Corridos tumbados pioneer Natanael Cano is pushing boundaries for música mexicana once again with his new album Porque La Demora, which he released on Tuesday (July 1). While Cano has veered from his signature corridos in other albums — including the trap-leaning Nata Kong (2022) — this one goes a step further offering a bold collection of songs that go from Afrobeat to reggaetón and Caribbean-infused trap beats.

Porque La Demora — out via Los CT Records and Rancho Humilde — kicks off with the song that gives the set its name, and it serves as an explanation as to why it’s taken him two years to release a new album. “The streets are sad because they don’t see me,” the 24-year-old star spits over a moody hip-hop beat. “They’re asking when I’m coming back, well I’ve returned/ I was in the air, enjoying/ I’m that 19-year-old kid that no one could defeat but everyone talked about,” he adds quickly, a nod to his hustle and rebellious spirit that has catapulted his career.

Cano is joined by a handful of fellow hitmakers for riveting collaborations, including Gabito Ballesteros (“Perlas Negras”) — who is signed to Cano’s Los CT Records — Myke Towers (“El Juez”), FloyyMenor (“Mary Poppins”) and Eladio Carrión (“Como Tony”).

Porque La Demora follows Cano’s 2023 Nata Montana, which peaked at No. 5 on the Top Latin Albums chart and earned him his first Latin Grammy nomination. On the Regional Mexican Albums chart, he’s placed a total of five top 10 albums, two of which hit No. 1: Corridos Tumbados (2019) and A Mis 20 (2020).

Listen to Natanael Cano’s Porque La Demora below:

Ashanti‘s mother and manager Tina Douglas wasn’t happy about Nelly performing at Donald Trump‘s inauguration earlier this year.

During a recent episode of the couple’s reality series We Belong Together on Peacock, Ashanti broke the news to her mother that her husband was asked to perform. “This is more about the opportunity of performing at the White House as opposed to performing for a particular candidate,” the singer told her mother.

However, her mom was taken aback by the news because of her family’s background in the civil rights movement. “This is very emotional for me,” she said before explaining her father James Davis’ efforts for integration. “My dad was heavy into civil rights. He marched on Washington with Martin Luther King and he also marched to Selma. When he came back to Glen Cove, he started to integrate the systems: the school system, the fire department, the police department.”

She then told her daughter that’s it’s OK for her to voice her displeasure after Ashanti said that “ultimately” it was his decision. “As your mom and your manager, it’s my job to make sure you can voice your opinion on what you feel and what you know,” she said right before Nelly walked into the room to announce that he decided to do it. He told them that he hoped they weren’t talking about Ashanti divorcing him and promised it wasn’t going to be a big deal.

Ashanti’s mother did not agree with her son-in-law and told her daughter that it is “a big deal” when he walked away.

Nelly has tried to explain his choice to perform on a few occasions, most recently firing back at critics in the comments of a Shade Room post on Instagram. “Some of y’all have a problem with [the situation] because the prosecutor who has probably locked up more Black men that we’ve helped woman of color with the white husband and white kids did not win the election,” he wrote. “I did not campaign for anyone. I do not tell people who to vote for, I respect and love this country from top to bottom, good and bad.”

The couple got married in late 2023 and have a son together.

Jurors have reached a verdict on the sex-trafficking and prostitution charges against Sean “Diddy” Combs, but have not yet announced the decision as they remain deadlocked on the disgraced rap mogul’s racketeering count.

The jury deliberated for two days before sending a note on Tuesday evening (July 1) saying they’d decided a partial verdict but that there were members with “unpersuadable opinions on both sides” as to whether Combs ran a criminal enterprise, according to CNN. Judge Arun Subramanian instructed the jury to keep working when they return on Wednesday morning (July 2).

“I ask that you keep deliberating,” said the judge.

The jury will not reveal what their verdict is on the sex-trafficking and prostitution charges until deliberations have concluded. The first count deals with allegations that Combs used violence, money and blackmail to force women to have marathon sex with escorts, and the second claims he transported sex workers across state lines for the hotel parties called “freak-offs.”

The charge that remains undecided, racketeering, alleges that Combs and his underlings operated a criminal syndicate as defined by the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act — the federal “RICO” statute often deployed against mobsters and cartels. To find Combs guilty of this charge, the jury must find that the rapper and his associates committed at least two other crimes, which could include sex trafficking and prostitution, but also bribery, drug-dealing and arson.

Combs’ potential prison sentence varies depending on how the verdict shakes out. Sex trafficking is the most severe, as it carries a mandatory minimum prison term of 15 years and a maximum of life in prison.

The two prostitution counts against Combs each subject him to between zero and 10 years in prison. The RICO charge carries zero to 20 years, although the maximum gets raised to life in prison if sex trafficking is determined to be one of his underlying crimes.

Combs has denied all the charges, claiming his sex life was always consensual.

John Legend is opening up about his relationship with Ye.

The singer sat down with Hot 97’s Ebro in the Morning to promote the North American leg of his 40-city world tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his debut album Get Lifted and was asked about some of the comments his longtime collaborator (formerly Kanye West) has said about him.

“He was very obsessed with the sweaters, and he said I smell like mashed potatoes,” Legend said of Ye’s comments during an interview with DJ Akademiks a few months back. “What kind of potatoes? Cheesy, garlic? … All of it makes me sad, though. All of it does. And it’s not for me, because obviously, I smell great.”

Legend added: “It never affects me personally, but just the whole story is sad. Like, seeing this guy praise Hitler, seeing this guy be this force of hate and just vitriol and nastiness. Somebody who has made some of the great art of this century as an artist, as a performer, as a fashion designer, all of the things that he’s done to make the world more beautiful and interesting and then for him to be this now, it’s sad.”

Legend was then asked about their early years working together, and the “Ordinary People” singer had nothing but great memories and said those days were inspiring.

“He was full of so much energy and creativity and optimism and we really believed that we were starting a new movement in music, and being a part of that was inspiring,” he recalled. “It was truly inspiring. That’s why it’s sad now because we did amazing things together as a collective, as a movement. Just think about all the amazing music that came from it. The G.O.O.D. Fridays, all the things that happen during the first 10 years of his career, just thrilling and to be part of that was amazing. I have no regrets. Even though he’s gone completely left now, I’m so glad that we did what we did together.”

Back in the spring, Ye was interviewed by DJ Akademiks while donning a black Ku Klux Klan robe and hood and he said Legend always wears sweaters no matter the weather and smells like mashed potatoes.

You can watch Legend’s full Hot 97 interview below.

Offset returned with his second single of 2025 as he reunited with JID for the menacing “Bodies,” which debuted on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 at No. 72.

The Atlanta rapper celebrated his first Hot 100 entry as a lead artist since 2023 with a post to X on Tuesday (July 1). “Let’s Go!!!” he wrote. “Bodies” compiled 6.6 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate, in the week ending June 26.

Fans appear to be vibing with Set and JID’s latest release while chiming in on social media and reacting to the chart accolade. “Should’ve been top 30 at least,” one person said.

“‘Bodies’ is one of them ones I had to really take my time with,” Offset said in a press release. “It’s about standing on who you are, coming out the mud, and being confident in the face of adversity. I’m always evolving, and I don’t fit in a box as an artist.”

The Drowning Pool sample should sound familiar to longtime wrestling fans, as the band’s “Bodies” was the ECW theme song in the mid-2000s and served as the official track of 2001’s Summerslam.

It’s not the first time Offset and JID have joined forces for a Hot 100 hit. The duo previously teamed up for “Danger (Spiders),” which reached No. 95 on the chart in June 2023.

Offset is currently in album mode and he posted to Instagram in May that his project has been turned in to the label. Set will have plenty to get off his chest as the LP will mark his first since splitting from Cardi B (Cardi filed for divorce from Offset for the second time in August 2024).

There’s still no release date for the project, but Offset might have his eyes on getting a feature from Sabrina Carpenter after he revealed the pop star is his new celebrity crush.

Set’s been busy on stage as he performed at Milwaukee’s Summerfest Bash on June 27, and the Migos rapper stole the show when he brought a handicapped fan on stage with him for an unforgettable rendition of “Walk It Talk It.”