Thomas Peabody is the new CEO of Heaps Decent, the Australian organization that empowers underrepresented young people through creative expression, music, and digital media, Billboard can exclusively reveal.

As chief executive, Peabody succeeds Nerida Woods, who has led the youth music and arts organization for the past 13 years. In that time, Woods oversaw an expansion of its workshops, deepened its community partnerships, and generally strengthened its role as a creative pathway for young, marginalized people.

Peabody joins from Sony Foundation Australia, where he served as communications and grants manager, and will guide a period of “significant growth,” reads a statement.

The year ahead “is about showing up for more young people,” Peabody tells Billboard. “We’re starting strong in January, taking our artist-led music and visual arts workshops on the road across regional New South Wales, including Wilcannia, Wagga Wagga, West Wyalong, Dubbo and Gosford over the January school holidays.”

With Peabody at the helm, the organization will expand creative access for young people connected to youth justice, working across five of the six New South Wales youth justice centers in the first quarter, while continuing to support youth in refuge, overlooked communities, and those navigating disadvantage in both the city and regional areas.

“We’ve already received bookings for our flagship artist-led mentoring program Home Base, delivering weekly one-on-one music production support through mid-March 2026,” he adds.

“These early bookings highlight both the gap in equitable access to creative development opportunities and the strong demand from young people to have regular, supported spaces to share their voice and express themselves through music.”

Soon, Heaps Decent will unveil a new marquee event, a live fundraiser built to unite artists and industry around youth voices, “unlocking critical funding and inviting the creative, entertainment and philanthropic sectors deeper into our mission,” Peabody enthuses.

“Because when the creative community backs young voices, change moves faster, and culture shifts in a more equitable direction.”

The transition seen as is pivotal moment for the not-for-profit, particularly so as youth mental health, incarceration and exclusion remain urgent national issues.

Founded in 2007 by Nina Agzarian (aka Nina Las Vegas), Andrew Levins and Diplo, Heaps Decent has grown into a nationally-respected creative enterprise engaged with youth justice centers, specialist schools, community organisations and refuges. Its activities have enjoyed support from artists including Kobie Dee and Ninajirachi and long-standing collaboration with the likes of Diplo, T.E.E.D, Lykke Li, and M.I.A., A-Trak.

“Tom brings a fresh momentum to Heaps Decent and it’s inspiring to see someone with his experience and compassion step into the CEO role,” comments Agzarian, founder of NLV Records. “Nerida’s impact over the past decade has been profound. She has built a foundation of trust, creativity and community that will continue to guide us. This transition marks a powerful new chapter for the organization, and I’m excited for the possibilities ahead, ultimately empowering the young people Heaps Decent work with.”

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Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo just proved that it’s never too late to be crowned prom king and queen.

In an adorable video shared by the Dumb Blonde podcaster on Wednesday, Bunnie and her country-star husband get all dolled up to attend a dance hosted by Jelly’s 17-year-old daughter, Bailee, of whom Bunnie shares full custody. “I learned a powerful lesson as a parent this week,” Bunnie wrote over the clip, which also shows the couple slow-dancing and donning crowns. “Bailee has always hated school dances, but because J and I never went to ours, we’ve always pushed her: ‘Go make memories. Go have the experiences we missed.’”

Bunnie went on to say that Bailee didn’t tell them what she had in store for the evening, which went down the night before Jelly’s 41st birthday. “What we walked into stopped us in our tracks — a full room of friends and family … a night she called ‘Under the Stars,’” Bunnie wrote. “A prom/birthday party she created for us. She crowned us King and Queen, and we danced and sang like teenagers who finally got their moment.”

“And the lesson?” the influencer added. “Time is the most precious thing we own. Spend it on your people. The memories you make with them will outlive everything else.”

The next day, Bunnie shared photos of herself and Jelly — whose facial hair is already growing back after he shocked fans by shaving it off in November — at the prom. While the former sported a glamorous white and blue floral-printed gown, the latter wore all black with a matching cowboy hat.

“To the man I worship & admire..,” Bunnie wrote. “Loving you in all your eras is my favorite thing to do. Happy Birthday my shooting star, I love love love youuuuu.”

Jelly has two children from previous relationships: Bailee and her younger brother Noah. When Bailee was a kid, her father and stepmother were granted full custody over her, with Jelly — who had to prove his parenting capabilities to the court after spending time in jail — calling Bunnie a “beacon of change” in his 2023 Billboard cover story.

“You’re talking about a woman that came in and took a child that was soon to be born and a child that [we were] soon to have full custody of,” Jelly said at the time. “I would have never got custody of my daughter without her. I wouldn’t have had the stability or the money.”

Brian McKnight Jr. claimed that his father, singer Brian McKnight, refused to tell his estranged son, Niko McKnight, that he loved him in his final days as he battled a cancer diagnosis.

McKnight Jr. sat down with Marc Lamont Hill earlier this week, where he recalled the heartbreaking conversation with Niko, who was distraught about his father’s lack of affection, before his passing in May.

“One of the darkest and coldest and most disheartening memories of my life is the day my brother [Niko] calls me sobbing — with all he’s going through — looking death in the eye, to tell me I’m right about telling him not to call my father because I knew what was going to happen,” he said.

McKnight Jr. continued: “Because I knew where my dad was, I told [Niko], ‘Dad is gone.’ All my brother wanted, needed, asked for was my father to tell him he loves him,” he added. “My father responds to my brother, ‘I can’t arbitrarily say that I love you.’ But this is the man that wanted to help him?”

In October 2023, the Grammy-nominated singer said he legally changed his name to Brian Kainoa Makoa McKnight Sr. to ensure he was the senior to his newborn with his wife Leilani Malia Mendoza.

Months later, in April 2024, he referred to his biological children as “products of sin.” “In order to live a life that you love, you have to get rid of the evil and the negativity — even if that evil and negativity is related [to you],” he wrote on Instagram.

In his current Instagram bio, McKnight refuses to recognize Brian McKnight Jr. and his late son, Niko McKnight, who passed away in May following a two-year battle with cancer. “Father of Julia, Jack, Kekoa Matteo & Brian Kainoa Makoa McKnight Jr.,” the IG bio reads.

Niko McKnight revealed his cancer diagnosis publicly in January 2024. Niko’s uncle Claude announced that his nephew had passed away at 32 years old in a video posted to social media in May.

@claudemcknight

I’m devastated at my nephews passing. If you comment please do do in love, and NOT at what you may have heard about the relationship my brother had/has with his kids. Thank you 🙏🏾 #nephew #cancersucks #rip #love #family

♬ original sound – Claude Mcknight

McKnight Jr. slammed his father in October for celebrating winning a lawsuit against his ex-wife, Julie McKnight, which happened to also be Niko’s birthday.

“I’ve tried, man. I’ve tried really, really hard. To not touch on s–t. To let it go, to be the bigger person, to be mature,” McKnight Jr. said in an Instagram Story post, per Complex. “But the shit going on with my dad right now, man. If y’all aren’t seeing what’s happening. If y’all aren’t seeing the fact that this is just a very hurt, and a very emotionally unavailable and not intelligent person that has still not been able to handle the death of his own mother…to decide to make certain posts on my late brother’s birthday?”

In an Instagram Q&A in April, McKnight explained he attempted to get his son, Niko, the best specialists and medical care in the country, but stopped trying to help once his ex-wife, Julie, got involved and allegedly told him to stop.

“Six months ago, we found out about this [Niko’s diagnosis],” he said. “We called him. We talked to him, we talked to his wife. She told us that she was all alone and handling everything all by herself and it became quickly evident to us that since they didn’t have insurance and they didn’t have access to the proper doctors, naturally, we jumped into action.”

The 56-year-old added: “So what are we doing? We’re adhering to her wishes because that’s what she wanted and we’re staying out of it.”

Watch the harrowing clip below:

One of the most painful moments in my interview with Brian McKnight Jr. and Julie McKnight was hearing them discuss the last moments between Brian Sr. and his now deceased son Niko. I pray that they all find the love, healing, understanding, and accountability that they need and… pic.twitter.com/crOmlHFvDg

— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) December 3, 2025