Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-makes-huge-announcement-about-rap-future-after-dominating-the-charts">Ben Shapiro</a> has scored his first song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/they-dont-want-this-song-at-no-1-tom-macdonald-ben-shapiro-discuss-suppression-of-rap-song-facts">Facts&#8221;</a> with rapper Tom MacDonald.
The host of &#8220;The Ben Shapiro Show&#8221; and MacDonald&#8217;s rap collaboration hit the 16th spot on the Billboard chart, a first for Shapiro. The Canadian rapper MacDonald has now made the Billboard Hot 100 chart four times, but &#8220;Facts&#8221; marks his first top 40 hit, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2024/02/06/ben-shapiro-scores-his-first-billboard-chart-hit/?sh=31b193f462f8">Forbes</a> reported. Shapiro&#8217;s No. 16 spot is higher than the Billboard Hot 100 debuts of music stars including <a href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift</a> who peaked at No. 40 with her debut song &#8220;Tim McGraw&#8221; in 2006, and <a href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/megan-thee-stallion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megan Thee Stallion</a> whose single &#8220;Big Ole Freak&#8221; topped out at No. 65 in 2019.
Shapiro and MacDonald worked together on the track that takes a swipe at the insanity of things in our culture like gender identity and defunding the police. The music video &#8220;Facts&#8221; debuted on January 26, and within a very short amount of time, the song landed in the No. 1 spot on the hip-hop/rap chart and then soared to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiros-rap-debut-facts-with-tom-macdonald-becomes-1-song-in-the-country">the top</a> of the U.S. iTunes chart.
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BREAKING
&#8220;FACTS&#8221; by <a href="https://twitter.com/IAMTOMMACDONALD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IAMTOMMACDONALD</a> (ft. me) has now finally dropped from the top slot on iTunes, after 10 days of pure magic.
Rap Hannukah is over.
And so, with tears in my eyes, I have another announcement to make.
To all the little homies, who have been lifting me up… <a href="https://t.co/7TpPLwtDo5">pic.twitter.com/7TpPLwtDo5</a>
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1754596765431468278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
It remained in the No. 1 spot on iTunes for more than a week, beating out the likes of Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee Stallion, and Justin Timberlake.
&#8220;Facts&#8221; sold more than 76,000 copies in its first week, according to Luminate. As of Sunday, &#8220;Facts&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/benshapiro/status/1754116551580467270?s=20">remained</a> the top song in the U.S. 
On Monday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-rap-facts-competing-for-top-spot-on-billboard-charts-tom-macdonald-suggests-music-industry-shenanigans">Shapiro</a> made headlines when he announced his retirement from the rap game after dominating the charts.
&#8220;BREAKING. &#8216;FACTS&#8217; by [Tom MacDonald]] (ft. me) has now finally dropped from the top slot on iTunes, after 10 days of pure magic,&#8221; Shapiro wrote on <a href="https://x.com/benshapiro/status/1754596765431468278?s=20">X.</a>
&#8220;Rap Hannukah is over,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And so, with tears in my eyes, I have another announcement to make. To all the little homies, who have been lifting me up since I began this journey.&#8221;
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&#8220;It was an inspiring moment,&#8221; Shapiro continued. &#8220;A musical supernova. But now the time has come for me to walk away from my art. And so today, I announce that I am retiring from rap to spend more time with my family.  It’s been real, dawgs.  And never forget: the music never dies so long as the beat is in your heart.&#8221;
At the time of publication, the music video has been viewed more than 13.5 million times on YouTube and is still the #3 top <a href="https://www.youtube.com/feed/trending?bp=4gINGgt5dG1hX2NoYXJ0cw%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trending song</a> on the site.
On Feb. 1, Shapiro shared a screenshot that showed his rap collab was in the top spot on iTunes music and wrote, &#8220;Day 7 of Rap Hannukah. The flame is still lit. Buy now<a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/facts-feat-ben-shapiro-single/1727146399"> at</a> …Billboard #1, we are coming for you.&#8221;
In a press release from MacDonald, after their rap dropped, Shapiro said, &#8220;As a longtime devotee of rap, becoming a rapper was the natural next step in my career trajectory. So, when Tom asked if I wanted to collaborate on a song, I leapt at the chance.&#8221;
&#8220;This was the moment I spent 20 years of classical violin training preparing for,&#8221; he added. &#8220;For those who don’t appreciate my artistic stylings, all I can say is that they didn’t appreciate Bach properly in his own time, either.&#8221;

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Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-rap-facts-competing-for-top-spot-on-billboard-charts-tom-macdonald-suggests-music-industry-shenanigans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a> definitely got everyone&#8217;s attention on Monday when he announced his retirement from the rap game after dominating the charts for more than a week.
The host of &#8220;The Ben Shapiro Show&#8221; collaborated on the music video &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/they-dont-want-this-song-at-no-1-tom-macdonald-ben-shapiro-discuss-suppression-of-rap-song-facts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facts</a>&#8221; with Canadian wrestler-turned-rapper Tom MacDonald in a song that takes a swipe at the insanity of things in our culture like gender identity and defunding the police.
It ended up rocketing up the charts. quickly becoming the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiros-rap-debut-facts-with-tom-macdonald-becomes-1-song-in-the-country">number one song</a> in the country and topping the hip-hop/rap category on the iTunes charts. As of Sunday, &#8220;Facts&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/benshapiro/status/1754116551580467270?s=20">remained</a> the top song in the U.S.
&#8220;BREAKING. &#8216;FACTS&#8217; by [Tom MacDonald]] (ft. me) has now finally dropped from the top slot on iTunes, after 10 days of pure magic,&#8221; Shapiro wrote on <a href="https://x.com/benshapiro/status/1754596765431468278?s=20">X.</a>
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BREAKING
&#8220;FACTS&#8221; by <a href="https://twitter.com/IAMTOMMACDONALD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IAMTOMMACDONALD</a> (ft. me) has now finally dropped from the top slot on iTunes, after 10 days of pure magic.
Rap Hannukah is over.
And so, with tears in my eyes, I have another announcement to make.
To all the little homies, who have been lifting me up… <a href="https://t.co/7TpPLwtDo5">pic.twitter.com/7TpPLwtDo5</a>
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1754596765431468278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Rap Hannukah is over,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And so, with tears in my eyes, I have another announcement to make. To all the little homies, who have been lifting me up since I began this journey.&#8221;
&#8220;It was an inspiring moment,&#8221; Shapiro continued. &#8220;A musical supernova. But now the time has come for me to walk away from my art. And so today, I announce that I am retiring from rap to spend more time with my family.  It&#8217;s been real, dawgs.  And never forget: the music never dies so long as the beat is in your heart.&#8221;
Shapiro and MacDonald blew up the music industry after topping the charts with their<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-debuts-rap-video-with-tom-macdonald"> rap collaboration</a>.  The music video dropped on the morning of Jan. 26 and by mid-day, &#8220;Facts&#8221; was generating headlines, not only for topping the hip-hop/rap chart, beating out the likes of Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion, but because it soon became the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiros-rap-debut-facts-with-tom-macdonald-becomes-1-song-in-the-country">number one song</a> in the country on the iTunes chart.
At the time of this piece, the music video has been viewed more than 13 million times on YouTube and is still #3 top trending song on the site.
On Feb. 1, Shapiro shared a screenshot that showed his rap collab was in the top spot on iTunes music and wrote, &#8220;Day 7 of Rap Hannukah. The flame is still lit. Buy now<a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/facts-feat-ben-shapiro-single/1727146399"> at</a> …Billboard #1, we are coming for you.&#8221;
In a press release from MacDonald after their rap dropped Shapiro said, &#8220;As a longtime devotee of rap, becoming a rapper was the natural next step in my career trajectory. So, when Tom asked if I wanted to collaborate on a song, I leapt at the chance.&#8221;
&#8220;This was the moment I spent 20 years of classical violin training preparing for,&#8221; he added. &#8220;For those who don&#8217;t appreciate my artistic stylings, all I can say is that they didn&#8217;t appreciate Bach properly in his own time, either.&#8221;

Ben Shapiro Makes Huge Announcement About Rap Future After Dominating The Charts

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Major players in the music industry are suppressing independent artist Tom MacDonald and his new song “Facts” featuring Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro, according to MacDonald.
The rapper posted a video to his social media on Sunday accusing the music distribution company TuneCore as well as YouTube of suppressing “Facts,” described by MacDonald as a takedown of establishment and mainstream media “sacred cows.”
“This is how the music industry screws independent artists. Whether you like me or hate me or think my music is awesome or think it’s trash, I don’t care,” began MacDonald. “I just dropped a new video and a new song called ‘Facts’ with Ben Shapiro. TuneCore, a distribution company for independent artists, refused to release the song because of ‘lyrical content.’ Now, YouTube is screwing with us on the trending charts,”
MacDonald showed a screenshot of rapper Megan Thee Stallion in the top trending spot on YouTube, with “Facts” behind at number two.
“Our video has over a million more views than hers in the same time frame. Our video also has over 30,000 more comments in the same time frame,” explained MacDonald. “How is Megan Thee Stallion still number one? Because the industry wants you to listen to manufactured bulls*** and they don’t want you listening to ‘controversial music.’ That’s the music industry.”
“So, if you want to help us beat the machine, again, <a href="https://t.co/4wNCC4iEtH" target="_blank" rel="noopener">head to iTunes</a>, head to Amazon, download our new song ‘Facts’ by Tom MacDonald and Ben Shapiro and maybe go drop a bunch of comments on our music video. Love y’all, appreciate the help. Get those downloads in, let’s go,” he added.
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MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. To the folks who decide to help us out &#8211; thank you. 
iTunes: <a href="https://t.co/4wNCC4iEtH">https://t.co/4wNCC4iEtH</a>
Amazon: <a href="https://t.co/iD4Cfb8joB">https://t.co/iD4Cfb8joB</a>
Video: <a href="https://t.co/5AAG3NI0rs">https://t.co/5AAG3NI0rs</a> <a href="https://t.co/6sFs98ySle">pic.twitter.com/6sFs98ySle</a>
&mdash; Tom MacDonald (@IAMTOMMACDONALD) <a href="https://twitter.com/IAMTOMMACDONALD/status/1751676537865421020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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MacDonald and Shapiro, a longtime critic of rap as a genre of music, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-debuts-rap-video-with-tom-macdonald" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> the new single on Friday. Hours after the release, “Facts” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiros-rap-debut-facts-with-tom-macdonald-becomes-1-song-in-the-country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">climbed</a> the charts on iTunes to become the top song in the United States.
“I just want to thank God, [Tom MacDonald], and my parents, who paid for 15 years of classical violin lessons so I could become the #1 rapper in America,” Shapiro posted on X after “Facts” hit number one.
“As a longtime devotee of rap, becoming a rapper was the natural next step in my career trajectory,” Shapiro said. “So, when Tom asked if I wanted to collaborate on a song, I leapt at the chance. This was the moment I spent 20 years of classical violin training preparing for. For those who don’t appreciate my artistic stylings, all I can say is that they didn’t appreciate Bach properly in his own time, either.”
“I like to do things nobody else can do,” MacDonald said after releasing “Facts.” “Not everybody can get Ben Shapiro on a track. For someone who had never recorded a rap song before, he got in the studio and nailed it. We’ve both criticized the status quo of hip-hop, so it made sense. There is a good intention at the heart of ‘Facts.’ There is light.”

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Daily Wire host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-knowles-praises-enduring-boycott-of-bud-light-says-message-has-been-sent-to-woke-corporations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Knowles</a> hilariously reacted to Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-debuts-rap-video-with-tom-macdonald" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro&#8217;</a>s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kGpohEpuTE">video</a> with Canadian rapper Tom MacDonald.
In a YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A-ElSH8svg">video</a> posted shortly after Shapiro&#8217;s music video &#8220;<a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/facts-feat-ben-shapiro-single/1727146399?ls=1&amp;app=itunes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facts</a>&#8221; dropped, Knowles told his audience he was seeing it for the first time.
At first, he didn&#8217;t seem to notice Shapiro, who was wearing a gray hoodie and standing right next to MacDonald, but Knowles got a big laugh after MacDonald said &#8220;I ask myself what would Ben do,&#8221; and Shapiro&#8217;s image then appeared on several TV screens.
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&#8220;Stop it. No. Get out!&#8221; Knowles said once Shapiro started to rap lines like, &#8220;Let&#8217;s look at the stats. I&#8217;ve got the facts. My money&#8217;s like Lizzo, my pockets are fat&#8221; and &#8220;It&#8217;s a yarmulke homie, no cap.&#8221;
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&#8220;Was this AI (Artificial Intelligence) or is this real? Ben Shapiro is not rapping. This is real?&#8221; Knowles asked in apparent disbelief.
&#8220;Man, they kept this a secret, including to me? That&#8217;s amazing. Keep going,&#8221; he added, as he continued to laugh and enjoy the video.
&#8220;It&#8217;s pretty good,&#8221; Knowles continued, calling it a &#8220;very convincing rap performance&#8221; by Shapiro. &#8220;I guess Ben naturally has an inclination to be a rapper because he talks so fast. I can barely understand him half the time we&#8217;re having a conversation.&#8221;
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The host of &#8220;The Michael Knowles Show&#8221; then wondered out loud who wrote it and called the rap the &#8220;punchline to the&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-thug-life-reaches-halls-congress-hank-berrien" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro Thug Life</a> arc, a persona that started eight years ago.
&#8220;It took eight years but we finally got the punchline,&#8221; Knowles said. &#8220;This is really good. This is really, really funny.&#8221;
At the end of the reaction clip, Knowles took a call from MacDonald, who called on followers to help give Shapiro his first number one rap song on the Billboard charts by heading over to <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/facts-feat-ben-shapiro-single/1727146399" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iTunes</a> and Amazon to download the song. Later in the day, &#8220;Facts&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiros-rap-debut-facts-with-tom-macdonald-becomes-1-song-in-the-country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">became the #1 song in America</a>, passing top artists on the iTunes charts such as Megan Thee Stallion, Nikki Minaj, Eminem, Justin Timberlake, and Taylor Swift.

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Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro and rapper Tom MacDonald hit the #1 overall spot on the iTunes charts just hours after releasing their song &#8220;<a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/facts-feat-ben-shapiro-single/1727146399?ls=1&amp;app=itunes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facts</a>&#8221; on Friday.
&#8220;<a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/facts-feat-ben-shapiro-single/1727146399?ls=1&amp;app=itunes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facts</a>&#8221; climbed the iTunes charts quickly after its release as Shapiro and MacDonald also started trending on X. The song, which goes after the establishment and mainstream media “sacred cows,” also hit the #1 spot on the hip-hop/rap chart, passing up top artists such as Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj, and Eminem. Shapiro and MacDonald&#8217;s &#8220;Facts&#8221; is “quotable verbal crossfire,” according to a press release from MacDonald.
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&#8220;We&#8217;re now #1 overall on iTunes, too,&#8221; Shapiro <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1750979829472665974" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a>. &#8220;On the way, we knocked off, among others, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj, Eminem, and Taylor Swift.&#8221; <a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/IAMTOMMACDONALD">@IAMTOMMACDONALD</a> and I have officially made hip-hop great again, as was always my lifelong dream.&#8221;
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After becoming the #1 hip-hop/rap song in the U.S., Shapiro posted on X, &#8220;I just want to thank God, [Tom MacDonald], and my parents, who paid for 15 years of classical violin lessons so I could become the #1 rapper in America.&#8221;
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I just want to thank God, <a href="https://twitter.com/IAMTOMMACDONALD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IAMTOMMACDONALD</a>, and my parents, who paid for 15 years of classical violin lessons so I could become the #1 rapper in America. <a href="https://t.co/rrMGzh5N7h">pic.twitter.com/rrMGzh5N7h</a>
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1750977386676711740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“As a longtime devotee of rap, becoming a rapper was the natural next step in my career trajectory,” Shapiro said. “So, when Tom asked if I wanted to collaborate on a song, I leapt at the chance. This was the moment I spent 20 years of classical violin training preparing for. For those who don’t appreciate my artistic stylings, all I can say is that they didn’t appreciate Bach properly in his own time, either.”
“I like to do things nobody else can do,” MacDonald said after releasing “Facts.” “Not everybody can get Ben Shapiro on a track. For someone who had never recorded a rap song before, he got in the studio and nailed it. We’ve both criticized the status quo of hip-hop, so it made sense. There is a good intention at the heart of ‘Facts.’ There is light.”
The collaborative effort between Shapiro and MacDonald came as a shock to many who had just watched Shapiro’s recent interview with podcaster Lex Fridman, during which he argued that rap was not really music — but that he could potentially be convinced otherwise.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lexfridman</a> asks <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benshapiro</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheOmniLiberal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheOmniLiberal</a> if rap music is bad
Ben: Absolutely. <a href="https://t.co/n22FbYiT8I">pic.twitter.com/n22FbYiT8I</a>
&mdash; Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1749856779427631535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Virginia Kruta contributed to this report.

‘Facts’ #1 Song in America

Ben Shapiro’s Rap Debut ‘Facts’ With Tom MacDonald Becomes #1 Song In The Country

Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro dropped a rap music video on Friday morning, a joint effort with Canadian wrestler-turned-rapper Tom MacDonald.
Yes, you read that right — but it bears repeating: Ben Shapiro released a rap video with Tom MacDonald. The song, called <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/1727146399?ls=1&amp;app=itunes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Facts,”</a> goes after the establishment and mainstream media “sacred cows,” which get taken down by Shapiro and MacDonald in a “quotable verbal crossfire,” according to a press release from MacDonald. 
“As a longtime devotee of rap, becoming a rapper was the natural next step in my career trajectory,” Shapiro said. “So, when Tom asked if I wanted to collaborate on a song, I leapt at the chance. This was the moment I spent 20 years of classical violin training preparing for. For those who don’t appreciate my artistic stylings, all I can say is that they didn’t appreciate Bach properly in his own time, either.” 
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/1727146399?ls=1&amp;app=itunes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DOWNLOAD &#8216;FACTS&#8217; ON iTUNES</a>
Shortly after its release, the Shapiro/MacDonald song was charting at #5 overall, above hits from top artists such as Taylor Swift and Dua Lipa.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/tommacdonald?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomMacDonald</a> has now brought the magic of my flow to the world. And the iTunes store now properly has us charting above Taylor Swift and Dua Lipa. <a href="https://t.co/GLCEamHanf">pic.twitter.com/GLCEamHanf</a>
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1750933859057782880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/1727146399?ls=1&amp;app=itunes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Facts”</a> also reached #2 on the iTunes rap chart ahead of Nikki Minaj and Doja Cat. “Hey, @NICKIMINAJ, it&#8217;s great to join you atop the iTunes rap charts,” Shapiro posted. “Sorry, correction, you&#8217;re a few slots lower.”
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Hey, <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NICKIMINAJ</a>, it&#39;s great to join you atop the iTunes rap charts. Sorry, correction, you&#39;re a few slots lower. <a href="https://t.co/6XXou5Znge">pic.twitter.com/6XXou5Znge</a>
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1750937601433813289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I like to do things nobody else can do,&#8221; MacDonald said after releasing &#8220;Facts.&#8221; &#8220;Not everybody can get Ben Shapiro on a track. For someone who had never recorded a rap song before, he got in the studio and nailed it. We&#8217;ve both criticized the status quo of hip-hop, so it made sense. There is a good intention at the heart of &#8216;Facts.&#8217; There is light.&#8221;
MacDonald teased the unlikely pairing in a video posted to X on Wednesday, captioning the brief video, &#8220;Who&#8217;s ready for something absolutely INSANE?! Friday 9 AM! Let&#8217;s go!&#8221;
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Who’s ready for something absolutely INSANE?! Friday 9 AM! Lets go! <a href="https://t.co/5zES9s7LQe">pic.twitter.com/5zES9s7LQe</a>
&mdash; Tom MacDonald (@IAMTOMMACDONALD) <a href="https://twitter.com/IAMTOMMACDONALD/status/1750205006849171530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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While a number accused MacDonald of &#8220;selling out&#8221; in the comments, some joked about how Shapiro&#8217;s notoriously fast style of speaking would actually work in his favor in the rap genre.
&#8220;Can you imagine Ben Shapiro pulling a Rap God? He could probably spit 200 bars in 12 seconds,&#8221; one joked.
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Lots of people seem to be REALLY mad that I’m dropping a song with Ben Shapiro on Friday.
To those who I’ve upset, I’d just like to say…
There isn’t a metric small enough to measure how little I care ❤️ 
To the folks who are excited…2 sleeps till Friday!!
&mdash; Tom MacDonald (@IAMTOMMACDONALD) <a href="https://twitter.com/IAMTOMMACDONALD/status/1750341025326084117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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MacDonald followed the initial announcement with a nod to the haters, saying, &#8220;Lots of people seem to be REALLY mad that I’m dropping a song with Ben Shapiro on Friday. To those who I’ve upset, I’d just like to say … There isn’t a metric small enough to measure how little I care. To the folks who are excited … 2 sleeps till Friday!!&#8221;
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Lots of people seem to be REALLY mad that I’m dropping a song with Ben Shapiro on Friday.
To those who I’ve upset, I’d just like to say…
There isn’t a metric small enough to measure how little I care ❤️ 
To the folks who are excited…2 sleeps till Friday!!
&mdash; Tom MacDonald (@IAMTOMMACDONALD) <a href="https://twitter.com/IAMTOMMACDONALD/status/1750341025326084117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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For good measure, MacDonald added a promotional graphic. &#8220;Tomorrow at 9 AM! Who’s ready for a crazy music video?!&#8221;
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Tomorrow at 9 AM! Who’s ready for a crazy music video?! 👀 <a href="https://t.co/eWpap4Zs5b">pic.twitter.com/eWpap4Zs5b</a>
&mdash; Tom MacDonald (@IAMTOMMACDONALD) <a href="https://twitter.com/IAMTOMMACDONALD/status/1750565134236307963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The collaborative effort came as a shock to many who had just watched Shapiro&#8217;s recent interview with podcaster Lex Fridman, during which he argued that rap was not really music — but that he could potentially be convinced otherwise.
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Shapiro&#8217;s argument was that music — at least, classically speaking — has three key components: rhythm, melody, and harmony. And by his assessment, rap typically only had maybe one of the three.

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Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs has been named in a fourth lawsuit on Wednesday that accuses the hip-hop billionaire mogul of sex trafficking and gang-raping a teenage girl with two other men in a New York City recording studio 20 years ago.
In the latest complaint filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, an unidentified woman <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/arts/music/sean-combs-diddy-rape-lawsuit.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> alleges two associates of Combs — Harve Pierre, a former longtime president of his record label, and an unnamed individual — met her when she was only 17 years old at a lounge in the Detroit area before flying her on a private plane to New York in 2003.
&#8220;Mr. Combs convinced Ms. Doe, who was half his age at the time, to accompany Mr. Pierre and the Third Assailant on a private jet to come to his studio in New York City,&#8221; the suit alleges.
After arriving, the lawsuit <a href="https://ew.com/sean-diddy-combs-accused-rape-fourth-lawsuit-8411486" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> Combs and the two associates &#8220;plied&#8221; her with copious amounts of drugs and alcohol and took turns raping her as she drifted &#8220;in and out of consciousness.&#8221; Following the alleged assaults, the complaint states she &#8220;fell into the fetal position and lay on the floor&#8221; before the group of men sent her on a plane back to Michigan.
&#8220;As alleged in the complaint, defendants preyed on a vulnerable high school teenager as part of a sex trafficking scheme that involved plying her with drugs and alcohol and transporting her by private jet to New York City where she was gang raped by the three individual defendants at Mr. Combs&#8217; studio,&#8221; Douglas H. Wigdor, an attorney for the woman, said in a statement. &#8220;The depravity of these abhorrent acts has, not surprisingly, scarred our client for life.&#8221;
The suit also names Daddy&#8217;s House Recordings, a studio owned and operated by Combs, and Bad Boy Entertainment, the record label Combs founded in 1993, as defendants.
The plaintiff is reportedly seeking injunctive, declaratory, and monetary relief in the lawsuit, which she filed under the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law that gives adults of alleged sexual assault to seek civil damages for sexual battery until March 1, 2025.
Combs, who began his career as an intern at Uptown Records in the early 1990s before starting his own label that produced big-name acts such as The Notorious B.I.G., became one of the most successful entrepreneurs and cultural icons of all time.
But after decades of influence and innovation, the struggle to preserve his name and legacy continues to spiral downward as rumors swirl about Combs, who now has four lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault stacked up against him.
&#8220;Enough is enough,&#8221; Combs said in a statement on social media. &#8220;For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy. Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday. Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth.&#8221;
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The explosive allegations were first unveiled in November by R&amp;B singer Cassie — real name Casandra Ventura.
Ventura, who was previously romantically involved with Combs and recorded under his label, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sean-diddy-combs-accused-of-rape" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> him of rape and abuse that spanned more than ten years in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan&#8217;s Federal District Court.
Ventura alleged that Combs had used &#8220;copious amounts of drugs&#8221; — naming ecstasy and ketamine, among others — to control, beat, and film her performing sex acts with male prostitutes against her will. She said that she had refrained from involving police because she worried it &#8220;would merely give Mr. Combs another excuse to hurt her.&#8221;
Combs and Ventura settled the lawsuit approximately 24 hours after it was filed. The details of the settlement were not publicly shared.
Ben Brafman, a lawyer for Combs, said the settlement was &#8220;in no way an admission of wrongdoing.&#8221;
But Cassie&#8217;s lawsuit signaled what appeared to be the tip of the iceberg of more accusations to follow.
Days later, two more lawsuits were <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sean-diddy-combs-accused-gang-rape-sex-trafficking-new-lawsuit-rcna128361" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> filed by Liza Gardner and Joie Dickerson-Nea, who also alleged in their complaints that Combs sexually assaulted them.
Combs has denied all of the allegations in each lawsuit.
Virginia Kruta contributed to this report.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-opens-up-about-seeing-mom-for-the-first-time-in-3-years-to-make-things-right" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Britney Spears</a> took a swipe at paparazzi in her new collaboration with rapper Will.i.am, titled &#8220;Mind Your Business,&#8221; which dropped Friday night, making it her second musical release since the termination of her conservatorship in 2021.
News of the 41-year-old singer and the Black Eyed Peas frontman working together dropped on Monday when the 48-year-old rapper dropped a <a href="https://twitter.com/iamwill/status/1681071360561528832?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">teaser clip</a> in a Tweet that read, &#8220;UH OH!!! You are Now rocking with Will.i.am and @britneyspears…&#8221;
The &#8220;Toxic&#8221; hitmaker opens the electronic song with a <a href="https://genius.com/William-and-britney-spears-mind-your-business-lyrics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">profanity-laced chorus</a> before singing, &#8220;They follow me, follow me, follow me / Follow, follow me / Uptown, downtown / Everywhere I turn around &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;Hollywood, London / Snap, snap is the sound/Paparazzi shot me/I am the economy,&#8221; according to the lyrics.
In the final verse, Spears threatens the shutterbugs to step back or else.
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&#8220;If they don&#8217;t get up out my face, I&#8217;ll send the dogs out (Woof)/Five seconds and then the dogs come out (Woof)/You know what happens when the dogs come out/None of your business-ness.&#8221;
Will.i.am and Spears previously worked together on 2011&#8217;s &#8220;Big Fat Bass,&#8221; 2012&#8217;s &#8220;Scream &amp; Shout,&#8221; and 2013&#8217;s &#8220;Work B*tch,&#8221; <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/07/21/britney-spears-will-i-am-release-new-song-mind-your-business/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a> noted.
The song is the &#8220;Womanizer&#8221; hitmaker&#8217;s second song since a judge terminated her conservatorship in November 2021. Her first was a collaboration with legendary singer Elton John in 2022 for a reimagined version of his 1971 hit &#8220;Tiny Dancer&#8221; called &#8220;Hold Me Closer.&#8221;
&#8220;Hold Me Closer&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/holy-s-britney-spears-reacts-to-collab-with-elton-john-soaring-to-number-one-spot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot up</a> to the number one spot on the iTunes chart in just a few hours after it was released in more than 30 countries, including the United States, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/britney-spears-comeback-song-hold-me-closer-elton-john-rockets-no-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> noted.
The official video on YouTube went viral too and currently has 15 million views and counting.
Spears made headlines recently with news that her memoir, &#8220;The Woman in Me,&#8221; is set to hit bookshelves on October 24, 2023.
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The pop singer&#8217;s tell-all memoir was picked up by publisher Gallery Books (an imprint of Simon &amp; Schuster), <a href="https://people.com/britney-spears-memoir-the-woman-in-me-release-date-book-cover-reveal-exclusive-7558964?hid=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;did=9647376-20230711&amp;utm_campaign=ppl-breakingnews_relationship-builder&amp;utm_source=ppl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=071123&amp;lctg=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People Magazine</a> noted. A press release describes Spears&#8217; book as &#8220;a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope.&#8221;
She later confirmed the news on social media in a video, giving fans a sneak peek of the book&#8217;s cover.
&#8220;It&#8217;s coming. My story. On my terms. At last,&#8221; the words across Spears&#8217; video read. &#8220;Are you ready?&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-memoir-finally-gets-release-date" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Britney Spears&#8217; Memoir Finally Gets Release Date</a>

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Computers and other documents allegedly connected to the death of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur were among the evidence seized from a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/las-vegas-home-searched-in-connection-to-unsolved-murder-of-rapper-tupac-shakur-authorities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Las Vegas-area home</a> on Monday by local police, authorities reportedly said.
Las Vegas Metro Police Department searched a Henderson, Nevada home on Monday in connection to a nearly three-decade homicide investigation into the death of Shakur, who was killed in a drive-by shooting on the Las Vegas strip in 1996 when he was only 25 years old.
Law enforcement briefed on the investigation told <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/magazine-articles-tupac-shakurs-death-items-seized-home/story?id=101489530&amp;cid=social_twitter_abcn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a> that authorities seized magazine articles on the life and death of Shakur, computer hard drives, and pictures from the 1990s that allegedly show individuals connected to the homicide.
Police also found copies of Crip gangster Duane Keith Davis, aka Keefe D&#8217;s book &#8220;Compton Street Legend.&#8221; Davis reportedly is one of two living eyewitnesses of Shakur&#8217;s murder.
Authorities determined that they found enough information, all of which will go to a Las Vegas grand jury, following the search. A neighbor of the home told the <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/tupac-murder-investigation-leads-police-to-henderson-home-2873912/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Las Vegas Review-Journal</a> that police had appeared with their guns drawn using bullhorns and lights.
Although no one has been charged, the law enforcement official said it could take months for the grand jury to decide whether to indict anyone.
ABC legal contributor Brian Buckmire said that reopening a case after nearly 30 years could pose a difficult challenge for prosecutors depending on what investigators found.
&#8220;But it could be a little bit easier if they find, for example, a smoking gun,&#8221; he said.
Shakur was shot in a new black BMW 750 driven by former Death Row Records CEO Marion &#8220;Suge&#8221; Knight near the famed Las Vegas strip on September 7, 1996. Both men were leaving a Mike Tyson boxing match at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino when the fatal incident occurred.
Previous reports claim an unknown shooter in the back seat of a white Cadillac rolled down the window and fired at least 13 rounds into the BMW, with three shots hitting Shakur in the chest while shrapnel injured Knight.
Emergency crews transported both men by ambulance to the University Medical Center.
Following a series of treatments and operations, Shakur died six days later in the hospital of respiratory failure and cardiopulmonary arrest, ending the career of one of hip hop&#8217;s most prolific and complex artists.
DJ and radio personality Megan Ryte called the reopening of Shakur&#8217;s homicide case a significant step that could provide more answers to the iconic rapper&#8217;s family, friends, and fans.
&#8220;The only thing that has been consistent is the amount of documentaries that we have gotten, you know, the amount of new reports that kind of lead to nothing and the conspiracy theories and more confusion,&#8221; Ryte told ABC.
The latest development in Shakur&#8217;s death comes a month after the rapper received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. The Rock &amp; Roll Hall Of Fame recognized Shakur&#8217;s influence in music history and inducted him into the museum in 2017.

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Las Vegas Metro Police Department on Monday confirmed authorities searched a home in connection to part of a nearly three-decade investigation into the death of legendary hip hop artist Tupac Shakur.
&#8220;LVMPD can confirm a search warrant was served in Henderson, Nevada on July 17, 2023, as part of the ongoing Tupac Shakur homicide investigation,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/las-vegas">Las Vegas</a> police <a href="https://southernillinoisnow.com/2023/07/18/home-searched-in-tupac-shakur-murder-investigation-source/">said</a> in a statement to <a href="https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/las-vegas-police-search-home-in-connection-with-tupac-shakur-murder/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a>. &#8220;We will have no further comment at this time.&#8221;
Shakur&#8217;s death has remained a mystery since the iconic rapper was fatally shot in 1996. He was 25 years old at the time of his death.
Shakur was shot in a new black BMW 750 driven by former Death Row Records CEO Marion &#8220;Suge&#8221; Knight just one block away from the famed Las Vegas strip on September 7, 1996. Both men were leaving a Mike Tyson boxing match at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino when the fatal incident occurred.
Previous reports claim an unknown shooter in the back seat of a white Cadillac rolled down the window and fired at least 13 rounds into the BMW, with three shots hitting Shakur in the chest while shrapnel injured Knight.
Emergency crews transported both men by ambulance to the University Medical Center.
Shakur died six days later in the hospital from injuries after undergoing treatment and operations.
The University Medical Center officials said Shakur died of respiratory failure and cardiopulmonary arrest.
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Investigators previously said Shakur had engaged in a fistfight with a man named Orlando Anderson earlier in the night.
Authorities initially believed Anderson had a gun and drove toward the BMW with Shakur and Knight. No charges were filed against Anderson.
Anderson was later killed in an unrelated shooting in Los Angeles.
No arrests have been made to this day.
The latest development in Shakur&#8217;s death comes a month after the rapper received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. The Rock &amp; Roll Hall Of Fame recognized Shakur&#8217;s influence in music history and inducted him into the museum in 2017.

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Salt-N-Peppa hitmaker Cheryl &#8216;Salt&#8217; James has revealed that early in her career she was pressured to get an abortion and said that her decision to have her daughter was the &#8220;best thing&#8221; she ever experienced next to finding Jesus.
The 57-year-old singer and her singing partner Sandra &#8216;Pepa&#8217; Denton — from the famed female rap duo of the 80s and 90s — appeared on &#8220;The Tamron Hall Show&#8221; and shot down claims that women can&#8217;t be moms and balance that with a successful career, something they had both managed to do, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/salt-n-pepa-cheryl-james-abortion-career-tamron-hall-show-exclusive-1235324600/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billboard</a> magazine reported.
&#8220;And that was why we are true to who we are,&#8221; Denton said. &#8220;They could recognize &#8217;cause we wanted to be moms and we was moms.&#8221;
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&#8220;We said, &#8216;We can do it&#8217; and whatever came my way, I handled it, which was taking the good with the bad … &#8217;cause someone has to do it!&#8221; she added. &#8220;When they think it can&#8217;t, they panic, the labels and people. &#8216;Oh my god, how are you gonna? The sales! Sales, sales!&#8217; But you know, we did it.&#8221;
James admitted &#8220;they [the record label people] do get scared I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever said this out loud, oooh Tamron! I was actually asked to have an abortion — I won&#8217;t say by who.&#8221;
&#8220;But to your point, yeah, you just have to know that it&#8217;s something that you&#8217;re capable of handling if you want a kid and you want to have a career,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And it&#8217;s definitely harder.&#8221;
&#8220;Having my daughter, besides finding Jesus, is the best thing that I&#8217;ve ever experienced, my kids,&#8221; Cheryl continued. &#8220;Like, I needed that lil&#8217; baby in my life, you know? She kept me company on the road.&#8221;
James shares two kids with ex-husband Gavin Wray. Denton has a daughter with ex-husband Anthony Criss. She also has a son from a previous relationship.
Other celebrities with successful careers like pop singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pink-was-told-having-kids-would-ruin-her-career-explains-why-she-had-them-anyway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pink</a> recently revealed she was told having kids would ruin her chances of reaching fame.
&#8220;Everyone told me, &#8216;If you have children right now, your career&#8217;s over,'&#8221; Pink recalled.
&#8220;Obviously, we&#8217;re all much more complex than any of that, but when I had a child, I think it softened me to the world, the part that didn&#8217;t understand me,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And I think that&#8217;s when my career began, really.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, I did a lot of stuff before that, but really, truly, I think it&#8217;s when I started to really understand myself and understand the world and my place in it,&#8221; the singer continued.
Pink is married to husband Carey Hart and they share two kids together.

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