After drubbing the competition with a fistful of hits including “Yeah Glo!,” “Wanna Be,” and “TGIF,” GloRilla looks to cement her MVP year with the release of her debut album, GLORIOUS. Released today (Oct. 11), GLORIOUS includes marquee names such as Megan Thee Stallion, Latto, Sexyy Red, Kirk Franklin, T-Pain, and more.

“Last year, I was supposed to drop my debut album, but I was still just getting used to stuff and working a lot,” Glo told Billboard earlier this week. When the top of the year came, I had the project basically done. I was like, ‘OK, I gotta give them the mixtape before I give them the album,’ because I went the whole year without dropping anything. That’s why I said I was gonna give them the mixtape first, get em’ back used to me first, give ’em a feel of me, and then that’s gonna prep me for the album. The mixtape did good and did what it was supposed to do, which prepped me for my album.”

After previously dishing out “Wanna Be” and “Accent” with her Megan Thee Stallion, the pair connected again for a trifecta on their newest collaboration, “How I Look. “I don’t really have a lot of industry friends,” said Glo regarding her friendship with Megan. “I got associates and they’re cool, but me and Meg really got cool. I didn’t expect it. She FaceTimed me when I was getting on the plane, just talking crazy and funny. We really gained a bond.”

Listen to GLORIOUS below.

Jelly Roll is Beautifully Broken, and is sharing his journey with fans on his vulnerable album that arrived on Friday (Oct. 11).

The 22-track album features previously released singles “I Am Not Okay,” “Liar” and “Get By,” as well as collaborations with Ilsey, Wiz Khalifa and MGK.

Beautifully Broken serves as the follow-up to Whitsitt Chapel, which was released in June 2023. The album peaked at No. 3 on the all-genre Billboard 200, reached No. 2 on Top Country Albums and took the No. 1 spot on Top Rock Albums. Jelly also got two 2024 Grammy nominations for best new artist and best country duo/group performance for “Save Me,” his collaboration with Lainey Wilson.

The album roll out also involved giving back. The net profits from every pre-order of the project made via his website went to mental health and addiction organizations. The four organizations who will benefit are Wounded Warriors Project, Folds of Honor, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and Shatterproof.

Jelly Roll is currently in the midst of a nationwide arena tour, which kicked off in August and will wind down with an Oct. 27 gig at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C.

Stream Jelly Roll’s Beautifully Broken in full below.

T.I. says he’s retiring — at least from performing.

The King of the South and Young Dro sat down with 96.1 The Beat’s afternoon show “Rari at 2” with hosts Ferrari Simmons and BT, and the station’s annual Jingle Ball holiday concert in Atlanta on Dec. 19 was brought up. T.I. is headlining alongside Sexyy Red, T-Pain, Saweetie, The Kid Laroi, Khalid and Tinashe, but it may very well be his last performance ever.

“I appreciate y’all for offering me my last working gig because I do not need the money anymore and I will not be performing,” he told the room. “I don’t want to do it anymore. … I don’t want people to pay me to hop around and sweat for their entertainment anymore.”

Young Dro then comically added that he would be picking up the gigs T.I. turns down. “I will be picking up all of Tip’s shows that he ain’t going to. Doing them all,” the Polo Ralph Lauren enthusiast said to laughs.

Ferrari then asked if he was going to “do” something for another upcoming show, and Tip answered, “Of course, I’m going to answer the phone to tell them that I will not be performing.” He did say, however, that he will perform again — but only on his terms.

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T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris recently won a $71 million lawsuit claiming that toymaker MGA stole the design of a line of “O.M.G.” toy dolls from their real-life teen pop group OMG Girlz. The now-defunct pop group was created by Tiny and featured her daughter Zonnique “Star” Pullins. So maybe that has something do with his decision.

As far as rapping goes, he might be retiring from that soon too. In October of last year, after being asked what fans can expect musically from the Atlanta rap legend, he told the We In Miami Podcast that he’s planning to release a double album titled Kill the King and Kiss the King and it will be his final album. He also mentioned that one of the first singles was going to be a song with NBA YoungBoy. That track is called “LLOGCLAY” and it dropped earlier this year in May.

JoJo Siwa opened up about her sexuality and her reputation in a wide-ranging interview with Hailey Welch, a.k.a. the viral “Hawk Tuah” girl.

In the latest episode of Welch’s Talk Tuah podcast, she brings up a recent photo shoot Siwa did with LadyGunn, in which the “Karma” singer is seen posing with a bedazzled gold chest plate and a matching G-string thong with a bulge peaking through. “The stone bulge is — we were just giving a little spice, a little gender-bend, a little you can be anything you want to be,” she said of the male genital addition to the outfit. “It just was spicing myself up a little. It’s like back in the day when Harry Styles wore a dress. Obviously, wearing a bulge is a little different than wearing a dress.”

Siwa was referring to the December 2020 issue of Vogue, where Styles appears on the cover playing with genre-bending fashion by wearing a Gucci dress. Siwa added, “One thing about me is I like to be for the people who are different, for the people who don’t fit in and the people who are unafraid to take risks. Being that person, I have to go as far as I possibly can into the risk zone.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Siwa discussed her dynamic with her new girlfriend, So You Think You Can Dance alum Dakayla Wilson. “I have big d— energy. It’s not a good thing, it’s not a bad thing, it’s just a thing. When it comes time to –just me at home, I have a switch. My d— gets soft,” she said. “My girlfriend’s always like, ‘I never thought that would happen. I thought you would just be, like, a hard-a– all the time.’ I’m definitely baby spoon vibe, but I will be big spoon. When we fall asleep, we fall asleep as a big spoon. But if we’re watching a movie, put your arm around me. I am nuzzling you.”

She added of their intimate moments that she had been a “bottom” for most of her relationships, but that has changed with Wilson. “I have dabbled into top land. I prefer being bottom. […] I don’t like being a top, but I’m a really good top because I know what I like as a bottom.”

Watch the full episode of Talk Tuah below.