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Portugal. The Man frontman John Gourley is Billboard’s new cover star. A freak hailstorm broke out at Louis Tomlinson‘s show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Wednesday night, sending fans ducking for cover. Orville Peck cancels his tour to work on his mental and physical health. And Shawn Mendes shared the stage with Ed Sheeran during […]
Beyoncé, Rihanna and Zendaya sit front row at Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton show. Pop stars are under attack as Ava Max is slapped by a concertgoer in LA, a few days after Bebe Rexha was hit by a phone at her concert. We give you a deeper dive into season 13 RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Symone. […]
Bebe Rexha shares an update after being attacked by a phone while performing in NYC. Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are expecting their first child together. Billboard News caught up with Tinashe before she hit the stage at WeHo Pride, where she opened up about “Stars on Mars,” working with Britney Spears and her connection […]
Toosii talks about his hit song ‘Favorite Song’ getting onto the Hot 100, the difference between working with Future and Khalid on the remixes, his love and how he’s been influenced by pop and country music, and more. Toosii:So I like to call myself Arnold Palmer. I’m like a mix of sweet tea and lemonade. […]
Broadway star Idina Menzel reveals her celebrity crush, favorite Disney princess besides Queen Elsa, and more on the third episode of Speed Dating. Tetris Kelly: I’m hanging out and doing a speed dating session with Idina Menzel. Are you ready for the fastest questions coming your way? Idina Menzel: Yeah, I’m not ready. Tetris Kelly: […]
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 […]