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In news that shouldn’t surprise a soul, it turns out those MAGA troll accounts on X, formerly Twitter, are not even based in the United States.
Before Elon Musk reluctantly purchased Twitter and stupidly changed the name to X, it wasn’t a secret that the social media platform was a hotbed for foreign influence campaigns meddling in American politics.
Russian troll farms, for example, were the focus of numerous credible reports and targeted by the United States government.
After X rolled out a new feature called “About This Account,” it became even clearer that trolls are busier than ever on the platform and are probably making money from the political madness going on between Democrats and MAGA Republicans.
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Almost immediately after the feature launched, people started noticing that many rage-bait accounts focused on US politics appeared to be based outside of the US. Profiles with names like ULTRAMAGA🇺🇸TRUMP🇺🇸2028 were revealed to be based in Nigeria. A verified account posing as border czar Tom Homan was traced to Eastern Europe. And America_First0? Apparently from Bangladesh. An entire network of “Trump-supporting independent women” claiming to be from America was really located in Thailand.
Social Media Began Sniffing Out Sketchy Accounts
It didn’t take long for users on the platform to start sniffing out other pro-MAGA accounts and exposing them as foreign influencers.
Of course, the right-wing influencers are doing the same by pulling up left-leaning/progressive accounts as foreign agents. The back-and-forth is only adding to the political vitriol currently in this country.
Hilariously, as soon as X rolled out the feature, they promptly pulled it back, noting that locations could be inaccurate due to travel, VPNs, and proxies.
While that could be true, it’s also unlikely to be the case for so many accounts.
You can see more reactions to this eye-opening development below.
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The Coca Cola Flow Fest, the biggest reggaetón party celebrating Latin urban music, held its 2025 edition this weekend (Nov. 22 and 23) in Mexico with a powerful lineup that brought together legends of the scene and young stars, from Don Omar, Wisin y J Balvin a Young Miko, Álvaro Díaz and Myke Towers.
Nicky Jam, Lenny Tavárez, Omar Courtz, Bad Gyal, De La Ghetto, Sech, De La Rose, Yailin La Más Viral, Jowell & Randy, El Alfa, Andy Rivera, Easykid, Sayuri & Sopholov, Daaz, Katteyes, Mexican rap star Santa Fe Klan, and the queen of Mexican reggaetón Bellakath were also part of the dazzling lineup for the eighth edition of the festival, held annually at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, home of the F1 in Mexico City.
Likewise, the popular event brought regional Mexican superstar Natanael Cano with the full power of his corridos tumbados as one of the main acts, marking a precedent in the festival for a genre outside of urban music.
Great guests lit up the five stages of the festival, including Colombian icon Carlos Vives, who headlined one of the acts on the Sessions Stage and later reappeared during Wisin’s set to perform “Nota de Amor” together. Mexican star El Malilla fired up the stage alongside DJ Chaka, and on Sunday, joined his Mexican friends with J Balvin during the closing performance. The event also brought some exclusives, such as the announcement of Álvaro Díaz’s new album, OMAKASE, set for release in 2026, which the artist revealed at the end of his performance on Saturday.
In total, the Flow Fest 2025 gathered approximately 163,000 people over its two days — 79,000 on Saturday and 84,000 on Sunday — according to the promoter Ocesa. Here are the 10 best moments from the Coca Cola Flow Fest 2025, ranked all the way down to our favorite.
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HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” from Netflix’s record-breaking animated movie KPop Demon Hunters, tops the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts for a 17th week each. The song became the first No. 1 on each list for the act, whose music is voiced by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, in July.
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Meanwhile, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” merrily makes its way back to the Global 200’s top 10 (18-6); RAYE adds her second top 10 on the chart with “Where Is My Husband!” (13-7), which also becomes her third top 10 on Global Excl. U.S. (13-5); and Olivia Dean notches her second Global 200 top 10 with “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” (14-8).
The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.
“Golden” tops the Global 200 with 102.3 million streams (down 7% week-over-week) and 10,000 sold (down 14%) worldwide in the week ending Nov. 20.
The song has the third-longest command since the Global 200 began in September 2020. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has ruled for 19 weeks since that December and Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” dominated for 18 weeks starting in September 2024.
Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” holds at No. 2 on the Global 200, after two weeks at No. 1 in October; Dean’s “Man I Need” rises a spot to a new No. 3 best; Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” falls 3-4, following 10 weeks on top beginning in May; and Swift’s “Opalite” keeps at No. 5, after hitting No. 2.
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” sleigh-rides 18-6 on the Global 200 with 39.4 million streams (up 28%) and 3,000 sold (up 23%) worldwide.
“Where Is My Husband!” jumps 13-7 on the Global 200, led by 35.1 million streams (up 14%) globally. RAYE earns her second top 10 on the chart, after “Escapism,” featuring 070 Shake, hit No. 7 in January 2023.
Plus, “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” flies 14-8 on the Global 200 (36.1 million streams, up 15%, worldwide). Dean, thus, charts both of her career top 10s on the ranking simultaneously.
“Golden” leads Global Excl. U.S. with 80.1 million streams (down 6%) and 6,000 sold (down 8%) beyond the U.S.
“Golden” ties for the second-longest No. 1 run on Global Excl. U.S., tying “Die With a Smile.” The songs trail only ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.,” which led for 19 weeks in 2024 into this year.
“The Fate of Ophelia” repeats at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S. after two weeks on top in October; “Man I Need” lifts 4-3 for a new high; and “Ordinary” slides 3-4 after eight weeks at No. 1 starting in May.
“Where Is My Husband!” bounds 13-5 on Global Excl. U.S. (28.3 million streams, up 14% outside the U.S.) It’s RAYE’s third top 10 on the chart, after “Escapism” (No. 6, January 2023) and “Prada,” with casso and D-Block Europe (No. 8, October 2023).
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Nov. 29, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Nov. 25. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
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Trending on Billboard This is partner content. Billboard News, presented by Amazon Prime, takes a closer look at the hottest holiday concerts of 2025. Pentatonix has become an end of year staple and the perfect occasion to enjoy some holiday cheer. They are taking their “Christmas in the City” show on the road with a […]
Trending on Billboard JOP brings his personal playlist to life with performances by Netón Vega, Óscar Maydon, Future, Snow tha Product and more at the “Don’t Fall in Love” festival in San Bernardino. Billboard brings you exclusive backstage interviews and the best on-stage moments! Did you go to the festival this weekend? Let us know! […]
It’s been 15 years since Record Store Day placed its dusty mark on the national shopper’s holiday the day after Thanksgiving we call Black Friday. And though more demure in its volume of releases than its big sibling in April, RSD Black Friday really has evolved since its genesis in 2010, especially as market interest […]
Trending on Billboard After horrendous weather delayed Tyler, The Creator‘s 11th annual Camp Flog Gnaw music festival, the two-day fest finally returned in all its glory this past weekend. Taking over Dodger Stadium Grounds for a fifth year, the weekend included performances from Childish Gambino, Doechii and of course Tyler himself. Kicking things off was […]
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On Sunday (Nov. 23), Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a key figure in defining the more militant elements of Black activism as H. Rap Brown in the 1960s before converting to Islam and living as a cleric, died in a federal prison hospital in Butner, North Carolina. He was 82 years old.
Al-Amin’s death was confirmed by his attorneys, who said his passing occurred after a “prolonged period of severe medical decline.” According to reporting by the Washington Informer in February, he was suffering from multiple myeloma, spurring his transfer from a facility in Tucson, Arizona, to the facility at Butner. He was serving a life sentence without parole after being convicted of the 2000 shooting of two Fulton County deputies, with one dying as a result.
The activist was born Hubert Brown (Rap was a childhood nickname) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Oct. 4, 1943. He became involved with the Civil Rights Movement through his brother, Ed Brown, who was part of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He’d become acquainted with Stokely Carmichael, later known as Dr. Kwame Ture, and they would lead a more aggressive shift in SNCC toward embracing Black Power, coinciding with Al-Amin taking over as chairman in 1967 from Ture.
It was this period that saw Al-Amin, at 6-foot-7, become a more striking figure on the scene, bolstered by rhetoric that called for Black people to arm themselves per the Second Amendment as uprisings occurred across America. This was marked by a speech in Washington, D.C, he made on July 24, 1967, where he declared, “Violence is a part of America’s culture. It is as American as cherry pie.” Al-Amin’s spirit would become prominent in conscious Hip-Hop, stemming initially from his recorded and 1969 autobiography Die N—— Die!, which would be cited and sampled, notably by Public Enemy, dead prez, Common, and Jasiri X.Al-Amin would be targeted by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI, and Congress would enact a law to make it illegal to encourage or organize an uprising in 1968. After being convicted of engaging in a 1971 shootout with New York Police Department officers, Al-Amin would be jailed for five years. He converted to the Dar-ul Islam Sunni sect of Islam and moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and opened a mosque and community store. His attorneys were still fighting to get his 2002 conviction overturned, citing anti-Islamic sentiment and federal agencies trying to tie him to criminal activities post 9/11.
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After remaining out of the limelight for quite some time now, Jay-Z and Beyoncé seem ready to rejoin society, as the Hip-Hop power couple made a rare public appearance this past weekend and turned some heads while they were at it.
According to Complex, Jay and Bey had social media buzzing when they randomly appeared at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas on Saturday (Nov. 22). Who knew they were fans? While Beyoncé stunned in a leather racing suit as, only she can, Jay-Z was on his New York swag with an all-black fit along with some crispy yellow construction Timbs. You can take the man out of Brooklyn, but you can’t take Brooklyn out of the man.
While we’re not sure exactly why the Carter’s decided to take in the high-speed festivities in Sin City this weekend, we’re starting to think they may have some new music on the way and want to build some buzz before dropping off any new work. Just an educated guess.
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The Carters were photographed spending time with world champion Lewis Hamilton, Travis Scott, and Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin, even sharing a moment with F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali during their visit. Beyoncé, who has been on a streak of headline-making public moments, stunned fans with her racing-themed look as she walked through the paddock beside Jay-Z.
Their trip to Las Vegas came less than a day after Beyoncé was spotted in New Jersey showing support for Kelly Rowland at The Boy Is Mine Tour, alongside her sister Solange and legendary singer Patti LaBelle.
From being noticeably absent from the public eye for years to suddenly making themselves social butterflies for no reason? The Carters are up to something; the question is what?
What do y’all think about Jay-Z and Beyoncé showing up to the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas this past weekend? Let us know in the comments section below.
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A$AP Rocky’s Don’t Be Dumb album has suffered through plenty of delays, but fans once again have hope for a 2026 release date after noticing a possible message through Rocky’s wardrobe during the Harlem native’s Camp Flog Gnaw performance Sunday (Nov. 23).
The Mob frontman kicked off his set at Tyler, the Creator’s festival hanging from the side of a helicopter while using a megaphone as a mic. Once Rocky removed a flannel jacket, he donned a hoodie with a set of numbers emblazoned across the right sleeve.
“01162026” the sleeve reads in black, which many took as a hint at a Jan. 16, 2026, release date for the album.
The theory gained some legitimacy since it’s a Friday, but other fans had a more pessimistic outlook, bringing up that Jan. 16 is actually National Nothing Day, and Rocky’s possibly messing around.
“You really can’t make this up,” one person wrote on X.
Another added: “it’s not happening he just trolled all of us!”
But one fan had a bit more confidence in Rocky delivering. “if nothing happens that day (no competition) wouldn’t it be the perfect day to drop an album,” they wrote.
There have been numerous missed possible release dates and delays for Don’t Be Dumb over the years, so it remains unclear if fans should mark their calendars for Jan. 16.
However, during a conversation as part of Variety‘s Hollywood Issue, Rocky told LaKeith Stanfield, Callum Turner and Glen Powell that his album is still slated to drop in 2025.
“Danny Elfman, he just did my album with me that I’m putting out this year,” Rocky said. “He scored a bunch of the songs on my album.”
A$AP Rocky’s last album arrived in 2018 with TESTING and it’s been a long road to Don’t Be Dumb.
