DJ Khaled was among the stars to appear on celebrity row at game three of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs on Monday night (June 8). The We the Best mogul ran into Timothée Chalamet in the exclusive lounge area pre-game, and the Marty Supreme actor gave Khaled his flowers while crowning 2007’s “We Takin’ Over” as the “No. 1 video of all-time.”

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“My brother here said, ‘We Takin’ Over’ his favorite video,” Khaled said in a clip posted to social media.

Chalamet, an avid rap fan, responded: “No. 1 video of all-time! I was watching … T.I. in the trap!”

It was music to Khaled’s ears as the We the Best mogul had a laugh while co-signing the actor’s take. “That’s right,” he repeated.

“We Takin’ Over” arrived in March 2007 and served as Khaled’s lead single for his We the Best album. The anthem is a loaded posse cut featuring Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Birdman, Lil Wayne and Fat Joe.

Shot in Miami, the visual finds Khaled on the run and kidnapped by an “evil assailant.” The star-studded clip features cameos from T-Pain, Bun B, Pitbull, Curren$y and more. Capped off by a standout verse from Lil Wayne, “We Takin’ Over” peaked at No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Khaled we joined by his wife and son Asahd at Madison Square Garden, as he was seated next to New York Knicks diehard fan and his close friend, Fat Joe. Khaled came under fire on social media as some viewers called him out for being on his phone too much throughout the game.

The Knicks ended up dropping game three 115-111 to the Spurs, who earned their first win of the series. Game four is slated for Wednesday night (June 10) at MSG.


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SEVENTEEN members The 8 and VERNON are gearing up to launch the first mini-album from their new side unit, V8. The self-titled mini-album, due out on June 29, finds the K-pop duo teaming up with a long list of big-name producers, including former collaborator Pharrell Williams.

According to a release announcing the project, it is a deep dive into the theme of “wasted youth,” with the songs focused on “raw moments of wandering and confusion experienced through time, along with the resilience and growth found within those struggles. Rather than defining the youth spent as mere lost time, the album sublimates the unstable and fragile nature of youth into an explosive sense of freedom, channeling that energy into a driving force to continuously forge ahead.”

In addition to Pharrell — who produced the song “Bad Influence” from the group’s fifth studio album, 2025’s Happy Burstday — the mini-album will feature the pair working with longtime collaborator BUMZU, as well as a number of other producers, whose names were revealed in a clever video clip featuring the list burning in reverse to reveal the roster.

Among the names on the paper are German electro house producer/DJ Mechatok, 100 Gecs’ Dylan Brady, Korean Music Awards winner KIRARA, as well as a number of other pop, electronic and hip-hop producers, including: Alice Longyu Gao, BADTREE, HAKASEEE, Han Jung In, Jake Torrey, kimj, Lodge Boy, Lucian, MILLENNIUM, Numbernine, Ramzoid, Rhode, Robb Roy, Rudolph, Sophie Cates, Stella Smyth, UHD, and Will Not Fear.

The duo teased their upcoming debut with a grainy 30-second video that included them lounging in an apartment, throwing food at each other and dancing through a shower of fireworks in front of a billboard featuring their group name, soundtracked by a snippet of their hyperpop sound.

V8 will kick off the 2026 VERNON THE 8 [V8] LIVE tour in Goyang, South Korea on July 11-12, followed by a three-night fun of shows in Hong Kong from July 17-19.

Watch the V8 teaser below.


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Pop stars and real-life friends Maisie Peters and Holly Humberstone take a moment out of their hectic schedules — including album releases and world tours — to sit down in London and have an open and honest conversation about mental health and therapy. Moderated by Billboard’s Hannah Dailey and BetterHelp’s Sana Khwaja, the group discusses how the music industry pits women against each other, the difficult but beneficial act of scheduling a therapy session during a busy periods and the stress that comes with following up a successful album. Peters and Humberstone reminisce about their friendship over the years, how they constantly would get compared to each other and gush about their appreciation for each other’s work. They also dive deep into their mental health over the years, talking about how hate didn’t phase them when they were younger, how an online pile-on can really affect your headspace and how much easier it is to create art when you are mentally in a good place.

Holly Humberstone: I was quite intimidated by the concept of therapy.

Maisie Peters: Finding some better ways to cope with better ways to communicate, and I think that was really beneficial.

Holly Humberstone: Investing in yourself and investing in your mental health is always going to be a good thing. 

Maisie Peters: I definitely should apologize to my therapist, because I’ve not replied to her in some months. 

Hannah Dailey: Hi, everyone. This is Hannah Dailey with Billboard. Welcome to Like Minded, which is our series in partnership with BetterHelp, where we bring artists together for an honest, open conversation about mental health to shine a spotlight on what it’s like to be an artist in 2026 balancing mental health, and hopefully, in the process, learning from each other along the way. Today I’m joined by two people I could not be more excited to talk to. We have Holly Humberstone and Maisie Peters, and then also with me is Sana Khwaja. She is here on behalf of BetterHelp. She is an incredible, experienced therapist and mental-health professional, and we’re excited to all be here together, right.

Sana Khwaja: Excited. And really looking forward to hear some of your experiences. 

Holly Humberstone: Me too.

Hannah Dailey: For people who don’t know, you two are actually friends in real life, correct? 

Holly Humberstone: We see each other a lot on, like, we are on festival circuits. We followed each other around for a summer. 

Maisie Peters: What a time. 

Holly Humberstone: Oh yeah, that was a good time.

Hannah Dailey: Has a real cornerstone of your friendship been having these similar experiences as artists and supporting each other?

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French music legend Pedro Winter has been appointed global head of curation & co-managing director of Because Music France.

Winter, who has also released music under the Busy P moniker, is a leading name in the French electronic scene and the CEO and founder of Ed Banger Records. He will join the Because Music team in Paris, France.

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The new role will act as an extension of the preexisting strategic relationship between Winter’s Ed Banger and Because Music which was first formed in 2005. Ed Banger’s catalog includes releases by Justice, DJ Mehdi, SebastiAn, Uffie, Mr. Oizo and Myd. Winter was also the manager of Daft Punk from 1996 to 2008. 

In his new role, Winter will oversee all front-office activities at Because Music, whose roster includes releases by Christine and the Queens, Shygirl, Metronomy, Charlotte Gainsbourg and more. Since 2022, Because Music has been responsible for managing the catalog and artistic legacy of Daft Punk.

Winter will be responsible for local marketing, A&R, promotion, catalog, synch, merchandising and more in his Paris-based role as co-managing director. Winter will share the role alongside Emmanuel de Buretel, Because Music Group’s CEO and co-founder.

“I am very honored and proud of this appointment and look forward to further strengthening our close collaboration with all teams,” Winter said in a statement. “Co-’ means coexisting, co-leading, collaborating — being and acting together. This dynamic is fully in line with the shared history between Because Music and Ed Banger Records, which spans more than 20 years.” 

de Buretel added, “We are delighted to welcome Pedro, who has been working alongside us for so long with his outstanding label. He joins us today with a shared ambition to create even greater synergy and to go further together in our mission to discover and develop artists on a global scale. His energy, experience, and artistic talent will be invaluable assets for the years ahead at Because France, as well as in his role within the global creative pool of the Because Group.”


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Bonobo is entering a new chapter. The electronic producer and DJ (born Simon Green) has announced his forthcoming album, Distance in Static, due Sept. 11 via Ninja Tune.

The news arrives alongside the release of expansive, club-inspired lead single “Me and You.” The track debuted during Green’s recent DJ appearances at surprise pop-up events in London and Paris, and is accompanied by a crater-themed music video.

Distance in Static will mark Green’s eighth studio album and features an ambitious roster of collaborators, including Grammy-winner Arooj Aftab, British singer Joy Crookes, Nilüfer Yanya, Ichiko Aoba, Nicole Miglis of Hundred Waters and Aanya Martin. Lyrics appear in English, Urdu and Japanese, while Green incorporates historic Iranian samples and guzheng recordings into his production.

The album will be supported by an all-new Bonobo live show, launching across North America this fall. The production has been designed in collaboration with Pierre Claude, whose visual work has helped shape live performances for the likes of Air, Gesaffelstein, Phoenix and Caroline Polachek.

The tour is scheduled to kick off on Nov. 5 at Emo’s in Austin, Texas, before heading to venues in major cities including Los Angeles, Toronto and Chicago. A fan pre-sale begins June 11 at 10 a.m. local time, while a general sale is set to open the following day at 10 a.m. local time. Further ticketing information can be found at Bonobo’s website.

Across a career spanning more than 25 years, Green has earned two U.K. top 10 albums (2017’s Migration and 2022’s Fragments, both peaking at No. 5) while landing both BRIT and Grammy award nominations. He has collaborated with the likes of Damon Albarn and Erykah Badu, and four years ago, played a five-night run at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall.

In a press release, Green hinted at a sense of finality around the project. “It’s probably the last go-around the track in this format,” he said. “I don’t know what that will look like just yet, but it’s really about me redefining how to be a musician from here.”


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Justin Moore has been a touring mainstay for nearly two decades, but the “Lettin’ the Night Roll” singer is now taking a brief break from the road to focus on his health.

Moore told fans of his decision to pause touring in an Instagram post on Monday (June 8).

“I’ve made the decision to take some time to focus on my health,” he wrote. “As a result, I’ll be stepping away from touring for a short period and will be unable to perform some upcoming shows. This is the right decision for me and my family, and I appreciate everyone’s understanding and support. I look forward to getting back out there later this summer and doing what I love most.”

A rep for Moore tells Billboard the singer is expected to return to the road and the stage for his July 9 show at the Knox County Fair in Knoxville, Ill. Moore’s June dates had included a handful of shows opening for Riley Green on Green’s As Cowboy As It Gets Tour, as well as two headlining shows in Dewey Beach, Del., on June 11-12.

Moore has earned 11 No. 1 Billboard Country Airplay hits, among them “Somebody Else Will” and “Small Town USA.” In March, he released the project Greatest Hits…Moore To Come on Blue Highway Records. The album features “Small Town USA,” “You Look Like You Need a Drink,” “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” and his collaborations with Dierks Bentley (“Time’s Ticking”) and Priscilla Block (“You, Me, and Whiskey”).


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Got heartache? Olivia Rodrigo might just have the cure. Ahead of new album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, the pop star will take over iHeartRadio and host her very own dating advice show, answering questions live on the air about all things romance.

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The company announced the news on Tuesday (June 9), revealing that the hour-long program will be called “u+me=advice forever,” a nod to one of the titles on You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love. It’ll air on digital station Hit Nation at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday (June 11), just one day before the new LP drops.

In addition to advising on fan-submitted relationship queries — which listeners can send in ahead of time via iHeartRadio’s talkback feature — Rodrigo will exclusively preview unheard songs from her third full-length.

Arriving after Billboard 200-topping LPs Sour and Guts, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love features a total of 13 songs. So far, fans have properly heard only lead single “Drop Dead” — which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — and “The Cure,” as well as a Saturday Night Live performance of “Begged” and a surprise live debut of “What’s Wrong With Me?” alongside Robert Smith at Primavera Sound on Sunday (June 7).

In other radio-related Rodrigo news, the Grammy winner also appeared recently on BBC Radio 1 and revealed to host Greg James that “Stupid Song” from her new album is getting a music video. She also talked about how she prefers to apply her own life to the lyrics of other artists’ love songs, as opposed to wondering about the songwriter’s own personal life while listening.

“I love transposing it into my own life,” she said. “Obviously, if the song is more meaningful to someone if they project my life into it, then I’ll be it, that’s totally fine.”

Watch their full conversation below.


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Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game on Monday (June 8) when he viewed game three between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden.

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Cardi B, who performed the halftime show in front of the home crowd, hopped on Instagram Live early Tuesday (June 9), during which she spoke on Trump being in the building and the “dark” vibe he brought to the arena.

“It probably was,” she said in response to a fan calling Trump’s attendance bad luck. “You can’t stop the president from f–king going to a game, but it did feel a little dark in there. It’s OK.”

Cardi continued while eating a SpongeBob ice cream bar: “It felt kinda dark. You know how it felt like in there? It felt like the principal was there and everybody had to be on their best behavior.”

Billboard has reached out to the White House for comment.

With Trump showing up to the game, that meant increased security measures for fans attending the game, and also included shutting down the blocks surrounding Madison Square Garden.

Cardi, who’s been critical of Trump in the past, understood about the extra security and even got to see the Secret Service in action for the first time.

“You know how you always wonder how they look? Yeah, I saw them in person,” she said. “They were in front of my car. They were making us do mad circles. I wasn’t even gonna complain because I kinda get it.”

Cardi B hit the court for a three-minute halftime show to hype up the home crowd. Alongside the Knicks City Dancers, Cardi performed “Bodega Baddie” and her breakout smash “Bodak Yellow,” the latter of which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2017.

Following the performance, Cardi took in the action while sitting on the baseline next to the Spurs bench with her son, Wave, whom she shares with estranged husband Offset. “They got me right next to the opps! But I’mma be nice, ’cause I know this is a lot for them,” she said on her IG Story.

Despite the 115-111 loss for the Knicks, Cardi remains confident in the team and voiced that she wants to hop on IG Live again before game four on Wednesday night (June 10) to host a prayer circle with Knicks fans.


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Jennifer Lopez recently said that when it comes to romance, she’s been “doing it all wrong.” The singer/actress, who has been married four times, has been answering a lot of questions about her love life while promoting her new rom-com, Office Romance, and during a chat with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live on Monday night (June 8), she revealed the worst thing a potential suitor can do to win her over.

“Do you check your DMs,” Cohen asked, to which Lopez, 56, quickly responded, “no.”

But, like, what if it was a hunky Spanish soccer player trying to slide in?

“I think they would be able to find me, no?” Lopez said, according to US Weekly. “If you really wanted to find me, you could find me.” What you’re not going to do if find her by Insta stalking her. “You have to make more of an effort than that,” she said.

An eternal optimist, Lopez — who split with former love Ben Affleck in 2024 after reconnecting in 2021 and marrying a year later — said she thinks her greatest love is “ahead of me, 100%, without a doubt.”

She also answered a fan question about whether they’d consider doing Broadway one day, saying, “I would love to do Broadway and I think it is in my future. I just don’t know when.” The multi-hyphenate, who brought the 1992 Broadway musical Kiss of the Spider Woman to the big screen in 2025, explained that it’s a matter of finding just the right project, though she has long had her eye on playing the lead role of Rosie Alvarez in the musical Bye Bye Birdie.

Lopez also retold the story about how she was originally supposed to be part of Madonna and Britney Spears’ iconic triple kiss at the 2003 MTV VMAs. Lopez said she was working on a movie at the time, Shall We Dance, and the film’s producers refused to let her leave set for the performance. “We rehearsed it and everything,” she said of the practice run at Madonna’s house with Spears, during which Madonna strummed her guitar and they all harmonized.

They did not rehearse the kiss, but Madonna told them her plan, which included Madonna being the groom in the throuple scenario.

On a more emotional note, Lopez described how hard it’s been thinking about her twins with ex singer Marc Anthony, Emme (who recently changed their name to Oskar) and Max, graduating from high school and preparing to go to college in the fall. “People have come in and out of my life, but it’s been the three of us and they’ve always been there and I’ve always been there,” she said.

With reality now hitting her in the face, Lopez admitted that she never pictured a day when the twins would not be living in her house with her. “I just never thought that far ahead,” she said. “They’re so independent. I’ve given them roots and wings and it’s great and this is how it is. This is a healthy mom thing to do!”

Check out Lopez on WWHL below.


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Universal Music Group (UMG) said on Tuesday (June 9) it priced a total of 1 billion euros in bonds, to be issued on the Amsterdam Euronext stock exchange in an offering expected to close on June 16.

The bonds will be issued in two tranches: the first 500 million euros are four-year notes priced at 3.375% due in 2030, and the second 500 million euros are 10-year notes of 4.125% due in 2036.

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The company said proceeds from the bond sale will go to general corporate purposes, including refinancing debt, transaction fees and expenses.

Offered through UMG’s Amsterdam-listed euro medium-term note program, the bonds will be sold to investors outside the U.S., according to regulatory rules. Bloomberg, which reported the bond issuance was planned earlier this week, reported UMG arranged a 1 billion euro bridge loan, which matures in late July, and also has a half-billion euro bond that comes due in 2027.

The bond issuance follows two months of corporate drama, in which UMG’s board rejected Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square’s offer to merge UMG with a Pershing entity and move the music company’s listing to the United States. Pershing sold its UMG stake following the rejection, of which UMG repurchased around 250 million euros through part of its billion-euro stock repurchase program.

UMG’s share price was down 1.26% at 12:30 p.m. ET at 17.96 euros.

The French banks BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole CIB are the global coordinators on the offering, while IMI — Intesa Sanpaolo, Mediobanca, Mizuho Morgan Stanley, Santander and Société Générale are active bookrunners. Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and MUFG acted as co-managers on the offering.


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