Rap Music
Post Malone & Roddy Ricch’s ‘Cooped’ Up to No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay Chart
Post Malone becomes one of the 10 artists with the most No. 1s on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart as “Cooped Up,” featuring Roddy Ricch, tops the list dated July 30. The single advances from No. 2 after it gained 4% in plays to become the most-played song at U.S. monitored rhythmic radio stations in the week ending July 24, according to Luminate. “Cooped,” released on Mercury/Republic Records, gives Post Malone his ninth champ on Rhythmic Airplay. Here’s a recap of his leaders: “White Iverson,” one week at No. 1, beginning Jan. 2, 2016“Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, six, Nov. 11, 2017“Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, four, April 28, 2018“Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse),” four, Jan. 19, 2019“Wow.,” five, Feb. 23, 2019“Goodbyes,” featuring Young Thug, one, Sept. 21, 2019“E...
Myanmar police fire rubber bullets, wounding three, as hundreds of thousands protest
Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with police on Friday as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in defiance of the military junta’s call to halt mass gatherings. The United Nations human rights office said more than 350 people, including officials, activists and monks, have been arrested in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 coup, including some who face criminal charges on “dubious grounds”. The U.N. rights investigator for Myanmar told a special session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva that there were “growing reports, photographic evidence” that security forces have used live ammunition against protesters, in violation of international law. Special Rapporteur Thomas Andrews urged the U.N. Security Council to consider imposing sanctio...
