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21 Savage extends No. 1 streak on top R&B/hip-hop albums chart

21 Savage banks his fifth overall – and consecutive – No. 1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart as What Happened to the Streets? starts atop the list dated Dec. 27. The set, on Slaughter ...
The Root

Why It’s Ridiculous That 21 Savage, Young Thug Now Say ‘F the Streets’

For years, 21 Savage built an empire off the aesthetics and trauma of the streets — selling tales of violence, hood culture, and “gun smoke,” as one of his most popular songs proudly puts it. Now, the ...
Rolling Stone

21 Savage Says ‘F*ck the Streets.’ The Rap World Isn’t So Sure

Last week, 21 Savage took to X and called for reconciliation between Young Thug and Gunna, two titans of Atlanta rap who’d fallen out over the belief that Gunna’s plea in the YSL trial amounted to ...
Rolling Stone

21 Savage Plays it a Little Too Tough

“They tearin’ down the real ones,” rues 21 Savage on “Atlanta Tears,” the penultimate track from his latest album, What Happened to the Streets? For the 33-year-old rapper who has earned four ...