![]() The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” lifts 3-2 on the Hot 100. “Rockstar” concurrently rules the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric formula as the Hot 100, for a fifth week each. Before the five-week reign of “Rockstar,” Roddy Ricch’s solo smash “The Box” dominated for 11 weeks “Rockstar” breaks out of a second-place tie with The Weeknd’s four-week leader “Blinding Lights.” 1s so far this year: 10 that have spent their first weeks on top since January and two that first led in 2019). Notably, Roddy Ricch boasts the two longest-leading Hot 100 No. ![]() Lil Baby & Roddy Ricch Top Nielsen Music/MRC Data’s 2020 Midyear Charts ![]() On Radio Songs, it surges 10-5 with 54.2 million airplay audience impressions, up 17%, in the week ending July 12, good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100. It rises 3-2 on Digital Song Sales, although with a 16% decline to 13,000 sold in the same span. streams, down 3%, in the week ending July 9, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 42.4 million U.S. “Rockstar,” released on SouthCoast/Interscope Records, tallies an eighth week at No. All charts (dated July 18) will update on tomorrow (July 14). Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. The song is from Pop Smoke’s first official full-length album, Shoot For the Stars Aim For the Moon, which launches at No. Plus, late rapper Pop Smoke ranks in the Hot 100’s top 10 for the first time, as “For the Night,” featuring Lil Baby and DaBaby, debuts at No. Sure, it's a little funny to see a bunch of judges bopping along at the Grammys, but the context makes it much more harrowing than humorous.DaBaby‘s “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, posts a fifth week at No. ![]() It's clear, between these two updated verses and the inclusion of white "judges" as backup singers, that DaBaby is taking this opportunity to make a strong point about injustice and racism. ![]() Another segment included the lines, "Now we all fed up and n****s comin' back for everything / Rockstars, n***a, just watch the news, they burnin' cop cars, n***a / Kill another n***a, break the law, then call us outlaws, n***a / What happened? Want us to keep it peaceful." "Oh, there they go / Biasedly pushin' negative narratives, I'm ready, though / Cops wanna pull me over, embarrass me / Abusin' power, you never knew me, thought I was arrogant / As a juvenile, police pulled their guns like they scared of me," part of the verse went. It's similar to last summer, when he dropped "Rockstar (Black Lives Matter Remix)." The remix opened with an additional new verse lamenting the injustices faced by Black people - especially, in this case, Black men - at the hands of police: "Rollin in that Lamborghini like I'm Batman / Something they ain't used to seeing from every Black man / Tryin' to bring me down / Eat up the allegations like I'm Pac-Man / You should see me now / Don't know which whip to drive when I leave the house / When I leave the house my skin don't look the same / My skin don't look the same so I get singled out / Right now I'm performing at the Grammys / I'll probably get profiled before leavin' out / Don't be in denial like we all even now / 'Cause if you're in the projects or a mansion / You're still a Black man when you leave the house / Them's the facts." Near the end of the performance, he performed a new verse, specially written for the Grammys and to continue to highlight these issues: DaBaby's song, which, in its initial version, deals with his own encounter with the criminal system, has gone through a couple of versions that shift the focus to racism in the American justice system and how it's often anything but just, especially for Black people. This particular choice is closely tied to "Rockstar"'s history as a protest song, especially in the wake of 2020's Black Lives Matter protests and ongoing protests against racial injustice. The backup singers made a big statement too, standing out for how unusual they were, but they were deliberately styled to make a powerful point.ĭaBaby's backup singers were all older, gray-haired, white people wearing the black robes worn by judges or even Supreme Court justices they seemed to symbolize the justice system itself, particularly as an institution dominated by older white people and often biased against anyone else. DaBaby took to the Grammys stage with Roddy Ricch and Anthony Hamilton for a unique performance of their smash hit "Rockstar," but it wasn't just these stars who drew attention. ![]()
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