Results for Round 4 of Rap Madness

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In other news today:

• Results of Round 4

• Voting vs bracket predictions

• Song streams & revenue

• Ty Dolla $ign gives a ‘Vultures 2’ update

• Industry Insights

Elite 8 / Round 4 Results

Below are the results with exact vote counts for round 4 of Rap Madness.

Updated Bracket

We’re down to the Final Four of Rap Madness. Based on your brackets, the top five artists most likely to win it all were Kendrick Lamar, Ye, Travis Scott, Drake, and Eminem. Future’s been on a crazy run and was an unlikely pick for the final four, but he made it while Drake and Eminem were knocked out.

Here’s how the voting in round 4 matched up with completed brackets predicting the final winner.

Round 4 Voting vs. Most Likely to Win

1. Kendrick Lamar received 442K votes but is 1st most likely to win

2. Travis Scott received 409K votes but is 3rd most likely to win

3. Future received 368K votes but is 7th most likely to win

4. Ye received 366K votes but is 2nd most likely to win

But in Round 5….

• Kendrick Lamar is facing Future

• Travis Scott is Ye

All four artists released music within the last year. Kendrick is the only one who didn’t release an album, but the beef with Drake gave us the most singles Kendrick has released unrelated to an album, possibly ever.

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Song Streams & Revenue

It’s a new week and a new song revenue chart. As reported by Hits Daily Double, which tracks streaming revenue week over week, the above chart reflects the streaming period from June 14 to 20.

“Million Dollar Baby” and “Not Like Us” stay in the six-figure revenue range, earning $136K and $134K, respectively. The only new entry is Moneybagg Yo’s collab with Morgan Wallen, “Whiskey Whiskey,” which generated $65K from 14M streams in its first week.

Ty Dolla $ign Delivers a Vultures 2 Update

Ty Dolla $ign did some “TALKING” about the anticipated follow-up album to February’s Vultures. If you’re skeptical, that’s fair, given the album has been pushed back over…and over…and over again this year. However, Ty Dolla finally gave fans some good news.

So what’s good? 

In a June 20 interview with Billboard, Ty Dolla $ign gave out another little nugget of hope. 

While playing music from the upcoming album, he said the project “is almost done and could be released any day now.” The album art was also revealed to be a picture of a masked Ty Dolla $ign holding a picture of his brother Muhammed, who is currently in jail. 

“We got all the songs. Basically, it’s just like, ‘How can we get it there? How can we go bigger than the first album,” he said. 

The only thing it’ll likely have in common with Vultures 1 is the title. “Certain people will probably expect you to just do the same exact sound, but that sound’s already out,” Ty said. 

He also addressed the rumors that he and Ye are looking to cut out streaming services and offer the album directly to their ride-or-die fanbase. “Why not? Switch it up. He’s always got something up his sleeve. I always got some[thing] up my sleeve,” he said. 

Fans are still hesitant about the news

Ye and Ty Dolla $ign have been promising that Vultures 2 was coming for months. The project was originally supposed to drop on March 8. Yet, Ye announced the drop was delayed because they were “still in the lab.”  

The album was then announced to drop on May 3. It missed its release date once again, pissing off fans.  

With all of the songs off of Vultures debuting on the Billboard Hot 100, fans are anxious for new heat – especially with features including Takeoff on the horizon. 

Are we ever going to get Vultures 3?

At this point…who knows? The third installment of the Vultures trilogy was originally supposed to be released on April 5. At the very least though, it looks like we are getting Vultures 2 sooner rather than later. 

• “Not Like Us” may win it all. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. confirmed June 24 that the Drake diss is eligible for Grammy nominations if Kendrick submits it. 

• Eminem has a new headlining gig. He confirmed on Instagram on June 24 that he will be performing at the 2024 Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix in Austin this October. 

• Is a Don Toliver + Travis Scott collab album coming soon? Toliver, in a June 25 interview with GQ, said that “it doesn't look too far away on the horizon. So, we'll see.”