies to a worldwide deal.

Get Schooled national spokesperson and hip-hop mogul DJ Khaled today joined Viacom to announce Key to Social Change, an initiative that will empower high school and college students to make a positive impact in their communities through social media. Organized under the Major Keys campaign, which assists students in securing a college education, Key to Social Change launches April 2, 2018, and will award more than $20,000 in scholarships to select participants.

Next month Speedy Ortiz will release Twerp Verse, its first new full-length album in three years. Fresh off of an outstanding run at SXSW last week, the band shares the record's second single today entitled “Lean In When I Suffer.”

Production studio Electus has teamed with eleven-time Grammy-winning songwriter, producer and artist Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds for a new, scripted 90s music series (as yet untitled) it was announced today by Electus CEO Chris Grant and Electus President John Pollak.

Emerging R&B/Pop Artist BARACHI Surpasses 1 Million Views On YouTube With TELL ME

The most successful independent rapper of all-time, Strange Music co-founder and platinum-certified titan, Tech N9ne, dominates multiple charts with his 20th full-length album, Planet.

Today, Gucci Mane releases his newest single, “Solitaire” featuring Migos and Lil Yachty. The track marks the first single off Gucci Mane's forthcoming album Evil Genius. “Solitaire” comes on the heels of Gucci Mane's latest album, “El Gato: The Human Glacier.” Previously, Gucci Mane released his studio album, “MR. DAVIS,” which featured smash hit single “I Get The Bag” featuring Migos, which is now certified double platinum. “MR. DAVIS” followed the May 2017 release of “DROPTOPWOP,” highlighted by the blockbuster single, “Met Gala (Feat. Offset).” Produced by Metro Boomin, the mixtape was included on a number of year-end lists, among them Noisey's “The 100 Best Albums of 2017” and Complex's “The Best Albums of 2017” which hailed the collection as Gucci Mane's “most darkly compelling collection songs in years – and easily his tightest project.”

Nickelodeon has released the 2018 Kids Choice Award Nominees. Nickelodeon's 2018 Kids' Choice Awards is produced by Nickelodeon Productions, with Elizabeth Kelly, Michael Dempsey, Shelly Sumpter Gillyard and Jay Schmalholz serving as executive producers. Check out the full list of nominees below:

Atlantic Records, along with Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter/producer Ty Dolla $ign's THMVMNT (pronounced The Movement) label imprint, announce the signing of Los Angeles-based rapper, Joe Moses. The news was announced earlier today via Billboard and is heralded by the release of his new single “Back Goin Brazy (feat. Future).” The Southside-produced song will appear on Joe's label debut EP, SoWop EP slated for release next month. “Back Goin Brazy (feat. Future)” is available at all digital retailers & streaming services: https://Atlantic.lnk.to/BackGoinBrazy

Emerging R&B/Pop artist, BARACHI, unveils the video for his smoldering new track “ME+U” today. “ME+U” blends together elements of hip-hop, pop and soul to create the singer-songwriter's unique modern sound. It also gives fans a sneak peak of the forthcoming visual album, THERAPY, set to be released via GMUSIC Group (marketing and distribution by RED, a division of Sony Music Entertainment together with Orchard Enterprises NY, Inc) in Summer 2018. Following the success of his previous hit “Tell Me,” which has garnered nearly 800K views on YouTube, the newly released video for “ME+U” was filmed in Los Angeles, California and directed by Dame Pierre. The track was written and produced by both Exly OnTheBeat and Barachi.

Today Speedy Ortiz announces its new full-length album and first release in two years. In the Fall of 2016, Speedy Ortiz went to Brooklyn's Silent Barn to record what they thought would be their third LP, but following election day they knew they had to change course. 'The songs on the album that were strictly personal or lovey dovey just didn't mean anything to me anymore--that's not the kind of music I've found healing or motivating in the past few years, and I was surprised I'd written so much of it,' explains front person Sadie Dupuis. 'Social politics and protest have been a part of our music from day one, and I didn't want to stop doing that on this album.' So the band scrapped the album they made, Dupuis wrote more songs over the course of four months, and Speedy Ortiz created the urgent, taught, and pointedly witty Twerp Verse, out April 27th on Carpark. See below for album art (which Dupuis made herself, as she has done for all of the band's previous releases) and tracklisting.

Kodak Black celebrates Valentine's Day by releasing his first ever R&B project, “Heartbreak Kodak.”

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Rowdy Eunice of the country-infused hip-hop trio Whosever South, emerges with his debut solo single, 'How You Shine' (Pit Bull Productions). 'How You Shine' will be available at all digital outlets on February 14th, with pre-orders now available at iTunes.