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To create art on a canvas, some use paintbrushes, others use sponges and some use their hands. Not Alicia Keys! The star came up with a creative way to paint by tickling the ivories.
In a video from her backyard uploaded to Instagram on Sunday (Jan. 3), the singer smiled as she said to the camera, “I think I just did something crazy. Watch this.”
She then walked over to a stunning pink piano, sat down and began playing. Every time she hit a note, a different color of paint shot out from the piano and splattered onto a nearby blank canvas.
“This year there’s no limit to us!!” Keys captioned the clip. “Let’s create the unimaginable!!”
See it here.
Back in October, Anuel bid “adios” to his Instagram followers, but finally returned to the social media sphere on Monday (Jan. 4).
In the adorable photo kicking off 2021, the Puerto Rican trap star is seen on a boat, smiling alongside his son Pablo (rocking his dad’s shades). “LA SANGRE PESA MÁS QUE EL AGUA!!!!!!!!!” he captioned the heart-melting snap. “La vida se acaba, las carreras se acaban pero LA FAMILIA NUNCA MUERE!!!!!”
“Blood weighs more than water,” the caption translates to in English. “Life ends, careers end but family never dies.”
See here.
Back in May 2020, Anuel released his highly-anticipated sophomore album, Emmanuel, which secured him his second No. 1 debut on both the Top Latin Albums and the Latin Rhythm Albums charts.
“I feel blessed!” he told Billboard at the time. “Many people ask me what I would’ve said had the album not reached No. 1. We will never know… I feel blessed, just like Kobe when he won his second championship. Grateful to all my fans, I love you with my life.”
Machine Gun Kelly took the Jimmy Kimmel Live stage on Monday (Jan. 4) to perform a medley of three fan favorites from his latest album, Tickets to My Downfall.
Seated at a pink piano and switching off between the keys, a track pad and a pink guitar, the star belted the lyrics to “Drunk Face,” “Bloody Valentine” and his Trippie Redd collaboration “All I Know.”
MGK shared a clip of his performance on Twitter, adding the fitting caption, “three instruments x three songs.”
Tickets to My Downfall marked Machine Gun Kelly’s first pop-punk album, and his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. The set earned 126,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 1, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It was released on Sept. 25 via EST19XX/Bad Boy/Interscope.
Watch the full Kimmel performance below.
Terri Nunn of the band Berlin issued an apology on Monday (Jan. 4) after she received backlash for performing at a New Year’s Eve party at Donald J. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
In a statement shared to Facebook, the singer explained that she was unaware of the lack of COVID-19 protocols at the event, and that she did not perform in support of the Republican party. “I am truly sorry I performed at Mar-a-Lago and would not have done so if I’d known what I learned while I was there,” Nunn wrote. “My goal in performing was not to support a political party. I see now that that’s not the way it appeared and I am apologetic for that as well.”
Taylor Dayne, Vanilla Ice and the touring edition of the Beach Boys also performed at the party, and Nunn shared her disapproval towards Florida’s handling of the pandemic.
“The contract stated it was a small Covid-safe event for the members of Mar-a-Lago,” she explained. “Unfortunately it was not Covid-safe anywhere in Florida. I had no idea masks and social distancing were not required. I thought I was current on all Covid news everywhere, but clearly I was not. I was shocked by Florida and Mar-a-Lago’s lack of regard for the pandemic and if I’d known I would never have gone. Once I fulfilled my contractual obligation, I left the event as quickly as I could. It is a mistake I regret.”
After revealing that her recent coronavirus test came back negative, she concluded with a message to her LGBTQ+ fans, who felt betrayed, especially since Nunn often performs at Pride festivals. “My apologies to those in the LGBTQ community who thought my performance was a statement against them. I have been and always will be fully supportive.”
See the full statement here.
Berlin’s David Diamond also released a statement, noting that Nunn performed at the event solo and that it was not a band appearance. “I spent the evening at my home in #Truckee,” he shared.
See below.
Boosie Badazz was intent on making his voice heard. The rapper, who was shot in his right leg while in Dallas in November, showed up in an electric wheelchair to cast his ballot in Georgia’s Senate runoff races Tuesday (Jan. 5).
The “Nasty, Nasty” rhymer filmed a brief interview about his voting experience, which he shared on Facebook with the caption, “I FINALLY BROKE MY VIRGIN VOTING #ididit #proudvoter CANT BELIEVE I DID IT #warnock.”
“My first time ever voting,” the rapper shared with the camera. “I’ve been watching the runoffs and I feel like me coming out here will inspire a lot of people to go vote. And I feel like [Reverend Raphael] Warnock’s gonna do some things that’s on my mind. … I feel like my vote will matter.”
He added that he wants to see more Black people at the polls, and was a little disappointed by the turnout he saw. “I think more African Americans need to come vote because we have it hard, I feel, as a race,” the rapper explained. “And if we’re gonna make change, we gotta vote.”
On Instagram, he also shared a video of himself heading into his polling station. “I’m looking for a change. I’m looking for a change!” he sings before saying, “If I’m voting, everybody needs to vote!”
The results of the Georgia races will determine whether the Democrats take control of the Senate, or if Republicans hold on. Democrat Warnock is facing off against junior Republican Kelly Loeffler, while Democrat Jon Ossoff is running against David Purdue, a supporter of President Donald Trump.
After news broke in mid November that he was shot, Boosie shared with fans on Facebook that he was “all right ya’ll.” He then tweeted in late November that he was out of the hospital, and that he “still got my leg.” In yet another Twitter update, he revealed that he had had two surgeries on his limb already, and would need a third.
The rapper has since kept fans updated on his recovery on social media, including videos of him doing physical therapy, and how he’s had fun by racing his son while in his wheelchair.
Watch Boosie’s interview about voting in the runoff election on his Facebook page.
