Month: September 2025
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GELO caught up with Zoe Spencer & Jerah Milligan at R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players 2025.
As opposition to the $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings by Virgin Music Group heats up, Downtown CEO Pieter van Rijn says the controversial deal has attracted more attention because of the buyer’s owner, Universal Music Group (UMG), than it has for the benefits musicians would enjoy from the combination. In an open letter […]
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Before hit ’90s shows like South Park and King of the Hill, we had Beavis and Butt-Head, the eccentric, counter-culture duo […]
Young Thug is finding himself in a bit of precarious situation these days. Over the past week or so, the Atlanta rapper has been dealing with leaked audio from jail phone calls and interrogations from when he was incarcerated for three years awaiting his YSL RICO trial, and some of the subject matter has led […]
SoFi Stadium opened its doors to members of the media Wednesday (Sept. 3) to preview the NFL facility’s food and beverage offerings ahead of the home-opening game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Houston Texans this Sunday. Related ‘I Came Back With a Vengeance’: 7 Best Moments From Launch of The Weeknd’s Sold-Out Run […]
As part of our continuing efforts to serve the music industry and its creators, Billboard Pro now features a music industry events calendar for readers. The calendar will act as music’s most complete summary major national and international industry events, from conferences to festivals to networking mixers and more. Just as Billboard is music’s must-read […]
Jurors easily rejected claims that Cardi B cut a security guard’s face with her nails during an altercation at a Los Angeles doctor’s office in 2018, granting a total win to the rap superstar following a weeklong civil trial. The jury deliberated for under an hour on Tuesday (Sept. 2) before unanimously determining that former […]
Drake doesn’t like being referred to as a culture vulture. The Toronto rapper sat down with media personality Bobbi Althoff for her new podcast Not This Again where he addressed things like their falling out after their much-publicized first interview, the fake abs allegations, his beef with Rick Ross, and being called a “culture vulture.” […]
Laufey’s A Matter of Time tops multiple Billboard album charts, as the set debuts at No. 1 on Independent Albums, Jazz Albums, Traditional Jazz Albums and Vinyl Albums (all dated Sept. 6). The set — her third studio album — also makes top 10 arrivals on the overall all-genre Billboard 200 chart (No. 4, her […]
UPDATE (Sept. 3): Cosey Fanni Tutti will collect the Innovator Award at the 2025 Independent Music Awards on Sep. 28, as the final wave of nominees are announced. The Throbbing Gristle member and Industrial Records co-founder will be awarded the prize at a ceremony at London’s Roundhouse. Elsewhere, Shed Seven will collect the best live […]
