Karol G photographed on July 19, 2021 at 107 Compound in Miami.
Heather HazzanKarol G scores her 12th top 10 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart as “Sejodioto” surges 19-8 on the Jan. 8-dated ranking.
Produced by Ovy on The Drums, “Sejodioto” (wordplay for “Se Jodió Todo”) was released Sept. 21. It debuted on the all-genre tally a month later at No. 49 (chart dated Oct. 23, 2021). The track previously hit a No. 17 high in November, before retreating to the mid-20s on the list until the last three weeks, when it moved 22-19-8.
The tune rises with a 36% boost in audience impressions, to 7.1 million, earned in the week ending Jan. 2, according to MRC Data. It surges 19-8 for its first week in the top 10, the highest jump since Marco Antonio Solis’ “Se Veía Venir” climbed 13 rankings on the Oct. 2, 2021-dated list.
With a 12th top 10 on her account, Karol G joins a selective group of female artists with the most top 10s since the chart launched in 1986. Let’s look at the leading board:
“Sejodioto” is Karol G’s first top 10 hit on the all-genre survey as a solo act, unaccompanied by any other artist, since the one-week winner “Bichota” (chart dated Feb. 13, 2021). Since then, she’s placed two other No. 1s: “Location,” with Anuel AA and J Balvin (April 10, 2021) and “El Makinon,” with Mariah Angelic (June 5, 2021).
Will “Sejodioto” hit No. 1 on Latin Airplay? We’ll see if the tune follows the pattern of Karol G’s other 11 top 10s, all which have become chart champs.
Elsewhere on Latin Airplay, the partnership of Wisin, Jhay Cortez and Ozuna benefits as “Emojis de Corazones,” which features Los Legendarios, rockets up the chart with an 11-1 climb. The song arrives as the most-listened Latin song of the week with 10.01 audience impressions, a robust 74% gain.
Over on Hot Latin Songs, the collaboration lifts 35-24 despite a decline in streams and a negligible number of downloads sold.
NEWS
Russell Simmons has been accused of falsifying a settlement document with the plaintiff in the sexual assault case that was filed against him earlier this year.
According to an amended complaint filed on Tuesday (April 30) and obtained by HipHopDX, Simmons reportedly admitted to Ms. Doe that he was “sorry for what he’d done,” and that he wanted to settle the case without attorney involvement.
But the Jane Doe in this case also accused the embattled mogul of falsifying a settlement document and submitting it to the court.
“The document is an Adobe pdf file titled “Agreement – Jane Doe v. Russell Simmons,” although the words “[Doe] – Executed Document.pdf” also appear in the body of the file at the top of each page. The metadata for the file states “Created: March 24, 2024.” The document is dated “January 9, 1997” at the top of each page, but states “[Jane Doe] 1-6-97” at the bottom of each page,” read the complaint.
“In addition to the discrepancy with the date and file name, a completely different employee’s name is listed at the top of page 3. The initials on each page are not Ms. Doe’s handwriting. The document is on Rush Associated Label letterhead as opposed to Def Jam’s letterhead. There is no date accompanying the signature of Russell Simmons or Lyor Cohen (President of Def Jam in 1997).”
Check out the documents below.
Filed under Jane Doe in New York federal court, the lawsuit alleges false imprisonment, battery, emotional distress and a violation of the state’s gender-motivated violence law.
The plaintiff claims that the Queens native invited her to his apartment for work, though he started wrestling with her “in an attempt to appear playful” soon after and then pinned her down on a bed aggressively.
“Ms. Doe repeatedly told Mr. Simmons to get off of her, but he refused,” court documents state. “Mr. Simmons proceeded to rape her.”
Following that, the Hip Hop businessman allegedly continued to torment his employee at the workplace despite others telling him to stop, ultimately forcing her to resign in 1997.
“He would sit on her desk, lean over her, aggressively invading her personal space while making sexual innuendos, suggestions, and advances, and rubbing the front of his pants,” the paperwork reads. “Mr. Simmons would follow Ms. Doe to the door or block her path to prevent her from opening it again.”
In a statement shared with HipHopDX, the plaintiff’s attorney Kenya K. Davis shared: “As detailed in the complaint, our client was sexually assaulted and harassed by her boss, Russell Simmons, while pursuing her professional ambitions as an executive at Def Jam.
“She was proud of her contributions to the burgeoning musical genre of Hip Hop, but her hard work and her career in music was disrupted and derailed by Mr. Simmons, a rich and powerful celebrity whose wealth and influence allowed his abusive behavior to go unchallenged for decades.
“Now a successful writer and producer in the entertainment industry, Jane Doe’s traumatic experiences with Simmons echo those of so many other women who he has preyed upon for decades.”
