Ye (formerly Kanye West) celebrated his 49th birthday on Monday (June 8) with a gift for fans, as Yeezy released “GEMINI SEASON” along with an accompanying video starring and directed by his wife, Bianca Censori.

The titillating track is more of a trailer than a fully-fleshed out song idea. Ye gets more melodic over horns and wind instrumentation and zero drums while letting his carnal desires be known. “I wanna get kinky/ I think she’ll let me/ I think she’s pretty/ I think she’s ready,” he half-sings on the chorus.

The milky visual is helmed by Censori and she stars front-and-center. Rocking an angel white scantily-clad outfit, Censori sports a corset and feathery lingerie.

She sits on a barstool in front of a cow and begins milking the animal in front of the mountainous terrain and fake moving clouds on set, which is filmed in a style reminiscent of West’s “Bound 2” video from the Yeezus era.

West shows up toward the end and pours a glass of milk into his wife’s mouth. It gets a bit messy as some of the liquid leaks down her chest area.

There’s more music on the way from Ye. A description for the clip on YouTube also revealed that West plans to drop the deluxe edition of BULLY on June 19.

BULLY arrived on March 28 via Larry Jackson’s Gamma and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 behind BTS with 152,000 total album units earned.

Bianca Censori publicly wished her hubby a happy birthday with a post to her Instagram Story. “Happy birthday @ye I love you more than life,” she wrote alongside a solo photo of West in a black leather jacket.

Ye continued his mini-tour overseas with the second of two shows in Amsterdam on Monday at Gelredome Stadium. He’ll head to Georgia for a concert on June 12 before returning stateside for a pair of performances at Raymond James Stadium on June 26 and June 28 in Tampa Bay.

Watch the “GEMINI SEASON” video below.

Following Madonna’s debut of CONFESSIONS II —The Film at the 25th Tribeca Film Festival, the visual project is now available to audiences everywhere.

The 10-minute film became available on YouTube on Monday (June 8), offering a cinematic experience to accompany Madge’s anticipated album, Confessions II, dropping on July 3.

Directed by TORSO, the project has music direction by Stuart Price, who produced her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor as well as its upcoming sequel. Projecting the spontaneity and confusion of a night out dancing at the club where anything can happen, CONFESSIONS II — The Film unfolds into six songs, each meant to represent a different chapter in the story. “I Feel So Free,” “Good for the Soul,” “One Step Away,” “Bring Your Love,” “Danceteria” and “Read My Lips” are all part of the project.

“I Feel So Free” became the first song release from the album in April and marked the singer’s return to four Billboard charts. The song debuted on Digital Song Sales, Hot Dance/Pop Songs and Dance/Mix Show Airplay and hit No. 1 on Dance Digital Song Sales.

The video includes two main collaborations, and familiar faces accompany Madge as she has a fever-dream-like experience. Sabrina Carpenter joins the show onscreen for a duet of “Bring Your Love,” and Colombian artist Feid takes center stage to sing in Spanish for “Read My Lips.”

Other scenes bring together a collective of some of pop culture’s most beloved faces through the years, including supermodel Kate Moss, actors Debi Mazar, Benedict Cumberbatch and DJ Honey Dijon. Julia Garner, who was tapped to play Madonna in the singer’s self-produced limited series, makes a cameo, looking like a younger version of the Queen of Pop. Lourdes Leon, Madonna’s 29-year-old daughter, also makes an appearance during the final scene, speaking a few words into the camera: “I wish a mother—- would” and “Cut b—-”

CONFESSIONS II – The Film received multiple standing ovations during the Tribeca Film Festival.

See the film here:

The lights are brightest on Broadway, and the New York Knicks tapped Cardi B to perform the halftime show for game three of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden.

Monday night (June 8) marks the first NBA Finals game at MSG for the Knicks since 1999, where they’ll be taking on the San Antonio Spurs in game 3. The Knicks currently sit up 2-0 in the series after taking the first two games on the road in San Antonio.

Media members and team personnel were in the building early and spotted the MSG crew testing out graphics and lighting for the halftime show, as online ticketing marketplace TickPick posted a photo revealing Cardi as the halftime entertainment for the evening.

“Halftime Entertainment Cardi B,” a graphic on the jumbotron read with a photo of the Grammy-winning rapper.

BREAKING:

Cardi B will perform at halftime for Game 3 of the NBA Finals at MSG 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/PXwrkpCKq2

— TickPick (@TickPick) June 8, 2026

The Bronx native has been rooting on the Knicks during this playoff run and has been spotted courtside at games in the past, like when she and Stefon Diggs went public with their relationship while pulling up to a Knicks game during the 2025 playoffs against the Boston Celtics.

The Knicks have had plenty of New York rapper perform at halftime during their postseason run, including Fat Joe, Jadakiss and Fabolous all have hit graced the mic at MSG.

President Donald Trump is expected to be in attendance for game three, while Cardi B has been critical of Trump throughout his tenure in the Oval Office.

Cardi has been in performance mode for 2026. She embarked on her first headlining North American tour in February, as the Little Miss Drama Tour grossed over $70 million, according to Billboard Box Score.

The trek came in support of Cardi’s sophomore album, Am I the Drama?, which debuted atop the Billboard 200 last September with 200,000 total album units earned.

Billboard has reached out to Cardi B’s reps for confirmation.

Jadakiss is taking 38 Spesh’s challenge seriously.

In a clip that recently surfaced, the legendary rapper told a group of people that he was on his way to the studio because every time he tries to get out of the game, someone pulls him back in.

“I’m ’bout to go in the lab, I’m ’bout to do some samurai swording,” he said, seemingly in reference to Spesh’s comments on the Bag Fuel podcast. “You know what I mean? They asked for it. I tried to be a father, a businessman, but they wanna bring me outta my element.”

38 Spesh — an underground rapper hailing from Rochester, New York — recently told Bag Fuel that he feels Jada has been “ducking” him since they collaborated on the Benny the Butcher song “Sunday School” because he had the better verse. “It’s some n—as respected that just gonna work with you because they fans of the art, and some n—as gonna hear and act like they don’t or be scared to work with you,” he claimed.

“Some people don’t wanna be outshined on the record. Like to be honest with you, I did a record with Benny and ‘Kiss, and I happened to have the best verse on the record. I smoked the record, and ‘Kiss never did a song with me again. And I don’t think he’ll ever do a song with me again.”

He added: “You got a chance to come redeem yourself, ‘Kiss. Come on, come outside, n—a. He been duckin’ me since. Y’all gonna have to reorder your top fives.”

It looks like Spesh is going to get what he’s asking for.

This story is part of Billboard’s Global World Cup Series, a collection of 11 cover stories which pairs top soccer stars across the world competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup with highly-touted musicians in accompanying countries.

This story spans cities scattered across the world and has three Argentine protagonists, all 25 years old and hungry for glory. Florencio Varela, in the southern outskirts of Buenos Aires, is a working-class neighborhood where cumbia and soccer share the same language. That’s where Tobías Medrano and Matías Rapen are from — the two halves of La T y La M, the duo that got its start during the 2020 pandemic and rose to prominence when the Argentine national team adopted their music as the locker room soundtrack. Around that same time, Enzo Fernández arrived in Varela: born in San Martín, in the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires, he was a talented prospect with no room at River Plate. Lent to Defensa y Justicia, he took over the midfield, showcasing his versatile style — panoramic vision, tactical intelligence, precision in the tackle and the pass. He was a key piece in the Copa Sudamericana 2020 and Recopa 2021 titles, trophies that opened the door to Europe: first Benfica, then Chelsea, who paid €121 million in one of the three most expensive transfers in Premier League history.

The same day Argentina kicked off Qatar 2022 with a shocking loss to Saudi Arabia, La T y La M released “Pa’ la Selección,” which would become the fans’ parallel anthem during the campaign that ended with Messi lifting the trophy. That tournament was also Enzo’s launchpad: at 21, he won the FIFA Young Player Award, honoring the best player at the event 21 years old or younger. For the duo, it was equally a turning point: they grew into regulars in the top 10 of the Billboard Argentina Hot 100, with “Amor de Vago” as their peak — 12 consecutive weeks at No. 1 in 2025.

Now, with the 2026 World Cup just around the corner — Argentina leads Group J and will face Algeria, Austria and Jordan — all three are facing new challenges. Enzo will arrive to defend the title fresh off the FA Cup final, amid rumors linking him away from Chelsea. La T y La M, meanwhile, will release Tierra de Campeones (Land of Champions), an EP inspired by the national team and the passion it ignites. 

Billboard Argentina brought the three together in late April in Madrid. Enzo arrived with his trademark wide smile and a mate kit — the natural icebreaker for a conversation woven through music and soccer. Flipping through a print issue of the magazine, his musical tastes came to the surface: Daddy Yankee (“he came to London to see me, we hung out after the game”), Bad Bunny (“top, top, top — I’d love for him to do a cumbia with La T y La M”) and some Argentine rock: “I don’t know much, I won’t lie to you. But I love La Beriso and Callejeros.” The mate kept going around. So did the conversation.

Enzo: What do you admire most about soccer players?

Tobías: The consistency and discipline to compete at such a high level. We can get together for a drink, have a barbecue, laugh, do normal things … but you won’t even touch a soda! (Laughs.) That tells me everything about why things work out the way they do for you. It’s the consistency and discipline, beyond the talent.

Matías: This guy never loses focus. You set the bar high for us, man! (Laughs.) 

Enzo: Fair enough. You guys have to keep me in check.

Tobías: And what do you admire about musicians? 

Enzo: Great question. The talent — what they show when they have to perform in front of so many people. Because in the end, it’s just you up there. What I admire most is that personality, the way they carry music out into the world.

Enzo: What do you think soccer and music have in common?

Tobías: The funnel effect. In Argentina, you lift a rock and find someone who plays soccer — but only 1% ever make it. Same with music: how many people have talent, can sing, play instruments, but never break through?

Matías: Talent and discipline go hand in hand. You can have all the talent in the world, but if you’re not disciplined, you stay stuck.

Tobías: How do you think music enhances the soccer experience?

Enzo: For me, music is life. It helps you focus, takes the pressure off before a game, motivates you. I love listening to music on the team bus on the way to the stadium, and then in the locker room. It really helps you get your head somewhere else.

Tobías: Who controls the music in the locker room? 

Enzo: On the bus, it’s Rodri [Rodrigo De Paul]. In the locker room, it’s Ota [Nicolás Otamendi]. We listen to everything, but mainly cumbia. A lot of La T y La M cumbia. 

Matías: Let’s go!

Matías: What excites you most about the next World Cup? 

Enzo: Getting to be with my teammates again and feeling that passion that Argentine fans bring. During the year we compete at a high level, but the World Cup is something else. The focus is different; we prepare mentally in a different way. It comes around every four years and you have to be at 100%.

Tobías: That’s everything.

Enzo: Forget that we’re friends and that you know some of the guys on the national team. As fans, what do you expect from our squad? 

Tobías: The “three W’s”: win, wow and wallop. The truth is, with the relationship we have, you end up feeling closer to the players. But beyond that — they did everything Argentine people ever dreamed of. They made us forget our problems, our crises. I love watching them play, I love seeing the national team string 20 passes together and put it in the net. We won everything there was to win. And I say “we” because I’m a diehard fan and I feel like part of it. Nobody can ask anything more of them today. The people just want to see them happy, the same way they made us happy. 

Enzo: You still have to demand things from us — that’s how we keep winning. 

Tobías: Sure … next time we’ll give you hell. (Laughs.) 

Matías: Son of a b–h, son of a b—h! (Laughs.)