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BTS‘ Jimin takes center stage on the preview of “Angel Pt. 1,” the new single from the upcoming Fast & Furious sequel Fast X that also features Kodak Black, NLE Choppa, JVKE and Muni Long. The minute-long snippet opens with a wistful piano intro as Jimin and JVKE take turns crooning the track’s hypnotic chorus, “Angel, don’t fly so close to me/ I’ll pull you down eventually/ You don’t wanna lose those wings/ People like me break beautiful things.”
“Angel, don’t fly so close to me/ I’m what you want and what you need,” it continues. “You don’t wanna lose those those wings/ People like me break beautiful things.” The trailer version of the song then spotlights Black chiming in with his signature nasally delivery.
“I give it all up to ease your pain, yeah, I would do that all day/ I step back from the game and keep you out of harm’s way/ Would risk it all for the game, but it take more than one person/ Two people, one ’til I feel the same way you hurtin’/ I was still in middle school when Givens had flipped the whip/Bodies was droppin’ before we ever knew ’bout the drip,” he raps, before hitting the obligatory Fast familial reference with the line “We gon’ be family no matter what way this go, bruh.”
Fast X is due out on May 19 and features the usual gang of street racing thrill seekers tearing around the planet, including Vin Deisel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Jason Momoa, Jordana Brewster and Nathalie Emmanuel, as well as John Cena, Jason Statham, Sung Kang, Daneila Melchior, Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron, Brie Larson and Rita Moreno.
The first single from the soundtrack was “Let’s Ride,” which dropped in February and featured YG, Ty Dolla $ign and Lambo4oe, followed by “Won’t Back Down,” which dropped last week and features YoungBoy NBA, Bailey Zimmerman and Dermot Kennedy.
Listen to the “Angel Pt. 1” preview below.
Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, Shania Twain (weekend one only), The Lumineers, Odesza, Alanis Morissette and The 1975 (weekend two only) will headline this fall’s Austin City Limits festival. The 22nd annual event at Austin’s Zilker Park will take place over two weekends — Oct. 6-8 and Oct. 13-15 — and also feature performances from Hozier, Kali Uchis, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Maggie Rogers, Labrinth, Cigarettes After Sex, Niall Horan, Tove Lo and Thirty Seconds to Mars, among others.
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In a release announcing the nine-stage fest, organizers noted that this year’s diverse lineup includes 45% female performers, LGBTQ+ artists, allies and icons as well as a number of Latin stars, including Ivan Cornejo, Kevin Knaarl, Eddie Zuko and others.
Three-day tickets for both weekends go on sale on Tuesday (May 9) at 1 p.m. ET here with layaway plans available starting at $25 down and, new for this year, a promise of no surprise fees at checkout. One-day general admission tickets, one-day Ga+ tickets and one-day tickets will be available at a later date. GA ticket holders will have a new experience this year, with premium cocktails for sale on bar menus throughout the festival and GA+ tickets including a full-service bar with preferred pricing for all beer, seltzers, wine and cocktails.
ACL’s focus on homegrown Texas talent will continue this year, with acts including The Mars Volta, Tanya Tucker, Ben Kweller, d4dv, Jimmy Vaughn, Asleep at the Wheel, Penny & Sparrow, Randall King, Abraham Alexander, Angel White, BigXThaPlug and many more. Hulu will be back as the official streaming partner for the fest, with three days of select live performances, interviews and more available during weekend one; a full broadcast lineup and schedule will be announced at a later date.
Other acts slated to perform at this year’s ACL include: Noah Kahan, Lil Yachty, Mt. Joy, The Revivalists, Portugal. The Man, Death Grips, M83, Rina Sawayama, Tash Sultana, Coi Leray, Glorilla, Little Simz, Chromeo, Tegan and Sara, The Breeders, The Walkmen, Suki Waterhouse, Morgan Wade, Jessie Ware and many more.
Check out the full lineup below.
Lil Yachty announced the dates for his fall 2023 The Field Trip tour on Tuesday morning (May 9). The 39-date global tour is slated to kick off on Sept. 21 with a show at the Echostage in Washington, D.C. and make its way across North America with stops in New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Indianapolis, Nashville, San Diego, Las Vegas, Denver and Minneapolis before winding down on Nov. 5 at the Fillmore in Detroit.
The outing is then scheduled to hop overseas for a late 2023 European run that will kick off on Nov. 22 at the Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway, with dates in Copenhagen, Berlin, London, Paris, Brussels and Barcelona before wrapping things up on Dec. 17 with a gig at the Gasometer in Vienna, Austria.
The Live Nation-produced tour in support of Yachty’s psychedelic Let’s Start Here album will feature support from a variety of as-yet-unnamed fellow Quality Control acts. The artist presale will kick off at 10 a.m.local time on Tuesday in North America and at 1 p.m. BST in Europe. Additional presales will roll out through the rest of the week with the general onsale beginning on Friday (May 12); click here for more ticketing information.
Check out the dates for Yachty’s Field Trip Tour below.
Sept. 21 — Washington, DC @ Echostage
Sept. 22 — New York, NY @ SummerStage in Central Park
Sept. 24 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
Sept. 25 — Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
Sept. 27 — Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
Sept. 29 — Wallingford, CT @ The Dome at Oakdale
Oct. 1 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre
Oct. 2 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
Oct. 4 — Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
Oct. 8 — Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
Oct. 9 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
Oct. 11 — New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore
Oct. 15 — Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Oct. 17 — San Diego, CA @ SOMA
Oct. 21 — Vancouver, BC @ UBC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
Oct. 22 — Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Oct. 26 — Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
Oct. 27 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
Oct. 29 — Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
Oct. 31 — St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Nov. 2 — Minneapolis, MN @ Fillmore
Nov. 4 — Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
Nov. 5 — Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
European Dates
Nov. 22 — Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene
Nov. 24 — Stockholm, Sweden @ Fryhuset
Nov. 25 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ KB Hallen
Nov. 27 — Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle
Nov. 28 — Cologne, Germany @ Palladium
Nov. 30 — Manchester, UK @ O2 Victoria Warehouse
Dec. 1 — London, UK @ OVO Wembley Arena
Dec. 3 — Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy
Dec. 4 — Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy
Dec. 6 — Paris, France @ Salle Pleyel
Dec. 8 — Tilburg, Netherlands @ Poppodium013
Dec. 10 — Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
Dec. 12 — Barcelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz
Dec. 14 — Milan, Italy @ Fabrique
Dec. 16 — Zurich, Switzerland @ Komplex 457
Dec. 17 — Vienna, Austria @ Gasometer
A day after the shooting death of Young Lo at a Miami Beach nightclub, the 37-year-old rapper/producer is being remembered by his longtime friend, creative collaborator and Grammy-nominated producer Christian “Hitmaka” Ward.
Along with Chrishan “Prince Chrishan” Dotson, Hitmaka is a co-founder of Makasound Records, where Lo worked in A&R. During his career, the late artist had also collaborated with other label executives and artists on various projects. Young Lo’s credits include collaborations with Drake, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Ray J and Tyga.
“Lo has been a longtime friend of mine for like 15 years,” Hitmaka aka Yung Berg tells Billboard. “We go as far back to when Ray J and I were doing ‘Sexy Can I’ and all these different records. Lo was just a great people person who knew how to put the right people together and had the resources to where maybe a Chris Brown or such-and-such [artist] might be good for a project. Lo was always a great asset to me. He was just great energy. Everybody loved to have Lo around. He was also very selfless, putting a lot of people before himself.
“This is truly a tragedy,” Hitmaka continues. “I haven’t lost a close friend like that, so this has rocked my world. I’m just dealing with picking up the pieces, helping out his mother, his family and his son. I’m sending super condolences to his family and loved ones. And man, I want to preach to everybody to just stay safe. Tomorrow isn’t promised. Tell loved ones that you love them on a daily basis because you just never know.”
According to reports from the Miami Herald, CBS News and other outlets, Young Lo was among three people who were shot at the South Beach nightclub Gala early Sunday morning. Born Lowell Grissom, Young Lo later died at the hospital. Two women were hospitalized with gunshot wounds and are expected to recover.
As of this writing, no arrests have been made.
Diddy kicked off F1 race weekend in Miami by bringing some special guests on stage during a private performance at Major Food Group’s “American Express Presents Carbone Beach” event on Friday (May 5).
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In front of guests like Venus Williams, Dak Prescott and Luis Fonsi, Diddy ran through a string of hits at the exclusive supper club pop-up, which featured specially-curated dishes from celeb chef Mario Carbone and his namesake Italian restaurant.
Diddy took to the stage shortly after dinner wound down, launching into “Bad Boys for Life,” before following with crowd pleasers “I Need a Girl” and “Been Around the World.” He soon announced that he had some “friends” joining him for the night, as the opening refrain to Fabolous’ “Make Me Better” played over the speakers. The Brooklyn rapper hopped onstage to trade lines with Diddy on the track before a solo performance of “Say Aah.”
Fabolous wasn’t the only surprise guest during Diddy’s set. Busta Rhymes came out shortly after (alongside Spliffstar), plowing through hits like “Pass the Courvoisier” and “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See” before ending with his rapid-fire verse on “Look at Me Now.”
Diddy hopped onto a table in the middle of the room to close out his set, as the crowd sang along to “Mo Money, Mo Problems.” The rapper made sure to end the night on a positive note, reminding everyone that he was now going by the moniker “Love.”
“We in the Love era now,” he said, “and I want you all to be love, and show love, to everybody around you.”
Diddy’s performance followed a surprise set by Diana Ross during the first night of Carbone’s South Beach popup. The ultra-exclusive event has seen a number of celebrities come through, and Friday’s dinner included stars like Madelyn Cline, Lukas Gage, Chris Appleton, Mason Gooding, Madison Bailey and Nigel Sylvester, who joined Tommy Hilfiger at his table.
The designer (and celeb crew) were in town to celebrate the launch of the Tommy x Mercedes-AMG F1 x Awake NY collection, a new capsule designed by Awake founder Angelo Baque and inspired by auto racing and Miami. Timed to the weekend’s Formula 1 race, the collection of graphic tees, polos, baseball jerseys and rugby shirts are available to shop on Tommy.com.
Machine Gun Kelly appears to be taking a verbal swing at Jack Harlow in a new freestyle.
On Saturday (May 6), the 33-year-old pop-punk star dropped a fiery two-and-a-half-minute rap, titled “Renegade Freestyle.” Set to the instrumental of Jay-Z and Eminem‘s 2001 collaboration “Renegade,” MKG seemingly takes aim at Harlow, 25, who recently dropped his third album, Jackman.
“I see why they call you Jackman/ You jacked man’s whole swag, give Drake his flow back, man,” Kelly raps at the 1:22 mark of the freestyle. “I eat rappers like Pac Man/ Must I regurgitate and show you who’s in my stomach from the last dance?”
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MGK’s apparent diss arrives after Harlow’s boast that he’s the “hardest white boy since the one who rapped about vomit and sweaters” in the new Jackman. song “They Don’t Love It.”
Jackman. follows the Louisville rapper’s 2022 sophomore album, Come Home the Kids Miss You, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Kelly also shared the freestyle video on his Instagram page. “never been afraid to say what’s on my mind at any given time of day,” he captioned the clip, which was filmed in a friend’s backyard. “new cypher out now.”
Watch Machine Gun Kelly’s “Renegade Freestyle” below.
It’s been nearly seven months since Adidas split with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, and boxes of his popular Yeezy shoes are still piled up in warehouses.
The fate of 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) worth of unsold Yeezy stock is weighing on the German sportswear company as it tries to engineer a turnaround from the loss of the lucrative sneaker line and the continued fallout over its former ties to Ye.
Adidas is “getting closer and closer to making a decision” on what do to with the sneakers and the “options are narrowing,” new CEO Bjorn Gulden said in a conference call Friday (May 5) after reporting 400 million euros ($441 million) in lost sales at the start of the year. But with “so many interested parties” involved in the discussions, no decision had yet been reached, he said.
Adidas is stuck with stacks of its flagship Yeezy brand shoes after ending its relationship with Ye in October over his antisemitic and other offensive comments on social media and in interviews.
Gulden, who became CEO in January after the Ye split, declined to say if destroying the shoes had been ruled out but that the company was “trying to avoid that.” He has previously said other options have drawbacks: selling the sneakers would mean paying royalties to Ye, restitching them to remove the brand identification would be dishonest, and giving them away to people in need could lead to resale because of their high market value.
Gulden would not say how many pairs of Yeezy shoes that Adidas is stuck holding “because then the consumer would know how many we have and that could have an impact on demand.”
Losing the Yeezy brand is “of course hurting us,” Gulden said in a statement. The breakup will reduce earnings by 500 million euros this year if Adidas decides not to sell the remaining Yeezy stock, the Herzogenaurach-based company said.
Net sales declined 1% in the first quarter, to 5.27 billion euros, and would have risen 9% with the Yeezy line, the company said. It reported a net loss of 24 million euros, a plunge from a profit of 310 million euros in the same period a year ago.
Operating profit, which excludes some items like taxes, was down to 60 million euros from 437 million euros a year earlier. Gulden said the results for the Adidas were “a little better than we had expected” as the company seeks to restart growth and move beyond the breakup with Ye. He called 2023 “a year of transition” on the way to “a better ’24 and a good ’25.”
The company faces other problems tied to the rapper. Investors sued Adidas a week ago in the U.S., alleging the company knew about Ye’s offensive remarks and harmful behavior years before the split and failed to take precautionary measures to limit financial losses.
The lawsuit — representing people who bought Adidas securities between May 3, 2018, and February 21, 2023 — pointed to 2018 comments where Ye suggested slavery was a “choice” and reports of Ye making antisemitic statements in front of Adidas staff.
The company said last week that it rejected “these unfounded claims and will take all necessary measures to vigorously defend ourselves against them.” Ending the Ye partnership also cost Adidas 600 million euros in lost sales in the last three months of 2022, helping drive the company to a net loss of 513 million euros.
An operating loss of 700 million euros is possible this year, Adidas said, mostly due to the 500 million-euro hit it would take if it doesn’t sell the existing Yeezy shoes.
50 Cent is hitting the road this summer for a global tour called The Final Lap that will kick off on July 21 with a show at the Maverik Center in Salt Lake City and keep him on the road through a planned Nov. 12 gig at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England.
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The Live Nation-produced outing is a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s 2003 debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, will feature a set list comprised of 50’s greatest hits and tracks he hasn’t performed live in decades according to a release. He will be joined on all the dates by his longtime friend Busta Rhymes and by Jeremih on the North American dates, with more guests to be announced later.
Fans can sign up for tickets for the North American leg via Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan, with registration open now through Sunday (May 7) at 11:59 p.m. ET.; click here to register. A limited amount of tickets will be available during a general onsale beginning May 12 at 10 a.m. local time here while supplies last. Presale tickets for the European leg will go on sale beginning at 10 a.m. local time on May 10, with the general on sale kicking off on May 12 at 10 a.m. local time here.
The Final Lap North American and European tour dates:
July 21 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverik Center
July 23 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
July 25 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 27 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
July 28 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
July 29 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
July 31 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
August 2 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
August 3 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
August 5 – Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater
August 6 – Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center
August 8 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
August 9 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
August 11 – Hartford, CT @ XFINITY Theatre
August 12 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
August 13 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
August 15 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
August 16 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
August 17 – Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
August 19 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 20 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
August 22 – Tuscaloosa, AL @ Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
August 24 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
August 25 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion
August 27 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater
August 29 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
August 30 – Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena
August 31 – Chula Vista, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sept. 2 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sept. 4 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
Sept. 6 – Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
Sept. 7 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
Sept. 8 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
Sept. 10 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
Sept. 11 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
Sept. 13 – Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre
Sept. 15 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
Sept. 16 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
Sept. 17 – Detroit, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
Sept. 28 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
Sept. 29 – Hamburg, Germany @ Barclays Arena
Sept. 30 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena
Oct. 4 – Oslo, Norway @ Spektrum*
Oct. 5 – Trondheim, Norway @ Spektrum*
Oct. 7 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Avicii Arena
Oct. 9 – Riga, Latvia @ Arena Riga*
Oct. 11 – Lodz Poland @ Atlas Arena
Oct. 14 – Berlin, Germany @ Mercedes-Benz Arena
Oct. 15 – Oberhausen, Germany @ Rudolf-Weber-Arena
Oct. 20 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
Oct. 21 – Nice, France @ Palais Nikaia
Oct. 22 – Milan, Italy @ Mediolanum Forum
Oct. 24 – Munich, Germany @ Olympiahalle
Oct. 25 – Mannheim, Germany @ SAP Arena
Oct. 26 – Brussels, Belgium @ Forest National
Oct. 28 – Prague, Czech Republic @ O2 Arena
Oct. 31 – Strasbourg, France @ Zenith
Nov. 2 – Nantes, France @ Zenith
Nov. 3 – Paris, France @ La Defense Arena
Nov. 6 – Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena
Nov. 9 – Glasgow, Scotland @ OVO Hydro
Nov. 10 – Manchester, England @ AO Arena
Nov. 11 – London, England @ The O2
Nov. 12 – Birmingham, England @ Resorts World Arena
*Non-Live Nation date
Even when he’s on the road or in the studio, Offset will never be too far away from his family. The Migos rapper revealed in an Instagram story earlier this week that he has gotten the faces of his five children tattooed on his leg.
HipHopDX posted an image of the new ink on the back of the MC’s leg, including shots of the two children he shares with wife Cardi B, Kulture (4) and Wave (1), as well as his three older ones from other relationships, Jordan (13), Kody (8) and Kalea (8).
The tribute to his kids came on the heels of another permanent memorial Offset got last month honoring his late cousin and Migos bandmate, Takeoff. The full-back tat is an artistic representation of a photograph of Take, who died on Nov. 1 after being shot at a Houston bowling alley.
“Love you 4L & after,” Offset captioned the post. After 28-year-old Takeoff’s death, Offset wrote on Instagram, “The pain you have left me with is unbearable. My heart is shattered and I have so many things to say, but I can’t find the words. I’ve been going to sleep and waking up hoping that all of this is a dream, but it’s reality and reality feels like a nightmare.”
Last month, Offset previewed a new song featuring a posthumous Takeoff verse on his Story. The 56-second snippet featured Icewear Vezzo and Takeoff exchanging bars before Offset busts through with his own verse.
Offset isn’t the only one honoring Takeoff. He thanked Calvin Harris after the first weekend of Coachella when the DJ incorporated a feature verse by Takeoff from the Harris’ 2017 Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 collab “Holiday” and mixed it into another track from that album, “Slide.”
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Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Wayne visited the World Series champion Houston Astros on Tuesday night (May 2) before their game against the San Francisco Giants.
The Louisiana-born rapper was in town for a show later Tuesday, but stopped by the ballpark to hang with the Astros before taking the stage.
“It meant the world,” Lil Wayne said. “They showed me way too much love and it seemed like they’re a pretty big fan and I’m a fan as well so it was all good.”
He was thrilled to meet Astros manager Dusty Baker and Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, who now works as a special adviser to Houston owner Jim Crane.
“I just pulled both of them to the side and had a long speech, a long talk with Mr. October and Dusty,” he said. “It was awesome.”
He also came away with a jersey signed by several players that he said he planned to hang on his wall. He was asked where the experience stacked up in his life.
“I don’t rank them, but this is pretty up there,” he said.
