Jake Luppen found out his dog was being put down on Valentine’s Day. The pup was a 13-year-old Havanese named Cookie. She’d been a gift to the Hippo Campus frontman from his parents in the midst of a contentious, drawn-out divorce that took up the bulk of his teenage years. He was allergic to her. […]

This Sunday, Kanye West will take center stage at Rolling Loud Miami, a source close to the situation tells Billboard.  On Tuesday, long-term collaborator Consequence went on social media and posted a sketch of Kanye’s possible stage design for his performance at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami this weekend. “DONDA Experience Rolling Loud Miami,

Eric Clapton says he will not play any live shows that require attendees to show proof that they’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine. The 76-year-old artist, who feared he would “never play again” after receiving both doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, made his statement after U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a press conference on Monday and

The announcement on Wednesday (July 21) that Motown founder Berry Gordy will receive the Kennedy Center Honors in December was welcome news to fans of American pop and R&B from the last 60-plus years — which is to say, just about everybody. Gordy will be honored alongside Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler, Saturday Night Live creator

Tesher’s “Jalebi Baby” debuted on the June 12-dated Billboard Global Excl U.S. chart and Billboard Global 200 at Nos. 116 and 186, respectively. And after weeks of static or downward motion, streams are back up 26% to 12.8 million, while sales rise 6% to 2,100 worldwide, in the week ending July 15, according to MRC

Yeezy’s officially back. Kanye West returned to Instagram late Tuesday (July 20), the same night he confirmed the release of his 10th album, Donda. His upcoming album, due Friday, July 23, is named after his late mother, who died in 2007, but he honored his four children — North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm — in his first

Bad Bunny collects his record-extending 42nd and 43rd top 10s on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart as “De Museo” ascends 11-8 and “Volando,” by Mora, Bad Bunny and Sech, debuts at No. 7, on the July 24-dated survey. The former rises on the strength of streaming activity: It earned 6.2 million U.S. streams, up 34%, in the week ending July 15, according to

Metallica’s 1991 metal anthem “Wherever I May Roam” just got a new version — in Spanish — thanks to J Balvin, who released his cover Wednesday (July 21). The Colombian star’s reinvention of the track, which will be included in the upcoming star-studded covers album The Metallica Blacklist out Sept. 10, finds Balvin rapping about

Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler, Motown founder Berry Gordy, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels and operatic bass-baritone Justino Díaz are the 2021 Kennedy Center honorees. If it seems like the Kennedy Center Honors just aired on CBS, well, they did. The show that would have normally been held in December 2020 was finally held in May

Jay-Z is supporting wifey Beyoncé and her upcoming Ivy Park x Adidas collection by modeling the pieces himself. On Tuesday (July 20), the official Ivy Park Instagram account shared a photo of the hip-hop billionaire mean mugging while sporting a neon orange collared shirt and shorts set with three white stripes on the sides. The mogul is also