Powerhouse lawyer Brian Steel is looking to join Lil Durk’s legal team. Steel filed legal documents on Friday (March 6), viewed by Billboard, looking to replace attorney Jonathan M. Brayman, who has been representing Durk in the Chicago rapper’s murder-for-hire case.

Steel submitted a pending application to board Durk’s team pro hac vice, which means he isn’t licensed to practice law in California, where Durk’s case is being tried, but won’t be committing unauthorized practice of law if he’s approved. If the application is approved, Steel will join a high-profile team that includes decorated attorney Drew Findling, who has celebrity clients including Cardi B, Gucci Mane and Donald Trump.

Per Steel’s filing, he’s currently in good standing to practice law in the state of Georgia.

Steel saw his own celebrity rise while representing Young Thug in the YSL RICO trial. Steel initially met Thug in the early 2010s and later represented him in the sprawling RICO case, which saw the Atlanta rapper remain behind bars from May 2022 through October 2024, when Thug was sentenced to 15 years of probation and time served.

“I get very close to my clients. I meet their families,” Steel told Billboard in an interview earlier this month. “Because if I’m going to defend somebody, I gotta be invested. I gotta believe in the person. I gotta make it where if I lose this case, it’s going to ruin my life.”

He continued: “I just want to help people, ethically and zealously. And I don’t want to hurt anybody, and God willing, something good will come out.”

Steel also joined Diddy’s defense team in April, which came six months before the embattled Bad Boy mogul was sentenced to 50 months in prison for violating federal prostitution laws. Combs ended up dodging the much heftier charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.

As for Durk (born Durk Banks), the OTF (Only the Family) rapper has been in jail since October 2024, when he was arrested, as federal agents believed he was attempting to take a private flight to Italy. Despite Durk’s objections, his trial has once again been delayed, from April to Aug. 20. Durk’s co-defendants have asked to be separated from his trial, but Judge Michael Fitzgerald denied the request.

Prosecutors allege that Durk organized a plot to have rival rapper Quando Rondo killed during a 2022 shooting in Los Angeles. However, Rondo’s cousin, Lul Pap (Saviay’a Robinson), was killed amid the crossfire.

The prosecution believes that Durk ordered the hit on Rondo in retaliation for the 2020 killing of rapper King Von (Dayvon Bennett), who was Durk’s close friend and frequent collaborator.

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Grab your Crunchwraps and Beefy 5-Layer Burritos: Taco Bell is hosting a Live Más Live event with a few major recording artists.

The fast food chain’s concert-meets-launch event will be held at Los Angeles’ iconic Hollywood Palladium on March 10, blending the worlds of gastronomy and music in a match-up that is just as good as the chain’s Nacho Fries and cheese sauce. The fast-food-fueled spectacle will be hosted by Vince Staples and will feature guest appearances from artists Doja Cat, Benson Boone, Anderson .Paak and Travis Barker. Essentially, the event is a sort of variety show that unveils Taco Bell’s new menu items, peppered with comedy sketches and music performances.

Other celebrity attendees will include Ariana Madix, Ashley Park, Ego Nwodim and Jackson White. For the first time ever, the event will be available to stream via Peacock with a subscription to the service. A standard monthly subscription with ads will run users just $7.99 a month, while a Premium subscription without ads goes for $10.99 a month. A standard subscription is a budget-friendly option for those looking to gain access to Peacock’s wide array of movies and shows, while the Premium subscription is a little more expensive, but also offers subscribers access to live sports and events.

If you’re looking to subscribe to the streaming service for free, Walmart+ is the best option, since Peacock no longer has a free trial. When you sign up for a Walmart+ membership, $8.17 a month or $98 annually, you’ll gain access to Peacock’s Premium plan. This little workaround will give you access to Live Más Live for $8.17, less than the $10.99 a month Peacock Premium fee.

“Taco Bell has some of the most passionate fan bases and I’ve been a fan of the brand since I was young,” host Vince Staples said in a Taco Bell release. “I’m excited to partner with them on something that feels true to who they are and how people actually connect with their brand.”

In 2025, Taco Bell’s Live Más Live event took place at New York’s Brooklyn Paramount and was hosted by Ashley Park. All the focus was on the launch of 30 new menu items: steak and queso crunchwrap sliders, rolled poblano quesadillas, quesocrisp tacos and others.

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Before he became a Grammy Award-winning rapper, 2 Chainz, born Tauheed Epps, was a street hustler from College Park, Ga., on the pathway to self-destruction. And now, the hip-hop star has released a new book about his life before stardom and his spiritual journey to turn his life around.

On sale for $19.60 (regularly $28) on Amazon, The Voice In My Head Is God, co-authored by Derrick Harriell (Come Kingdom: Poems), also follows how 2 Chainz’s faith put him on the path for success in the music industry, with some help from Lil Wayne and Ludacris.

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For the past few years, Harry Styles, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Sam Fender and more have been doing their bit to support the grassroots music scene, as all have pledged proceeds from their tours (at least £1 from every ticket sold) to be donated to the LIVE Trust, a freshly established group that features stakeholders from across the industry.

So far, £5 million has been raised for the cause. Now, a portion of that money (£125,000) is about to be distributed to eligible artists for the very first time via a series of new initiatives — the second-largest of which is the newly formed U.K. Artist Touring (UKAT) Fund.

The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) has announced that applications for the first portion of the UKAT Fund will open on Wednesday (March 11). The partnership, arranged by the FAC alongside the Music Managers Forum (MMF) and the Musicians’ Union (MU), is designed to respond to what the FAC calls the “cost of touring crisis” in grassroots live music. U.K. Music and Arts Council England have also backed and assisted the plans.

The UKAT Fund will offer “top-up” contributions to existing tours to help reduce shortfalls in touring budgets — a key issue for both emerging and established acts in the current climate. Many have reported that they’re operating at significant losses.

“It’s a desperately needed intervention,” David Martin, chief executive of the FAC, tells Billboard U.K. of the plans. “We want to get newer artists out there and play to build their live footprint. We’re trying to allow artists to present themselves how they want to be seen as a live act.”

Applicants can apply for a total of £7,000, or a maximum of 40% of total eligible tour expenditure. They must play three U.K. headline shows of capacities between 75 and 2,000 before October 31, 2026, and must have released new original music in the past three years. Submissions are due before 11:59 p.m. on March 20. See the full list of criteria here.

The fund and application process have been hammered out following discussions with stakeholders. Martin says the scheme is open to artists of all genres.

In a statement to Billboard U.K., emerging artist SOFY says, “I am so excited by this initiative and the invaluable experiences it’s going to create for artists and fans alike, as well as opening up opportunities for touring professionals such as engineers and TMs. This feels like an important step in the right direction, and something the UK music industry has needed for as long as I can remember — towards more accessible, safer and higher quality tours for everyone involved.”

While the voluntary donations to the LIVE Trust by a number of big names have been celebrated, Martin acknowledges there has been a gap in understanding what those funds will be used for — but adds that the UKAT Fund can make it “really tangible” for fans and industry. “Once we’re able to say, ‘here are shows that are happening because of the donation,’ it’ll be much easier to grasp the concept for the artists and teams that have decided to pay in.”

In 2024, a landmark Parliamentary report by the Culture, Media & Sport Committee highlighted that the number of artists who are able to head “out to tour across the UK and abroad” has fallen “by as much as 74% compared to pre-pandemic numbers,” and that the cost of touring — incuding accommodation, transport and equipment — has risen significantly in line with the U.K. cost of living crisis. In 2022, inflation in the U.K. was measured at 11% on the Consumer Prices Index, and in 2026, it sits at 3% year-on-year — significantly higher than the 2% target rate set by the Bank of England. The Music Venue Trust reported that in 2025, 53% of grassroots music venues in the United Kingdom were unable to turn a profit.

Martin says that tours have become shorter but also less varied in location; artists are more likely to play shows in major hubs (including London, Manchester and Birmingham) rather than head to smaller regional towns and venues, ultimately passing costs onto the consumers who must travel to shows. 

“We’re trying to sustain careers, and we’re also trying to push music into regions,” Martin says. “It’s funding the whole pipeline that makes tours happen — from the supply chain of personnel and services, accommodation, travel managers, agents that rely on that activity for their income — [and helps] the artists expand their audiences.”

Having greater exposure to the arts, Martin adds, can address the problem of class inequality in the arts. “You’ve got a class of people who just cannot afford to participate in the music industry,” he says. “All these niche scenes that we export globally — be it pop, punk, drum’n’bass — come from underground working class movements.”

According to Martin, the initiative shows the industry that a “harmonious” approach to problem-solving can benefit all involved. “We’re really poor in this country when talking about the expenditure of money as investment, but surely you can see these artists…are your future headliners,” he says.

Martin adds, “To have a healthy sector, it’s important to have both a healthy performer pipeline, but also a pipeline of audiences that care and are passionate about great music and can afford to attend events.”

The Labour government has been supportive in tackling these issues. Ian Murray, the minister for creative industries, says he wants to see 50% of all shows with a capacity of 5,000 or more contributing to the fund in 2026. While a mandatory levy has not been ruled out, Martin says, “I think the whole industry would prefer to drive this thing and to control it. I would argue that it knows best how to do it.”

With the funding window closing on March 20, Martin is excited about the prospect of artists getting the funding and hitting the road in the coming months. The program will be tweaked according to feedback from artists and their touring groups, but getting the ball rolling is an achievement to savour, he says.

“It’s surprising how relatively small amounts of money can make a difference,” he says. “We want to be doing a lot more of this and on a regular basis.” The ultimate goal: To help assist a future superstar who can pay back into the UKAT fund. “I’m looking forward to that story, which will happen,” he adds. “It’ll be a few years down the line, I’m sure, but I can’t wait for that.”

Chappell Roan just turned the camera around on people who follow her in public, with the pop star documenting on her phone what it’s like to be “disregarded as a human” after a horde of fans and photographers appeared to surround her in Paris.

In a video taken by an onlooker that began circulating online Monday (March 9), Roan films herself in selfie mode as a swarm of people repeatedly shouts at her. “I’m just trying to go to dinner, and I’ve asked these people several times to get away from me,” she tells the camera before filming some of the strangers gathered around her.

“This person I’ve asked several times to go away, and they will not,” she continues, capturing someone who continued to ask her for an autograph — even as she was confronting them for such behavior — in her video. “They’re hiding their face, because they’re ashamed.”

“These are all the people that are completely disregarding my boundaries,” she added moments after saying she also felt “disregarded as a human.” “All of you, I’m asking you kindly to please leave me alone and stop following me and harassing me. No, I’m not gonna sign. This is what it’s like, if you were wondering how it is.”

Billboard has reached out to Roan’s rep for comment.

The Missouri native has been spending time in the city for Paris Fashion Week, attending shows for Rick Owens, Mugler, Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen. Her encounter in France is far from the first time she’s put boundary-crossing people in their places, making headlines in 2024 after she called out the “predatory behavior” and “harassment” displayed by certain fans. She’s also publicly confronted photographers at award shows for allegedly yelling at her.

“For someone who gets a lot of anxiety around people yelling at you, the carpet is horrifying, and I yelled back,” she told Entertainment Tonight after one such instance at the 2024 VMAs. “You don’t get to yell at me like that.”

Roan hasn’t dropped new music since last year, coming out with two Billboard Hot 100 hits — “The Giver” and “The Subway” — in 2025. Her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.