After Ja Rule and Fat Joe threw down in a “Verzuz” battle for the ages as Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater on Tuesday night (Sept. 14), another rap icon threw down the gauntlet in a bid to set up the next epic bars brawl. “Somebody let @Diddy know I’m @thegarden right now!” tweeted Jermaine Dupri […]

Singer-songwriters Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde have joined forces on a new song, “Never Wanted to Be That Girl,” from Pearce’s upcoming album 29: Written in Stone (out Sept. 17). The new collab arrived Wednesday (Sept. 15). Pearce and McBryde penned the track with co-producer Shane McAnally. “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” finds McBryde

Foo Fighters add their 11th No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart as “Making a Fire” tops the list dated Sept. 18. The coronation of “Fire” sparks a first in the Dave Grohl-fronted band’s history: Parent LP Medicine at Midnight becomes the group’s first album to spin off three No. 1 singles on Mainstream

Don’t ignore YouTube when looking at streaming video success stories, such as Netflix, a top executive of the Alphabet-owned giant told a media and entertainment industry conference in Cambridge, England on Wednesday. Robert Kyncl, YouTube’s chief business officer, shared some data and stats about the video streamer during the Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention, saying it has become

The following story is one of Billboard’s two 2021 Latin issue covers, dated Sept. 18, 2021. The other cover of the same issue will run online Thursday, Sept. 16. Daddy Yankee sat in the tiny apartment he shared with his wife and three children in Villa Kennedy, a housing project in San Juan, Puerto Rico,

Kanye West’s dense Donda album features a ton of samples from artists famous and not-so, from solo star and Fugees member Lauryn Hill to KRS-One, to no-wave dance band Liquid Liquid, Briana Babineaux and the 20th Century Steel Band, in addition to verses from Fivio Foreign, Playboi Carti, Lil Baby, the Weeknd, Travis Scott and

Like so many artists, BTS have been cooling their heels during the COVID-19 pandemic, unable to perform in person for their beloved ARMY due to the global outbreak. But on Wednesday (Sept. 15), the K-pop superstars brought a ray of hope to all those fans thirsting to see them live with the announcement of the

A videographer who accuses Marilyn Manson of spitting and blowing his nose on her during a concert in New Hampshire consented to being exposed to bodily fluids, according to an attorney for the musical artist. Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, is charged with two misdemeanor counts of simple assault stemming from the encounter

When Tina Turner staged her solo return in 1984 with the Private Dancer album, it was one of the greatest comebacks of all time. The story and career of the living legend is retold in Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, starring Adrienne Warren in the titular role. With Warren front and center, the audience glides through

The latest Verzuz showdown had New York City rap titans Fat Joe and Ja Rule squaring off in a 20-song bout inside Hulu Theater Tuesday night (Sept. 14). Both rappers promised fans they would deliver a show for the ages while taking several shots at each other all over social media, causing fans to buzz