This week, country artist Shaboozey reached a brand new milestone. The breakout star’s song “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” enjoys its nineteenth week at No. 1 for probably the most weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. Shaboozey has now broken the record set by Lil Nas X, whose song “Old Town Road” featured on topping the charts, it was the preferred song within the country for 19 weeks in a row in 2019.

“The universe really does work in mysterious ways” – Shaboozey he wrote on Twitter in response to the news. “You never know how a story will unfold unless you follow through and trust the author; Thank you always.”

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song,” which samples J-Kwon’s 2004 hip-hop hit “Tipsy,” also dominated Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart for 23 weeks. This country-rap medley earned the artist three Grammy Award nominations within the categories of Song of the Year, Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance. Shaboozey also earned Grammy nominations for Best New Artist and Best Melodic Rap Performance for his appearance on Beyoncé’s song “Spaghetti.”

The 29-year-old genre-bending artist’s performance on “Cowboy Carter” took his profession to recent heights, and his social media and streaming following skyrocketed after the discharge of his single in March. So much in order that Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” replaced Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” to No. 1 on the Hot Country chart in July, marking the primary time in Billboard history that two consecutive black artists topped the charts. 1 position and led the chart one after the other.

“It was really great for (Beyoncé) to place lots of eyes on me at the identical time. The indisputable fact that she was capable of make clear me during that point helped me grow. She helped amplify what I used to be already doing on this space, and that is really amazing (coming from) someone who’s a extremely influential (and) historical figure,” Shaboozey said (*1*)Hollywood reporter. “It’s cool to see how far country music has come since Beyoncé created her project. It’s cool to see music reaching the world.”

Although Shaboozey continues to interrupt records along with his country-rap music, the country music scene has not accepted him as much. During the 2024 Country Music Awards, the name of the New Artist of the Year and Single of the Year nominees was repeatedly mentioned in offhand and restrained offensive remarks throughout the ceremony.

When Cody Johnson won Album of the Year for “Leather,” producer Trent Willmon joined him on stage and joked, “I gotta tell you, it’s for that cowboy who’s been kicking Shaboozey for years,” seemingly offering a variation on the phrase “kicking ass.” The Grammy-nominated performer’s name also became a source of comedy for hosts Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning, with Manning declaring, “Holy Shaboozey!” in the course of the performance.

While social media fans were outraged by the insolent comment throughout the show, Shaboozey offered: class slap on X, under a photograph of him smiling and shrugging: “No one kicks me!”

Although Shaboozey left the awards show empty-handed, the “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” singer expressed gratitude for the experience as a debut nominee and performer.

“(I) never imagined in my wildest dreams that I could be here. “I am grateful for all of this,” he wrote in a series of tweets. “Win or lose, I am blessed by something or someone that has power beyond my understanding.”

When I used to be a child within the ’80s and ’90s – you realize, the ’00s – while you did something amazing, someone would all the time say, “He must have eaten his Wheaties today!” referring to breakfast cereals which have long been advertised as “breakfast of champions” Famous athletes often got here across boxes of Wheaties, a lot in order that the physical, unopened boxes became collectors’ items in their very own right.

Kendrick Lamar ate his Wheaties. It’s not only the e-streets which have decided that 2024 can be the 12 months of Kendrick Lamar; apparently Kendrick has taken up the mantle and has been on our necks since March. On Friday, November 22, he dropped his album “GNX,” which has literally been the talk of the world because it hit the web. And then, to proceed his wave of artistic domination, he dropped the album’s first visual, “Squabble Up,” a song that was first teased at the start of the music video for the undisputed song of the 12 months 2024, “Not like us.”

“Squabble Up” continues where “Not Like Us” left off; the music video is full of West Coast – mainly Los Angeles – imagery and popular culture references, culture and homages, and Kendrick Lamar doing that little Kendrick Lamar dance. Seriously, as of this writing, I’ve watched this movie no less than 10 times because I used to be attempting to put some of the references within the background.

I imagine the people of Los Angeles have been feeling extra cool recently considering the way in which Kendrick has been gaining a lot weight for Los Angeles. This video takes some of them to the following level. For example, it is a nod to Ice-T’s “Power” album cover where a lady in a showering suit may be seen holding a sawed-off shotgun. On the Big Wheel is a child wearing the identical outfit as Anthony, Ronnie’s son, Jada Pinkett-Smith’s character in Menace II Society final scenes of the filmright before Caine was shot by the one person missing on this movie, Samuel Monroe, Jr.a villain so thorough that if I met him in real life today, I’d cross the road. There is a bow cover of Isaac Hayes’ 1971 work “Black Moses.” Is “Soul Train” game board. scene i David Hammons African American Flag. Rest in peace Nate Dogg.

And truthfully, “Squabble Up” has so much of references to things I do not even find out about because I’m not conversant in all of the cultural hotspots of Los Angeles and California. The most vital thing is the book Kendrick is reading called “How to Be Kendrick Lamar for Dummies” and I swear I hope it gets published, at the same time as a joke. I’m sure some enterprising soul will print some of these joints and sell them before the shutdown comes; that is how I got my Snoop-On-A-Stoop doll!

I’m sure some enterprising soul will create a TikTok that points out every reference utilized in the video, which I am unable to wait to see. For now, though, I’m still impressed by Kendrick Lamar’s mission. While his feud over being related to Drake has been the catalyst for the last nine months of Kendrickpalooza, it’s admirable to see how his focus seems to have shifted to uplifting and (to the extent it really works) uniting the West Coast. Kendrick could be very introverted, and this music video for “Squabble Up” is further proof of that. Similarly, it makes me interested in what is going to occur next; this sort of unpredictability from an artist hasn’t existed in hip-hop for an extended time. I’m glad we’re here now.

West, west, everyone.