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Stay In Your Lane: Cardi B Claps Back At Fans Who Keep Pressuring Her For New Music
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Cardi B is making money moves-literally but it appears as if her historic achievements aren’t enough for some fans causing the Bronx-bred emcee to delete her Twitter page. On Friday the 28-year-old rapper took to social media to announce the launch of her a doll designed in her likeness, which was created in collaboration with the new brand Real Women Are, a company dedicated to diversity and inclusion to celebrate all girls. While the announcement was celebratory of her latest business venture, fans took to the posts to social media to question when the “Bodak Yellow” rapper was releasing her highly anticipated sophomore album. “BARDI GANG!! I’m dropping my own doll TODAY! Inspired by me. Created by me. Designed by me,” she shared on Instagram. “T...
Rick Ross Paid $3.5 Milli In Cash For Amare Stoudemire’s Florida Home
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Rick Ross’s Atlanta luxurious mansion might’ve been used as the royal castle for King Akeem of Zaumda in Coming 2 America, but that isn’t keeping the Bawse from purchasing more million dollar real estate in other places. People is reporting that the “Hustlin” rapper just put down $3.5 million to relieve former NBA All-Star, Amare Stoudemire of his Florida estate. Oh, did we mention he paid straight up cash for it? We mean, if you have a few million dollars just sitting around in the crib with nothing to do, might as well use it, right? At this point we wonder if Ross brought the cash in a Louis Vuitton suitcase or book bag. While we’re sure Florida is filled with multi-million dollar homes on the market to choose from, the Miami representative seems to have pa...
2022 Ford F-Series Super Duty First Look: Working Smarter
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This applies to the 2022 Ford F-Series Super Duty, a solid hauler that has absolutely nothing in need of fixing. Since the Super Duty received most of its major upgrades for the 2020 model year, the truck will mostly carry-over for 2022, which isn’t a bad thing. It will, however, get infused with some (more) cool technology upgrades. If anyone thinks of new three-quarter- and full-ton trucks as rudimentary, then, well, you’re wrong. These trucks are as technologically-advanced as any automobile on the road and continue to get boosted with more and more techy goodness. Same Super Duty Swagger The F-Series Super Duty—consisting of the F-250, F-350, and F-450—packs a multitude of best-in-class towing, hauling, and performance numbers, w...
This Like-New 1996 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra Is a “Mystic” Unicorn
There’s sometimes great irony in a car’s fate. Back in 1996, Ford blew our minds by mothballing the 5.0-liter V-8 and introducing the so-called “Modular” engine family, including the adrenaline injection device that nestled under the hood of the SVT Cobra: a DOHC 4.6-liter V-8 producing a thumping 305 hp. Peakier than its predecessors, the SVT Cobra begged contemporary testers—and, presumably, even strong-willed drivers—to wring it out. Not this one. It may have tempted its owners, who did not submit. As an inanimate object, it couldn’t have hoped to be exercised, although it’s easy to anthropomorphize cars and imagine it to be so. Ever since this Cobra rolled off the line, its previous owners have managed to put just 769 miles on its odometer. That̵...
Zayn Says Grammy-Slamming Tweet Was ‘Not Personal’
It was about transparency. Just hours after he slammed the Grammys over its voting process, Zayn returned to Twitter on Tuesday night (March 9) to say that his comments were “not personal,” but rather about the “need for inclusion.” The singer, 28, teed off on the Recording Academy on Tuesday, just five days before the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, writing, “F— the grammys and everyone associated. Unless you shake hands and send gifts, there’s no nomination considerations. Next year I’ll send you a basket of confectionary.” Zayn, who has yet to receive a Grammy nomination for his solo work, appeared to have second thoughts a short time later, returning to Twitter to explain his earlier comments. “My tweet was not personal or abo...
Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ Is Still on Top, But It Took Four Tries to Get Her Actual Permit
Unfortunately for Rodrigo, the horn on her mom’s car didn’t work so the instructor had to halt the test. “I go to honk it and the horn doesn’t work on my mom’s car,” she said, explaining that her mom is a super-chill driver, so she probably didn’t even realize the horn was busted. “And so he said: ‘Your car is legally unsafe, I can’t take you out to take the test, go home.’” It was a tough blow for the singer, who said, “I didn’t even get to drive out of the DMV [Department of Motor Vehicles]… I was so upset, I literally cried in the DMV parking lot.” But, like a real-life fairy tale, the fourth time was the charm and she passed the test no problem. “License” was released Jan. 8 on Geffen/Interscope Records and debuted ...
Amazon Music Launches In-App Merch Integration, Exclusive Artist Collections
“Bringing all this into the app in a fairly seamless way with Prime shipping, we think it’s going to really help drive sales,” says Sean McMullan, director of artist product and services at Amazon Music. He adds, “We think that bringing merch in is one way to really enhance that artist-fan connection and make it a more compelling experience. We’ll continue to experiment with lots of different ways to get it in front of customers in the right way.” When asked about Amazon’s share of merchandise sales on the platform, McMullen wouldn’t disclose terms, saying simply that the percentage of revenue splits “varies” from artist to artist. Along with the announcement, Amazon Music will debut exclusive merchandise collections from several artists. These include a new a...
Fantasia, Kirk Franklin, CeCe Winans & More to Perform on OWN’s First Easter Special
Oprah Winfrey‘s OWN Network will celebrate Easter with a unique showcase of modern gospel and R&B performances combined with sunrise service traditions, Billboard can exclusively announce. The hourlong gospel music special Our OWN Easter will premiere on the network March 30, and you can watch a trailer below. Fantasia, CeCe Winans, Kirk Franklin, Anthony Hamilton and The Hamiltones, Ledisi, Travis Greene, Osby Berry, Jonathan McReynolds, Charles Jenkins, Koryn Hawthorne and Maverick City will perform during the Easter special, hosted by renowned uncle and niece duo Bebe Winans and Deborah Joy Winans, with appearances by Cedric the Entertainer, Michelle Williams and more. Renowned faith leaders Bishop J. Drew Sheard, Pastor William Murphy and Priscilla Shirer will ...
Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler: I Was Doing the Devil Horns Hand Gesture Long Before Ronnie James Dio
The late Ronnie James Dio has long been credited for popularizing the devil horns hand gesture that has become a universal symbol for metalheads and rock fans. However, in a new interview, Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler says he was flashing the devil horns long before Dio, and was even the one who introduced the gesture to the singer. “I’ve been doing that sign since — I’ve got pictures of me doing it since 1971,” Butler told SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk on Monday (March 8th). “And I always used to do it in the breakdown in the song ‘Black Sabbath’ — just before it goes into the fast part at the end, I’d do that sign to the audience.” In 1979, Dio replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath. According to Butler, when Sabbath hit the road to support their 1980 album Heaven and ...
CHIKA Covers Billie Eilish’s “my future”, Reimagines “U SHOULD”: Stream
All this week, the Spotify Singles series is highlighting the nominees for the 2021 Best New Artist Grammy. But the contribution from CHIKA comes as a double celebration, as today happens to be the Alabama MC’s 24th birthday. As a gift for your ears, she’s delivered a new rendition of her single “U SHOULD” as well as a cover of Billie Eiilish’s “my future”. Plenty of artists have put their own spin on Eilish’s single from last summer, including Artist of the Month Arlo Parks and Miley Cyrus. CHIKA takes it into a new realm, however, taking ownership of the luscious, jazzy ode to self worth with a whole new verse of her own. “Ain’t no stopping shooting stars/ They got their own mind, and that’s the gold mine,” she raps. “The whole grind is nuts, so hold mine/ I promise you I’m set for go ti...
Matt Berry Announces Psych Rock Album The Blue Elephant, Shares “Aboard”: Stream
When he’s not playing a Staten Island-based vampire in What We Do in the Shadows, the English actor Matt Berry makes freaky psych-rock music. He’s released upwards of ten albums over the last 25 years, and now he’s announcing that his latest will be titled The Blue Elephant. The full album is out in May, but today he’s giving fans a taste with a new song called “Aboard”. Like his previous six records, most of which have arrived in the last ten years, The Blue Elephant will be released via the legendary London label Acid Jazz. The imprint is famous for putting out music that’s super out-there, and Berry’s ear for tantalizing psychedelia fits snugly into their renowned catalog. His 2020 record Phantom Birds was a detour into classic folk, but a press release promises that...
Portraits of Women and Their Porsches
Flip through the pages of the last 10 to 15 issues of any popular car magazine (or scroll their websites) and you’ll be hard-pressed to find more than a handful of stories featuring a woman. This despite the fact there are countless women who are huge enthusiasts and work equally as hard—and are just as passionate about cars—as their male counterparts. See all 75 photos It’s been painfully obvious to me for some time now that the stories of these women have been dramatically underrepresented by the automotive media. (If I can be proven wrong, I’m glad; that means we’re moving in the right direction.) This alarming deficit in coverage led me to seek out females expressing their enthusiasm, to give them the opportunity to share their stories, and to amplify voices tha...
