Tokimonsta has cancelled her upcoming tour and postponed the release of her forthcoming album due to, she writes, “an extremely urgent personal matter.”

The Los Angeles-based artist born Jennifer Lee announced the news on Monday (Sept. 23) in a statement shared to her Instagram. “I am pretty crushed to share this news with you, but I know in my heart that I won’t be able to give you the performance or energy that you all deserve,” she wrote in her statement. “You guys deserve me at my best and that’s not where I am right now.”

While a specific reason for the cancellation and postponement is not given, Tokimonsta continued in her statement that she is currently “safe and healthy, but at this time I need to direct all my energy to a family member who needs my support.”

Tokimonsta’s sixth studio album, Eternal Reverie, was meant to come out on her own Young Art Records label this November 22, with the now cancelled 28-date tour meant to have started this weekend with a performance at San Diego’s CRSSD festival.

In her statement, the artist added that she was struggling with shifting her plans. “I stay grounded knowing you will all hold space for me,” she said. “What I’m dealing with now feels more emotionally taxing and difficult than anything I’ve faced before, even more so than my journey through Moyamoya brain surgery. I hope you can understand how difficult this decision has been because I’ve never paused my music career before.”

In January of 2016, the producer underwent brain surgery for moyamoya, a rare disease caused by blocked arteries at the base of the brain. After the procedure, she needed to relearn how to do things like walking and making music.

Her statement concluded with a request for privacy and space. “I really hope that I’ll come out of this stronger and ready to connect with you all again,” she says.

Read Tokimonsta’s full statement below:

On its second of four dates in Mexico City, Metallica surprised fans once more on Sunday (Sept. 22) by performing a cover of “La Negra Tomasa,” a reinterpretation by the band Caifanes of a song written by Cuban Guillermino Rodríguez that redefined the rock scene in Mexico during the 1980s

Two days after firing up the crowd with the Norteño classic “La Chona” by Los Tucanes de Tijuana, bassist Robert Trujillo — who is of Mexican descent — and guitarist Kirk Hammett once again delivered a powerful performance of a Latin song to a cheering audience of 65,000 people who packed the Estadio GNP Seguros, according to figures from promoter Ocesa. Trujillo took on the vocals for the Caifanes hit, originally performed by band leader Saúl Hernández and included in the Mexican band’s self-titled album of 1988.

On Sept. 20, Trujillo, accompanied by Hammett, paid tribute to his Mexican roots by performing the famous northern music song “La Chona,” a performance that was celebrated by the crowd that gathered at the stadium, where Metallica is offering four shows as part of its M72 World Tour. It’s the band’s first visit to the country after a seven-year absence.

Metallica’s gesture was reciprocated by Los Tucanes de Tijuana with a message on their social media.

“Wow! What an honor, what great pride, and what a great gesture from the great group @metallica for having sung #LaChona live. Greetings, masters, we send you a big hug and a very special grouping to each and every one of you for making us feel even more proud of our Chona!” Los Tucanes wrote on Instagram. “We admire you very much and we loved that you sang La Chona at your show! Hopefully, we will soon have the honor and pleasure of meeting you personally!”

Metallica’s next shows at the Estadio GNP Seguros are scheduled for next Friday and Sunday (Sept. 27 and 29).

Metallica’s history with Mexico began three decades ago with the tour of its Black Album (1991), which included five dates at the Palacio de los Deportes in 1993. Since then, the band has maintained a very close relationship with the country, where it recorded the live DVD Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria (2009), which portrays three spectacular nights at the Foro Sol (today Estadio GNP Seguros) in June 2009.

Watch Metallica playing Caifanes’ “La Negra Tomasa” below.

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Kesha is going independent. Today, the Grammy-winning artist announced a new deal with the independent label and artist services of Warner Music Group, ADA, via her newly launched label Kesha Records.

“I am proud to announce this partnership for the distribution of my music through Kesha Records. My name has become synonymous with transparency, integrity, and safety, and I want to ensure that these values are upheld for myself and any future artists signed to my label,” Kesha said in a release. “Music has the power to connect the world, and I aspire for my work to be a beacon of light and goodness. I am excited to take control of my narrative and rewrite my story in the music business.”

The partnership will see ADA cover global distribution for Kesha’s future releases including her upcoming album due out in 2025, as well as the project’s current single, “Joyride,” which nabbed a top 10 spot on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. ADA will also work in tandem with Crush Music, which manages Kesha, overseeing marketing and promotion for Kesha’s forthcoming album. This marks Kesha’s first distribution deal and gives her full creative control and ownership of her work.

“Since the start of her career, Kesha’s authenticity has distinguished her as a true artist whose vibrant self-expression resonates strongly with her fans,” said ADA president Cat Kreidich in a release. “We believe ADA is the ideal home for her, and we’re honored and committed to supporting Kesha as an independent artist while maintaining her creative integrity and unapologetic bold-spirit.”

Kesha’s latest hit, “Joyride,” recently surpassed 50 million streams across all platforms and landed on the Spotify U.S. and Global Viral charts upon release, according to ADA. The star also recently hit major milestones with updated RIAA certifications. “TiK ToK” is now 12x platinum and “Timber” has become her second Diamond-certified single in the U.S. Other hits like “Die Young,” “We R Who We R” and “Praying” have reached 6x and 5x platinum. These achievements push her total U.S. sales over 75 million, according to ADA.

Kesha’s discography also encompasses two No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 and 10 top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Kesha’s third studio album Rainbow debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and went on to land a Grammy nomination for best pop solo album in 2017. The album’s lead single “Praying” spent 21 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and also earned a Grammy nomination for best pop solo performance. Since then, she’s released two critically-acclaimed projects, High Road and Gag Order.

No, ma’am. The stars of The View shared their thoughts about Janet Jackson‘s recent comments about Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris being “not Black” on the the Monday (Sept. 23) episode of the talk show, and they didn’t hold back.

“I think Janet Jackson, like every other American — whether you’re a celebrity or not — has a right to endorse, support or not support whomever they want. She’s got every right to not like Kamala Harris if she doesn’t want to,” Ana Navarro began. “What she did was spread misinformation, and I think it’s very irresponsible when you have a platform the way Janet Jackson does to use that platform carelessly to spread misinformation based on a racist allegation by Donald Trump. It was Donald Trump who tried to say, ‘Kamala Harris just turned Black.’”

The political strategist and commentator then explained to viewers that the vice president’s parents are immigrants — Harris’ mom is South Asian from India, while her dad is a Black man from Jamaica. “Here’s a picture for all of you who need … for Miss Jackson, if you’re nasty,” Navarro said, holding up a photo of the VP as a toddler in her dad’s arms. “Here’s the damn picture!”

Alyssa Farah Griffin — who was the press secretory for former VP Mike Pence and served as White House communications director under Trump — then noted that nowadays, people tend to live in “information silos,” with social media algorithms often feeding users what they want to see rather than facts from a range of sources. “My guess is she’s not looking at great sources of media,” she said of the pop icon.

Journalist Sara Haines chimed in with a big concern as well in regards to sourcing facts. “This is the No. 1 most severe warning in the short term we have globally — misinformation and disinformation — the World Economic Forum said this is our greatest risk in the next few years, and it’s not just this country, it’s everywhere. You never single source a story,” she noted. “The other part of the story that bothers me is the whole identity issue. The fastest growing group in this country is multiracial individuals, not bi, multiracial individuals! So asking people ‘What are you?” — we need to be more open about people’s identity and what they identify as and have some grace.”

That was the perfect transition for Sunny Hostin, who identifies as biracial, pointing out that the best way to handle this is the way the VP has, which is to ignore it. Instead, Hostin said, it’s better to focus on what Harris has accomplished. “I think Kamala is breaking barriers just by being in the room regardless of whether Janet Jackson thinks she’s black or white or Indian,” said the lawyer and journalist, who also said she didn’t know whether the star got got what she said from misinformation or lack of information. “The very fact that [Harris] is in the room, deconstructs in my view, the societal norms that we’ve seen in the nearly 250 years of this country of what a presidential candidate looks like.”

While some of the stars of The View had some tough words for Jackson, moderator Whoopi Goldberg offered the superstar some grace. “Janet Jackson is not a political animal. She’s a musician … and she’s mourning her brother,” the actress said, noting that the singer’s brother Tito died recently. “I sometimes have said stuff and I was wrong! … So sometimes, people get it wrong, and they’re WRONG. They made a mistake. It happens. … We all do it, so a little grace for the girl, all right?”

Jackson made her repeated the right-wing conspiracy theory about Harris being “not Black” during an interview with The Guardian published Sept. 21. “Her father’s white, that’s what I was told,” she said to the publication. “I mean, I haven’t watched the news in a few days. I was told that they discovered her father was white.”

Watch The View panel discusses Janet Jackson’s comments about Kamala Harris’ racial identity below.