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Sergio George goes ‘Behind the Photo’ and shares what it was like to perform with Marc Anthony & Luis Figueroa, recording with Noriel and more! Sergio George: Hey, what’s up? I’m Sergio George, and we’re going ‘Behind the Photo’ with Billboard.Photo number one, this photo, I believe, was in Premios Juventud with Marc and Luis […]
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Many Hip-Hoppers felt that Ab-Soul had one of the best Hip-Hop projects of the year when he dropped Soul Burger just last month and much to the delight of his fans, Ab has given one of the album’s standout cuts the visual treatment and we couldn’t be more pleased.
Linking up with Vince Staples and Kamm Carson for the visuals to “California Dream,” Ab-Soul and company hang outside the LOVE HOUR eatery in LA with their respective crews to spit their bars and quite possibly get some grub after wrapping up the video shoot. Might as well, right?
Elsewhere Skilla Baby gets ready for a night out on the town and in his clip to “Donavon McNabb,” SB lays up with pillows of weed surrounding him before hitting the club with his peoples and turning up while high as a kite.
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Roc Marciano and The Alchemist, Larry June, and more.
AB-SOUL FT. VINCE STAPLES & KAMM CARSON – “CALIFORNIA DREAM”
SKILLA BABY – “DONAVON MCNABB”
ROC MARCIANO & THE ALCHEMIST – “STREET MAGIC”
LARRY JUNE – “TREASURE ISLAND”
EST GEE – “RIP LU MIKE”
STARLITO & BANDPLAY – “AIN’T GOING”
JONNY PARKS FT. JAE VON BUBBLES – “NMB”
PHILTHY RICH – “REAL, RICH & RESPECTED”
DABOII & BABYTRON – “SHITTYBOII”
Timothée Chalamet is the latest celebrity to be serenaded by Harry Daniels. The influencer took to TikTok to share a clip in which he asks the actor if he could play his harmonica for him. Daniels then immediately sings the line “How does it feel?” from Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” before busting a […]
Mariah Carey is on the cusp of breaking her longest Hot 100 run, she’s ready to wrap up her Christmas tour and more. Keep watching to see all the latest news on the queen of Christmas! Tetris Kelly: Big news for Mimi as Mariah Carey ties her own record and one with Lil Nas X, […]
New York’s famed Blue Note Jazz Club is coming to the Sunset Strip.
On Tuesday (Dec. 17), officials with Blue Note Entertainment Group announced plans to open a Hollywood location modeled after the company’s New York flagship, which is known for its intimate atmosphere, performance roster of icons and rising stars, and propensity for regularly staging world-class jazz shows.
The new L.A. club, which is set to open its doors in March 2025, will mark Blue Note’s ninth location outside of New York with venues in Hawaii; Napa, Calif.; Tokyo; Rio de Janeiro; Sao Paulo; Milan; Beijing; and Shanghai.
“We are excited to bring the Blue Note experience to Los Angeles, offering the same intimate atmosphere and world-class performances that have defined our New York club,” says Tsion Bensusan, COO of Blue Note Entertainment Group, in a statement.
As part of the expansion, Blue Note officials announced that they have inked a partnership with the LA Philharmonic to rebrand the long-running Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival as the Blue Note Jazz Festival. Presented by the LA Phil, the 2025 edition of the festival kicks off on June 14 with a full lineup scheduled to be announced in February.
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“This collaboration represents a union of two iconic institutions dedicated to celebrating jazz and its profound impact on music and culture,” said Steven Bensusan, president of Blue Note Entertainment Group. LA Phil president/CEO Kim Noltemy added, “This partnership represents a shared dedication to celebrating jazz and its extraordinary artists while continuing the legacy of world-class music at the Bowl.”
The Blue Note in both New York and Los Angeles will be curated by artist, composer, producer and frequent collaborator Robert Glasper. In 2018, Glasper and Blue Note launched Glasper’s annual residency ROBTOBER. That partnership has since expanded to include events like the Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa, Blue Note at Sea and The Black Radio Experience, also in Napa.
“I’m honored to partner up with Blue Note once again for what will be a significant cultural intersection for the Los Angeles community,” said Glasper in a statement. “Los Angeles has always been a second home to me and I can’t wait to bring LA culture to the Blue Note.”
Sexyy Red and GloRilla have some interesting things to say about the conversations surrounding today’s female rappers. As part of XXL‘s new cover story, Glo and Sexyy asked each other questions, including about the subject matter of their music. “So, a lot of people give female rappers a hard time, saying we’re too sexual or […]
Demi Lovato and Jordan “Jutes” Lutes just celebrated a major milestone: one year of being engaged.
To celebrate, the couple marked the occasion with lovey-dovey posts Monday (Dec. 16) on Instagram Stories. Sharing a photo of him nuzzling noses with the “Sorry Not Sorry” singer, Jutes wrote, “1 year of being engaged to my favorite person. I’m so lucky and can’t wait to marry u baby.”
Re-sharing the post on her own Story, Lovato lovingly called Jutes, “My sweet angel.”
“I love you infinitely and cannot wait to call you my husband!!!” Lovato added. “Happy 1 year of being engaged baby!!”
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The couple first made their relationship Instagram official in August 2022, and the next year, Jutes popped the question, on Dec. 16, 2023. The following day, Lovato showed off her engagement ring on Instagram and wrote, “I’m still speechless … My love, I’m beyond excited to marry you.. every day I’ve spent with you has been a dream come true and I can’t wait to love and cherish you forever. Here’s to the rest of our lives. I love you baby.”
“yesterday i asked my best friend to marry me and she said yes,” Jutes added in a post of his own. “i can’t imagine my life without you and thank god now i’ll never have to. feeling like the luckiest man alive right now. i’m so in love with you.”
In addition to being life partners, they’re also musical collaborators. Jutes helped Lovato write multiple songs on their most recent album, Holy Fvck, including second single “Substance,” “Happy Ending” and “City of Angels”; the LP reached No. 7 on the Billboard 200.
The musicians are also dog parents to a tiny canine named Pickle.
Lovato hasn’t released a proper album since Holy Fvck in 2022, but they did drop Revamped, a collection of old songs from their discography re-recorded with a punk-rock edge, in 2023. She kept busy in 2024 with the release of documentary Child Star, which surveyed the effects of celebrity on kids and featured Drew Barrymore, Raven Symone and more.
Billboard and Tres Generaciones Tequila are partnering to find out the Get Up Anthems of select cities, and the last stop is Los Angeles, California. Ahead of the curated list, in this ‘Man on the Street,’ we tapped LA locals to help share some of their favorite hometown hits that have inspired and energized their city, including artists like Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar and so many more! Be sure to check out the official Get Up Anthems for Chicago presented by Tres Generaciones Tequila.
Tetris Kelly:
Billboard and Tres Generaciones Tequila teamed up to find the best Get Up Anthems in each city. Today, we’re in Los Angeles, the home of sun, Hollywood and West Coast hip-hop. What song energizes this city? We talk to locals to find out. All right, I’m hanging out trying to find the biggest Get Up Anthem in LA, so what song do you feel like reps this city?
Guest 1:
Off the back, they “Not Like Us,” bro.
Tetris Kelly:
I mean, that just came out. It’s already a classic?
Guest 1:
Yeah, it is, bro. I mean, they got people playing it everywhere.
Tetris Kelly:
What song do you feel like charges the city?
Guest 2:
I’mma say Montell [Jordan]’s “This Is How We Do It.”
Tetris Kelly:
Hey, the party’s here on the west side. What’s the song that represents Los Angeles?
Guest 3:
“It Was a Good Day.” Ice Cube.
Tetris Kelly:
Nice! Okay, what you know about Ice Cube, man?
Guest 3:
When I hit the switch, I can make that drop.
Tetris Kelly:
So tell me, what do you like about living in LA?
Guest 4:
The sunshine, 75-degree weather, the beaches.
Tetris Kelly:
But you gotta tell me what song represents the city the most?
Guest 4:
Anything I say from Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg. Them two together, anything, that’s just chef’s kiss.
Tetris Kelly:
Which is like “Gin and Juice”?
Guest 4:
Of course, “Gin and Juice.”
Tetris Kelly:
What’s the best part about living in LA?
Guest 5:
South Central, you know what I mean? The girls, the cars, the money, the hustle, the culture, the environment.
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Rayful Edmond, a notorious drug kingpin whose operation terrorized the Washington, D.C. streets at the height of the so-called “Crack Era” is reportedly dead according to unconfirmed accounts. Rayful Edmond was released from prison this past summer after serving well over three decades behind bars and was transferred to a reentry facility in Tennessee.
On X, formerly Twitter, social media accounts are claiming that the brother of Edmond confirmed that his sibling has died although we have yet to see an official report. Edmond, 59, ran a lucrative drug operation that not only ravaged the Nation’s Capital, but also ignited turf wars, and bloody shootouts, and placed the wider region under siege.
We’ve reached out to sources looking for a confirmation but nothing has yet to materialize. We also reached out to the Residential Reentry Management (RRM) office in Nashville where Edmond was reportedly sent to after his prison release to no avail.
As we gather more information, we’ll be back to update this post.
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Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber are enjoying a wedding in Costa Rica, and have been sharing snaps of their tropical trip on Instagram. The “Love Yourself” singer took to Instagram on Monday (Dec. 16) to post a series of caption-less photos of from the vacation and wedding, including a number of selfies with Hailey, in […]