Kendrick Lamar is dissing Drake once again on Playboi Carti’s impending album, I Am Music. At least, that’s what DJ Akademiks said after Carti called him and played him his whole album.

likely due to an unusually close finish between the top three albums: Lamar’s “GNX” landed back at No. 1 with a total of 90,500 units (per Luminate), followed by Drake and PartyNextDoor’s ...

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Also this week: Alison Russell gives the keynote at the 37th Folk Alliance International conference in Montreal. The Billboard Live Stage is coming to Canada, and it will happen at the site of ...