Soulja Boy and Bow Wow made their triumphant return to SeaWorld.

A year after a viral performance at the same sea-centric facility, the two rappers went back down to Southern California for a July 12 show at SeaWorld San Diego’s 2025 Summer Spectacular Concert Series, where they performed songs like “Donk,” “Pretty Boy Swag,” “Crank That (Soulja Boy),” and “Use Me” in front of an energetic crowd. Watch a clip from the performance below.

News of them performing at last year’s Summer Spectacular went viral with fans joking around that Soulja can now say that he was the first rapper to perform at SeaWorld.

And they aren’t the only acts that are touching that SeaWorld stage. Every Saturday from June 21 to August 23, numerous rap, hip-hop and R&B artists are set to perform. Names like Fat Joe, Waka Flocka Flame, Trina, and Ginuwine will all be making appearances. The concert series will also double as a tour stop for the I Love the 90s Tour and The Turn Up Tour where Color Me Badd, Rob Base, Treach of Naughty by Nature, Young MC, Petey Pablo, Paul Wall, J-Kwon, and Bubba Sparxxx will also be performing.

The two teenage stars had a falling out after Soulja Boy made a video in 2008 saying that Nas killed hip-hop a couple years after the legendary Queens rapper released his eighth solo album Hip-Hop Is Dead. “The n—a who killed hip-hop for real, is Nas. He came out publicly and said, ‘hip-hop is dead,’” Soulja Boy explained in the video. “And after that, everybody started saying hip-hop is dead. If Nas would’ve never said ‘hip-hop is dead,’ then motherf–kers would’ve never thought it had died.”

Bow Wow publicly distanced himself from Soulja’s comments and the two would continue to go back and forth until they squashed their beef around 2016 when they released the joint mixtape Ignorant Sh—t.

Orla Lee-Fisher has been named head of dual catalog strategy at Warner Music Group (WMG), a new role that will see her develop and lead campaigns for WMG’s off-roster catalog of both recorded music and publishing rights, the company announced on Tuesday (July 15).

In her new role, Lee-Fisher will work with WMG’s recorded music and publishing teams to “create impactful campaigns that drive cultural conversations, promoting some of the world’s greatest catalogs to both new and longstanding fans, while identifying and growing new revenue sources for artists, songwriters, and their estates,” according to a press release. She will additionally support WMG’s mergers & acquisitions team in buying catalogs and luring estate management opportunities.

Based in London, Lee-Fisher will report to Kevin Gore, WMG’s president of global catalog, recorded music, as well as Warner Chappell Music co-chairs Carianne Marshall and Guy Moot.

Lee-Fisher arrives at WMG after more than 20 years at Universal Music Group, where she served as GM of Polydor Records and MD of A&M Records, among other roles. Most recently, she was executive vp of global marketing, working across campaigns for artists including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Elton John.

“Orla is a hugely respected figure, and has led inventive, ambitious projects for some of the world’s biggest acts, connecting their music to new audiences,” said Gore in a statement. “In this unique role, she’ll help deliver meaningful opportunities for our artists and songwriters and unlock new value for the world-class catalogs in our care.”

Added Marshall and Moot: “We’re delighted that Orla is joining WMG at this pivotal time in the evolution of our catalog offering. She’s renowned for her innovative campaigns and committed to our vision of a dynamic service for our artists and songwriters who trust us with both their publishing and recorded music rights.”

In her own statement, Lee-Fisher said: “Where recorded music and publishing rights overlap, Warner Music Group has made the strategic decision to manage its artists and songwriters’ catalogs more holistically. This has the potential to be a game changer for the way we drive engagement in their music and convert new audiences into fans. I can’t wait to get started.”

Lee-Fisher’s hire follows WMG’s July 1 announcement that it had partnered with Bain Capital to launch a $1.2 billion joint venture to acquire high-profile music catalogs, both recorded music and publishing.

Max B wants to move on from his past issues with former collaborator Jim Jones.

The Harlem rapper and singer called into Drink Champs for an extensive interview and was asked about friend French Montana and Jim Jones squashing their longstanding beef by releasing the song “Too Late” in 2021.

Max revealed that French gave him the heads up and took no issue with it, stating that personal problems shouldn’t get in the way of business and chalked their old beef with Jones as entertainment.

“It was all love”, he said. “At this point, sh—t, business is business. Me and bro personal affairs shouldn’t be able to stop your business. You know that sh—t was mad years ago, we was running around young — we was entertaining. Jim said a bunch of hard sh—t about me. So, we all say hard sh—t about each other, okay? Jim done wished me dead, all type of sh—t.”

He then added, “It’s all good. Listen, man. It’s love, man. I want to start over. I’m a new man. I’m a married man. I got four kids. Like, I’m on a whole different time right now, my n—a. I’m out here to get my money and ride out the sunset with this sh—t. It’s in there for me, though. I’m going tell you that. So that’s the goal.”

However, when asked by N.O.R.E. if he had any regrets when it came to his relationship with Jones, Max admitted that he didn’t. “Nah, I don’t regret nothing,” he replied. “For me to have regrets is to question my past. I’m right where God wants me to be. I ain’t on my time, I’m on His time. So, whatever happened, that’s what was supposed to happen for us to get to this point right now. We gonna learn from that. We was young, bro. Everybody did wild sh—t, ain’t nobody perfect. We all did crazy sh—t.”

He continued by saying that he’s ready to have one last shot at superstardom and pass the torch to the new generation.

“At the end of the day, we all grow, we all become men, we all got responsibilities,” he told N.O.R.E. “It’s time to elevate. Time to build. You know what I’m saying? It’s time to get ready to pass this sh—t down to the young man, the young man’s world. So, you know, this little opportunity, I get this one last ride. The way I’m a give it to y’all is…I’ma just do what I do best, music and media and I’m a just give y’all great work and consistency and entertainment. And y’all n—as going to eat this sh—t. Y’all bros going eat it up.”

Max B became affiliated with The Diplomats and began collaborating on music with Jim Jones dating back to around the mid-2000s before the two had a very public falling out documented in the street DVDs of the time like SMACK and French’s own Cocaine City. His career was then cut short in 2009 when he was sentenced to 75 years for a robbery gone wrong. Max’s sentenced was reduced in 2016 and he’ll now be coming home later this year on Nov. 9.

You can watch the full episode below.

Sabrina Carpenter is feeling reflective on the anniversary of Emails I Can’t Send, which hit inboxes three years ago today.

In an emotional post on her Instagram Story on Tuesday (July 15), Carpenter shared the LP’s cover and wrote, “3 years of my dear emails.”

“this album means so much to me and was the gateway to many special moments i couldn’t see ahead,” she continued. “I will never take this chapter for granted and what it taught me and how much closer it brought me to each and every one of you.”

“Thanks to those of you who sing along,” Carpenter added. “I love you forever!”

Released on July 15, 2022, via Island Records, Emails I Can’t Send was a crucial stepping stone for the Girl Meets World alum. The project reached No. 23 on the Billboard 200 — then her highest-ever position on the chart — and spawned some of her first Billboard Hot 100 entries, “Nonsense” and “Feather.”

“i kind of had to unlearn myself and learn myself again in order to make this album,” Carpenter wrote on Instagram when Emails was first released. “it’s the one i’m most proud of thus far in my life. it’s the one i hope you listen to and feel like we were hanging and confiding in each other for an hour.”

After touring in support of Emails — including a stint as opener on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour — Carpenter dropped her sixth studio album Short n’ Sweet, which became her first-ever No. 1 LP on the U.S. chart. Featuring smash hits “Espresso,” “Please Please Please” and “Taste,” Short n’ Sweet grew the audience Carpenter built with Emails and led to her winning her first ever Grammys.

The hitmaker is now gearing up to release her seventh album, Man’s Best Friend, in August. The project was preceded by Hot 100 No. 1 single “Manchild.”

Nelly and Ashanti have been outside on an all-out promo run in support of their We Belong Together reality TV series on Peacock, and the couple faced off in an episode of Hot Ones Versus on Tuesday (July 15).

They began by rating various red carpet looks over the years. One photo of Ashanti appeared to be from the very early stages of her career when — as Nelly put it— “them baby momma hips ain’t kick in yet.”

The mirror was turned to the St. Louis-bred hitmaker, who rocked a full brown Louis Vuitton-patterned outfit, which Joan Rivers compared to a human “luggage.”

Next up, they debated their biggest parenting disagreement to date when it came to the couple’s son Kareem “KK” Haynes, which took place over a popsicle when he was four months old.

Nelly was about to feed their son and Ashanti came out of nowhere like an NBA shot blocker and knocked it out of his hands.

“She don’t understand how [many] uncles he got,” Nelly responded to the contrast in parenting styles. “Like that boy, as soon as he leaves the house, he gonna be trying to go run with somebody that’s gonna give him a bag of Doritos.”

Nelly attempted to pull a fast one on his wife when he asked her how old she was when she lost her virginity. However, Ashanti knew that wasn’t part of the game and flipped the script on Nelly when questioning him about the girl he had with him was when they reconnected at a 2023 Verzuz.

“I don’t even remember that. She was a nobody,” Nelly replied while pleading the fifth. “You really want to do that, huh?”

After about a decade since they last split, the 2023 Verzuz show laid the trail for them to eventually rekindle the flame and get back together. Nelly and Ashanti tied the knot and welcomed their first child together in July 2024.

Watch the full episode below.