6ix9ine clowned Lil Tjay for being shot at a Chipotle in New Jersey back in 2022.

In an interview on One Night with Steiny, host Aaron “Steiny” Steinberg asked 6ix9ine to explain the contentious relationship he has with Lil Tjay. 6ix9ine explained that Tjay tried to taunt him and bring him into a beef with Kai Cenat.

“He wrote me,” 6ix9ine revealed around the 28-minute mark. “I guess he was trying to beef with the Kai Cenat kid … I’m like, I’m not gonna get into the beef. So, I just basically kept going along with him, you know what I mean? Just to make him look foolish.”

Tjay then described 6ix9ine as “a funny rat n—a,” in reference to 6ix9ine testifying against alleged members of the Nine Trey Gangsta Blood back in 2019.

“So, I’m like, ‘You a funny shot-up n—a,’” 6ix9ine said he told Tjay. “You know, because he almost lost his life for a burrito… You know that burrito bowl… So you got your rice and beans, then they slide your bowl and it goes to the meats. Then right before you get to the salad and the [guacamole] and whatever, n—as hit that n—a. I know that he’s banned from all Chipotles.”

Billboard has reached out to Lil Tjay’s team for further comment.

Lil Tjay was shot at a New Jersey Chipotle in 2022. According to New Jersey authorities, the “Calling My Phone” rapper was shot multiple times before being rushed to the hospital in critical condition. He underwent emergency surgery and soon after spoke about the incident in an August 2022 Instagram video.

“Seven shots, it was tough, you know,” Tjay told his supporters while wearing a neck brace. “Most people don’t survive it, but I’m here. Here for a reason. New music coming soon. We’re gonna come back stronger than ever.”

Watch a clip from the interview below.

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Yaya Mayweather said YoungBoy Never Broke Again could easily be a model if he ever wanted to take a break from rapping.

In a tweet posted Wednesday (Oct. 8), Yaya, daughter of Floyd Mayweather, said her baby daddy could easily be a model just off his face alone. The exes share a 4-year-old son — Kentrell DeSean Gaulden Jr. — the third-youngest of YoungBoy’s 12 children.

“If my bd wasn’t a rapper, he could literally be a model because that face card eats boo,” she wrote.

While the rapper is currently in a relationship with Jazlyn Mychelle, the high praise comes after Mayweather and YoungBoy had a tumultuous breakup back in 2022. Mayweather was also forced to deny, in August, that she was expecting another child by the Baton Rouge rapper.

YoungBoy is deep into his MASA Tour, which started back in September and has gone viral multiple times for some of the high-energy stops throughout the trek. Chicago, without explanation, canceled YoungBoy’s show slated for Sept. 23 and was criticized by YoungBoy’s manager over the act.

“@UnitedCenter b—hed out. Shoutout to Joe Myhra @UnitedCenter. He didn’t want us to have fun. Scary,” Alex Junnier wrote, attacking Myhra, who appears to be the SVP of operations at Chicago’s United Center. “It’s ok everyone; Joe just sits behind a desk and got nervous.”

Footage also recently emerged of a fan involved in a fight with an elderly security guard at YoungBoy’s Kansas City show. Per KCTV 5, a 14-year-old was detained for allegedly assaulting the T-Mobile Center employee.

Check out Yaya’s tweet below.

if my bd wasn’t a rapper he could literally be a model because that face card eats boo.

— Yaya Mayweather (@moneyyaya__) October 8, 2025

Rüfüs du Sol and Chase & Status were among the winners at The DJ Awards 2025, which were held at ROTO Club in Ibiza Town, in Ibiza, Spain on Thursday (Oct. 9). This year’s ceremony marked the 24th edition of the DJ Awards, an independent and globally inclusive celebration of electronic music.

Rüfüs du Sol won for live act. The Australian alternative dance trio won a Grammy four years ago for best dance/electronic recording for “Alive.”

Chase & Status won for drums & bass. Saul Milton (Chase) and Will Kennard (Status) won the BRIT Award for producer of the year in 2024.

There were two new categories at The DJ Awards this year. The Balearic category, won by MINA, honors the sound of Ibiza and the DJs creating it, while the hard dance/bounce category, won by Hannah Laing, acknowledges that genre’s renaissance over the last year.

The DJ Awards were founded in 1998 and are the longest-running international celebration of DJ culture. After a four year hiatus, the show returned to Ibiza last fall. The ceremony was founded by Ibiza residents José Pascual and Lenny Krarup, with ownership of the awards taken over by Andy Grant last year.

“It’s been incredible to see the DJ Awards come together once again for a second year since returning,” Grant said in a statement. “This ceremony truly celebrates the heart of our culture, the artists who have inspired dance floors all around the world, and those in the industry who come together to make it all happen. What makes it even more special is that these accolades come directly from the public’s independent votes, honouring the DJs who’ve genuinely moved the people and dance floors this year.”

This year’s awards also included several industry and special recognition awards proposed by a jury of music professionals.

In response to the devastating floods in Ibiza, the DJ Awards announced that a portion of the event’s proceeds have been donated to the Spanish Red Cross (Creu Roja) to support recovery and aid efforts on the island.

After thousands of public votes, here are the winners of the 2025 publicly-voted, genre-specific categories, followed by a list of industry and special recognition awards winners.

Publicly-Voted Categories

International DJ

Calvin Harris

David Guetta

Fisher

Honey Dijon

Keinemusik

Martin Garrix

Peggy Gou

WINNER: Solomun

Afro

Black Coffee

DBN Gogo

Francis Mercier

WINNER: Kitty Amor

Major League DJz

Shimza

Themba

Balearic

Andy Baxter

Clara Da Costa

Jason Bye

Jon Sa Trinxa

WINNER: Mina

Willie Graff

Breakthrough

Ahmed Spins

ANOTR

Desiree

Dom Dolla

WINNER: Franky Rizardo

Josh Baker

Mau P

Mestiza

Drum & Bass

A.M.C

Andy C

Bou

WINNER: Chase & Status

Dimension

Friction

Mollie Collins

Nia Archives

Sherelle

Garage/Bassline

DJ EZ

Eliza Rose

WINNER: Girls Don’t Sync

Interplanetary Criminal

Riordan

Sammy Virji

Silva Bumpa

Hard Dance/Bounce

Adrian Mills

Bad Boombox

Ben Hemsley

WINNER: Hannah Laing

Kettama

Marlon Hoffstadt

Hard Techno

99999999

WINNER: Amelie Lens

Fantasm

I Hate Models

Klangkuenstler

Nico Moreno

Sara Landry

House

Dennis Cruz

Gorgon City

James Hype

WINNER: Kerri Chandler

Sam Divine

Seth Troxler

The Martinez Brothers

TSHA

Latin House/Reggaeton

DJ Foxy

DJ Riobamba

WINNER: Hugel

Juan Magan

Masivo

Tony Touch

Live Act

Ben Böhmer

Bicep

Fred again..

Odesza

Overmono

WINNER: Rüfüs Du Sol

Sofi Tukker

Sofia Kourtesis

The Prodigy

Newcomer

Anaïs

Benwal

Deer Jade

Levi

Nala

WINNER: Olive F

Super Strings

Progressive/Melodic House

Anyma

Artbat

Bedouin

Blond:ish

Franky Wah

Hannah Wants

WINNER: Miss Monique

WhomadeWho

Tech House

Carlita

East End Dubs

Jamie Jones

WINNER: Joseph Capriati

Luciano

Manda Moor

Marco Carola

Michael Bibi

Paco Osuna

Pawsa

Techno

Carl Cox

Charlotte de Witte

Deborah De Luca

Enrico Sangiuliano

Indira Paganotto

WINNER: Marco Faraone

Sven Väth

Trance

Aly & Fila

Armin van Buuren

Ferry Corsten

Giorgia Angiuli

WINNER: KI/KI

Nora en Pure

Paul van Dyk

Industry and Special Recognition Awards winners (Grand Jury Industry Awards Winners)

Industry Executive of the Year: Yann Pissenem

DJ Livestream of the Year: Yousuke Yukimatsu – Boiler Room

Global Festival Award: UNUM Festival, Albania

Eye On: [Region] — 2025 Spotlight: MENA: Soundstorm Festival

Lifetime Achievement Award: Simon Dunmore

Play It Back – Social Impact Award: IbizaPreservation

What’s Hot Global: [UNVRS]

Ibiza Icon: Alfredo (posthumously awarded)

Ibiza Party of the Summer: Solid Grooves

Ibiza Track of the Summer: Toman – Verano En NY

A federal judge on Thursday (Oct. 9) dismissed Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” ruling that a “war of words” during a “heated rap battle” did not violate the law.

Drake’s case, filed earlier this year, claimed that UMG defamed him by releasing Lamar’s scathing diss track, which tarred his arch-rival as a “certified pedophile.” He believed that millions of people took that lyric literally, severely harming his reputation.

But just ten months later, Judge Jeannette Vargas granted UMG’s motion to dismiss the case at the outset – ruling that Kendrick’s insulting lyrics were the kind of “hyperbole” that cannot be defamatory because listeners would not think they were statements of fact.

“The artists’ seven-track rap battle was a ‘war of words’ that was the subject of substantial media scrutiny and online discourse,” the judge wrote. “Although the accusation that plaintiff is a pedophile is certainly a serious one, the broader context of a heated rap battle, with incendiary language and offensive accusations hurled by both participants, would not incline the reasonable listener to believe that ‘Not Like Us’ imparts verifiable facts about plaintiff.”

The ruling marks an abrupt end to a legal battle that stunned the music industry. Few expected a rapper to respond to a diss track with a lawsuit – a move that drew ridicule in the hip hop world and condemnation from legal scholars. Fewer still expected him to file it against UMG, his longtime record label and the biggest music company in the world.

Drake’s attorneys can appeal the ruling to a federal appeals court. His attorneys did not immediately return a request for comment. A spokesman for UMG also did not immediately return a request for comment.

Lamar released “Not Like Us” last May amid a war-of-words with Drake that saw the two UMG stars release a series of bruising diss tracks. The song, a knockout punch that blasted Drake as a “certified pedophile” over an infectious beat, became a chart-topping hit in its own right and won five Grammy Awards, including record and song of the year.

In January, Drake took the unusual step of taking UMG to court, claiming his own label had defamed him by boosting the track’s popularity, including through the use of bots and other nefarious marketing tactics. The lawsuit, which didn’t name Lamar himself as a defendant, alleges that UMG “waged a campaign” against its own artist to spread a “malicious narrative” about pedophilia that it knew to be false.

UMG argued those allegations were clearly meritless – that “hyperbolic insults” and “vitriolic allegations” are par for the course in diss tracks and cannot form the basis for a libel lawsuit. The company pointedly noted that Drake himself was happy to make such attacks, including accusing Lamar of domestic abuse, until he lost the battle.

The dispute got even nastier in February, when Lamar made “Not Like Us” the centerpiece of his Super Bowl halftime show. After speculation about whether he’d play the track at all, Kendrick used the show to mock his rival, looking directly into camera as he rapped “Say, Drake, I hear you like ’em young.”

This is a developing news story and will be updated with more details as they become available.

Janet Jackson will receive the 2025 ICON of the Year Award at The Gala of the Stars, an annual benefit supporting Dancers Against Cancer. The gala will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. 

The award “recognizes Jackson’s unmatched influence on music, dance and culture, as well as her continued advocacy for compassion, empowerment and artistic excellence,” according to a statement. 

Jackson has long incorporated dance and movement into her work. Eleven of her music videos have been nominated for best choreography in a video at the MTV Video Music Awards.

The award will be presented in person by Oscar, Emmy and Tony winner Liza Minnelli, another performer who is strongly associated with dance. Minnelli is a longtime family friend. She was especially close to Janet’s late brother Michael Jackson.

Dancer, choreographer and instructor Maksim Chmerkovskiy, best known for his long run as a pro partner on Dancing With the Stars, will host the black-tie event.

“Janet Jackson represents everything this award stands for — strength, innovation, compassion and an unwavering commitment to artistic integrity,” Adrian Ruiz, president of the Gala of the Stars and Dancers Against Cancer, said in a statement. “Her influence transcends generations. Honoring her at this year’s gala not only celebrates her legacy, but also her enduring impact on the dance community and the power of using art for good.”

Founded in 2012, Dancers Against Cancer is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing financial assistance, emotional support and community connection to dancers, teachers and choreographers affected by cancer.