Long live Young Scooter
"Ain't nobody triller than Scooter."
THE BEAT DROP
A pulse of the culture
If you’re reading this, it’s another Saturday in Hip Hop and sadly, the culture had to say goodbye to Young Scooter on his birthday this week. The rapper tragically lost his life on Friday after making an attempt to flee from police, who had arrived at a house he was at. The details are still murky. Secondly, Drake announced that the music video for “Nokia” is on the way and lastly, Playboi Carti landed at No. 1 on the Billboard chart again.
THIS WEEK’S TRACKLIST
The most important news items of the week.
Young Scooter tragically passed away. He was 39.
Drake announced that the “Nokia” music video is coming on Monday, March 31. Baby gorrrrrl.
Playboi Carti’s Music debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week, and he is still there. He also followed the project up with the deluxe, Sorry 4 Da Wait, with 4 more of them thangs.
City Girls, Rick Ross, Trina, Trick Daddy and more, all got streets named after them in Miami.
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show got over 100 FCC complaints, with some upset about him dissing Drake.
Sauce Walka and his artist Sayso P were both shot in Memphis. Sayso unfortunately didn't make it.
Yella Beezy was released on bond.
Sheff G pleaded guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy.
NBA Youngboy was moved from federal prison in Alabama to a residential reentry management facility in Phoenix.
No Jumper’s Adam 22 was picked up by the Feds in relation to Big U’s RICO case and Nipsey Hussle’s murder.
BARS OF THE WEEK
Notable quotes or lyrics that made waves.
“You say you a hit man but you ain't hit shit, you say you a lick man but you ain't hit no licks, you say you a dope boy but you ain't sold no bricks.” — Young Scooter on the classic cut “Jugg King.”
“I do what I want, you do what you can.” — Another bar from Scooter off “Jugg King.”
“Yall mfers goin have to beg me to drop this shit nocizzy.” — Young Thug on releasing new music that it sounds like we’ll have to keep asking him for.
“WTHELLY” — Rob49 on “WTHELLY.”
“I want a song with y’all.” — Sexyy Red to Billie Joel Armstrong of Green Day after meeting.
“Go outside instead of spyin' on these niggas. Bitch, I'm a boss, I ain't relyin' on these niggas.” — Glorilla on her “Never Need” verse.
“I don’t gatekeep, want erryone to eat!” — 2Chainz on Life is Beautiful.
“Wen u kno you dat In real life the internet don’t matter” — Lil2Posh on life.
CHART TOPPERS
Notable top-performing rap and R&B tracks on streaming platforms and charts.
Playboi Carti’s Music moved 130k units, according to Chart Data.
SOUND WATCH
Upcoming releases and recent drops worth noting.
Lazer Dim 700 dropped a new rager called “David Blaine.”
Then, appeared on “YN” along with Sexyy Red, Babychiefdoit and Baby Kia, produced by F1lthy and engineered by PlaqueBoyMax.
DaBoii of SOB x RBE released Heart of a Lion.
Lil Durk dropped his album Deep Thoughts from jail.
Babyfxce E’s M Block mixtape was released with features from Mello Buckzz and VonOff1700.
Sorry 4 Da Wait, the deluxe version of Playboi Carti’s Music, came with four new tracks, including the banger “FOMDJ.”
Poiison’s Love, Money, Art EP is out, seven songs deep.
Anycia released “Never Need” with Karrahbooo and Glorilla.
Rylo Rodriguez returned with “Bring Bac Act” featuring Rio Da Yung OG.
Will Smith also returned to the music scene with Based on a True Story.
Rent’s Due by Nemzzz was released.
Star Bandz dropped her Estrella project with features from Luh Tyler, Veeze and more.
BNYX tapped in with Len for the vibey cut “Where You Been.”
YG got introspective on his latest single “2004” featuring Buddy.
Ari Lennox shared with everyone that she’s in her “Soft Girl Era.”
NLE Choppa released “Hard Life.”
Wiz Khalifa and Gunna cut up on “5 Star.”
Jozzy released her latest song called “Maybe.”
Coco Jones shared “You,” off her upcoming debut album Why Not More?, which is set to be released April 25.
Kali Uchis delivered her smooth single “Sunshine & Rain” and a music video to go with it.
Mozzy and Lil Poppa dropped “Nightmares.”
YoDogg and Cardo linked for “Madness.”
Tre Loaded released his new single, "Steppin."
Bow Wow and Chris Brown tapped in with Hitmaka for “Use Me.”
Boldy James and Antt Beatz finally released Hommage.
Little Simz shared her song “Free,” which is expected to appear on her upcoming album Lotus in May.
Jessie Reyez releases her highly anticipated new album Paid In Memories.
Lord Sko released his project PIFF.
Russ is getting ready to release W!ld, but first get into “Movin.”
Isaiah Falls and Odeal dropped “Searching.”
BEHIND THE MUSIC
Industry news.
Tinashe shared her Call of Duty Warzone story of when SniperNashe was born.
TOUR BUS
Concert and festival announcements, tour updates and live performance highlights.
Travis Scott announced the extension of his record-breaking Circus Maximus World Tour with a series of international stadium shows taking place this fall in New Delhi, India, Seoul, Korea, Sanya, Hainan, China, and Tokyo, Japan.
The New Wave Tour 2025 was announced featuring drill rappers DD Osama, Sugarhill Ddot and Star Bandz.
CMG’s Lil Poppa announced his upcoming Almost Normal Again Tour.
Summer Smash announced that Don Toliver and Yeat will be performing unreleased material and added PlaqueBoyMax to the lineup.
FREESTYLE
Memes and viral moments.
Baby Boi when?
RAP HILL
Legal matters affecting the music industry.
Drake’s legal team confirmed that the rapper plans to amend his defamation complaint against UMG, in response to the label’s motion to dismiss. The pretrial conference is set to take place April 2.
OUTSIDE
Sightings and appearances.
Tyler, the Creator and Sexyy Red had a good ol’ fashioned foot race.
Then, Sexyy Red hopped on PlaqueBoyMax’s Twitch stream to create “YN.”
And then, Bia, Wiz Khalifa and Kevin Gates pulled up to DDG’s Twitch stream, on his road to 40k subscribers so we can all watch him cut his dreads off. Tune and subscribe now.
Young Thug and Mariah the Scientist were spotted court side at the Warriors vs. Heat game.
Gucci Mane and Bossman Dlow were spotted together filming a music video.
BIRTHDAYS
Celebrating artists and industry figures born this week.
Young Scooter, Big Sean, Bhad Bhabie, Lil Keke, Tee Grizzley, MikeWillMadeIt, Juvenile
OUTRO
A final thought.
I just want to wrap this week’s Bar Report with my favorite song featuring Young Scooter, “Guwop.” RIP Young Scooter.
xx