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14 Feb 2024

Nicki Nicole Hints At Peso Puma Breakup, Beyoncé & Taylor Swift Collab? & More | Billboard News

Nicki Nicole took to social media to seemingly hint at a breakup with Peso Pluma after he is seen with another woman in a viral video. Beyoncé was seen swarmed at New York Fashion Week. Her new country track “Texas Hold ‘Em” has caused a bit of drama after a country radio station in Oklahoma stated they will not be playing the track. Killah B, a co-writer on the track, hinted at a potential Taylor Swift feature on the Bey’s ACT II. Billboard Presents THE STAGE at SXSW will return this year with performances by PARTYNEXTDOOR, Christian Nodal and ILLENIUM. And more!

Tetris Kelly 0:00
Nicki Nicole has some words for Peso Pluma, Beyoncé gets bombarded at that Fashion Week. We announced this year’s South by Southwest headliners at The Stage, and I sit down with the one and only Ziggy Marley. Happy Valentines Day, it’s Wednesday, February 14, I’m Tetris Kelly for Billboard News and love in the air, especially with the pop queens, Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande are collabing on the “Yes And ?” remix out Friday, can’t wait for that. But unfortunately we do have to start today’s show off in a not so Valentine’s Day way. Nicki Nicole calls out Peso Pluma after he’s seen in Vegas with another woman.

Tetris Kelly
That Grammy moment where Peso and Nicki gushed about each other was just 10 days ago. One week later Peso Pluma was spotted in Vegas for the Super Bowl holding hands with another woman. Well Nicki Nicole saw that viral video too and took to IG to call her man out she said, “When you are not cared for and there’s no respect I don’t stay there. I leave it is with great sorrow that I found out the same way you all did.” Just days before the video surfaced Peso and Nicki were court side at the Lakers and kissing on the Grammys red carpet. Billboard reached out to Peso’s team for comment but have not heard back at time of recording.

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14 Feb 2024

Ziggy Marley Talks About ‘One Love’ Movie, Bob Marley’s Legacy & More | Billboard News

Ziggy Marley talks in depth about his involvement in the new bio-pic about his father, Bob Marley, ‘One Love,’ how he chose director Renaldo Marcus Green, stars Kingsley Ben-Adir and Lashana Lynch to play his father and mother Bob Marley and Rita Marley, filming the movie in Jamaica and giving back to the community, what he feels his father’s legacy is, his own music career, and more!

Ziggy Marley
You could be in the middle of it, if it ain’t right, we can’t mess with it, we can’t mess with it. We can’t mess with Bob, and we can’t mess with Jamaica. I’m Ziggy Marley, and this is Billboard News.

Tetris Kelly
Hey it’s Tetris with Billboard News and today I have the honor of hanging with Ziggy Marley talking about ‘One Love.’ How are you?

Ziggy Marley
Good man.

Tetris Kelly
Why was now the time to tell your father’s story?

Ziggy Marley
Yeah, it’s more than my father’s story really, like, carry a message with it. So is it, it talks about his life. But I think now is the time for this message of one love to be put into the global view for them, see them in billboards and watch it in a movie, this idea of one love, I think it’s a very important time and we’re in a very significant time in the world, we’re on the edge of something. So you know, the idea of one love is it’s pretty cool to have that out there. Right.

Tetris Kelly
And that is the overarching view of the film, obviously, it’s this one love and your dad’s story. How close were you to that story in the storytelling process?

Ziggy Marley
You know, we were there from the beginning, we were the one who initiated the idea to do the film on behalf of my family. And so it was the first time that we actually took the prerogative to go out and seek partners to do the film with telling the story how, we wanted to tell it, making sure it’s authentic. So we were very, very involved in it from the get go to the end. And the mean, even I mean, things were being changed in the last second scripts, like it was a, it was a community project. And it was just from the first time I’m doing a film project. But from the what we talked about with the guys who have the experience, they were like, this is like we’ve never done this in film before, like up to the last second we changing lines. And it was good. It was a good adventure.

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13 Feb 2024

Tainy Talks His First Grammy Nomination for ‘Data,’ His Sold-Out Show at ‘Choliseo’ & More | Billboard News

Acclaimed Latin producer Tainy talks about receiving his first Grammy nomination for his debut album ‘Data,’ what it’s like to produce for Latin superstars, getting the chance to work with Selena Gomez on her first Spanish-language album ‘Revelación,’ bringing his music to life in a live show at the Coliseum of Puerto Rico and more!

Tainy:
Because of how I grew up and feeling that none of these things that I’ve been able to do were possibilities when I started, you just got to be able to put as much, you know, passion into it. Things will happen.

What’s up, guys? This is Tainy and you’re watching Billboard News.

Tetris Kelly:
Hey, what’s up? It’s Tetris with Billboard News, hanging out with the one the only Tainy. What’s up, my man?

Tainy:
How’s it going, man? All good here.

Tetris Kelly:
Thanks for making your way over from Miami to LA to hang out with us. You’ve had an interesting few months right now.

Tainy:
I’m happy to be here. But yeah, how do you say? It’s been really fun, exciting, different couple of months leading up to it so you know, happy over here.

Tetris Kelly:
Well, the Grammys were a big deal for you this year, your first-ever American Grammy nomination so that’s significant. Tell me how that felt.

Tainy:
I mean, it’s special. I’ve been working for awhile, you know, in music, you always see the Grammys like that’s like the stamp and to be considered, to be alongside so many amazing artists and me putting out my first album, per se, and have it be recognized over here, in certain ways you expect that what you do will be impactful and people will notice it, but it’s not like a done deal. You got to put it out and just see how the world and the universe reacts to it and just to see that nomination over there and for it to be also my first time to be just nominated, have my name around there is just amazing.

Tetris Kelly:
I think that’s what is so special about it because you’re so known as such a prolific producer, but then your very first album as an artist gets a Grammy like, that doesn’t happen to everybody, man.

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13 Feb 2024

New Beyoncé! First ‘Wicked’ Trailer! Usher’s Halftime! Super Bowl 2024 Delivers Epic Music Moments

When Usher was announced as the headliner back in September, we all knew the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show was going to be epic. What we couldn’t have possibly predicted is all the other epic music moments to go down on Sunday.

From Beyoncé starring in a Verizon Super Bowl commercial and then surprise-dropping two new songs from her seemingly country-themed “Act II” album coming in March to Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo starring in the first trailer for part 1 of the Wicked movie musical out in December, Usher wasn’t the only musician to take advantage of the NFL game’s record ratings.

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, we talk all about Sunday’s biggest music moments — including Katie being inside the game to shadow Kaskade as the first-ever Super Bowl DJ. Listen below:

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Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on how the late Toby Keith hits No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 35 Biggest Hits, how 44 albums on the chart gain in the wake of exposure on the Grammy Awards, and how the Grammys send a number of songs racing up the Billboard Hot 100 chart — and back onto the chart, including Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car.”

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.)

13 Feb 2024

Taylor Swift Parties With Her Parents, Lisa Joins ‘White Lotus’ Season 3 & More | Billboard News

Taylor Swift posted a hilarious video to TikTok where she is seen partying with her parents after the Chiefs’ big win at the Super Bowl. Usher and longtime partner Jennifer Goicoechea tied the knot in Las Vegas following the singer’s Super Bowl halftime show performance. Katy Perry announces that she is leaving ‘America Idol’ after seven seasons. The “California Gurls” singer also hinted that new music may be on the way soon. BLACKPINK’s Lisa will join the cast of ‘White Lotus’ for season 3. Rosé teases some new music on Instagram. J.Y. Park, Stray Kids, ITZY & NMIXX dropped a music video teaser for their upcoming collab ‘Like Magic.’ And more!

Tetris Kelly
K-pop updates on the girls of BLACKPINK and a major collab, Taylor and Trav go clubbing with her parents, Usher is just married, and Katy says bye to ‘Idol.’ I’m hanging out in studio with Tainy and we go behind the photo with the cast of ‘Bob Marley: One Love.’ It’s Tuesday, February 13th and this is Billboard News. There’s so much news today, so we’re gonna try to squeeze it all in. Here’s the three big stories in music today. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are everywhere these days and that includes at the club with Tay’s parents, after being told the Chiefs Super Bowl afterparty was for “friends and family.” Taylor posted this to TikTok.

Tetris Kelly
Listen, they have a lot of friends and family and I say no harm no foul. And Usher captivated on the field during halftime but also captivated someone’s heart he tied the knot with longtime partner Jennifer Goicoechea on Sunday night in Las Vegas surrounded by close friends and family according to a statement. He’s dated the music professionals since 2019 and they share two kids. Listen, I love the videos of Taylor and Travis clubbing after the game. But it can’t get more epic than getting married after performing on the world’s biggest stage, iconic Usher! And this icon is saying goodbye to ‘Idol’ it’s the show’s 22nd season and her seventh and last. Katy Perry stopped by Jimmy Kimmel to break the news.

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13 Feb 2024

Kingsley Ben-Adir, Ziggy Marley & Reinaldo Marcus Green Explain the Stories Behind the Photo | Billboard

Kingsley Ben-Adir, Ziggy Marley & Reinaldo Marcus Green from the new Bob Marley biopic ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ explains the stories behind these photos with Billboard.

Kingsley Ben-Adir
Hi, I’m Kingsley Ben-Adir

Ziggy Marley
I’m Ziggy Marley.

Reinaldo Marcus Green
And I’m Reinaldo Marcus Green

And this is Behind the Photo with Billboard.

Ziggy Marley
Remind me,

Ziggy Marley
I mean, I went off state, they did such a detailed job.

Kingsley Ben-Adir
It is a nice moment now. It was really like, it was one of those simple moments. I guess it wasn’t. I don’t know if that was in the script.

Ziggy Marley
No. It wasn’t in the script. Yeah.

Kingsley Ben-Adir
Yeah, yes. And they all just, they all just ran at me. It was just a really nice, really nice moment.

Reinaldo Marcus Green
Next. I love this photo.

Reinaldo Marcus Green
Remember this one? The whole community lifting us up there?

Ziggy Marley
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Kingsley Ben-Adir
A lot of fine details that day, just about the car and how Bob drove and like, I remember, Stephen was telling me that Bob drove the car in a really specific way. You know, he wasn’t great. He rags the car off you know, Bob really, he controlled the car.

Ziggy Marley
I don’t know if you guys know. But there was some, there’s some stuff going on before.

Kingsley Ben-Adir
Yeah. In the community.

Ziggy Marley
When we came in and said, OK, sounds good. It’s quiet. And it’s been kind of quiet since then. So that’s really cool.

Reinaldo Marcus Green
What about this next one here? Fae Ellington. I mean, how integral she was to our production.

Ziggy Marley
This is Marcus Garvey drive. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah,

Kingsley Ben-Adir
That’s one of my favorite scenes.

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12 Feb 2024

Beyoncé Drops New Music & Announces New Album, 2024 Super Bowl With Kaskade & More | Billboard News

Beyoncé announced a follow-up album to her hit ‘Renaissance’ during Super Bowl LVIII and dropped two new tracks for her fans to enjoy. For Black History Month, Billboard is celebrating by highlighting some of the greatest Black executives in music, and today we’re celebrating Yvette Noel-Schure. 6lack reveals five things you didn’t know about him. Billboard is giving you an inside look at all the fun in Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII. And more!

Tetris Kelly
Beyoncé surprises us yet again at the Super Bowl as we take you to some of the game’s biggest parties. We celebrate Black History Month with one of Beyoncé’s closest confidants, hang out with 6lack, and give you this week’s Billboard Hot 100.

Tetris Kelly
It’s Monday, February 12th, aka the day after the Super Bowl. I’m Tetris Kelly and this is Billboard News. It’s Beyoncé and Taylor’s world, we just live in it — evidence presented to the court last night.

Tetris Kelly
Beyoncé will always break the internet and she did just that during the Super Bowl with a commercial and, yes, brand-new music.

Tetris Kelly
Beyoncé says “Yee-haw!” and I say where’s my cowboy hat? The queen of, well, everything partnered with Verizon for a commercial about breaking the internet. It was hilarious.

Tetris Kelly
And she delivered by announcing ‘Renaissance’ Act II is coming March 29th. And we already have two singles from the new country album. She gave us “Texas Hold’em” and “16 Carriages.”

Tetris Kelly
My thing is, Black people created dance music – Act I. Black people created country music – Act II. Is Act III gonna be rock? Well, I could speculate all day, but for now, I will say thank you, Queen, for taking ownership and doing it flawlessly.

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12 Feb 2024

Black History Month Spotlight: Yvette Noel-Schure, Beyoncé’s Powerhouse Publicist | Billboard News

For Black History Month, Billboard is celebrating by highlighting some of the greatest Black executives in music, and today we’re celebrating Yvette Noel-Schure.

Yvette Noel-schure:
I’ll probably just be telling the world.

Tetris Kelly:
For Black History Month, Billboard is celebrating by highlighting some of the greatest Black executives in music, and today we’re celebrating Yvette Noel-Schure.

Beyoncé is Black culture. But as we learned in the ‘Renaissance’ Tour film, it takes a village and perched at the top of that village is Yvette Noel-Schure. A powerhouse publicist, Yvette has spent over three decades representing the biggest stars through her top tier skills of strategy and execution. In 2010, she was a Senior Vice President at Sony but was ready to launch her own independent PR firm. She started Schure Media Group with her husband David Schure. She worked with chart-toppers like Mariah Carey before being introduced to Destiny’s Child.

Yvette Noel-Schure:
And when I started working with Beyoncé and all of the ladies of Destiny’s Child, they were 14-year-old girls.

Tetris Kelly:
A busy woman, the Texas native is also the primary publicist for the production company Parkwood Entertainment, the catalyst for projects like ‘Black Is King.’ Kelly Rowland has called what she does “brilliant,” with Tina Knowles-Lawson saying “she’s one of the most trusted people in my family’s life.”

But to know Yvette is to know she runs the world while being one of the most humble to do it. She’s a boss. She’s a mom. She’s a wife, or as the Queen says she’s a “diva.”

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12 Feb 2024

Post Malone, Jay-Z, Ice Spice, Calvin Harris & More Bring Star Power to 2024 Super Bowl Parties

Las Vegas is no stranger to A-list musicians, but Super Bowl Week was an especially starry time to be in Sin City.

There were parties up and down the Strip, starting at the desert’s newest resort, the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, which made excellent use of its members-only Poodle Room for a pair of intimate pre-game parties. First was Roc Nation Sports’ Super Bowl Party on Friday night, where Jay-Z caught up with fellow rap vets Fat Joe and E-40 and mingled with Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Brady, Travis Scott, Queen Latifah, Jermaine Dupri and more stars. On Saturday night, Grand Marnier Presents Magic Johnson’s Mount Rushmore Super Bowl LVIII Bash took over the Poodle Room, with the Lakers legend hosting *NSYNC’s Lance Bass and a return trip from DiCaprio.

Elsewhere at the Fontainebleau on Friday night, Post Malone headlined The One Party by Uber, returning to the BleauLive Theater after his pair of New Year’s Eve weekend shows that launched the venue. Up a level at the LIV nightclub that same night, Calvin Harris and Kid Cudi headlined the FanDuel x Spotify party, with Harris coming back a couple of days later to headline LIV’s post-Super Bowl DJ set on Sunday night.

One venue that stood out on the Strip was the h.wood Homecoming pop-up megastructure that covered 45,000 square feet. Friday night’s party, presented by Taco Bell and in partnership with REVOLVE, was headlined by David Guetta and Future (with a surprise DJ set by Travis Scott), while Saturday was headlined by Jack Harlow and Kaytranada, along with a DJ set from Zack Bia, where partygoers got to see Harlow perform his five-week Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper “Lovin On Me.”

Michael Rubin’s Fanatics Super Bowl Party at The Cosmopolitan’s Marquee Dayclub was the place to be on Saturday afternoon, with Ice Spice, Justin Bieber, Jelly Roll, The Chainsmokers, Russell Wilson, Ciara and more all making appearances at the poolside party, which included performances by Travis Scott and T-Pain.

Usher showed off more of his rollerskating skills Sunday night at the Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace Big Game After Party Celebrating the Release of “Coming Home” by Usher and Gin & Juice By Dre and Snoop at Encore Beach Club at Wynn. Dre and Snoop surprised guests with a performance that included “California Love,” “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” and “Gin and Juice.” Over at another Wynn property on Friday night, Lil Wayne performed and Flavor Flav DJ’d at Shaq’s Fun House, which went down at XS. The next night, Bebe Rexha performed at Sports Illustrated‘s SI The Party Presented by Captain Morgan, also at XS.

Country was well-represented during Super Bowl Week, with Zach Bryan (alongside Leon Bridges) headlining the Bud Light Backyard Tour at The Chelsea in The Cosmopolitan, while Luke Combs played the BetMGM Big Game Bash on Saturday night, also at The Chelsea.

Verizon’s four-day “Verizon Live” activation took over Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club in The LINQ Promenade and offered fans a chance to get up close and personal with their favorite athletes, artists and entertainers, from the stars of Avatar: The Last Airbender and HBO’s Hacks, to Grammy-nominated rapper Tobe Nwigwe. Verizon partnered with MAX, Apple Music and Netflix on the Super Bowl event, serving as a chance to promote their Verizon myPlan bundles, which gets customers access to popular streaming services bundled together (I.e. Netflix and MAX) from just $10 a month.

And that’s not all — find pictures of some of your favorite stars from music and sports in our full Super Bowl party gallery below.

–Additional reporting by Tim Chan

12 Feb 2024

Here Are 5 Things You Didn’t Know About 6lack | Billboard

6lack reveals five things you didn’t know about him to Billboard!

6lack:
Hey, this is 6lack and these are five things that you may not know about me.

One thing that you may not know about me is I really, really love and enjoy road trips. Anytime that I can have a moment to pack my car up and go, whether it’s North California, South California, North Georgia, South Georgia — I love to get in my car and drive as far as I can drive.

Another thing that you may not know about me is — or you might know about me — solitude is, like, one of my most favorite things in the world. I can sit in silence for hours and hours and hours and just be at peace, so nothing is wrong with me. I’m not depressed. I’m not sad or anything, I just enjoy my space and I enjoy peace and quiet.

I prefer to work in the morning time. The 5 to 7 a.m. window is a really really creative window for me to work. I used to do late-night sessions, but now I prefer super early morning session.

When I was a kid, I had a big issue eating vegetables. It was, like, I could sit at the table for hours with my head like this and just be playing with my food, or I was just, like, spread it out and make it look like I ate it. Sometimes I’ll take it to the bathroom and scrape it in the toilet, scrape it in the trash, but it a serious … like, I’m just not rocking with these.

I hate a great portion of white substances, so milk. I hate it. Mayonnaise, I hate it. Vanilla ice cream, I hate it. Whipped cream, I hate it. Yeah, anything that’s, like, reminiscent of those, I don’t really rock with at all, but milk is at the top of the list. I really, really despise milk.

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