If you’re tired of Kendrick Lamar, he’s not going anywhere for at least three years. Earlier Thursday (March 20), Casey Wasserman — the head of the Wasserman talent agency and the chairman of the 2028 L.A. Olympics organizing committee — spoke with The Associated Press in Greece during the 14th International Olympic Committee session and floated the idea that Lamar may be involved with the 2028 Summer Games.

“Fortunately in my day job, I represent Kendrick Lamar,” Wasserman told the AP. “He is truly an L.A. icon, so I think it would be a pretty fair bet that Kendrick will be involved in the Olympics in Los Angeles in some way.”

Wasserman also mentioned the L.A. wildfires from earlier this year and that the Summer Olympics can make for a good “comeback story.”

“The rebirth, the rebuild, maybe reimagining L.A. 2.0 — and the Olympics as a catalyst for all those things — we think is really part of our ethos,” he said. “You can’t have a natural disaster at that scale in a city as big and as important as Los Angeles and not have it be part of your core philosophy going forward.”

Lamar has had himself a crazy year. Since popping up as a hidden feature on Future and Metro Boomin‘s song “Like That” in March 2024, kicking off his historic rap battle with Drake, he seemingly beat the Toronto rapper handily, dropped a No. 1 album in GNX, and performed the most-watched Super Bowl Halftime Show in history.

He was also a hidden feature on Playboi Carti‘s most recent album Music, appearing on the songs “Mojo Jojo,” where he provides ad libs; “Backd00r,” on which he and Jhené Aiko are on chorus duty; and “Good Credit,” where he gives fans a stellar verse as he pulled off a great A$AP Relli line.

The Los Angeles opening ceremony is set for Friday, July 14, 2028.

Coco is getting a sequel. Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger said Thursday (March 20) that Coco 2 is currently in development at Pixar Animation Studios.

“While the film is just in the initial stages, we know it will be full of humor, heart and adventure,” Iger said at the company’s shareholders meeting.

The sequel will reunite the creative team behind the first, including directors Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina. Coco followed Miguel, a 12-year-old boy with musical dreams who goes to the Land of the Dead to find out more about his family’s history.

The original grossed over $814 million at the worldwide box office and won two Oscars, for best animated feature and best song for the catchy hit “Remember Me.” It also won a Golden Globe and the BAFTA for best animated film.

Coco was Pixar’s first feature film with a lead character from a minority group, and one of the largest American productions ever to feature an almost entirely Latino cast.

Coco 2 is reportedly eyeing a 2029 theatrical release.

Lizzo is ready for fans to feel some Love in Real Life.

The superstar took to Instagram on Wednesday (March 19) to reveal that her upcoming album, Love in Real Life, is officially complete. “ALBUM IS DONE YALL!” she wrote, alongside a photo of herself in the studio, struggling to smile, which she explained in the second half of the caption: “ASTROLOGY EXPERTS Do my mercury got micro braids? Cus I got an emergency root canal, announced SNL & finished my album all in one day today.”

The astrology comment is play on the term Mercury retrograde, which is an astronomical illusion and phenomenon where the planet Mercury appears to move backward in its orbit from the Earth’s perspective. During the retrograde, astrology enthusiasts believe that communication, technology and travel is disrupted.

The star will make her fourth appearance on Saturday Night Live as musical guest alongside host Jon Hamm for the April 12 show. She made her debut on the show in 2019, and returned twice in 2022.

Lizzo has already released two songs from her upcoming album, “Still Bad” and the title track. Aside from “Pink” for Greta Gerwig’s 2023 Barbie soundtrack, the first singles from the project mark the Yitty founder’s first proper releases since 2022’s Special, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and spawned two-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single “About Damn Time.”

In a recent interview with SiriusXM’s The Heat With Swaggy Sie, she revealed her inspirations for the album. “We can’t even cap in our rap and say that [Michael Jackson] didn’t inspire so much of [the ‘Love in Real Life’] video. Also, Beyoncé. Her visual albums, like, since ‘B’Day’ she’s been doing visual albums and that’s so f—ing cool to me.”

See her Instagram post below.

The Heat Latin Music Awards, commonly known as Premios Heat, will have a new venue this year in Medellin, Colombia.

“IT’S OFFICIAL! Medellín, the city where everything blooms, becomes the home of the HEAT Latin Music Awards 2025. See you in this magical city where music lives and inspires us,” the organization announced early Thursday morning (March 20) in an Instagram post.

Set to take place on May 29, 2025 Premios Heat will take place for the first time in the history of the awards show outside of its usual venue in Cap Cana, Dominican Republic.

Now, the birthplace of reggaeton in South America — and of great figures of the genre such as Karol G, J Balvin, Maluma, Feid, Ryan Castro, among others — will witness the ceremony that recognizes the best of Latin music through public voting.

And it won’t just be the awards night, but an entire week of music with the Heat Medellin Festival, scheduled for May 26-30.

The event, held with the support of the Mayor’s Office of Medellín, seeks to promote the city as a cultural epicenter with this type of event that attracts both locals and tourists, this time to gather around the music industry. Throughout the week there will be different spaces open to the public free of charge, including international conferences, meetings with the press, different networking spaces and showcases.

The programing will be announced at a later date.

— This story was originally published in Billboard Colombia.