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Dallas rapper Yella Beezy has been arrested and charged with capital murder in the shooting death of fellow rapper Mo3 on a busy interstate in 2020, according to court records.
Yella Beezy, 33, whose real name is Markies Conway, was indicted by a Dallas County grand jury on Tuesday (March 18) on a charge of capital murder while remuneration. The indictment accuses Conway of hiring a man named Kewon White to murder Mo3, whose real name was Melvin Noble.
The indictment did not provide information on why authorities believe Conway hired White to shoot Noble, who also lived in Dallas.
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Court records did not list an attorney who could speak on behalf of Conway. Calls and emails to representatives for Conway were not immediately returned.
In a Facebook post after Conway’s arrest, Noble’s mother, Nichole Williams Noble wrote, “Justice for my baby!!!!”
The 28-year-old Noble was driving on Interstate 35 in south Dallas on Nov. 11, 2020, when authorities allege White drove up next to him and got out of his vehicle with a gun in his hand. Noble got out of his vehicle and began running south on the freeway as White shot at him, authorities said. Noble and a bystander who was inside a car were shot by White, police said. The bystander survived but Noble died at a hospital.
White and another man, Devin Brown, 32, were later indicted in Noble’s death. Their cases related to Noble’s death remain pending. White, 26, was sentenced in 2022 in a separate case to nearly nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Conway is best known for his 2017 single, “That’s On Me” and the 2019 song “Bacc At It Again” with Quavo and Gucci Mane.
In October 2018, Conway survived being shot while driving on a tollway in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville when someone pulled up next to him and opened fire, hitting him three times.
Noble had more than 800,000 followers on his Instagram page and was best known for a 2019 remix of the song “Errybody,” with Baton Rouge, Louisiana, rapper Boosie Badazz.
From career milestones to new music releases to major announcements and those little important moments, Billboard editors highlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.
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Girls’ Night Out
It was a star-studded week in Miami, and Becky G did not hesitate to gather her girls for a night out in town. In a surprising reel using Bad Bunny’s “Nuevayol” sound, the Mexican-American singer is seen hanging out on a yacht with 11 of her celebrity friends. Each of the beautiful ladies, including Jessica Alba, Gloria Estefan, Emily Estefan, Eva Longoria, and Becky, have their moment to shine and show off their best dance moves to the trendy dembow-salsa tune. The ladies were celebrating Longoria’s 50th birthday, where Marc Anthony was also one of the guests. “Grateful to have begun celebrating my birthday (as it will be a month long). I felt so loved! […] Ready for this new decade,” the actress said on her Instagram. Watch the fun clip below.
The Bromance That Keeps on Giving
On other birthday news, Nicky Jam celebrated his 44th birthday on March 17, and in honor, his good friend J Balvin took fans down memory lane. In a video recap, Balvin collected the best highlights from their bromance throughout the years: “mi real y yo” (my real one and I), he subtitled the clip. The video captures more than 10 years of friendship between the two reggaetón artists, including memorable pranks, viral moments, and their mano a mano panel at 2017 Billboard Latin Music Week. “Happy birthday, Nicky Jam, for more moments like these,” Balvin captioned the post. Additionally, the Colombian and Puerto Rican artists have collaborated on many bangers including “X,” “Superhéroe,” “Travesuras (Remix),” and “Poblado (Remix),” to name a few.
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The She Wolf Pack
In a sweet fan moment, Kunno could not contain the moment he shared with Shakira during one of her concerts in Mexico this week. “Her success has had many roads and Shakira invited me to walk with her at her first concert in Mexico City,” the Mexican influencer expressed on his social media accounts. In the clip, Kunno is seen dressed in a metallic jumpsuit and accompanying the Colombian sensation during a part of her show where she’s walking through the crowd with her “she wolf” pack. “Dreams definitely come true and among wolves we stay in a pack,” he added, thanking Sony Music México and Ocesa for making this opportunity possible. Watch the journey below.
The Future of Music
This week, Rolling Stone revealed its annual The Future 25 list featuring two Latin names: breakthrough Música Mexicana star Ivan Cornejo and Puerto Rican newcomers Chuwi. From around the world and across all genres, the artists were selected by the RS staff, “spotlighting the next generation of artists shaping the sounds of tomorrow. Cornejo—who was Billboard’s Genre Now cover last January—got his own Future of Music cover and performed as headliner at Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase at SXSW earlier this month. “Completely honored to be the face of Rolling Stone representing música mexicana,” he shared on social media.
Fans at Rolling Loud react and share their thoughts on our honoree line up for 2025 Billboard’s Women in Music.
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Hanging out at Rolling Loud, talking about some of our favorite women in music. How do you feel about our girl, Tyla? Oh, I love Tyla. I mean, come on, what song gets you going?
Fans
Of course, she goes in on “Water,” but we have the same birthday.
Tetris Kelly
What?
Fans
Aquarius Queen her and I are locked in. We go way back, to be honest The baddest b*tch alive right there. Tyla, I love you like I’m Indian so like half Indian represent.
Tetris Kelly
Why do we think like her glow up happens so big?
Fans
I think the dancing probably like the “Water,” the “Water” dance with like the…
Tetris Kelly
How do you feel about Jennie? Because everybody trying to be like Jennie.
Fans
She’s cutie patootie Jennie, I was just spinning Jennie over here at the bunny’s beauty bar. I love Jennie. I love BlackPink. I’m a Blink for life.
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And what do you think is so great about Jennie?
Fans
She’s just so, like, sweet every time I watch her. I mean, she’s just a great performer and person. And it’s just, I feel like I’m very much of an energy person. And I just feel that great energy off of Jennie. Everybody’s trying to be “Like Jennie.”
Tetris Kelly
We’re, celebrating our women in music event this month, and Gracie Abrams is being honored. Do you guys know her?
Fans
I love Gracie. I think she’s upcoming, she’s very independent. She did her sh*t this to herself. She never needed to feature anything. It’s just her herself. She’s raw. I love that. I think everyone loves her because she’s so emotional, for sure.
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Legendary boxer George Foreman has passed away. He was 76.
George Foreman’s family announced the sad news on the former two-time heavyweight champion’s Instagram account on Friday, with a photo of Big George surrounded by them.
The caption for the post reads:
Our hearts are broken. With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr. who peacefully departed on March 21, 2025 surrounded by loved ones. A devout preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father, and a proud grand and great grandfather, he lived a life marked by unwavering faith, humility, and purpose.
A humanitarian, an Olympian, and two time heavyweight champion of the world, He was deeply respected — a force for good, a man of discipline, conviction, and a protector of his legacy, fighting tirelessly to preserve his good name— for his family.
We are grateful for the outpouring of love and prayers, and kindly ask for privacy as we honor the extraordinary life of a man we were blessed to call our own.
His Early Life & Boxing Career
Foreman was born in 1949 in Marshall, Texas, and was one of seven children. Foreman was heavily into sports, playing football and basketball as a youngster.
As a young teen, Foreman dropped out of school in the 10th grade, spending his time shoplifting, drinking, and getting into trouble. At the age of 16, he joined the Job Corps, and that’s where his life changed for the better when he met Nick Broadus, a boxing instructor who quickly recognized Foreman’s talent.
Foreman won his first amateur fight in 1967 via knockout in the first round, setting him on a path to boxing glory. He won a gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Foreman would win 76 of his 81 fights, 68 by knockout.
In 1973, Foreman defeated Joe Frazier to capture the heavyweight championship for the first time.
His most notable fight was his legendary match against the late Muhammad Ali in 1974, famously dubbed the Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa, Zaire, where he lost the title.
Foreman would return to boxing glory when he did what many believed he couldn’t, defeating Michael Moorer in 1994, regaining the heavyweight championship at the age of 45.
He retired for a second time in 1997 at the age of 48 and was eventually inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame. He would later earn a different title, “King of the Grill,” due to the ridiculous success of his lean, mean, fat-fighting machine, the George Foreman Grill.
Foreman leaves his 12 children, including five sons named George, so his legacy will continue.
Social media is ringing the bell for Big George. You can see those reactions in the gallery below.
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On Friday (March 21), secondary ticketing marketplace StubHub filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the SEC that the company hopes will value it at $16.5 billion.
A pioneer in online ticket re-selling, StubHub had “gross merchandise sales” (GMS) — or the total price customers paid for the transaction and fulfillment — of $8.7 billion in 2024, a 27% increase from 2023. For the year, it sold more than 40 million tickets from more than 1 million unique sellers across 200 countries and territories.
Revenue reached $1.77 billion in 2024, up 29.4% from 2023, while net loss was $2.8 million. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), which strips out non-cash expenses, was $298.7 million, down nearly 16% from $353.9 million in 2023. Long-term debt stands at $2.33 billion — nearly eight times last year’s adjusted EBITDA.
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Proceeds from the IPO will primarily go toward StubHub’s debt, with the remainder going toward general corporate purposes such as working capital, operating expenses and capital expenses. StubHub said it may use a portion of the proceeds for acquisitions or investments in products or technologies.
StubHub believes it is the leader in secondary ticketing, according to its S-1 filing on Friday. The company has also made a foray into primary ticketing, which generated more than $100 million in GMS in 2024. “We believe our value proposition, providing broadened distribution and superior pricing intelligence through an open distribution model, is well-positioned to attract more content rights holders to use our direct issuance solution,” the company stated in the filing.
StubHub does more business than most of its competitors. Vivid Seats had gross transaction value (GTV) of $3.9 billion in 2024 while Eventbrite, a primary ticketing platform, had GTV of $3.2 billion last year. Ticketmaster, which does not break out its primary and secondary ticketing, had GTV of $34.7 billion.
Launched in 2000 by Erik Baker, StubHub was acquired by eBay in 2007. Baker then launched a competing secondary ticketing platform in Europe, Viagogo, which purchased StubHub in 2020. Ahead of the IPO, Baker owns approximately 5% of Class A shares and 100% of Class B shares, leaving him with more than 90% of the voting rights. Other major holders of Class A shares include Madrone Partners (27.1%), WestCap Management (11.0%), Bessemer Venture Partners (9.6%), PointState Capital (5.6%) and Declaration Partners (5.3%).
Selena Gomez dropped her new joint album with fiancé Benny Blanco, I Said I Love You First, on Friday (March 21), and fans believe the superstar took a lyrical page out of her best friend Taylor Swift‘s book on one of the tracks.
In the track “Younger and Hotter Than Me,” in which Gomez reflects on getting older and the insecurities that, at times, come along with it. “We’re not gettin’ any younger/ But your girlfriends seem to,” she sings in the chorus.
Upon hearing the song, fans called out that the line may be in reference to Swift’s “All Too Well (10 Minute Version),” in which she sings, “And I was never good at tellin’ jokes, but the punch line goes/ ‘I’ll get older, but your lovers stay my age.’”
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“woah. the subject matter of this song is reminiscent of all too well a bit, especially with the ‘we’re not getting any younger, but your girlfriends seem to’ line. sonically it’s perfect for selena’s voice as well,’” one fan wrote on X, with another echoing the same sentiment, noting, “younger and hotter than me by Selena reminds me of All Too Well (10 Min Version) by Taylor.”
“All too well [hand shake emoji] younger and hotter than me,” another wrote, alongside side-by-side comparisons of the lyrics.
Gomez hasn’t confirmed that the lyrics were inspired by Swift, making it just a fan theory for now.
Gomez has previously opened up about sharing her music with Swift. Back in 2019, she recalled showing her first Hot 100 No. 1 hit, “Lose You to Love Me,” with her pop superstar bestie, noting that it made her and her mother Andrea Swift cry. It’s gonna make me cry thinking about it,” Gomez said. “Because it wasn’t just about how great the song was, which is a lot coming from her, it was just that they had been on that journey with me, intimately. And they were crying because of how proud they were for me stepping into a whole new era of my life, and it not involving the horrible things, the abuse, the emotional chaos, it felt like I had a huge sigh of relief.”
Swift has also been a massive supporter of Gomez’s music and beyond, often sharing her new releases to her Instagram Stories.
Kelly Clarkson is celebrating 1000 episodes of her popular daytime talk show, and is thanking fans for giving her comfort over the past five years of The Kelly Clarkson Show. “Our show premiered on September 9, 2019, with the help of some great friends,” she said at the beginning of the episode. “Over the next […]
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Ecuadorians Jombriel, Alex Krack and Jøtta earn their first No.1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart as the remix of “Parte y Choke,” with Ryan Castro, rises 2-1 on the March 22 dated ranking.
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The buzzy song’s rise, which was originally released Nov. 5 on La Sangre Nueva and debuted at No. 33 last December, takes the lead after the release of the remix by the Colombian singer-songwriter.
“Parte y Choke’s” popularity driver also leans on TikTok activity with support from fans and artists alike. Nicki Nicole went viral after the Argentinian shared a clip of her dancing to Jombriel’s song, which has since registered over 16 million views and more than two million likes.
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“Parte y Choke” trades places with La T y La M’s “Amor de Vago,” featuring Malandro, which dips 2-1 after 10 weeks in charge, the most in 2025.
Emilia and Luísa Sonza’s “Bunda” rises 5-4 for its new peak and Sonza’s highest ranking to date.
Notably, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars earn their first top 10 through “Die With A Smile” which advances 13-10. It’s the second simultaneous song from Lady Gaga’s No. 1 album, Mayhem, after “Abracadabra” climbs 37-26.
CA7RIEL and Paco Amoroso take the Greatest Gainer honors of the week thanks to “#TETAS,” as the song surges 98-50. The Argentinians also take the Hot Shot debut of the week with “El Día Del Amigo” at No. 68. Plus, a third song from their newly-released EP Papota debuts: “Dumbai” at No. 77.
Four other debuts arrive this week, starting with two entries by Shakira, “Inevitable” at No. 72 and “Dia De Enero” at No. 96. Meanwhile, Zell, DUKI and Neo Pistea’s “Starboy Remix” opens at No. 80.
Lastly, Mon Laferte returns to the chart through “Tu Falta de Querer” at No. 98. It’s the Chilean’s first entry in over six years. since “El Beso” debuted and peaked at No. 98 in 2018.
After a four-week span that negated some positive earnings results and strong global trends, music stocks received a reprieve from the gloom that has spread over the economy since the Trump administration imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and European countries.
Tencent Music Entertainment shares rose 11.6% to $14.00 after the company’s fourth-quarter earnings release on Tuesday (March 18) showed a big increase in both subscribers and subscription revenue. The Chinese streaming company’s revenue surpassed $1 billion in the fourth quarter, an 8.2% increase, and net profit climbed 47.3% to $284 million. Additionally, Tencent Music made two announcements that tend to get a warm reaction from investors: a dividend and a $1 billion share repurchase program.
The Billboard Global Music Index gained 3.0% to 2,533.53 as 12 of its 20 stocks posted gains, seven lost value and one was unchanged. After suffering through a tariff-induced, four-week losing streak, the S&P 500 improved 0.5% and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.2%. In the U.K., the FTSE 100 broke a two-week losing streak by gaining 0.2%. South Korea’s KOSPI composite index gained 3.0%. China’s SSE Composite Index dropped 1.6%.
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Music streaming company LiveOne gained 13.3% after the company announced it surpassed 1.3 million subscribers and ad-supported users. The index’s third-best performer, K-pop company SM Entertainment, rose 10.0% to 100,300 KRW ($68.46).
A handful of companies that had taken a hit since mid-February fared better this week. iHeartMedia gained 9.3% to $1.76, improving its year-to-date loss to 17.4%. Madison Square Garden Entertainment rose 7.6% to $33.85, its first weekly gain in four weeks. Live Nation also broke a four-week losing streak, improving 3.2% to $123.06.
Satellite radio broadcaster SiriusXM shares gained 3.5% to $23.47. The company announced on Thursday at named Anjali Sud, CEO of on-demand video streaming platform Tubi, as an independent director to its board. SiriusXM shares are down 39.5% over the last 52 weeks but have rebounded recently and are up 5.0% year to date.
French streaming company Deezer shares fell 6.0% to 1.41 euros ($1.53) following the company’s fourth-quarter earnings release on Tuesday (March 18). Deezer’s revenue grew 12% to $591 million but its subscribers fell 3.1% to 9.7 million (the decline was actually more significant Deezer because removed 500,000 inactive family accounts from its 2023 subscriber count). Despite the week’s decline, Deezer shares are up 7.6% year to date.
The biggest loser of the week, JYP Entertainment, fell 12.2% this week following the K-pop company’s fourth-quarter and full-year earnings release on Tuesday (March 18). Revenue grew 26.8% in the fourth quarter and 6.2% in the full year, but operating profit dropped 2.6% in the quarter and 24.3% in the full year due to a decline in album sales, a higher proportion of management revenue and an introduction of new artist lineups.