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05 May 2025

Rihanna Reveals She’s Pregnant With Baby No. 3 at 2025 Met Gala

Rihanna revealed she’s expecting her third baby with A$AP Rocky at the 2025 Met Gala on Monday (May 5).

While she’s yet to hit the blue carpet at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, photographer Miles Diggs shared the good news on his Instagram with the caption “Chance of Showers,” as the “Umbrella” hitmaker hit the streets with her umbrella and her baby bump popping out of her baby blue ensemble.

Rihanna and Rocky share two sons together, RZA Athelston Mayers, who turns three years old this month, and 1-year-old Riot Rose Mayers.

Her partner A$AP Rocky is serving as one of the co-chairs of this year’s Met Gala, alongside Pharrell Williams, Colman Domingo and Lewis Hamilton, while LeBron (James served as honorary chair. James announced on X he had to cancel his appearance due to a knee injury he sustained at the end of the season.)

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This year’s Met Gala celebrated the theme of “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” inspired by Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. “This is probably one of my favorite themes of all of them,” Rihanna previously told Access Hollywood. “I’ve had tons of incredible themes with the Met Ball that I’ve enjoyed, but this one it just made me respect it so much more…. It’s a celebration of culture. It’s also a celebration of history. It’s just bringing it to the forefront on a platform where we’ve been kind of hidden and it’s just accepting it.”

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Rihanna at The Carlyle Hotel before the 2025 Met Gala: “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025 in New York, New York.

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05 May 2025

Bad Bunny Dons Traditional Puerto Rican Pava Hat at Met Gala 2025

Fresh off announcing his massive Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour, Bad Bunny stunned at the 2025 Met Gala on Monday (May 5), where he once again honored his Puerto Rican roots.

The Grammy-winning superstar stunned in a chocolate brown Prada suit and a matching pava (straw) hat emblematic of the jíbaro (a Puerto Rican from the countryside). While Bad Bunny’s take on the pava is a more chic, modern one, the dapper outfit beams with Puerto Rican pride, and it’s a nod to the promotional photos from his album Debí Tirar Más Fotos, where he also wore the traditional pava hat.

“We worked on this look for a couple months,” Bad Bunny told Vogue on the red carpet. “Some pieces are inspired in the Puerto Rican culture, like the sombrero and the tie because it’s the same fabric. We did something special. I feel good. I hope people think I’m looking good.”

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Earlier Monday, Bad Bunny unveiled his 23-date global stadium tour set to kick off November in the Dominican Republic. The Live Nation-produced stint marks his return to Europe for the first time since 2019, and to Latin America for the first time since his World’s Hottest Tour. It’ll be his first time performing in Australia, Brazil and Japan.

Held at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday, this year’s Met Gala celebrated the theme of “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” inspired by Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. The official dress code is “Tailored for You,” a nod to the spring 2025 exhibition’s focus on menswear and is “purposefully designed to provide guidance and invite creative interpretation,” according to Vogue.

Pharrell Williams, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo and Lewis Hamilton served as co-chairs, while LeBron James served as honorary chair. Tyla, Doechii, André 3000, Usher, Janelle Monáe and more also served as members of the costume institute benefit host committee.

05 May 2025

JENNIE Is a Classic Beauty in Chanel Tuxedo Gown at 2025 Met Gala

JENNIE channeled the classic beauty of Coco Chanel at the 2025 Met Gala on Monday (May 5).

She wore a custom Chanel black tuxedo gown with pearl details and a black-and-white boater hat. This marks the K-pop star’s second time wearing Chanel at the Met, following her debut in 2023 when she wore a vintage 1990 white satin bustier dress.

“Everything was inspired by the ’20s and the ’30s of the Coco Chanel runways. I just feel so good with the hat and everything!” she gushed to Vogue red carpet host La La Anthony. “It was wonderful working with the Chanel team because coming from Coco Chanel’s legacy and history, it had everything to do with what we wanted to represent.”

She also briefly touched on reuniting with LISA, Rosé and Jisoo for BLACKPINK‘s upcoming reunion tour, which kicks off in July. “It’s BLACKPINK in your area, back again!” JENNIE exclaimed without spoiling any details. “It’s gonna be good, and we all can’t wait to meet our fans.”

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This year’s Met Gala celebrated the theme of “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” inspired by Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. The official dress code is “Tailored for You,” a nod to the spring 2025 exhibition’s focus on menswear and is “purposefully designed to provide guidance and invite creative interpretation,” according to Vogue.

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Jennie attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.

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Pharrell Williams, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo and Lewis Hamilton served as co-chairs, while LeBron James served as honorary chair. James announced on X he had to cancel his appearance due to a knee injury he sustained at the end of the season. Tyla, Doechii, André 3000, Usher, Janelle Monáe and more also served as members of the costume institute benefit host committee.

05 May 2025

Diana Ross Brings Showstopping White Train to 2025 Met Gala Red Carpet

Diana Ross brought the 2025 Met Gala red carpet to a halt on Monday night (May 5), wearing an epic jacket with a seemingly endless train that spread almost the entire width of the iconic steps leading into the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Ross revealed to Vogue livestream host La La Anthony that she was persuaded to attend Monday night’s Met Gala by her son, Evan Ross, after not coming to the event since 2003. She also revealed an Easter egg hiding beneath her train: she had the names of her five children and eight grandchildren stitched into the garment. Diana was joined by Evan for her Vogue interview, and daughter Tracee Ellis Ross was also in the building for the Met Gala.

Beyond the jacket, Ross also wore a low-cut silver-sequined gown and a wide-brimmed white hat adorned with white feathers that matched the feathers lining her showstopping coat.

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When Ross last attended the Met Costume Institute Gala in 2003, she was a vision in red, wearing a satin gown with delicate detailing at the neckline and a matching red satin shawl.

The 2025 Met Gala theme is “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” which also inspired the Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition of the same name and explores the history of Black dandyism.

Ross is a musical legend, scoring 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 throughout her career, including six No. 1s: “Endless Love” with Lionel Richie (nine weeks at No. 1), “Upside Down” (four weeks), “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” (three weeks), “Love Hangover” (two weeks), “Touch Me in the Morning” and “Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To).”

You can see Ross’ dress in action below:

05 May 2025

Drake Was Working on New Music During ‘Nokia’ Video Shoot

Seems like Drake is making good on his statement that he’s working on new material that will address this past year.

A clip has surfaced on social media of OVO artist Smiley speaking on Drake being locked in and concentrating on making new music, saying that the Toronto rapper has been working on new material during parties and even on the set of the “Nokia” video.

“Brother, I’m telling you, I seen him the other day,” he said. “We’re at a party and he was in the other room by himself eating pasta with wired headphones writing music while we have a whole f—ing party going on. He’s on a different mode right now.”

He added, “Even at the ‘Nokia’ video shoot, during breaks, he had a bunch of producers and he was just recording. So he’s in that crazy mode, right now.”

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Back in February, during his Anita Max Win tour in Australia and New Zealand, he told the crowd that he was “gonna have a one-on-one talk” with them “when the time is right.” Then in April, he thanked fans for streaming $ome $exy $ongs 4 U with PartyNextDoor and said that he was working on a new album and that “it’s a slap” while streaming with Adin Ross.

Drake reposted the clip of Smiley talking about him being in the lab on his Instagram Story, so there must be some credence to what he’s saying.

The Take Care rapper hasn’t released a solo album since For All the Dogs in 2023.

05 May 2025

Met Gala 2025: Best Photos From the Red Carpet

It’s the first Monday in May, which means the biggest artists, actors, athletes and more are showing up and showing out at the 2025 Met Gala.

Held at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 5), this year’s Met Gala celebrated the theme of “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” inspired by Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. The official dress code is “Tailored for You,” a nod to the spring 2025 exhibition’s focus on menswear and is “purposefully designed to provide guidance and invite creative interpretation,” according to Vogue.

“‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ explores the importance of style to the formation of Black identities in the Atlantic diaspora, particularly in the United States and Europe. Through a presentation of garments and accessories, paintings, photographs, decorative arts, and more, from the 18th century to today, the exhibition interprets the concept of dandyism as both an aesthetic and a strategy that allowed for new social and political possibilities,” reads a description from the Met’s website.

Pharrell Williams, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo and Lewis Hamilton served as co-chairs, while LeBron James served as honorary chair. James announced on X he had to cancel his appearance due to a knee injury he sustained at the end of the season. Tyla, Doechii, André 3000, Usher, Janelle Monáe and more also served as members of the costume institute benefit host committee.

Below find an updating gallery of photos from the 2025 Met Gala, including pics of co-chair Pharrell, Coco Jones and more.

05 May 2025

Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page Hit With New Lawsuit Over Decades-Old ‘Dazed and Confused’ Dispute

More than a decade after Led Zeppelin‘s Jimmy Page settled a lawsuit over the disputed songwriting credits to “Dazed and Confused,” he’s facing a new case accusing him of flouting that earlier agreement.

Jake Holmes has claimed for years that he actually wrote “Dazed and Confused” and that Page simply performed it without credit or payment — first as a member of The Yardbirds, and then more famously by re-working it into a signature song for Led Zeppelin.

That dispute led to a copyright lawsuit in 2010 and a later settlement. The terms of that deal were not disclosed, though later credits for Zeppelin’s track say the song was “written Jimmy Page, inspired by Jake Holmes.”

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But in a new case filed Monday (May 5) in Los Angeles federal court, Holmes says Page is once again violating copyright law by failing to credit or pay him — on both newly-released recordings of Yardbirds performances of the song and in the recent documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin.

“By falsely claiming that the Holmes composition is the Page composition, … Page [and others] have willfully infringed the Holmes composition,” Holmes’ lawyers write. “Defendants…have ignored plaintiff’s cease and desist demand and continue to infringe.”

Holmes says he wrote and recorded “Dazed and Confused” in 1967, and he believes Page first heard it during a performance in New York’s Greenwich Village at which Holmes opened for The Yardbirds. He says that band later started performing the song and, after they broke up, Page used it as the basis for the Zeppelin song of the same name — one of the legendary rock band’s best-known hits.

According to Holmes, the settlement in the earlier lawsuit included a provision in which Page acknowledged he had “no claim whatsoever to or with respect to the Holmes composition.” But in recent years, he says archival Yardbirds recordings have been released that feature the song — a move he says clearly violates his rights to the original.

Holmes says Becoming Led Zeppelin, released in February, also infringes his copyrights by featuring footage of live performances of the song: “Defendants have thus committed multiple acts of willful infringement by continuing to use the Holmes composition without authorization.”

A representative for Page did not immediately return a request for comment.

05 May 2025

Kehlani’s Central Park Pride Concert Canceled Over ‘Safety Issues’ Raised by NYC Mayor

In light of the controversy surrounding Kehlani‘s recently canceled performance at Cornell University, SummerStage has now pulled the plug on the singer’s scheduled performance in Central Park, under advisement from New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ office.

On Monday (May 5), the festival announced that its Pride With Kehlani benefit show — which had been slated for June 26 as part of the city’s annual summer concert series — would no longer be part of this year’s programming. “We have been notified by the Mayor’s Office that they have concerns for security and safety issues,” reads a statement on SummerStage’s Instagram. “Those concerns are due to the controversy surrounding Cornell University’s decision to cancel Kehlani’s concert at the University, as well as security demands in Central Park and throughout the City for other Pride events during that same period.

“We strongly and emphatically believe in artistic expression of all kinds,” the post continues. “However, the safety and security of our guests and artists is of the utmost importance … While artists may choose to express their opinions, their views may not necessarily be representative of the festival.”

At press time, Pride With Kehlani is still listed on Central Park’s online SummerStage schedule.

The move to cancel comes just over a week after Cornell announced that it had rescinded its invitation for Kehlani to headline this year’s Slope Day, the school’s annual event for students celebrating the last day of classes. In an email from university President Michael I. Kotlikoff obtained by The New York Times, he wrote that the decision had been made after learning that the “Gangsta” singer had “espoused antisemitic, anti-Israel sentiments in performances, videos and on social media.”

Shortly afterward, Kehlani posted a video clarifying “for the millionth time, that I am not antisemitic nor anti-Jew.”

“I am anti-genocide, I am anti- the actions of the Israeli government, I am anti- an extermination of an entire people, I am anti- the bombing of innocent children, men, women — that’s what I’m anti,” they continued at the time.

In response to the SummerStage cancellation, Kehlani reposted the festival’s statement on Instagram Stories and wrote “lol.” The musician also snapped a selfie and revealed, “I just found that one out on instagram by the way.”

“I’m so deeply grounded in my purpose, my mission, my art, my contribution,” the “After Hours” artist added in another post on Stories. “Back to this album. See you this weekend LA!”

Kehlani has been vocal in their pro-Palestine stance throughout Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas, which began immediately after the terrorist group killed 1,200 people and kidnapped more than 250 others at the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 7, 2023. Since then, more than 52,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to CNN, which cites the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

In their 2024 “Next 2 U” visual, Kehlani wore kaffiyehs and featured dancers waving Palestinian flags. Before that, they were one of several musicians who signed the 2023 Artists Against Apartheid letter.

See the SummerStage statement below.

05 May 2025

Doechii Gives Flowers to Missy Elliott, Nicki Minaj & Beyoncé for Inspiring Her | Women in Music 2025

Host Drew Afualo gives our 2025 Billboard Women in Music Woman of the Year honoree Doechii flowers for her cover of “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” and asks who she would give her flowers to for supporting and inspiring her throughout her career backstage at Billboard’s Women in Music 2025.

Drew Afaulo   

Hey, y’all, it’s true. I’m backstage at Billboard Women in Music Awards. I’m with the one, the only, the iconic, the legendary Swamp Princess, Ms. Doechii. Oh my gosh. How are you feeling tonight? 

Doechii

I feel good!

Drew Afualo 

I feel good too. OK, so we’re gonna do something real fun. Well, first off, let me ask you: How do you feel being here celebrating women in music?

Doechii

I feel really good. I feel safe, like I feel just held up, like the energy in the room is so good. I thought I was gonna be nervous, but my girls got me, so.

Drew Afaulo

I said the same thing. I said the energy is so light. Yes, no men involved. Oh yeah. OK, so I’m actually gonna ask you some questions. But first things first, I’m gonna give you some flowers. 

Doechii

Thank you!

Drew Afaulo

They’re for you and they are real. And I want to ask you: Who do you give flowers to for getting you where you are now?

Doechii 

Wow, who do I give flowers to to getting me here? It has to be my mother. It would be my little sister for supporting me and critiquing me. My coaches and artists that came before me, like Missy Elliott, Nicki Minaj, Erykah Badu, Beyoncé, etc.

Drew Afaulo  

We have to. And who do you give your flowers to for inspiring your music?

Doechii 

Oh, probably one of my friends from high school who told me that I could make music by myself. Her name is Taylor Moon. She’s amazing. Love my school, Blake High School, and all of my musical influences.

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05 May 2025

Ángela Aguilar Gives Flowers to Her Mom, Her Fans & Her Husband for Supporting Her | Women in Music 2025

Host Drew Afualo gives our 2025 Billboard Women in Music Breakthrough honoree Ángela Aguilar flowers for being a pug mom, and Aguilar returns the favor to her mom, her fans and her husband for supporting her backstage at Billboard’s Women In Music 2025.

Drew Afaulo 

Here we are again, backstage with the iconic, the legendary Ángela Aguilar. Honored to have you, queen. How are you feeling tonight? 

Ángela Aguilar  

I’m so happy. No more nerves. Tequila hit and the speech was good. I feel good. 

Drew Afaulo  

Period. I could hear the mariachis in the air.

Ángela Aguilar

I know!

Drew Afaulo  

Stunning and gorgeous. And when they walked out, I said, ‘Period, period, period,’ as they were walking past. ‘Yes, thank you. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Work, it, work, it.’ Love that. I think you’re stunning and amazing. So actually, first I want to ask you, how does it feel celebrating other women in music tonight? 

Ángela Aguilar  

It feels amazing. You know, I’m very happy to be here, because my mom has always been behind the scenes, and she was always my momager, she was like, helping me since I was very little with like my dress and stuff,

Drew Afaulo  

That’s cute. 

Ángela Aguilar   

And they’re honoring her tonight as well. 

Drew Afaulo 

Oh my gosh, how amazing.

Ángela Aguilar  

The first awards ceremony that they honor me and my mom, and she deserves it more than I do.

Drew Afaulo   

Oh my gosh, that’s so sweet and amazing. What a milestone. Incredible. So for some fun things, I actually am going to give you some flowers tonight.

Ángela Aguilar   

Thank you!

Drew Afaulo 

Yes, of course, these are for you, both literally and metaphorically, giving you your flowers. These are well known, my favorites, mine too. Look at us. OK, and we’re falling in love. My question for you is: Who do you give flowers to for getting you where you are now?

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