21 Savage and Metro Boomin dominated the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chartwith a one-two punch: “Mr. Right Now,” a collaboration with Drake, debuted at Number One, while “Runnin” arrived at Number Two. Both tracks earned more than 22 million streams a piece. “Mr Right Now” and “Runnin” were two …
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Tank, a veteran singer with a decade and a half of R&B hits, remembers the moment when rappers took over the airwaves. “Bone Thugs-n-Harmony are the Jesuses of melody rap,” he says. “What they did was theirs at the time; nobody could touch it, so nobody did. But when Nelly …
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