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Sidhu Moose Wala and Sunny Malton's Brampton-Boosting Single "410" Debuts on Billboard Canadian Hot 100

A new posthumous release from the late Punjabi music icon, who first released music while living in Canada, hits No. 42 on the chart.

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Sidhu Moose Wala's legacy lives on in Canadian music. A new single from the late Punjabi musician, in collaboration with Punjabi-Canadian artist Sunny Malton, debuted at No. 42 on this week's Billboard Canadian Hot 100.

"410" is a heady hip-hop track full of references to the Greater Toronto Area. Malton, who takes his name from Malton in Mississauga, name-checks Degrassi, Brampton and Drake in his first verse. "It's like welcome to the Region of Peel / it's getting scary," Malton raps, highlighting the region encompassing both Mississauga and Brampton.


Moose Wala, who lived in Brampton when he started releasing music, shoutouts B-town in the second verse. Even the song title is a reference to the highway that connects the 403 and 401 to Brampton.

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The song is the latest posthumous Moose Wala release to hit the charts, following "Drippy," featuring AR Paisley, earlier this year. "Rest in Peace to the mother-fu--ing GOAT" Malton adds at the end of the track. The pair previously charted together in 2022 with "Levels," reaching No. 32 on the Canadian Hot 100.

Moose Wala, who helped spur the rise of Punjabi music in Canada, was murdered in 2022. AP Dhillon recently paid tribute to the influential icon during his debut Coachella performance, with visuals reading "JUSTICE FOR SIDHU MOOSEWALA."

Elsewhere on the charts, Atlanta rapper Ken Carson made his Canadian Hot 100 debut with "Overseas" at No. 93. The rising artist also landed on the U.S. Hot 100, making him a first-timer on both charts. Chappell Roan and Lay Bankz, who both had their first Canadian Hot 100 entries last week, are climbing this week. Bankz's "Tell Ur Girlfriend" moves up 64 to 33 and Roan's "Good Luck, Babe!" moves up 84 to 48. Bankz also entered the U.S. Hot 100 this week, a week after her Canadian arrival.

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Other debuts include Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" at No. 7, Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" at No. 14, Dua Lipa's "Illusion" at No. 28, and, at No. 41, "Gata Only" by FloyyMenor X Cris Mj, a Chilean hip-hop song that recently hit No. 1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart.

While Hozier hit the top spot on the U.S. Hot 100 this week, Benson Boone is holding on in Canada, notching his ninth week at No. 1 with "Beautiful Things." Hozier and Teddy Swims maintain their respective spots at No. 2 and No. 3 with "Too Sweet" and "Lose Control."

Check out the full chart here.

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Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during The Pop Out – Ken & Friends Presented by pgLang and Free Lunch at The Kia Forum on June 19, 2024 in Inglewood, Calif.
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Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during The Pop Out – Ken & Friends Presented by pgLang and Free Lunch at The Kia Forum on June 19, 2024 in Inglewood, Calif.

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Kendrick Is Still Talking to Drake

Lamar's latest song is a lot to unpack, but one thing is for sure -- he's still sending his rival a message.

This past Sunday (Sept. 8), Kendrick dropped news that sent the rap community into a frenzy. Standing at the 50-yard line as he worked a football throwing machine with a huge American flag behind him, the Compton MC announced that he will be headlining next year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show. He also made sure to throw a subtle shot at his 2024 rival: “You know there’s only one opportunity to win a championship,” he said before loading another football into the machine. “No round twos.”

Two weeks ago, Drake took to his finsta account, @plottttwistttttt, and posted an old video clip of NBA All-Star Rasheed Wallace telling reporters that his Detroit Pistons “will win Game Two” after dropping the first game of the 2004 NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Many believed that was Drake’s not-so-subtle way of telling fans that he’s not yet done with the battle. And despite talking heads like DJ Akademiks saying the Toronto rapper has no intention of continuing the back-and-forth, Drake alluded to a continuation on the song “No Face” (probably his best post-battle release) when he rapped lines like, “How you get lit off the n—a you hatin’ on?,” “This is the moment I know they been prayin’ on,” and “I’m just so happy that n—as who envied and held that s–t in got to finally show it/ I’m over the moon, yeah, we’ll see you boys soon.”

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