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Busta Rhymes Reunites With Mariah Carey on ‘Where I Belong’
It’s been 18 years since Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey delivered their thumping collaboration, “I Know What You Want.” Now, in 2020, the duo have reunited on a brand new track that pays homage to their 2002 hit. Rhymes dropped his new album, Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God, on Friday (Oct. 30), which features Carey on “Where I Belong.” The song, with a beat equally as head-bopping as the their prior collaboration, actually samples “I Know What You Want.” It’s produced by Navi Beatz and “I Know What You Want” producer Rick Rock. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, c...
Dave Grohl, His Mom & Jill Biden All Agree That Teachers Are ‘Rockstars’
Grohl has been an outspokenly anti-Trump since the 2016 election, most recently slamming the President’s administration for the handling of the coronavirus and the rushed re-opening of schools. “When it comes to the daunting and evermore politicized question of reopening schools amid the coronavirus pandemic, the worry for our children is paramount,” Grohl said in an episode of Dave’s True Stories titled “In Defense of Our Teachers.” “Yet, teachers are also confronted with a whole new set of dilemmas that most people would not consider. ‘There’s so much more to be addressed than just opening the doors and sending them back home,’ my mother tells me over the phone. Now, 82 and retired, she runs down a list of concerns based on...
Saweetie Addresses Birkin Comment After Backlash: ‘We Deserve to Be Treated Like a Queen’
In a new interview on Power 106 Los Angeles with Bryhana, Saweetie addressed her comments by saying that she’s “an entertainer and I come to entertain.” “So that was an entertaining comment. Like Jay-Z says at the end of ‘Ignorant Shit,’ he goes, ‘It’s only entertainment,’ and then he does this little evil laugh,” she said. “I was having a good time, promoting ‘Back to the Streets.’ And, you know, I’m popping my shit for my girls. But I feel like a Birkin symbolizes a gift of value.” “But what comes along with being valued?” Saweetie continued. “It comes with a healthy relationship. It comes with communication. It comes with getting gifts. It comes with ...
Donald Trump Calls Lil Wayne a ‘Really Nice Guy’ After Their Meeting
Donald Trump had a lot of positive things to say about Lil Wayne, a day after it was revealed that the unexpected duo met up to discuss the White House’s “Platinum Plan” for Black America. In a press conference on Friday (Oct. 30), a reporter asked the President why he met up with the rapper. “Well, he wanted a meeting,” Trump responded. “He’s a really nice guy. He’s really an activist, in a very positive way. And he asked for a meeting, and we had the meeting. And as you saw, the meeting went very well.” You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn reward...
First Stream Latin: New Music From Becky G, Bad Bunny, Tini & More
Becky G and Ozuna’s long-overdue collaboration is a reggaetón banger that finds the pair longing for a relationship, minus the drama. The playful and infectious beat pairs perfectly with Becky G and Ozuna’s slick bilingual verses. “Why so many fights if you always end up in my bed?” Becky G sings. The ever-so-confident Ozuna responds with “I’m not stressing because I know you’re mine.” The “No Drama” music video is set in an oasis-like environment where the two go back and forth about their relationship. “I love this collab with Ozuna,” said Becky G, who co-wrote the song alongside Ozuna and other songwriters. “I have always liked his music and I knew that together we could record something amazing. Now, perhaps more than ever before in our lives, less drama is something we all need, and t...
Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Shawn Mendes & More Set for 2020 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball
The iHeartRadio Jingle Ball will broadcast across more than 95 iHeartMedia CHR radio stations nationwide and on the iHeartRadio app, the CW app and CWTV.com on Thursday, December 10 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. The CW Network will also broadcast the event as a nationwide television special on Monday, December 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. For the sixth year, Capital One will be the national presenting partner, and Capital One cardholders will have the opportunity to enter a contest to for a chance to be one of 25 winners featured in a virtual holiday classic sing-along with a Jingle Ball headliner. Winners will also get to partake in a private virtual meet and greet. Cardholders can enter the contest from November 5 at 12 a.m. ET through November 16 at 11:59 p.m. ET. To learn more, visit i...
Rapsody Captures Why This Election Gives Black Americans a ‘Fighting Chance’ in ’12 Problems’ Video: Watch
She dropped the single “12 Problems” on Sept. 17, a haunting requiem that flips her Roc Nation boss Jay-Z’s “99 Problems” and rewinds through the history of violence against Black artists and activists. But in the official music video, which she’s debuting on Billboard below, something joyful greets viewers and peeks behind her. A young Black ballerina prances in front of “Don’t Let Go,” a vertical shot of two hands grasping each other like their lives depend on it, to the delicate tune of Ambré and Buddy’s “Revolution.” The photographer, Yvette Glasco from Atlanta, is one of six emerging artists selected in Sprite’s “Create Your Future” campaign, which gives their artwork capturing why they believe voting is important a major platform. Rapsody as well as 2 Chainz and Yara Shahidi are...
Ariana Grande’s ‘Positions’ Album Is Here: Stream It Now
The 14-track album also includes a number of collaborations, including “Safety Net” with Ty Dolla $ign, “Off the Table” with The Weeknd and the long-awaited Doja Cat collab, “Motive.” “This project is my favorite for many reasons and i really can’t wait for it to be yours. thank u for your love and excitement, it means the world to me,” she tweeted last week while sharing the album’s 14-song track listing in the lead-up to its release. Listen to Positions in full below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging...
Sam Smith Unveils ‘Love Goes’: Stream It Now
After months of delays due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Sam Smith finally unveiled their third studio album Love Goes on Friday (Oct. 30). Featuring previously released singles “Diamonds” and “My Oasis” with Burna Boy, Smith recently revealed to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe that Love Goes is their first “proper heartbreak” record. “I’d say [this was] the first proper time I’ve been actually heartbroken. That feeling of they’re gone, you can’t sleep, the really, really bad feeling,” they said. “The others were the idea of it and it was pure unrequited love. This, I would like to say that we loved each other. So, I definitely, definitely loved him. So yeah, it was prope...
Latin Artist on the Rise: How Quarantine Helped Alvaro Diaz Land His Dream Collaboration With Yandel
Diaz, who studied public relations at university, picked up music as a hobby. But everything changed when he met popular reggaeton producer Víctor “Tunes” Cabrera of Luny Tunes, who later introduced him to Tainy. “My first single ever was produced by Tainy,” he says of “Chicas de la Isla,” released in 2012. “It went viral in Puerto Rico because it mentions a lot of slang from the island and our people.” Today, Diaz forms part of the NEON16 management roster helmed by Latin Grammy-winning producer and music executive Lex Borrero. “I fell into several wrong situations throughout my career,” he admits. “Tainy and I have many similarities and I feel very privileged with this opportunity.” His Yandel-assisted track “Lo Que Te Duele,” released Thursday (Oct. 29), comes on the heels of his c...
DJ E-Clyps Pens an Op-Ed on Racism In the Dance Scene: I Was Told to ‘Keep My Mouth Shut and Make Music’
Both music and photography are natural extensions of E-Clyps’ longstanding position as an advocate for racial equality within and beyond the dance music community. Having produced music for the greater part of 10 years — and with releases on venerated labels including Ultra, Nervous, Defected and more — E-Clyps has still struggled to achieve many of the professional milestones that seemingly come easily to white producers. He believes systemic racism within the overwhelmingly white dance music industry, and his own outspokenness about this issue, has prevented him from rising through the ranks, or even from even gaining representation. The issues he’s experienced throughout his career, he notes, are no different from those long experienced by Black producers, despit...
Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘WAP’ Video Has This Unlikely, Kid-Friendly Inspiration
By now, we all know what “WAP” stands for, so it’s pretty hard to believe that the R-rated video for Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s Hot 100-topping collaboration drew inspiration from a G-rated source. A new “Vevo Footnotes” clip on Thursday (Oct. 29) gives a look into the making of “WAP,” and the music video’s director Colin Tilley shared that he’s “a big Tim Burton fan, I would say I’m always inspired by childhood books, Dr. Suess, etc.” The characteristically distorted styles of the childhood favorites can be seen in the gaudy, funhouse-esque nature of the mansion Cardi and Meg explore in the video. The footnotes also reveal how Cardi B decided on that final, infectious hook–and turns out, she didn’t really...
