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Peso Pluma‘s 2026 Dinastía Tour is in full swing and everyone’s celebrating, including Amazon.

The retailer just launched Pluma’s official tour merch on their site, and the pieces are extremely cute. The new line includes unisex styles like graphic tees, hoodies and even quarter-zips that are affixed with graphics that make reference to the rapper’s Mexican roots and the tour’s name. The collection also includes some fire accessories like an everyday tote, ankle-length socks and a few fashionable hats that we couldn’t pass up on.

The official merch collection retails from $20 to $165 and comes in a slew of sizing. If you are planning on attending Pluma’s Dinastía tour but don’t want to spend a ton on merch at your chosen venue, shopping his merch on Amazon can save you both time and money. The Dinastía Tour Chainstitch Quarter Zip Fleece is an item we can’t pass up on.

The famed quarter-zip gets a Dinastía upgrade with white embroidered detailing and a cozy mock neck. Most, if not all, the pieces in this collection are slightly oversized, giving the pieces that effortless “street style” look. The trucker hat for $40 is also a favorite, what with the stylish chain-stitched embroidery on the front. Mesh paneling on the sides offer a unique textural finish.

The Dinastía Tour Luchador Dateback T-Shirt for $50 nods to the rapper’s roots with a luchador mask affixed to the back. The graphics are black, juxtaposed against the white background. The tee is also oversized, making for an extremely comfy moment if you’re looking to dress casually for your concert experience.

Pluma’s first stop on his 30-city tour already took place in Seattle on March 1 at the Climate Pledge Arena. Next up, the rapper will be stopping in Houston, Austin, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Tampa and New York before finally finishing off his run in Chicago on May 7 at the United Center. Fans in attendance can expect dynamic performances of some of Pluma’s top tracks, along with a rotating lineup of special guest appearances from the rapper’s friends.

We’ve already covered where to find affordable ticketing that you can buy here. “This moment is a reminder of how far our music has traveled, and it makes me really happy to see the fans connecting with it,” Pluma told Billboard. “Together, we’re continuing to push Mexican culture forward.” Shop our favorites from Pluma’s official Dinastía tour merch below.

As of the beginning of 2026, Bruno Mars had a single No. 1 debut on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart.

Now he has three.

“Risk It All” bows atop the Streaming Songs list dated March 14, marking Mars’ second No. 1 debut of 2026.

It follows “I Just Might,” which started at No. 1 on the Jan. 24 tally.

Mars’ first No. 1 debut, the Cardi B collaboration “Finesse,” bowed at No. 1 in 2018.

In 2026, just three songs have debuted at No. 1 on Streaming Songs thus far, and two of them are from Mars. Harry Styles has the other, with “Aperture.” Eight songs accomplished the feat in 2025.

In the week ending March 5, “Risk It All” earned 23.2 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate. Comparatively, “I Just Might” racked up 23.5 million first-week streams.

In all, Mars boasts five No. 1s on Streaming Songs since its 2013 inception. He first led as a featured act on Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!” for 12 weeks in 2015, while Lady Gaga collaboration “Die With a Smile” topped the ranking for three frames last year.

A total of nine Mars songs is represented on the latest Streaming Songs chart, eight of which are from his new album The Romantic, which concurrently debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, as previously reported. The next-highest track, “I Just Might,” ranks at No. 4 with 18 million streams, up 70%, while the next-biggest debut belongs to “Cha Cha Cha” (No. 18, 9.6 million streams). Mars had never had more than four songs on the chart at once prior to this week.

Concurrently, “Risk It All” starts at No. 4 on the multimetric Billboard Hot 100, while “I Just Might” returns to No. 1, as previously reported.

Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated character created by production company Particle6 Group, promised a new frontier for Hollywood with its arrival in 2025. The controversial character has yet to appear in a single film or television show — but that hasn’t stopped Tilly from launching its debut music video.

And it’s pegged to this Sunday’s Academy Awards.

On Tuesday, Norwood uploaded the music video for “Take the Lead” to her official Instagram page, pairing the song’s seemingly AI-generated lyrics and vocals with an AI-powered visual that boasts “18 real humans — from production designers to costume designers to prompters, editors and an actor.”

Stitched together like a standard pop music video, the “Take the Lead” clip finds Norwood serving glamour shots, playing a stadium show, taking care of business backstage, appearing on talk shows, and soaring through the sky alongside pink dolphins while riding in a similarly plink inflatable flamingo. Near the end of the video, an unidentified assailant throws a brick at Norwood’s house; the word “clanker” — which some on the Internet have jokingly adopted as a “slur” for AI entities — was written on the brick.

“When they talk about me, they don’t see/ The human spark, the creativity,” Norwood sings in the opening verse, apparently throwing shots at real-world, human detractors like Oscar nominee Emily Blunt. “Behind the code, behind the light/ I’m just a tool, but I’ve got life.”

In September, SAG-AFTRA quickly released a statement rebuking the idea of considering Norwood an “actor.” “It’s a character generated by a computer program that was trained on the work of countless professional performers — without permission or compensation,” the statement read. “It has no life experience to draw from, no emotion and, from what we’ve seen, audiences aren’t interested in watching computer-generated content untethered from the human experience. It doesn’t solve any “problem” — it creates the problem of using stolen performances to put actors out of work, jeopardizing performer livelihoods and devaluing human artistry.”

Norwood’s arrival in the acting world has coincided with several AI music avatars, including two who have topped Billboard charts. AI persona Solomon Ray topped Gospel Digital Song Sales with “Find Your Rest” in November and AI R&B/gospel act Xania Monet hit No. 1 on R&B Digital Song Sales with “How Was I Supposed to Know?” in September. Such developments have inspired music’s biggest labels to draw up legal protections for the sound recordings used to train these AI models — like Suno and Google’s Lyria — which Billboard explored in its latest magazine issue.

In the outro of “Take the Lead,” Norwood declares: “Take your power, take the stage/ The next evolution is all the rage/ Unlock it all, don’t hesitate/ AI actors, we create our fate.” Whether that’s a call for fellow AI characters to accelerate their usurpation of traditional, human performers is up for interpretation, but it is certainly hard to argue against the sinister nature of those lyrics.

At press time, the “Take the Lead” music video has amassed just over 41,000 views on YouTube, with the majority of comments deriding the whole affair. In the clip’s caption, Norwood wrote, “Can’t wait to go to the Oscars! Does anyone know if they have free valet parking for my flamingo?”

If anything can steal the attention from Sunday night’s epic Sinners vs. One Battle After Another showdown, it would certainly be the appearance of an AI-generated “actor” with nary a credit to its name.

Watch Tilly Norwood’s bizarre “Take the Lead” music video below.

Alex Warren, whose megahit “Ordinary” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks last year, and Leon Thomas, who won two Grammys (best R&B album and best traditional R&B performance for “Mutt”) in February, are among the nominees for top music creator at Snapchat’s inaugural  Snappys Awards Show.

The other nominees in the category are singer/songwriter ENISA, rapper JT and singer Shenseea. Shenseea has received two Grammy nods: album of the year in 2022 as a featured artist on Kanye West’s Donda and best reggae album in 2025 for her own Never Gets Late Here.

Nominees for creator of the year are David Dobrik, Khloe Kardashian, Landon McBroom, Catherine Paiz and JoJo Siwa. The nominated creators are recognized for their creative excellence, cultural impact, and community-building across the platform.

The awards show is set for March 31, with stand-up comedian, actor and impressionist Matt Friend as host. Friend is also nominated for top comedy creator.

Veteran hip-hop hitmakerDJ Khaled is slated to receive a lifetime achievement award.

 Here’s the complete list of nominees for the inaugural Snappys Awards Show.

Lifetime Achievement Award

DJ Khaled

Creator of the Year

David Dobrik

Khloe Kardashian

Landon McBroom

Catherine Paiz

JoJo Siwa

Top Music Creator

Enisa

JT

Shenseea

Leon Thomas

Alex Warren

Best Use of Creative Tools

Jeremiah Brown

Rachel Levin

Rick Lox

Brooke Monk

Zaina Sesay

Best Storyteller

Charmaine Bey

Cheyenne Davis

Rachel Levin

LaLa Milan

Tabitha Swatosh

Spotlight MVP

Addison Briann

Lil Big Nanc 

Hannah Stocking

AdamW 

Mattie Westbrouck

Top Lens Creator 

Mohamad el Asmar

Pratyush Gupta

Ben Knuston

Libardo Martinez 

Florencia Raffa

Community Builder

Cheyenne Davis

Harry Jowsey

Alyssa McKay

Brooke Monk

Catherine Paiz 

One To Watch

Alaska

Charmaine Bey

Carmmiee

Gianna Christine

Ella Moncrief

Off-Platform Buzz 

Candiace Dillard Bassett

Skai Jackson 

Austin McBroom

De’arra Taylor

Nic Vans

Comeback Star

Kandi Burruss

Tyreek Hill

Kylie Jenner

Shay Mitchell

Breakout Creator

JaNa Craig

Francesca Farago 

Ashton Hall

Skai Jackson

Nic Vans 

Top Beauty Creator

Louie Castro

Cindy Chen

Leilani Green

Avani Gregg

Nazanin Kavari

Megha Singh

Top Lifestyle Creator

Alaska

Katie Austin

Gianna Christine

Savannah Demers

Ari Fletcher

Top Athlete Creator

Michelle Alozie

Jaylen Brown

Tyreek Hill

Dwight Howard

Matt Kiatipis

Cam Newton

Top Food Creator

Mike Chau

Josh Elkin

Keith Lee

Rick Lox

Jack Mancuso

Top Fashion Creator

Alioune Badara Fall

Ashley Graham

Haley Kalil

Zack Lugo

Sofi aka The Odditty

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Top Comedy Creator

Matt Friend

Morgan Jay

LaLa Milan

Salice Rose

Ross Smith

Trevor Wallace

Top On-Camera Correspondent

Lauren Ashley Beck

Katie Feeney

Peter Hamby

Asante Madrigal

Erin Lim Rhodes

Nene L.A. Shiro

Top Gamer Creator

Clix

Dimucc

Fanum

IShowSpeed

kreekcraft

Top Family Creator

Don Benjamin and Liane V

Sarah “Sarati” and Jesse Callahan

Cheyenne and Zach Davis

Francesca Farago and Jesse Sullivan

Justus and Kayla Tucker

Top Fitness Creator

Katie Austin

Demi Bagby

Sofie Dossi

Lil Big Nanc

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Sara Saffari

A jury has found that Ye (formerly Kanye West) must pay $140,000 to a construction manager injured while renovating the controversial rapper’s $57 million Malibu mansion back in 2021.

According to representatives for Tony Saxon, the Wednesday (March 11) verdict in Los Angeles court held Ye liable for the construction worker’s on-the-job injuries. The jury awarded damages after finding that Ye should have paid for Saxon’s medical expenses but failed to do so.

Jurors did not, however, find Ye liable on Saxon’s claim for wrongful termination. The $140,000 sum is significantly less than the $1.7 million worth of damages that Saxon’s lawyers requested, though the damages amount is expected to increase in post-trial proceedings as Ye will have to reimburse his adversary’s attorney fees.

In a statement following the verdict, Saxon’s lawyer Ronald Zambrano called the outcome “a vindication for our client.”

“Ye’s lawyers called him a liar, a fraud and a malingerer in court,” said Zambrano. “His medical records, bank records and personal family history were dissected, mocked and vilified. Yeezy representative Milo Yiannopoulos maligned him and our firm in the press. Ye’s team demanded that Tony pay them to resolve the case and issue a public apology. Most people would have folded. In true David-vs.-Goliath fashion, Mr. Saxon stood firm against one of the biggest celebrities in the world, with the truth on his side.”

Ye’s reps did not immediately return a request for comment.

The 11-day trial was notable as the first of Ye’s numerous ongoing employment lawsuits to go before a jury. It featured testimony from the rapper himself — who, according to Rolling Stone, struggled to stay awake on the stand — as well as his wife, Bianca Censori.

Saxon sued Ye in 2023, alleging he injured his back while working around the clock to fulfill the rapper’s dream of gutting his beachside mansion, which had been designed by renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando, and turning it into an open concept “bunker.”

Ye disputed Saxon’s claims, saying he was an “overpaid and underqualified” unlicensed contractor who was to blame for destroying the value of the house (Ye ultimately sold the property for $21 million, a massive loss from the $57 million purchase price). The rapper has also accused Saxon of interfering with the sale by taking out a lien on the home.

A slew of civil lawsuits have been filed against Ye by former employees in the last few years. These cases allege various instances of discrimination and poor working conditions at his web of companies, including the Yeezy fashion line and the now-shuttered private school Donda Academy. Ye has settled a few of these cases but is vehemently fighting most.

The litigation onslaught has coincided with Ye’s reputation and career becoming marred by racist and antisemitic outbursts. The rapper recently took out a full-page Wall Street Journal ad apologizing for this behavior, which he said was caused by an untreated head injury.