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Alternate versions of CDs for 21 Savage’s new album, What Happened to the Streets, are being listed for more than one thousand dollars on eBay, according to Kurrco. Only 2,100 copies were produced, and they originally sold for just nine dollars and ninety eight cents. The resale price reflects a staggering nine thousand nine hundred twenty percent increase from the original cost.
Fans online have reacted with disbelief after hearing the news. “Anyone spending one thousand dollars on a 21 Savage CD needs to be put on some sort of list,” one person wrote on X (formerly Twitter). Another fan added, “The music is so f*cking fake now. Bots buying up album alt album covers all to milk album sales.”
21 Savage is scheduled to release What Happened to the Streets on Friday, December 12. The announcement arrived only a few days after he officially unveiled the project, posting a black and white teaser trailer on Instagram on Monday. He has not yet shared a tracklist, and details about guest features remain unknown.
In the comment section of the trailer, several artists appeared to show support for the upcoming album. Conway the Machine, G Herbo, DJ Khaled, and Zaytoven were among those who left messages. Apple Music currently displays fourteen tracks on the album, none of which have been released as singles.
What Happened to the Streets will be his first new album in nearly two years, following American Dream, which arrived in January 2024. That project opened at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, earning one hundred thirty three thousand total album equivalent units in its debut week.
Earlier this month, Savage drew attention when an old interview from June resurfaced on social media. In the clip, he discussed his perspective on rap beefs in the aftermath of Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s highly publicized feud in 2024. “I do not really believe in rap beef,” he said at the time. “I do not come from that world though, I feel like it depends what world you come from. […] If you say certain sht about me in a song, I amma slap the fck out you when I see you. You are gonna have to stand on that sht when you see me, I do not really believe in certain sht.”
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Charli xcx’s 2024 album Brat marked a turning point in her career, but it also brought an intense level of attention that followed her everywhere.
That shift became a key source of inspiration for The Moment, the British dance pop artist’s mockumentary which premiered on Jan. 30. Directed by Aidan Zamiri, the high energy film offers an exaggerated reflection of Charli’s Brat era rise. Speaking to Billboard in a video interview shared on Monday Feb. 2, the singer and songwriter said the project was shaped by the real life “transition” she experienced during that period.
“I’d been this relatively niche artist, and then had suddenly been opened up to this huge new audience, some of whom really connected with me, some of whom only connected with aspects of me, some of whom liked me, but didn’t really get me,” Charli said during a Zoom conversation with Zamiri. “How much you’re under scrutiny, in the spotlight, being listened to, watched, is a really interesting thing. It made me so acutely aware of how hard that transition can be.”
Brat was released in June 2024 and climbed to No. 3 on the Billboard 200, marking the highest chart position of Charli’s career so far. The album also earned her three Grammy Awards. She sustained that momentum later in the year with a Brat remix project featuring a roster of well known collaborators, followed by the Brat Tour which wrapped up in August 2025.
In the time since, Charli has made it clear that the Brat chapter is behind her, noting that her attention has shifted toward acting roles and soundtrack work. In the coming weeks, she is set to release her Wuthering Heights companion album tied to Emerald Fennell’s upcoming film adaptation of the classic Charlotte Bronte novel.
“Nothing lasts forever — and no one lasts forever,” Charli told Billboard when explaining why she chose to close out the Brat era on her own terms. “I think I’ve alway’s known that. It’s cooler to just leave it all behind.”
That said, she still found joy in recreating the relentless club energy that defines The Moment, which she and Zamiri shot across 29 days. “Every single weekend, we would just go out and party,” Charli said of keeping the atmosphere alive on set. “Sometimes Aidan would just blast The Prodigy whilst they were setting up a shot.”
Watch Charli and Zamiri’s full interview with Billboard above.
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