Oliver Anthony Music topped the Hot 100 this week and we’re taking a look at his rapid rise and his controversial start. Drake’s son Adonis created the cover art for his new album ‘For All The Dogs.’ Flo Rida held a little fan while performing his hit song ‘Low.’ Echosmith siblings Sydney and Noah Sierota play Never Have I Ever. And more!
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00:00 Oliver Anthony music has listeners divided.
00:02 Drake gets some help from his son on his new album.
00:05 A baby at a Flo Rida concert is the talk of the internet.
00:09 We learn five things about Erika Jayne
00:11 and play Never Have I Ever with Echo Smith.
00:14 (upbeat music)
00:16 Hey y'all, I'm Tetris Kelly from Billboard News.
00:19 It's Wednesday, August 23rd.
00:21 And let's talk about our current leader on the Hot 100.
00:24 Oliver Anthony seemingly came out of nowhere
00:26 to the top of the Billboard Hot 100,
00:28 but is he already becoming the rich man he sings about?
00:32 And did he lose support from his right wing fans already?
00:35 We have his new music and everything
00:37 that's been going on with the soulful singer.
00:40 ♪ Rich man north of Richmond ♪
00:42 ♪ Lord knows they all just wanna have total control ♪
00:47 As Rich Man North of Richmond had its historic ride
00:50 to the top of our charts,
00:51 a lot of conversation happened online
00:53 questioning if the song has a divisive meaning
00:56 and is it just an anthem for the right?
00:58 Well, Oliver has spoken on the topic.
01:01 - I mean, we are the melting pot of the world
01:02 and that's what makes us strong is our diversity
01:05 and we need to learn to harness that and appreciate it
01:07 and not use it as a political tool.
01:09 - Some conservatives have already turned on him,
01:12 calling him a scam and accusing him of faking his accent.
01:15 While others pointed out he never said he was conservative.
01:18 I'm just confused at what's even controversial
01:20 about diversity.
01:22 ♪ It's a damn shame ♪
01:24 ♪ What the world's gotten to ♪
01:26 ♪ People like me ♪
01:28 ♪ People like you ♪
01:30 And is he becoming a rich man?
01:32 In his Hot 100 topic week,
01:34 Billboard estimates he earned over $350,000 in royalty.
01:39 On the heels of his history making number one viral hit,
01:42 Oliver has dropped a video for his new single,
01:44 "I Want to Go Home."
01:46 ♪ I wanna go home ♪
01:50 Someone else who's used to being on top of the charts,
01:52 Drake is giving new info on his upcoming album.
01:56 Looks like Drake knows how to spot talent.
01:59 The rapper commissioned an up and coming artist
02:01 to create the artwork for his latest album,
02:03 his son, Adonis.
02:05 ♪ King of the hill, you know it's a steep one ♪
02:08 ♪ If we together, you know it's a brief one ♪
02:09 Drake revealed this week that the cover art
02:11 for his upcoming album, "For All the Dogs,"
02:14 was drawn by his five year old son, Adonis.
02:17 The young artist sketched a red eyed pooch
02:18 with tall ears and a white body
02:21 and had the internet in their feelings
02:22 with one commenter saying,
02:24 "Adonis coming through with the Picasso."
02:26 Adonis, I think it's a little dark.
02:28 Somebody give this kid some more colors.
02:30 At press time, there was no official release date
02:32 for his follow up to last year's surprise solo release,
02:35 "Honestly Nevermind," which featured the single, "Sticky,"
02:38 and Billboard Hot 100 number one single,
02:40 "Jimmy Cooks" with 21 Savage.
02:43 ♪ Bro, thank you John Wayne ♪
02:44 ♪ I bought 'em Yellowstone ♪
02:46 Let's keep the music and the baby news going.
02:48 We've gotta talk about Flo Rida.
02:50 A recent video from a Flo Rida show is going viral
02:53 and we have so many questions.
02:55 (screaming)
02:57 While performing at Celebrate Erie Festival in Pennsylvania,
03:02 Flo Rida was handed a baby to which Flo hailed him
03:05 and continued his performance of "Low."
03:08 ♪ I can't do low, can't do low, low, low, low, low ♪
03:12 The viral video had many fans commenting
03:14 how cute and irresponsible it was
03:17 and some even asked how did they know
03:19 the baby was a Flo Rida fan?
03:21 But that's just the beginning of our questions.
03:23 Like whose baby is that?
03:25 Did Flo Rida know this baby or their parents?
03:28 And the video continues.
03:30 Now how'd the baby get onto the stage?
03:32 Who's this man holding him?
03:34 Why is he holding him like Simba in "The Lion King"?
03:37 Is going down for real the baby's favorite Flo Rida song?
03:40 (dramatic music)
03:43 Okay internet, do your thing.
03:45 We need some questions answered.
03:46 Now let's have a little fun with the family band.
03:49 We play Never Have I Ever with Echo Smith.
03:52 - Hey, we're Echo Smith and we are gonna play
03:54 Never Have I Ever.
03:56 (upbeat music)
03:59 - Never have I ever made a fake social media account?
04:02 - Definitely have.
04:03 - Oh. - I have.
04:04 - You have too? - Yeah.
04:06 What do they call it, like a Finsta?
04:08 Where you make like a private Instagram
04:09 for your friends and stuff?
04:11 I don't know if you're invited to it though.
04:12 - Never have I ever lied to get out of a speeding ticket?
04:16 - Well, I have sort of a funny joke,
04:18 or story, it's not a joke.
04:20 I just got my license and I just wasn't the best driver.
04:25 So I think the officer thought that I was like
04:29 drinking and driving because I was just swerving
04:31 'cause I just wasn't a great driver.
04:33 I legit, I had never even tried alcohol
04:35 at this point for real.
04:36 Anyways, and he was like, "Ma'am, have you been drinking?"
04:38 And I was like, "No, I'm only 17."
04:40 He's like, "That's not what I asked you."
04:43 I did get a ticket and I thought that's,
04:45 I thought they would send it to you in the mail.
04:47 Apparently you needed to like, you know,
04:49 initiate to pay it yourself.
04:50 And it became a very expensive ticket
04:52 'cause I didn't pay it for too long.
04:53 - Never have I ever fallen on stage?
04:56 - Oh, I have.
04:57 - Oh yeah.
04:58 I fell on Warped Tour. - Never I have.
04:59 - I rolled on the stage.
05:01 I never have.
05:02 - Never I have.
05:03 - Never have I ever overdrafted a bank account?
05:07 - Oh, I did do that once.
05:08 I accidentally transferred all of my money
05:11 into a wrong bank account.
05:12 And I wrote a check for someone
05:14 and they were like, "This doesn't have any money."
05:16 And I'm like, "I think I have like 50 bucks, I don't know."
05:19 - Thank you guys for watching.
05:20 That was Never Have I Ever.
05:24 That's not on the signs, nevermind.
05:26 Never, okay.
05:28 That was Never Have I Ever with Billboard.
05:30 Ever.
05:33 - Before we go, we gotta learn five things about Erika Jayne.
05:38 - I'm Erika Jayne and these are five things
05:40 that you probably don't know about me.
05:43 (upbeat music)
05:46 I am afraid of the dark and I always have been
05:50 since I was a child, so I sleep with a nightlight
05:52 unless I'm sleeping with a man.
05:54 If you open a bottle of water, you have to complete it.
05:58 And in my house, I give everybody bottled water,
06:00 but I take note as to who doesn't finish them
06:02 and leaves them behind.
06:04 I keep score like that, I'm just saying.
06:06 I'm addicted to Target.
06:08 I have to go there either first thing in the morning
06:10 when it opens up or at the very end of the night
06:13 when it's closing.
06:14 I like to buy cleaning products and I'm talking bleach,
06:18 downy, Tide.
06:20 I like to wash clothes, specifically whites, towels,
06:25 and I can get anything just like sparkling white.
06:27 I cannot wash with anything other than a white colored loofah.
06:32 I can't have any color.
06:35 I got one that was white and purple.
06:37 The peach ones, the green ones wasn't working.
06:40 I can't do it.
06:41 I don't know what it is.
06:42 I got something going on with the cleaning thing.
06:44 My friends have pointed out that it's very strange
06:46 that I sleep with socks on.
06:48 I don't think it's strange at all.
06:49 And I sleep with socks year round
06:52 and I don't care what anybody else says.
06:54 - That's today's show.
06:56 Come back tomorrow for my interview with Tim McGraw
06:58 and we look back at 2021's "Songs of the Summer."
07:02 I'm Tetris Kelly and this is Billboard News.
07:05 (upbeat music)