Machine Gun Kelly has released "Smoke Hard (Freestyle)," which has the rapper spitting over Wiz Khalifa's "Work Hard Play Hard" beat. You can listen and download below.
According to a tweet sent by Diddy and Bad Boy-affiliated talent manager James Cruz, and retweeted by French Montana, the rapper's single "Pop That" has gone gold.
When someone says that an artist has gone gold, they are usually indicating one of two things: that the song or album has sold at least 500,000 units or that it has been certified gold by the RIAA, signifying 500,000 copies solid in the United States through tracked retail outlets. The song has not yet been added to the RIAA's searchable database, but that often happens after the artists themselves have been informed. The Daddy's House Recording Studios Facebook page labeled it as "gold certified." Once it is added to the RIAA database, we'll have an update.
In August, DJ Khaled released his new album, "Kiss the Ring." The album featured "I Did it For My Dawgz," a collaboration with French Montana that also had guest spots from Rick Ross, Meek Mill and Jadakiss. According to DJ Khaled, a visual has been shot. No word on when it might be released.
Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released today, featuring the debut positions for Machine Gun Kelly's new album, "Lace Up." Meanwhile, French Montana's "Pop That" holds firm, maintaining a #1 on the Rap Airplay chart.
Billboard reports that Machine Gun Kelly's debut album, "Lace Up," will debut on the Billboard 200 at #4, having sold 51,000 copies in retail outlets tracked by Nielsen SoundScan.
On Twitter, MGK compared the debut to where "Wild Boy" debuted (and peaked) on the Hot 100 singles chart, at #98. But, a slightly more apt comparison might be where his EP album, "Half Naked & Almost Famous," debuted. It came in at #46 with 8,519 copies sold.
In a new interview with HipHopDX, he says that he apologized to Jimmy Iovine, the chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M, over those remarks.
DX: I asked if you wanted to retract at all those statements to Semtex because I know recently you felt compelled to withdraw your previous statements about hating “Invincible.” I understand you actually called [Interscope Records CEO] Jimmy Iovine and basically apologized for saying that?
MGK: No, no, I had seen him in person and did that. I’m more of like an in-person type guy. ...
DX: I got a feeling you never apologized to your manager at Fuddruckers. [Laughs]
MGK: No, no …. That was my only [boss I've apologized to]. You know why that was my only one? Because, genuinely he is a musician. So it’s like, regardless, Jimmy Iovine is a musician. That was something I had got to know. When I was in his office before – which is a rare thing for an artist to be – I was just like [in awe]. I mean, he’s been around since f*****’ Lennon, man. [Anybody] that was f*****’ with John Lennon you can’t really question that type of s***. I mean, you can, ‘cause obviously I did. But, you definitely know when not to bite the hand that is willing to feed you.
I think that’s the biggest part of being a soldier is that. I’m not trying to be one of those guys that just blames the label for mishaps in my career. At the end of the day, like I said, I started this shit organically and I’m gonna continue that. So if I fuck up it’s on me.
