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24 Aug 2023

Nick Cannon Tells Bre Tiesi That She Makes ‘All the Money’ in New Comedy Skit

Nick Cannon and Bre Tiesi are all about the fun!

The duo shared a new comedy skit with Entertainment Tonight on Thursday (Aug. 24), in which Cannon is seen trying to fall asleep as Tiesi scrolls through her phone, which has a bright screen that distracts her partner. “I’m trying to sleep,” Cannon tells the Selling Sunset star, who explains that she has to finish some emails and proceeds to catch up on social media content.

“I guess you making all the money,” Cannon then says. “Your bread, your bed.” 

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After a while, Cannon takes the bright screen problem into his own hands, pulling out a solar panel and accidentally lighting Tiesi’s side of the room on fire. Tiesi notices, and desperately tries to wake Cannon up, though he’s seen sleeping peacefully. She jumps up and runs off screen to handle the fire, ending the skit, which you can watch in full here.

The couple shares son Legendary Love, who was born in June 2022. “So, here’s the thing that I know everyone wants to argue with me about — but he makes his own schedule. He can show up every day, when he stops from work. He can come at night,” Tiesi previously said of their relationship in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “So, he’s here every week, and especially when he’s home, he’s here. So, it’s not a set schedule, we don’t have to plan things, but he’s very present and he’s at anything and everything I ask him to be at. So, I’m very happy. He’s very supportive.

The Masked Singer host also shares twins Monroe and Moroccan with ex-wife Mariah Carey; twin sons Zion and Zillion, as well as daughter Beautiful Zeppelin with Abby De La Rosa; Golden Sagon, Powerful Queen and Rise Messiah with Brittany Bell; Zen — who died in December 2021 — and Halo Marie with Alyssa Scott; and Onyx Ice Cole with LaNisha Cole.

24 Aug 2023

Doja Cat Is Heading Into ‘Scarlet’ Album Cycle With a New Management Structure

As Doja Cat teases a Sept. 1 release on her Instagram and prepares to drop her third studio album, she and her co-manager Gordan Dillard are doing it with a new business arrangement in place.

The “Say So” singer parted ways with the management arm of Wassim “Sal” Slaiby’s SALXCO earlier this year, sources say, after her contract expired with the company. She follows Dillard who left SALXCO last year for an executive A&R role at Capitol Music Group, while continuing his management role with Doja Cat. He is co-managing her with Josh Kaplan at Good Day Management.

Kaplan has been working with’s management Doja Cat since 2018 and Dillard since spring of 2019.

Though Doja Cat is no longer on Slaiby’s management roster, she and her managers will continue to utilize SALXCO’s artist services, sources say, and the various parties remain on good terms.

SALXCO continues to be the management home of The Weeknd, Metro Boomin, Diddy, Swedish House Mafia and Bebe Rexha, among many others.

A representative for Doja Cat declined to comment.

Doja Cat is fresh off the release of two summer singles: the hip-hop-forward “Attention,” which debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June, and the Dionne Warwick-sampling “Paint the Town Red,” which recently bowed at No. 15 (and stayed there in its current second week). Both are expected to appear on the star’s upcoming fourth album on RCA, believed to be titled Scarlet. In a cryptic Instagram post early Wednesday (Aug. 23), Doja hinted at something coming “9.1.23” — with no further context.

A 24-date “Scarlet Tour” kicks off Oct. 31.

The new album follows her 2021 album, Planet Her, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and produced a number of Hot 100 top-10s including “Kiss Me More,” “Need to Know,” “Woman,” and “Vegas.” She scored a No. 1 hit with the Nicki Minaj-featured version of “Say So,” originally off her 2019 sophomore breakthrough album, Hot Pink.

In a recent Harper’s Bazaar cover story, the rapper-singer-songwriter-producer expressed a desire to add more hyphens to her job title. “I would have to stop the music for a minute,” she said. “But I would be down to immerse myself in acting for a certain period of time. I love comedies and action films.”

24 Aug 2023

Trump Hires Gunna’s Lawyer To Represent Him in Atlanta RICO Case Ahead of Surrender

Facing a sweeping racketeering case in Atlanta, former President Donald Trump has hired attorney Steven Sadow, a veteran Georgia criminal defense attorney who just represented Gunna in the high-profile criminal case against Young Thug and other rappers.

Sadow, who has also represented Rick Ross, T.I. and Usher in the past, filed legal papers Thursday morning (Aug. 24) in Fulton County Court stating that he was “lead counsel of record for Donald John Trump.” When reached by Billboard, Sadow confirmed that had been hired to represent the former president.

“The President should never have been indicted,” says Sadow. “He is innocent of all the charges brought against him. We look forward to the case being dismissed or, if necessary, an unbiased, open-minded jury finding the President not guilty. Prosecutions intended to advance or serve the ambitions and careers of political opponents of the President have no place in our justice system.”

Trump, who is expected to surrender to prosecutors on Thursday, is facing 13 felony counts as part of a massive racketeering case against 19 defendants accused of trying to illegally overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia. Fulton County DA Fani Willis filed the charges under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a state-level version of the federal RICO law used to prosecute drug cartels and Mafia families.

That’s the same RICO statute that the same Fulton County prosecutor used in May 2022 to indict Young Thug, Gunna and dozens of others over their alleged involvement in a violent Atlanta street gang. The case claims that their “YSL” is not really a record label called “Young Stoner Life,” but a criminal enterprise called “Young Slime Life” that committed murders, carjackings, armed robberies, drug dealing and other crimes.

Represented by Sadow, Gunna pleaded guilty in December to exit that case by taking a so-called Alford plea — a maneuver that allows a defendant to enter a formal admission of guilt while still maintaining their innocence.

At the time, Gunna insisted that the deal did not involve cooperation with prosecutors. But when he entered his plea, Gunna admitted in court that YSL was both “a music label and a gang,” and that he had “personal knowledge that members or associates of YSL have committed crimes in furtherance of the gang.”

Young Thug and many others are still facing those charges. A trial technically kicked off earlier this year but has faced long delays in selecting a jury to hear the case and has not substantively begun yet. Young Thug has repeatedly been denied pre-trial release on bond.

Sadow will take over representing Trump from Drew Findling, another Atlanta lawyer with an extensive history representing rappers in criminal matters, including Gucci Mane, the members of Migos and Cardi B in her recent microphone-throwing incident in Las Vegas.

Though Findling has not formally departed the case yet, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to Billboard that he will no longer be retained by the former president. Findling himself did not return a request for comment on Thursday.

Trump is expected to surrender Thursday evening at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, though he’ll only be there briefly before he is released on a negotiated bond. While some of the defendants in the YSL case are being held in the same building, Young Thug is detained in neighboring Cobb County Jail.

24 Aug 2023

Packing for a Trip? These Eco-Friendly Capsules Make Traveling With Toiletries ‘So Much Easier’

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Traveling can raise your carbon footprint, but there are small steps that you can take to be more eco-friendly, starting with what you pack.

When it comes to finding the best travel essentials, reusable products are the way to go. If you’re like me and struggle with keeping your travel toiletries in one place, then you probably need a Capsule.

TikTok is buzzing with all kinds of travel products like the Capsule from Keep Your Cadence. Videos about Keep Your Cadence’s bestselling Capsule have received over 12 million views on TikTok and more than 2,000 customer reviews.  

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The refillable, magnetic, leakproof, waterproof and airtight Capsule “makes traveling so much easier,” according to one customer review. “Business trips are less stressful now,” the customer noted.

The ergonomically-designed Capsule is made from 20% recycled ocean-bound plastic and 30% “excess manufacturing materials” according to the company’s website.

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Each Capsule holds 0.56 ounces giving you enough room for serums, toners, cleansers and other skincare products, shampoos, conditioners, supplements, cotton rounds and more. The Capsule can hold up to 10 uses of oil cleansers making them useful for a weekend getaway and maybe longer trips of up to a week.

The Capsule is available in several different colors including eucalyptus green, lavender, charcoal, terracotta and petal pink. You can also customize the color, magnetic top and labels.

The Capsule retails for $14, but the six-piece set is currently on sale for $74, which might seem like a lot to spend on travel products, but they’re more durable than some of the cheaper options that you’d find at retailers like Target, Walmart or Amazon that won’t last as long and aren’t as easy to clean, so you’ll probably end up throwing them away and buying replacements. Plus, the Capsule is sustainable.

“They work like a charm,” reads one customer review. “Exactly what I need to travel,” writes another.

“I am someone who travels a lot and contemplated this purchase for a long time as I was content with filling my old travel bottles,” reads another review. “However, I am extremely pleased with my purchase. These are compact, fit much better in my travel bags, and are so much easier to refill. Very pleased with my purchase!”

Customers were also surprised by the size as one reviewer wrote, “This fits way more product than I thought they would and pack easily. Glad I finally went for it! Now I want more!”

Keep Your Cadence offers larger Capsule sets including the Build a System Bundle ($98) and The Bestsellers Bundle ($132).

For more recommendations, see our picks for the best Labor Day travel deals, the cutest tote bags for travel and other travel essentials to take on your next trip.

24 Aug 2023

October London’s ‘Place’ Is at No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart

Nine weeks into his Billboard chart career, October London scores his first No. 1 on any chart as his single “Back to Your Place” crowns the Adult R&B Airplay chart. The track rises from No. 3 to head the list dated Aug. 26 thanks to a 10% boost in weekly plays that made it the most-played song on reporting U.S. monitored adult R&B radio stations in the week ending Aug. 17, according to Luminate.

October London becomes the third lead artist to top Adult R&B Airplay with a debut entry in 2023, following Ambré (“I’m Baby,” featuring Jvck James) and Ravyn Lenae (“Skin Tight,” featuring Steve Lacy), both of whom led for one week each in May. (Extending to featured roles, James and Brent Faiyaz, featured on Alicia Keys’ two-week leader “Trillions,” also earned their first champs in their first career chart appearances.)

Elsewhere, “Back to Your Place” lifts 16-14 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which ranks songs by combined audience totals from adult R&B and mainstream R&B/hip-hop radio stations. There, the song reached a new high of 7.8 million in weekly audience, an 11% improvement from the prior tracking week. Radio gains have driven the song’s fortunes on the Hot R&B Songs chart, which blends radio airplay with streaming and sales for a multi-metric view of the genre’s top songs each week; “Back to Your Place” also rises 16-14 there for a new high.

Alongside its radio gains, “Back to Your Place” has received corresponding gains in sales and streams. The single sold 1,000 downloads in the last tracking week, a 15% increase from the previous frame and sparking its No. 12 re-entry on the R&B Digital Song Sales chart. It also registered its best streaming week in the same tracking period, with 556,000 U.S. official on-demand streams in the same period, up 11% from the previous week.

Rising tides for “Back to Your Place” help October London scale the Emerging Artists chart, where he pushes 30-28 in his fourth week on the list. “Back to Your Place” appears on the singer-songwriter’s debut album, The Rebirth of Marvin, which was released in February.

24 Aug 2023

Diplo Announces the Death of His Mother: ‘She Was My First & Purest Love’

Diplo‘s mother has died.

The producer shared the news Thursday (Aug. 24) on social media, writing that his mother “was a devout supporter of my music … she followed me and every project and I always made her a double xxl shirt of my new album. she was restricted to a chair and oxygen tank the past ten years but I lit up her life everytime I would come home.”

Diplo continued, saying that he was ” glad she got to see me create and grow and be just a little bit successful. she gave me so much confidence even when I was broke and feeling lost.”

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Based on his recently shared Instagram stories, Diplo seems to currently be in his native home of Florida. He does have shows scheduled tomorrow in Paris and one at the U.K.’s Creamfields North this Saturday.

A representative for Diplo did not immediately respond to request for comment on whether or not he’ll be playing these sets. Earlier today Diplo also shared a list of sets he’ll be playing next week at Burning Man.

Read Diplo’s complete statement below:

my momma just passed away. i would trade a kidney to take away the cosmic gut punch I feel right now . I cried in the airport bathroom I made small puddle and then almost slipped . Now i’m gonna walk into the ocean and look for a shark to fight, might be the only cure for grief . She was my first and purest love . I hope someone will make me feel safe like you always did

my mom was a devout supporter of my music . she was always on myspace as djmom and a lot of my friends had her in their top 16 cause she always posted positive messages and loved that I was happy making music .. she followed me and every project and I always made her a double xxl shirt of my new album. she was restricted to a chair and oxygen tank the past ten years but I lit up her life everytime I would come home .. even two days ago she posted hearts on my page. i’m glad she got to see me create and grow and be just a little bit successful. she gave me so much confidence even when I was broke and feeling lost.

24 Aug 2023

V Gets Behind the Wheel in Moody ‘Blue’ Music Video Teaser: Watch

The countdown for V‘s newest video, “Blue,” continues — but not without another sneak peek from the BTS member of what fans can expect. On Thursday (Aug. 24), the K-pop star shared a brand new teaser for the track’s music video that further pieces together the story.

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The new clip — filmed in black and white — sees V donning a studded black leather jacket while driving a car. After a phone rings, the BTS vocalist hops out of the car and into a parking lot. The single’s title appears in bold, blue lettering at the end of the teaser along with the video’s release date (the clip is officially due out on Sept. 13).

The first teaser for “Blue” arrived earlier this week on Aug. 21, and featured another portion of the video, in which V visits an apartment complex and makes a stop at apartment C. The full “Blue” music video will arrive less than a week after the release of Layover, V’s upcoming debut studio album on Sept. 8.

V’s independent efforts come on the heels of solo releases from his fellow BTS members: Jung Kook released “Seven” featuring Latto — which crowned the Billboard Hot 100 — last month; Suga’s D-Day arrived in April; and Jimin’s FACE (including the Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Like Crazy”) in March. V’s singles from Layover — “Love Me Again” and “Rainy Days” — topped the Hot Trending Songs chart dated Aug. 11, with the tracks peaking at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively.

Watch the new teaser for V’s “Blue” in the video above.

24 Aug 2023

PETA Slams Britney Spears for Allegedly Buying New Puppy Instead of Rescuing

Just one day after Britney Spears took to Instagram to share an adorable video of her new fluffy white puppy, aptly named Snow, PETA is criticizing the star.

While Spears did not indicate whether she bought Snow or rescued the pup in her post, PETA told TMZ that supporting those businesses is dangerous. “When influential people buy puppies, puppy mills cheer and animal shelters watch the homeless-animal crisis get even worse,” the animal rights organization told the publication. “With this one cutesy post, Britney Spears has sentenced countless deserving dogs in shelters to more days without love, a comfy bed to curl up on, or a chance at a real life.”

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PETA continued, “She could have been a force for good and adopted, but instead she chose to be toxic, and animals will pay with their lives.”

Billboard has reached out to Spears’ reps for more information.

The pop superstar took to Instagram on Wednesday (Aug. 23) to share a video the puppy. In the clip, it’s unclear what breed the tiny pup is, but the white fluffy dog is seen wagging its tail as it runs around Spears’ feet. “Introducing Snow … the new [addition] to the family … it’s her world and we just live in it,” the “Circus” singer captioned the post.

The cute new family member arrives amid news that Spears’ husband Sam Asghari filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court on Aug. 16, citing irreconcilable differences.

24 Aug 2023

Billboard’s Top 5 Songs of the Summer 2021 | Billboard News

Billboard looks back and counts down the top five songs that ruled the summer of 2021.

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We’re getting to the last few years before our big reveal. 2021, full-on pandemic, big songs as we tried our best to stay safe that summer. Let’s jump right into No. 5, The Weeknd’s massive hit alongside Ariana Grande. “Save Your Tears” is first on our list.

Our next song features two female R&B superstars teaming up for a massive summer hit. Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More” featuring SZA comes in at No. 4.

Dua Lipa had us all feeling like we were defying gravity with her No. 3 hit on the Hot 100 songs of the summer. “Levitating” comes in next.

Our No. 2 hit is a revenge song set against an upbeat pop sound. Olivia Rodrigo flawlessly makes us feel powerful with “Good 4 U.”

K-pop wins big in 2021 with the No. 1 song of the summer, and the genre’s reigning superstars — the boys of BTS — helped us feel good all summer long with their hit “Butter.”

We are so close to our winning summer song. Next week, we’ll look at 2022 before we reveal the biggest song of the summer.

Watch the full video above!

24 Aug 2023

BTS’ V Doubles Up in Top 10 of Global Excl. U.S. Chart

Jung Kook holds atop the Aug. 26-dated Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts with “Seven,” featuring Latto. At No. 1 for the fifth consecutive week on both lists, it’s the longest running chart-topper on the Global 200 among K-pop acts, including his fellow BTS members and even BTS as a group (“Dynamite” led for four weeks in 2020-21).

But another BTS member makes noise with a pair of top 10 arrivals. V debuts on Global Excl. U.S. at No. 6 with “Love Me Again” and at No. 8 with “Rainy Days,” while starting at Nos. 12 and 16, respectively, on the Global 200.

“Love Me Again” leads the pair with 40.8 million official streams and 35,000 downloads sold worldwide in the week ending Aug. 17, according to Luminate. “Rainy Days” follows with 38.9 million clicks and 32,000 sold. Both tracks take 92% of those streaming figures from outside the U.S.

The bigger global totals for “Love Me Again” are reflected in the song’s international chart ranks. Not only does the song outpace “Rainy Days” in the U.S. (3.4 million streams vs. 2.9 million), but it’s also higher on all five of Billboard’s Hits of the World charts on which they both appear. They’re side-by-side at Nos. 16 and 17, respectively, on Indonesia Songs, but most dramatically separated (if not wildly so) on V’s native South Korea Songs, at Nos. 7 and 21.

Both songs boast official music videos, signaling a big win, especially, for “Rainy Days.” Across video platforms worldwide, the clip received 13.5 million streams (35% of the song’s overall streaming total), compared to 10.5 million (26%) for “Love Me Again.”

Any which way these songs’ success is split, both tracks mark new highs for V. Previously, he hit No. 43 on Global Excl. U.S. and No. 51 on the Global 200 with “Christmas Tree.” With “Love Me Again” and “Rainy Days,” he becomes the fifth BTS member to crack the top 10, following, in chronological order, Jung Kook, Jin, Jimin and Suga (under the alias Agust D).

In total, the men of BTS have accumulated 11 top 10s on Global Excl. U.S. as soloists – equaling the group’s tally.