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1999 The Future’s Warren Hue laced up some skis for the first time to hit the “SLOPES” with Offset for their snowy visual.
The 88 Rising artist recruited Offset for the thumping “SLOPES” last week, and Hue took a ski lift to cruise down the mountain for a pair of woozy verses.
“I need a crib up in Soho, New Yorkie like Biggie/ I trеated ‘Chella like that sh– no biggiе/ Still got the pac, hella smoke in my city/ Hit from the back, now you texting you miss me/ B—h, I got bands and it’s stuck in my pants, woah/ Feel me? Pockets they dancin’ like Britney,” he raps with a salute to the “Toxic” singer.
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Hue gave fans a peek behind the curtain of the Mamesjao-directed video, which finds the use of a green screen allowing him to execute all kinds of flips and ski tricks without having to lift a foot.
The Indonesian rapper then passes his skis to Offset who doesn’t appear in the trippy visual but still delivers a pair of hard-hitting verses. The Migos rapper predicts his next album will top the Billboard charts and manifests an upcoming arena tour.
“Album going number one, I could taste it (Number one)/ I was born up a star, I’m an alien (Star)/ I’ma sell out arenas and the stadiums/ I got my gang and my family, I ain’t trading ’em,” he boasts.
While it remains to be seen about the prospects of his next LP, Offset is hitting the road for his first solo tour sans Migos running mates Quavo and the late Takeoff.
The Set It Off Tour will kick off in Philadelphia in March and make stops in New York City, Boston, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Dallas and Houston before wrapping up in his hometown of Atlanta.
1999 Write The Future has set the stage for the collective’s debut album later this year with singles like “MiNt cHoCoLaTe” featuring BADBADNOTGOOD and Griselda’s Westside Gunn and Conway the Machine. Last week, they followed up by teaming Rick Ross a.k.a Ricky Ravioli with Rich Brian for the starry “LiGhT rAiLs.”
Watch the “SLOPES” video below.
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Don Omar reveals five things you didn’t know about him to Billboard! Don Omar: Hi, everybody. This is Don Omar, and these are five things you didn’t know about me. No. 1: I’m afraid of frogs. I can’t deal with it. No. 2: I wake up every single day at 3:30 a.m. in the morning. […]
The Billboard Women in Music Awards are back! Tracee Ellis Ross will host the awards. The annual event will feature musical performances and honor women powerhouses who are shaping the music landscape.
Tickets to this year’s show are on sale now, with early access for Amex® Card Members via Ticketmaster. Terms Apply. Supply is limited.
Stay tuned for public on-sale starting Jan. 27.
Unable to attend on March 6? Watch Billboard Women in Music on March 7 at BillboardWomenInMusic.comNarrator:Billboard’s Women in Music is back!
Quinta Brunson:Tonight, we honor the women who have been leading the way.
Narrator:Wednesday, March 6, at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles.
Sabrina Carpenter:I wanted to take a moment to say what an amazing inspiring night this has been.
Lainey Wilson:This is absolutely insane. I feel so honored and blessed to be here.
Olivia Rodrigo:Thank you, Billboard!
Narrator:Honoring Charli XCX, Ice Spice, Kylie Minogue, Louisa Sonza, Maren Morris, NewJeans, Tems, Victoria Monet and Young Miko, and soon to be announced Billboard’s Women of the Year with host Tracee Ellis Ross.
Tracee Ellis Ross:And it’s about to be an epic night! Come celebrate the start of Women’s History Month with us.
Narrator:General tickets on sale Jan. 27, with Amex card members getting early access on Jan. 24.
Karol G:This is me and I’m happy to be here! Thank you, Billboard!
Kim Petras:This is a huge honor. Thank you so so much.
Taylor Swift:I want to first thank Billboard from the bottom of my heart.
Narrator:Go to BillboardWomenInMusic.com for all the details!
TWICE:Thank you, we love you!Watch the full video above!
Could a momentous Madonna reunion with two of her former longtime backing singers be in the works? This week, the Queen of Pop plays a trio of shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden for The Celebration Tour (Jan. 22, 23 and 29). And, perhaps not so coincidentally, Donna De Lory and Niki Haris – who were seen in the Madonna documentary Truth or Dare and in the iconic video for “Vogue” – are performing two of their own shows together just up the street from the Garden on Jan. 27-28.
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While the ladies have not worked together in years, could there be any plans for Madonna to drop by one of De Lory and Haris’ gigs at The Green Room 42, or for them to appear onstage with Madonna at The Garden?
Well, De Lory and Haris join the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast this week (listen to their chat, below) to discuss that possibility, and more.
“I have no right to give any information that is not completely confirmed as of this moment,” Haris very carefully tells the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast with a laugh. “With that said, we take joy wherever we can find it — if it’s on our stage, at Madison Square Garden, wherever the joy is. In [Madonna’s] living room. … The bottom line is, we’re in town. … We may just go grab a coffee together. Who knows?”
De Lory adds: “No matter what, we’re just gonna have a great time.”
For years, De Lory and Haris were behind Madonna — supporting the superstar on the road, during television performances on the Grammy Awards and MTV Video Music Awards, and singing on many of her albums and singles. The pair joined Madonna on four tours between 1987 and 2001, with De Lory continuing to perform on two more Madonna tours in 2004-06. Their voices can be heard on many Madonna recordings released from 1987-98, including the Like a Prayer, I’m Breathless and Erotica albums, and singles such as “Vogue,” “Cherish,” “Deeper and Deeper” and “Nothing Really Matters.”
So, with so much recording history behind them, would De Lory and Haris be open to recording with Madonna, on record and in the studio for a song, if the opportunity presented itself?
“I feel for myself,” De Lory says, “and I feel for Niki as well, we would love that. We would love that. And I know that the magic that was always there would be there. … It would be sweet if that happened. … We just all have a great blend and great energy, and that will always be there.”
“I’d love to just sit around a room,” Haris says, “have [Madonna] grab her guitar, Donna go to the keyboard, and let’s just do what we love to do. … God, we just like to sing together. I would rather just sing without an agenda. Just sing.”
While De Lory and Haris are best-known for backing Madonna for years, they’ve also had their own solo careers, and also provided backing vocals individually on albums from the likes of Belinda Carlisle, Whitney Houston, Santana and Selena. In 2016, the pair came together to work on their first album, the Two Friends EP, which was released in 2017. Since then they have continued to release stand-alone tracks, and have hopes of releasing further new material, perhaps setting up camp in Nashville to work with a producer/songwriter to collaborate on new music.
During our chat with De Lory and Haris, we also asked the women about why they think “Vogue” has endured through the year, and influenced such artists as Beyoncé (with the “Vogue”-infused Queens Remix of “Break My Soul”) and Ariana Grande (with her house-inspired “Vogue” cousin “Yes, And?”).
De Lory says: “I knew when we went in to do those vocals at that session, it was a fresh sound… the music was so powerful.” Haris says that we’re in a “society that now is celebrating voguing, celebrating being a drag queen, celebrating [drag] houses … you just have a bigger audience that’s being more accepted” and adds that “‘Vogue’ is such an infectious kind of energy… it’s celebratory.”
Also on the new edition of the Pop Shop Podcast, we’ve got chart news on the debut of Grande’s “Yes, And?” atop the Billboard Hot 100, and how 21 Savage and Kali Uchis make splashy debuts on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Plus, we’re discussing news of Billy Joel soon dropping his first pop single in years, a new Justin Timberlake album on the horizon, and the music-related nominees at the 2024 Academy Awards.
The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard‘s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard‘s executive digital director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and Billboard’s managing director, charts and data operations, Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)
Hip-hop legend Flavor Flav stopped by Billboard News and spoke to Rania Aniftos about using A.I. to translate his new track “Every Where Man” with Chuck D, recording new Public Enemy music, his potential return to reality TV, being a fan of Taylor Swift and more!Flavor Flav:I can hold some notes besides the national anthem.
Rania Aniftos:We were gonna get into that!
Flavor Flav:Don’t go there! Don’t go there!
Rania Aniftos:We were gonna get into that!
Flavor Flav:Don’t go there!
Ay yo, check this out. This is Flavor Flav, and this right here is Billboard News.
Rania Aniftos:Hey, everybody! It’s Rania Aniftos with Billboard News, and it’s such an exciting day in the studio today because we have the one and only Flavor Flav. Welcome!
Flavor Flav:In the building!
Rania Aniftos:In the building! You are fresh off the release of an A.I. song, A.I. generated, A.I. facilitated track, “Every Where Man” featuring your old Public Enemy pal Chuck D. So tell me a bit about how that came together. What was the inspiration behind it?
Flavor Flav:My partner Chuck D mentioned to me about doing a record called “Every Where Man” because I’m every … Flavor Flav is everywhere, man. You know what I’m saying? So, me and Chuck sat down. Chuck took the pen, put it to the paper. So really, Chuck D wrote this song. He writes it, I recite it like that, you know what I’m saying? So that’s how this record really came to be because Chuck is always ahead of his time, so we got this song now transposed into, like, 30 different languages. This song in Spanish, I was bugging out because I’m like, “Wow, listen to my voice in Spanish. Listen to my voice in …”
Rania Aniftos:Korean!
Flavor Flav:Like, Korean. Yeah, you know, and I never, ever thought that I wouldn’t be speaking Korean. You know what I’m saying? But hey, thanks to A.I.! And not only that, but I’m glad that this is happening because A.I. has been misused so much, you know? And there’s a lot of people that’s not using it correctly, so I feel that I’m one of the first ones to show the example of A.I. being used correctly.
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Billie Eilish and Finneas have earned their second Oscar nomination for their track “What Was I Made For?” and Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt have been nominated for “I’m Just Ken,” but there are a few musicians and actors who are noticeably missing from this year’s nominations. Jennifer Lopez has been nominated for a Razzie […]
Ivan Cornejo reveals five things you didn’t know about him! Ivan CornejoHey, what’s up guys? It’s Ivan Cornejo, and here’s five things you guys probably didn’t know about me. Ivan CornejoFirst one is I hate olives. I’m allergic to mushrooms. If I wasn’t a singer, I would have been working to try to be an […]
Justin Timberlake surprised fans with a new track and a new album trailer at his Memphis concert. Bruno Mars took over Tokyo, performing a few shows at the Tokyo Dome. Taylor Swift celebrated the Kansas City Chiefs’ win against the Buffalo Bills, and Eminem cheered on the Detroit Lions as they defeated the Tampa Bay […]
Laufey reveals five things you didn’t know about her! LaufeyHi, I’m Laufey, and here are five things you don’t know about me. LaufeyNo. 1, I don’t like pickles. I don’t know why I don’t like pickles. No. 2, I grew up figure skating and doing ballet. So I’m quite flexible. No. 3, my ultimate dream […]
Teddy Swims manages to stay steady at No. 8, 21 Savage makes the top 10, and we have a brand new No. 1 song. Watch the video to find out which track earned the crown. Tetris Kelly:This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week dated Jan. 27. Debuting on the chart at […]