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Reneé Rapp reveals five things you don’t know about her.
Reneé Rapp:Hey, what’s up? My name is Reneé Rapp and these are five things that you might not know about me — and if you do, you pay much too attention to me.
I played golf my whole life and I started on the boy’s golf team in middle school. And they were all super rude to me, for the most part. And I have a distinct memory of someone hitting me in the back of the head with a golf ball. So I hope you rot.
I have a good one… oh, I’m a fake vegan. I was vegan, actually, in real life for two years. And now I just tell people, I’ll be like, “yeah, sorry, I’m a vegan,” and then they’ll be like, “Oh my God.” And I’ll be like, “yeah” and then like, one of my friends will usually be like, “she’s not a vegan. I don’t know why she’s lying to you.”
I used to, when I was a kid, I used to dress my little brother up, putting him in little like skirts and bows, and he looked absolutely stunning. For a while, my little brother was Kylie to me, my younger sister.
I was in Student Council, but not just Student Council, I was actually on the State Board for North Carolina Student Council. I don’t remember exactly what that title was but it was something advisor. And it was a big f—ing deal.
My legal middle name is not Mary Jane. It’s actually just Jane, but my grandmother’s name, who my middle name is after, is Mary Jane and I loved Spider-Man. And I thought MJ was super hot. I got really pissed that nobody put Mary Jane as my legal name and I started just calling myself Reneé Mary Jane Rapp, and now it’s stuck.Watch the full video above!
Vic Mensa talks about his sophomore album, Victor, the Black Star Line festival in Africa, working and collaborating with other artists such as G-Eazy, Common and Chance the Rapper, his cannabis brand 93 Boyz and more!
Vic Mensa:We broke out the sage.
Tetris Kelly:Oh, of course!
Vic Mensa:Or the palo santo! And just like, “Yeah, so what you thinkin’?” What’s up, y’all? I’m Vic Mensa, and you’re watching them Billboard News.
Tetris Kelly:It’s Tetris with Billboard News. A lot of swag just hit the couch. What’s up, Vic?
Vic Mensa:How are you doing, man?
Tetris Kelly:Let’s talk about this music. You got your sophomore album coming, and I feel like your name has been around so long. It’s crazy this is only your second offering. So tell me how’s it feel to put your second piece of work out?
Vic Mensa:I’m very excited about it. It’s really a story of redemption and triumph, and spirituality and love and pain and struggle — human experience. That’s the place I write from. That’s what I aim to communicate and to convey. And I’m just so excited to open that conversation with any and everyone who listens to this album.
Tetris Kelly:We’ve got some great collaborators G-Eazy, Common, Ty Dolla $ign. Love Ty. So how do you go about deciding who you want to bring into a project?
Vic Mensa:I think first and foremost, it’s like, the relationships as a human being, as a man with those brothers in particular, like those are people that have long-standing personal relationships with so as I’m creating music, and I hear a voice to do something — Common, for example, is my favorite MC since being a little kid. When I made this song called “Southside Story” that is featuring Common, immediately I knew it’d be crazy to have his voice on here, and his paintbrush, his texture.
Watch the full interview above!
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Nelly Furtado plays Never Have I Ever with Billboard. Nelly Furtado:Hey hey hey, I’m Nelly Furtado, and this is Never Have I Ever. Emily Fuentes:Never have I ever, ever made a fake social media account. Nelly Furtado:I currently don’t have a fake social media account, but I have had them before to stalk people. Emily […]
Diddy talks with Billboard‘s Executive Director of Hip-Hop and R&B, Gail Mitchell, about his first album in 13 years, The Love Album: Off the Grid, his new record label, love of R&B, the loss he’s experienced in his life, the next chapter of his career and more.
DiddySo you know, in this world as I say, in The Sopranos, “you only need three bad m–herfckers” you know what I’m saying and we them three bad m–herfuckers.
Gail MitchellHey there, it’s Gail Mitchell, Executive Director of R&B and Hip-Hop for Billboard. And I’m sitting here with the one and only Sean “Diddy” Combs.
DiddyHello,
Gail MitchellThank you for being here.
DiddyIt’s such an honor to be interviewed by you, and just especially, you know, celebrating 30 years of music, and the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. So I have a lot to talk about, in this my first interview, and I’m excited that it’s with you, the legendary one.
Gail MitchellLegend to legend.
DiddyYes, yes.
Gail Mitchell 0:47First off, I’ve seen you, the different name iteration. Sean, Puffy, Diddy, Love aka.
DiddyYeah we in the Love era, and just Love is not brother Love now, it’s just Love. It’s like, you know, the evolution of Diddy. And so I’m just, I’m just really excited. 13 years after Last Train to Paris, you know, when I had did that album, I didn’t know if people understood where I was coming from it was a little bit before its time. And it kind of like broke my heart in this sense, because they didn’t understand right away. I think I was like, you know, I mean, I know, I was like I was in my ego.
Gail MitchellWhat is it you thought they missed?
Watch the full interview above.