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It’s Friday, June 16th, and we’ve got a ton of new music! ATEEZ’s new EP is here, Doja Cat is back, Leigh-Anne makes her solo debut and more! Olivia Rodrigo is officially moving into her next era, but will Lana Del Rey be coming with her? ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ season 15 winner Sasha Colby talks […]
French Montana stopped by Billboard News to talk about the creation of his new film, For Khadija, the rise of Afrobeats, his thoughts on reality TV and more!
French Montana:Never follow people that got all the answers. Follow people that got all the questions. What up? What up? It’s your boy, French Montana, and you’re watching Billboard News!
Rania Aniftos:Hey, everybody! It’s Rania Aniftos with Billboard News, and I’m here with Grammy-nominated rapper and Billboard chart-topper French Montana. So we’re here to talk about such an incredible project that you’ve been working on and it’s finally going to see the light of day, For Khadija. An incredible documentary! Why was now the right time to tell such an intimate story?
French Montana:I’m about to put you on the story. See, I’m really from Africa. You know going through everything I went through in my career, I feel like it finally makes sense. It’s a story, beginning to end of a chapter. It was a chapter when my mother came here, sacrificed for us, and went back after 25 years. And it felt like that was like the closure of us coming, me struggling in the Bronx, not knowing English, being culture shock about the whole move that we made, my father and my mother, him leaving, us getting on welfare and struggling, then for me to be French Montana. My mother didn’t see her family for, like, 25 years.
Rania Aniftos:And it’s true. I mean, spotlighting immigrant voices in that way is so unique, especially when people might see you and they’re like, “Oh, he’s French Montana. What struggles could he have had?” But you have this whole incredible story leading up to this point.
French Montana:Exactly. It’s showing people all the hurdles and taking all the wounds. You know? One thing about the wounds, that’s where the light enters, showing people if you only work on sunny days, you’ll never reach your destination.
Watch the full video above to hear him speak on the rise of Afrobeats, why he’s not a fan of reality TV and more!
Kesha wins a major court victory in her defamation battle with Dr. Luke. Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters were not expecting to see footage from her Chromatica Ball Tour in a commercial. Madonna joins Cher as the only woman to have debuted titles on the Hot 100 in five separate decades. And more! Tetris Kelly:Kesha makes […]
Country singer Morgan Evans opens up to Billboard’s Executive West Coast and Nashville editor Melinda Newman on how his divorce from Kelsea Ballerini inspired his song ‘Over For You’, the inspiration behind the cover art for his EP ‘Life Upside Down’, and more. Morgan Evans 0:00I’ve got a couple of friends from Australia here that […]
Hailey Bieber took to Instagram to urge her followers to stop sending hate to Selena Gomez. BTS is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this month, BLINKS are sending messages of support after BLACKPINK’s Jennie had a health scare, Stray Kids react to ‘5-STAR’ going No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and Niall Horan scores his first […]
Idina Menzel rocked the stage at WeHo Pride and chatted with Billboard News about the differences between her Broadway and Pride performances, the upcoming ‘Frozen 3,’ her new music, a potential return to Broadway and more!
Tetris Kelly:Hanging out at WeHo Pride with the beautiful Idina Menzel. How are you?
Idina Menzel:I’m good, thank you!
Tetris Kelly:It was so great to watch you perform tonight, and now that “Move” is out in the world, how has your fans reaction been to the new single?
Idina Menzel:I think it might be something people didn’t expect of me but once they hear it, I think they’ll think it’s a pretty organic transition. You know, big voices, great disco grooves.
Tetris Kelly:We love the disco grooves and even watching your set tonight, I was like, this feels very queer-inspired. Am I right about that? Because I was feeling myself.
Idina Menzel:Well, it’s Idina-inspired. Idina’s life maybe is synonymous with the queer-inspired stores. It’s about having to find my self-esteem and empower myself to get up every day and believe in who I am, and live my life authentically, which is honestly what I learned from all my friends in this community. And I probably wouldn’t be where I am today if I hadn’t learned how to conduct myself in this world, if it wasn’t for them.
Thank you all for showing up. Let’s let them hear our anger and our madness and our frustration.
Tetris Kelly:Living your life authentically. I love that. You’re also performing at London Pride, and you’re here at WeHo Pride. So tell me what’s different about these shows versus the average Idina show.
Idina Menzel:Everybody’s standing, which is really cool. No offense to Broadway or the theater, but everyone needs to sit and behave. Here, they don’t have to behave so much. They can stand, they can dance, they can scream, and that just feels really good.
Tetris Kelly:I love that. And you know, the community has been under a lot of attack lately. The drag community, the trans community — have you ever been at like a drag show and been like “This is everything to me”? Because we’ve seen the “Let It Go” drag queens, like, tell me how have you been inspired by the drag community?
Watch the full video above.
Artikal Sound System has moved to drop their copyright lawsuit against Dua Lipa; this comes days after a federal judge said its case had serious flaws. Blueface has been arrested in Vegas; the arrest comes less than a year after the rapper was taken into custody for attempted murder. Killer Mike stopped by Billboard News […]
Billboard counts down the top revenge songs about an ex who did you wrong! Tetris KellyEVERYBODY’S BEEN THROUGH A BREAKUP AND NOTHING CAN QUITE GET YOU OVER AN EX LIKE THE PERFECT PLAYLIST. Tetris KellyTHAT’S WHY WE’RE RUNNING DOWN BILLBOARD’S TOP REVENGE SONGS. Tetris KellyEVERYBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT SHAKIRA’S SPLIT FROM SOCCER STAR GERARD PIQUE. […]
Taylor Swift & Matt Healy have reportedly split and the pop star reveals the track list for her upcoming ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ album, Nicki Minaj gives a release date for her first album in five years, BTS’ “Take Two” goes to No. 1 on the Hot Trending Songs chart, what you should know about […]
Troye Sivan talks about working with Lily-Rose Depp and Jennie from Blackpink on HBO’s ‘The Idol,’ his upcoming new music, and more! Tetris Kelly:HBO’s exciting new show ‘The Idol’ has arrived featuring The Weekend, Lily-Rose Depp, Jennie of Blackpink, Troye Sivan and more. And I’m excited to have Troye with me on the show today. […]