Finally entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after six nominations, LL Cool J blew the roof off Saturday night’s (Oct. 30) induction ceremony with a little help from some friends.
Dressed in all silver, the rapper, fronting a full band, threw down with a musical set that included surprise appearances by Eminem trading verses on “Rock the Bells” and Jennifer Lopez re-creating their collaboration on “All I Have.” LL Cool J also delivered a powerhouse “Go Cut Creator Go” and closed with “Mama Said Knock You Out,” joined by a cadre of white-hoodied dancers who paraded down the aisle before joining him onstage.
Addressing his long journey into the Rock Hall, LL Cool J — who received one of the night’s Awards for Musical Excellence — thanked “all of the people who voted for LL to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame year after year. … I wasn’t thinking about the people who voted against me. I was thinking about the people who voted for me. It was love — ‘Wow, there’s some people over there who won’t take no for an answer. This is a guy who deserves to be in there, and we gotta keep fighting to get him in there!’” He finished by declaring, “Hall of Fame, know my name!”
LL Cool J was inducted by Dr. Dre, who saluted his friend as someone who has “hit that unique space that crosses generations … loved by you, your mom and all your kids. How about that?” Dre also chided Def Jam Records for once giving LL Cool J a cheap watch as a parting gift when he left the label. “That parting gift you got, it was just a placeholder for tonight,” Dre said. “Something bigger was always in store to celebrate you, my man.”
The Rock Hall inductions were filmed by HBO and will be aired starting Nov. 20.
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Ciara dressed as Selena circa the singer’s legendary Houston Astrodome concert in 1995, her last televised performance, where her posthumously released Selena Live! The Last Concert album and film was recorded. In the Selena-inspired look, Ciara wore a criss-cross dark purple jumpsuit with flared legs and styled her hair long with bangs.
Ciara shared photos and videos on Instagram on Friday (Oct. 29). In one clip, she smiled at the camera as she attempted to introduce herself en español: “¡Hola! Hola. Me llamo Selena. No está Ciara. Feliz Halloween.”
She also wrote a caption to explain her Halloween costume: “The Legendary Selena! I’ve been practicing learning Spanish and having the time of my life. So I wanted one of my costumes to reflect the LatinX culture. This was so much fun!”
“Me llamo SELENA!! Welcome to my show! Bidi Bidi Bom Bom,” Ciara wrote on another Instagram post, where she shared her take on Selena performing “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom,” which peaked at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart in 1994.
See Ciara in her Selena costume and watch her “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” clip below.
Will Smith is opening up about his mental health for his new fitness docuseries Best Shape of My Life, sharing that at one point, he contemplated death by suicide during one moment in the series’ first trailer.
The six-part YouTube Originals docuseries chronicles the King Richard star’s efforts to lose 20 pounds in 20 weeks and “get into the best shape of my life.” But the show, which he shot while working on his upcoming memoir Will, doubles as a deep look into the Hollywood A-lister’s life and mental health as an entertainer.
“When I started this show, I thought I was getting into the best shape of my life physically, but mentally, I was somewhere else. I ended up discovering a whole lot of hidden things about myself,” Smith says in the trailer.
As the actor embarks on an intense physical regimen to get himself back to his desired peak physical condition after a mentally and physically challenging pandemic year, he begins to question the behaviors behind his success. With the help of his family and others close to him, he unpacks how his public persona as one of Hollywood’s most sought-after action stars has served as a defense mechanism for his mental health.
During the trailer, Smith is not only seen working out but writing his book, which he says is “exposing my life and so many things that people don’t know about me.” It’s at this point while sitting around a table with his family that the actor mentions “the only time in my life that I ever considered suicide.”
“Now I’m about to show the world how little I know about myself,” he says. “What you’ve come to understand as Will Smith — the alien-annihilating MC, bigger-than-life movie star — is largely a construction. A carefully crafted and honed character designed to protect myself. To hide myself from the world.”
The docuseries is produced by Smith and Pinkett Smith’s production company, Westbrook Media, which is also behind the Facebook Watch series Red Table Talk. The first two episodes of Best Shape of My Life will debut Monday, Nov. 8, one day before his memoir hits shelves. The remaining four episodes will premiere daily on Will Smith’s official YouTube channel.
Best Shape of My Life is co-showrun by Westbrook’s Lukas Kaiser and co-showrun and directed by Dexton Deboree (Unbanned, Promiseland). The five-day docuseries event is Smith’s second collaboration with YouTube Originals, the first being Will Smith: The Jump. The charity event saw the actor bungee-jump from a helicopter over the Grand Canyon for his 50th birthday in 2018.
If you or someone you know is struggling with a suicidal crisis or emotional distress, help is available. Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
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We are now at the halfway point in the first-round voting period for the 64th annual Grammy Awards. Voting opened on Oct. 22 at 9 a.m. PT and closes Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. PT.
The Recording Academy made several enhancements to its online voting process, to improve the experience for its 12,000 voting members.
The Academy is adopting what it calls a “10-3″ voting system. Besides the general voting field, which consists of the Big Four categories — album, record and song of the year, plus best new artist — voters may select up to 10 categories in up to three fields in which to vote. This tightened policy was designed to encourage voters to stick to the fields and categories in which they are most knowledgeable.
Through the voting portal, the Academy has increased the personalization of each user’s ballot. Voters can customize their ballot by clicking on the fields in which they choose to vote. That way, they can easily see and browse through the categories that are most relevant to them.
Voters’ ballots now offer a search box to find the field, artist or category they are interested in. Using the search tool, voting members can more easily maneuver through the 22,000 entries on the ballot.
The upgraded ballots offer more flexibility. Voters may select and de-select categories before they make their final submission. Voters are free to change their minds on which categories and fields they wish to vote in. The portal also allows users to save their selections, log out and continue at a different time.
This year’s ballot consists of 86 categories — two more than last year — spread over 25 fields. Voters are free to vote in any of the categories except for the six that are determined by special nominating committees — best remixed recording and best immersive audio album (which are both in the production field) and best recording package, best boxed or special limited edition package, best album notes and best historical album (which are all in the package, notes, and historical field).
Check out the explainer video below to see these changes in action.
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UPDATE: On Friday (Oct. 29), The Fugees announced via Instagram that their reunion tour dates have been postponed to early 2022. “Dates for our upcoming Fugees 25th Anniversary Tour are moving to early 2022 to ensure the best chance that all cities on the tour are fully open so we can perform for as many fans as possible. With so much excitement around the reunion tour, we are also happy to announce that we will be adding more cities and dates! Full details coming soon along with some SPECIAL announcements!” The tour was set to kick off Tuesday in Chicago and conclude in Africa in December. See the full Instagram post below.
ORIGINAL STORY (Sept. 21):The Fugees shocked the hip-hop world on Tuesday (Sept. 21) with the announcement of an international reunion tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their landmark 1996 album The Score. The outing will bring Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel together for the first time in 15 years for 12 shows presented by Diaspora Calling and produced by Live Nation.
Not wasting any time, the tour kicks off on Wednesday (Sept. 22) with what a release promised will be an intimate show in New York City at an as-yet-undisclosed location. The dates will then pick up with a Nov. 2 gig at the United Center in Chicago, followed by a concert at the Oakland Arena in Oakland, California on Nov. 7, as well as dates in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Miami, Newark, Washington, D.C., Paris, London, Nigeria and Ghana.
The Score, the Fugees’ second and final studio album, hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart and scored hits with the indelible singles “Killing Me Softly,” “Fu-Gee-La” and “Ready or Not”; the collection won the Grammy for best rap album and another for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals for “Killing.”
“The Fugees have a complex but impactful history. I wasn’t even aware the 25th anniversary had arrived until someone brought it to my attention,” Hill said in a statement of Score, the best-selling album ever by a hip-hop group (at a reported 22 million copies worldwide) and the first by a rap group to be nominated for an album of the year Grammy. “I decided to honor this significant project, its anniversary, and the fans who appreciated the music by creating a peaceful platform where we could unite, perform the music we loved, and set an example of reconciliation for the world.”
The group has teamed up with charitable partner Global Citizen for as-yet-unspecified philanthropic initiatives around the tour, with tickets slated to go on sale to the general public beginning Friday (Sept. 24) at 10 a.m. local time here. Global Citizen announced on Monday that the group’s first public performance will be in support of Global Citizen Live, a planet-wide broadcast calling on world leaders to defend the planet and defeat poverty that will air on Sept. 25 and feature performances on seven continents broadcast for 24 hours across dozens of media platforms; more information on Global Citizen Live can be found here.
Information on tickets to Wednesday’s show will be disclosed to fans who’ve earned tickets by taking action. Click here for details on earning a chance to attend the Fugees show.
After splitting in 1998, the Fugees reunited in 2004 for Dave Chappelle’s Block Party concert film, came back together the next year for a 12-minute medley to open the 2005 BET Awards and played their final show in Feb. 2006 at a free gig for fans in Hollywood.
“As I celebrate 25 years with the Fugees, my first memory was that we vowed, from the gate, we would not just do music we would be a movement,” said Wyclef in a statement. “We would be a voice for the un-heard, and in these challenging times, I am grateful once again, that God has brought us together.”
Check out the dates for the Fugees reunion tour below:
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Zayn and Gigi Hadid have been together on and off since they first sparked romance rumors in late 2015. Now, they’re reportedly off again following news that Zayn had a dispute with Gigi’s mom, Yolanda Hadid, that the 57-year-old claims turned physical.
News broke on Oct. 29, 2021, that Zayn had pleaded no contest to four charges of harassment against Gigi and Yolanda Hadid, in the wake of a Sept. 29 argument in which the singer is alleged to have grabbed and shoved the elder Hadid.
In happier times, Zayn and Gigi welcomed their first child, daughter Khai, in September 2020. Below, Billboard has compiled a complete timeline of Gigi Hadid and Zayn’s relationship.
November 2015: Rumors first begin to swirl that the two are dating
Shortly after the supermodel split from Joe Jonas, Gigi and Zayn were spotted leaving Justin Bieber’s American Music Awards after-party holding hands. Us Weekly reported that they weren’t “boyfriend and girlfriend” yet, but they were into each other.
January 2016: Gigi wears “Z” necklace, but Zayn denies dating rumors
The Twittersphere exploded when Gigi wore a “Z” necklace on her way to Paris Fashion Week with Zayn as her phone background. However, the former One Direction member dropped by Apple’s Beats 1 radio show, and insisted that the two were “good friends.”
January 2016: Gigi stars in the “Pillowtalk” music video
Zayn’s debut single as a solo artist featured none other than the supermodel in the accompanying steamy visual. The two then exchanged very flirty messages on Twitter, making it difficult to believe the two hadn’t moved past the friend zone.
June 2016: Rumors and reports that Hadid and Malik broke up
Gigi slammed the negativity in an interview with Elle magazine. Additionally, she shared an adorable photo of the couple’s his-and-hers Nutella jars on Instagram.
The duo donned matching black outfits while sitting front row at the Versus Versace show during London Fashion Week, supporting Hadid’s younger sister Bella who opened the collection.
November 2016: Zayn finally explains how he met Gigi
He told ES Magazinethe two met at a Victoria’s Secret party. He recognized her “from her picture” and soon took her on a date at a restaurant called Gemma in NYC. “She’s a very intelligent woman,” he gushed. “She knows how to carry herself. She’s quite classy and that. She’s not, like, arrogant in any way. She’s confident. She carries it well. She’s cool.”
February 2017: Gigi posts an adorable Valentine’s Day selfie
Spring 2017: Gigi photographed Zayn for the Spring 2017 Versus Versace campaign
The fashion label posted a Twitter video in which Zayn is talking to an off-screen Hadid. She asks, “When you’re alone, who do you want next to you?” to which Malik smiles and replies, “You.”
January 2018: Gigi Hadid posts birthday wishes for Zayn (and a Gigi-inspired tattoo?)
“Love this man more than I could ever put into words [and] am inspired by his drive to be and do better everyday Cheers to YOUR YEAR my @zayn – Happiest happiest birthday & 25th year of life!! I’m proud to be by your side x,” the model captioned her posts. Fans were also quick to notice a tattoo of eyes that look strikingly like Gigi’s on Zayn’s chest.
Zayn posted a note on Twitter confirming the split. Hadid later confirms this on social media as well. “I have a huge amount of respect and adoration for Gigi as a woman and a friend,” the singer wrote.
TMZ published photos of the exes kissing in New York City, giving Zigi fans hope that they’ve buried the hatchet.
April 2018: Zayn is not at Gigi’s birthday party
Gigi’s “Golden Year”-themed 23rd birthday party featured major celebrities, models and a huge cake. But Zayn was nowhere to be seen.
October 2018: Gigi calls Zayn her “happy place”
The two made frequent appearances on each other’s Instagram stories, but a (since-deleted) post by the supermodel garnered a collective “Aw” from her 45 million followers. “flyin home to my happy place,” she wrote alongside the sweet selfie.
January 2019: Breakup rumors
Us Weekly said the split was caused by a mix of Gigi isolating herself from her friends when Zayn is around, and the crooner overcoming issues the model couldn’t help him with.
February 2020: Back together
The break didn’t last long. After months of rekindled romance speculation and paparazzi photos of the two hanging out together, the supermodel confirmed her relationship with the crooner with an adorable V-Day post. Hadid shared a photo on Feb. 14 of Malik on her disposable camera Instagram account, @gisposable. “HEY VALENTINE,” she wrote. “Z on the farm Dec 2019.”
April 2020: Baby on the way
“Obviously, we wish we could have announced it on our own terms,” Hadid told Jimmy Fallon. “We’re very excited and happy and grateful for everyone’s well wishes and support.”
When Fallon advised her to “be present” and enjoy her pregnancy, Hadid responded, “Especially during this time, it’s a nice silver lining to be home and be together, and really experience it day-by-day.”
July 2020: The couple shares a sweet smooch
Hadid took to social media to post a pic of her and Zayn sharing a kiss. “Baby daddy,” she captioned the PDA pic.
August 26, 2020 – Gigi shares pregnancy photo shoot
“Cherishing this time. appreciate all the love & well wishes,” she wrote alongside a series of images on Instagram, thanking her team and photographers Luigi and Iango for helping her pull off the artful black and white pictures shot on July 26.
The former One Direction singer shared a post on social media. “Our baby girl is here, healthy & beautiful,” he wrote. “To try put into words how I am feeling right now would be an impossible task. The love I feel for this tiny human is beyond my understanding. Grateful to know her, proud to call her mine, & thankful for the life we will have together.”
Gigi also wrote, “Our girl joined us earth-side this weekend and she’s already changed our world. So in love.”
Our baby girl is here, healthy & beautifulto try put into words how i am feeling right now would be an impossible task. The love i feel for this tiny human is beyond my understanding.Grateful to know her, proud to call her mine, & thankful for the life we will have together x pic.twitter.com/nvhfOkk2fw
September 26, 2020 – Baby gets sweet gifts from famous “aunties”
Hadid shared a photo of her newborn daughter to her Instagram Story, lying in bed in a white shirt featuring the Versace logo, with a pink blanket covering her.
“From auntie @donatella_versace,” she tagged the shirt, then added over the blanket, “& auntie @taylorswift made this !!” See here.
October 28, 2021 – Zayn responds to TMZ report that he “struck” Yolanda Hadid
After TMZ reported that Yolanda Hadid accused Zayn — the father of Yolanda’s 1-year-old granddaughter — “struck” her during a dispute, the former One Direction singer responded to the accusation on Twitter.
October 29, 2021 – Police report reveals details of Zayn’s September dispute with Yolanda & Gigi
Zayn pleaded no contest to four charges of harassment against Gigi and her mother, Yolanda, in the wake of a Sept. 29 argument in which the singer is alleged to have grabbed and shoved the elder Hadid. The details were contained in a police report obtained by Billboard from the Solesbury, Pennsylvania Police Department, which details Malik being charged with four counts of harassment. According to court documents, Malik pleaded nolo contendere — or “no contest” — on Oct. 27 to the charges, which is the equivalent of a guilty plea that does not admit guilt. As a result, Malik agreed to serve 360 days of probation as well as complete anger management and domestic violence programs.
People is the first to report that Zayn and Gigi broke up following the dispute.
Morgan Wallen will headline three shows at Lexington, Kentucky’s Rupp Arena on Dec. 3-5.
The “Sand in My Boots” singer sold more than 36,000 tickets in less than 90 minutes after they went on sale at 10 a.m. ET on Friday morning (Oct. 29), according to the venue; the Dec. 5 show was added due to fan demand. The three shows will feature openers — and Wallen’s Big Loud Records labelmates — HARDY and Ernest.
While Wallen has yet to announce an official tour, he’s got quite a full slate coming up this fall. On Saturday, Wallen will headline Country Thunder Bristol (Tenn.), followed by concerts at Coosa Valley Fairgrounds in Rome, Ga., on Nov. 6 and 7; a Nov. 12 show at The Grounds in Mobile, Ala.; and two concerts in North Little Rock, Ark., at Simmons Bank Arena on Nov. 19-20.
The dates have been added piecemeal as Wallen continues to deal with the fallout of TMZ posting a video of the country star saying a racial slur in February, including not being allowed to perform or attend Nov. 10’s CMA Awards.
Consequences also included his booking agency, WME, dropping the artist. As previously reported by Deadline, even though WME said it dropped WME after the incident earlier this year, some concerts that were booked prior to Wallen’s controversial incident were recently re-booked through WME’s internal system, though no new shows have been booked through WME. The agency also told Deadline that commissions from Wallen’s concerts were being donated to charity. WME confirmed to Billboard that they are not booking new shows for Wallen.
Fans and venues, however, are ready to welcome Wallen back. “Lexington loves country music! The overwhelming response for this show indicates that Lexington is a hot concert market,” said Oak View Group Facilities’ Brian Sipe, general manager of entertainment complex Central Bank Center, which includes Rupp Arena. “With Lexington being a new member of the Oak View Group Facilities family, we are thrilled that country music superstar, Morgan Wallen, is coming here to RuppArena for three back-to-back nights! We can’t wait to show why Lexington is one of the top cities for artists to play, and for fans to come see some of the greatest performers in the world.”
Next year, Wallen will headline three of the five Country Thunder festivals, including Country Thunder Arizona (April 7-10), Country Thunder Wisconsin (July 21-24) and Country Thunder Florida in Kissimmee (Oct. 21-23).
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If you need a Halloween cover song, who you gonna call? Obviously Kelly Clarkson, who killed her Kellyoke cover of “Ghostbusters” on Friday’s (Oct. 29) Kelly Clarkson Show.
The theme song from the 1984 film — a No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit for Ray Parker Jr. — was the perfect spooky fit for Clarkson’s Halloween episode. Her band got in on the fun too, with Clarkson dressed as a Ghostbuster and her backup singers and musicians portraying ghouls from the classic comedy, including Slimer on drums.
The production value was turned up for the special episode, with lasers and smoke flooding the stage. Clarkson had the Ghostbusters’ car parked on the stage — oh, and she was joined by O.G. ‘Buster Ernie Hudson, who played Winston in the film series.
Later in the episode, Clarkson was joined by her guests Meghan Trainor and Mckenna Grace, who were dressed as a Ghostbuster and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, respectively. See their costumes and watch Clarkson’s cover below:
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Cheers to YOUR YEAR my @zayn – Happiest happiest birthday & 25th year of life!! I’m proud to be by your side x,” the model captioned her posts. Fans were also quick to notice a tattoo of eyes that look strikingly like Gigi’s on Zayn’s chest.
to try put into words how i am feeling right now would be an impossible task. The love i feel for this tiny human is beyond my understanding.Grateful to know her, proud to call her mine, & thankful for the life we will have together x 