Baby Keem is back. Keem announced plans for his upcoming album, Ca$ino, on Tuesday (Feb. 10), and the sophomore LP is slated to arrive on Feb. 20.

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“Ca$ino Feb 20, 2026 Limited Edition Vinyl Available Now,” Keem wrote on Instagram. The 25-year-old revealed the LP’s cover art, which features a photo of a young Baby Keem with the parental advisory sticker.

Ca$ino boasts 12 tracks, including collaborations with his cousin Kendrick Lamar, Too Short, Momo Boys and Che Ecru.

With the four-plus-year layoff, fans are anticipating Keem’s return. “Took your time bro this better be a classic,” one person commented. Another added: “USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THIS!”

Keem also released a Ca$ino documentary on YouTube to accompany the announcement. The Booman I doc features appearances from plenty of Keem’s family members describing his upbringing, including an appearance from Kendrick. “I understand the hardships before he was born. Knowing his mom, that’s my first cousin,” he said. “I already knew what she was going through, just the history of our family in general. We don’t call ourselves the hillbillies for nothing.”

Lamar continued: “Section 8, welfare … This is a story of a warfare environment and a warfare psychologically trying to change our generational curses.”

There’s also footage of Keem in the studio working on his collab with Lamar, “Good Flirts.” “Walking in the party, I don’t feel nobody/ What the f—k,” K. Dot raps on the hard-hitting track. “Is it fake, is it love, probably/ I smell something.”

Baby Keem’s debut album, The Melodic Blue, arrived in September 2021 and debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200. He released a deluxe for the LP in October 2022 featuring Lil Uzi Vert and PinkPantheress.


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ONErpm has appointed Mike Easterlin as managing director for ONErpm’s Nashville division, to oversee A&R, roster development and day-to-day operations in Nashville.

Easterlin has decades of experience in A&R and promotion, having previously served in promotion and A&R roles at Virgin, Def Jam and Atlantic and later became the co-president of the relaunched Elektra Records, before transitioning to co-found Severance Records.

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Easterlin will lead a team of Nashville-rooted professionals familiar with Nashville’s wide-ranging music scene. ONErpm has made several new hires, including former BMI exec Josh Tomlinson, who takes on the role of ONErpm Nashville’s new director of A&R. Former MCA Nashville exec Lindsey Terry has been hired as country marketing director, while former Warner Music Nashville exec Chad Neville has joined has joined as a project manager.

“I’ve always believed in the independent spirit of artists—the drive to create, take risks, and build something real. Helping talent find their voice and turn it into a lasting career has always been my passion,” Easterlin said in a statement. ”ONErpm embodies those same values: passion, focus, transparency, and a real commitment to giving artists a global platform to grow on their own terms.”

Tomlinson said in a statement, “I’m grateful for the opportunity to bring my love for the song and the creator to ONErpm to help grow our Nashville business while working with some of the most forward-thinking minds in the music industry.”

ONErpm, a full-service music industry solutions provider, has more than 600 employees globally, with its staff increasing approximately sixfold since 2020.

Megan Thee Stallion went all out for Klay Thompson’s 36th birthday party over the weekend. The Houston Hottie even pulled a few strings to surprise her man with a performance from one of his all-time favorites, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.

Footage emerged from Saturday night’s (Feb. 7) bash of Thompson and Megan slow-dancing to the Cleveland crew’s “Crossroads” anthem. Meg posted a handful of pictures on Instagram from “Klay Day,” which included the Dallas Mavericks hooper dancing on stage and living his best life with Bone Thugs.

Krayzie Bone reposted a clip from the performance and thanked the couple for having them at the party. “S/O @klaythompson & @theestallion great vibes last night wish you both the best,” he wrote on IG.

During a 2019 interview with GQ, Thompson revealed that Bone Thugs was the first concert he ever attended, and called the legendary group his “favorite group growing up.” “So when you hear me on the court, I’m definitely bumping a lot of Bone while I’m getting shots up,” he added.

There were plenty of highlights from the birthday night, which saw Klay’s parents in the building, along with a Michael Jackson impersonator and a special sailor-themed cake for Thompson, who enjoys spending time at sea.

That wasn’t all, as Megan turned Klay’s birthday into a weekend of celebrating. Before the party, Meg set up a romantic oceanside picnic lunch on the beach. “The first half of KLAY DAY Happy Birthday to my babyyyyy I can’t wait for you to see your next surprise,” she teased on Instagram.

The four-time NBA Finals champion and Megan Thee Stallion have been going strong since mid-2025. The couple made their red carpet debut at the Pete & Thomas Foundation Gala in July.

Thompson and the Mavericks will look to get back on track and end their seven-game losing streak on Tuesday (Feb. 10) against the Phoenix Suns.


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Kid Rock is clarifying a few key details about Turning Point’s “All-American Halftime Show” after some people accused him of lip-synching during the program held on Super Bowl Sunday.

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In a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday (Feb. 10) — two days after the inaugural event was broadcasted between halves of the Big Game — the musician denied using a pre-recorded track to fake his vocals, but confirmed that his performance was pre-taped rather than aired live. According to him, the confusion was caused by editors in post-production not quite lining up the audio of his performance of rapid-fire track “Bawitdaba” to the video, making it look like he was lip-synching.

“If I was ever going to lip-synch, which I wouldn’t, that would be the last song I would ever … do it to,” Kid Rock explained in the clip, in which he stands next to his DJ, Paradime, who performed with him for Turning Point. “We’ve performed this song every night on tour since 1998.”

“It’s extremely difficult for them to line up the sync,” Kid Rock conceded, noting he feels “confident” it would have come together perfectly if the editors had been given more time. “That song takes so much energy. I’m flipping mics, I’m jumping around like a rabid monkey on stage … I have nothing but good things to say not only about Turning Point, but the production team that they work with. Nobody’s perfect or gets it right every time.”

“For the haters and the trolls out there …,” he added before flipping off the camera.

Also in the video, Kid Rock and Paradime demonstrated how tricky “Bawitdaba” is to perform live, with the DJ needing to fill in some lines for the hip-hop/country star so he can take enough breaths in between bars. Nevertheless, Kid Rock says he executed it live while pre-filming the Turning Point show and blamed “fake news media” for spreading misinformation about him lip-synching.

“The problem is people amplify this all over the internet … they did it to Bad Bunny, in his defense,” he said in the clip, referencing how some people took it seriously when Benito joked on Saturday Night Live that everyone had “four months to learn” Spanish before his Super Bowl Halftime Show. “They do it far too often, especially in the fake news media, the left-wingers, crazy libt–ds.”

Kid Rock was just one of several artists on the bill for the “All-American Halftime Show,” which Turning Point hosted for the first time ever to counterprogram against Bad Bunny’s official NFL halftime show (which, for comparison, was performed live on the field at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Feb. 8). Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett also shared the Turning Point USA stage for the alternate mid-game concert, which drew in about 6.1 million concurrent live viewers.

Watch Kid Rock’s video explaining his Turning Point USA halftime performance below.


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October London snags his third career No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart with “Touch on Me,” which tops the list dated Feb. 14. The single advances one spot and was the most played song on panel-contributing adult R&B radio stations in the tracking week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5, according to Luminate.

“Touch on Me,” released and promoted through Death Row/gamma., traces its coronation to a 14% gain in plays during the tracking week compared with the week prior. As it enters the summit, the new leader succeeds Brent Faiyaz’s “Have To.,” which slips 1-3 after its one week in charge (down 16% in plays).

With the reigning champ, singer-songwriter October London — born Jared Erskine — tops Adult R&B Airplay for the third time in his career. He previously led with his debut entry, “Back to Your Place,” for 10 weeks in August-December 2023 and returned for two weeks in August 2024 via his second appearance, “Mulholland Drive,” featuring Snoop Dogg and Latoiya Williams. “Touch on Me” is the performer’s sixth overall visit to the radio ranking.

Elsewhere, “Touch on Me” drives 13-11 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which ranks songs by combined audience totals from adult R&B and mainstream R&B/hip-hop stations. There, the song reached 7 million in audience impressions for the week, up 23% from its 5.7 million total in the previous frame. The single’s No. 1 standing on Adult R&B Airplay provides most of its support, but it also improved 67% in plays at mainstream R&B/hip-hop format, though it remains beneath the corresponding 50-position Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.

Radio support helps “Touch on Me” capture a new peak on the multimetric Hot R&B Songs chart, which combines radio airplay with streaming and sales data for its calculations. “Touch on Me” climbs 18-17 in its sixth week on the list. The one-spot rise breaks it from a tie with “Mulholland Drive” for October London’s second-highest-charting song, after “Back to Your Place,” which cruised to a No. 8 best in September 2023.


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Ready, set, action! Nick Jonas has landed the starring role in Bodyman, a high-stakes thriller directed by Gary Fleder and written by Byron Balasco.

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The news was reported by Variety on Tuesday (Feb. 10), revealing that the Jonas Brothers musician will play the longtime bodyguard of “an eccentric billionaire” in the film. When Jonas’ character “unexpectedly” receives the inheritance to the rich man’s private military company over the billionaire’s own children, things get violent — and getting out of the family’s remote estate alive isn’t guaranteed.

Fleder, Balasco and Jonas previously worked together on Audience Network’s Kingdom series. In a statement, Fleder called Bodyman a “smart, lean, high-voltage action thriller that gives Nick the chance to show every side of what he can do: the physicality, the intensity and the emotional depth.”

Bodyman will be produced by Powered by Jonas, which also worked on A Very Jonas Christmas Movie starring Nick and brothers Kevin and Joe. Nick added, “I’ve been developing this project for a while and I’m excited to see it come to fruition. Re-teaming with Byron Balasco and director Gary Fleder also makes this project more special to me.”

Principal photography is slated to begin in June. It follows the release of Nick’s first solo album in five years, Sunday Best, earlier in February.

The musician enters his latest role with plenty of acting experience under his belt. Getting his start on Disney Channel projects Jonas and Camp Rock, Nick has also appeared in 2015’s Careful What You Wish For, the 2017 and 2019 Jumanji movies and more.

This summer, Nick and his Jo Bros bandmates will also reprise their roles as the Gray brothers in a new Camp Rock movie coming to Disney+.


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From farm workers and street vendors to salsa dancing and abuelitos playing dominoes, Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show on Sunday (Feb. 8) was intentional, prideful and an honest representation of the Puerto Rican and overall, Latin culture. And that includes his jersey, which the superstar is now explaining.

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The football jersey featured his last name — Ocasio — embroidered on the back, and the number 64 on the front. According to Bunny, the number was in honor of the year that his late uncle, “Cutito,” his mom’s brother, was born.   

“What little I know about the NFL is thanks to him,” the Puerto Rican artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio told Rolling Stone in a statement.

He explained that Uncle Cutito moved to the United States from Puerto Rico, but would always visit them during the NFL postseason and he would watch the games with his uncle. Cutito was also a San Francisco 49ers fan, the home team of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., where Super Bowl LX took place. Benito’s uncle passed away two years ago, the year when the 49ers lost to Kansas City in Super Bowl 2024. 

“I always dreamed of taking my uncle to a Super Bowl, but I couldn’t,” he noted. “He left unexpectedly, without warning. So, for my Super Bowl Halftime Show, I decided to have him on my shirt: OCASIO, his last name, the same as my mom’s, and his birth year, 1964. I dedicated my show to him before it started. I’m sure he appreciated it. He saw it, he was there, and he was proud of his nephew.” 

Bad Bunny headlined the 2026 Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show during the game between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots. Seattle won 29-13.


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Rimas Publishing has renewed its agreement with Bad Bunny, extending a long-running creative partnership that has been key to the rise of the most influential global artist in Latin music. The company announced the deal Tuesday, calling it a reaffirmation of its publishing model built on creative collaboration and long-term career development.

“The fact that the number one artist in the world has chosen to renew his relationship with our music publishing company is a clear validation that we are doing things right,” said Carlos A. Souffront, president of Rimas Publishing. “Discovering talent is important, but retention is just as critical.”

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The renewal comes during an exceptionally active stretch for Bad Bunny (born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio), who just delivered a high-profile Super Bowl performance, added new Grammy Awards to his trophy case and continues to dominate global streaming charts and touring headlines.

Bad Bunny’s new deal is part of a broader wave of contract renewals across Rimas’ roster, which includes key writers and producers such as Mora, Cris MJ, Tempo and Caleb Calloway. The company has also finalized extensions with Cheo Legendary — producer of hits including “Neverita” — as well as multi-platinum Latin Grammy winner KARBeats; Andrés Jesé “Dirrty,” a reggaeton and Latin trap songwriter; and Magicenelbeat, a central figure in the company’s growth.

At the same time, Rimas is expanding its catalog with emerging acts shaping the next wave of Latin music. New signings include Octavio Cuadras, known for pioneering the Corridos Felices subgenre, and Chilean pop artist Diego Smith, whose “Shash” philosophy blends nostalgia and narrative-driven songwriting.

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“Renewing these agreements while welcoming new creative voices is part of a single editorial vision,” Souffront said. “We aim to be a publisher where creators can grow, evolve and find a strategic partner that understands their creative value today and in the long term.”

Founded more than a decade ago in Puerto Rico but operating independently from Rimas Entertainment since 2023, Rimas Publishing currently represents over 150 creators.

Punk and metal guitarist Ross “The Boss” Friedman has revealed that he’s been diagnosed with the incurable disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. The 72-year-old co-founder of New York punk stalwarts the Dictators and power metal band Manowar said in a statement on Monday (Feb. 9) that the diagnosis came after he’d suffered through several months of concerning symptoms.

“It’s difficult to know what lies ahead,” he said in a statement. “And it crushes me not to be able to play guitar, but the outpouring of love has been so, so strong. I’m absolutely blown away by the love and support from family, friends and fans. I love you all.”

An accompanying statement published on the Dictators’ Instagram revealed that the diagnosis came after Friedman suffered through a series of “seemingly unrelated symptoms” over several months, including weakness in his hands and legs, which he thought may have been caused by a number of “very minor strokes.”

But after changing his diet, beginning physical therapy and increasing his exercise didn’t seem to slow the disease’s progression or increase his strength, Friedman received the diagnosis. According to the Mayo Clinic, ALS is a progressive, incurable nervous system disease that “affects nerve cells in the brian and spinal cord,” causing loss of muscle control, trouble swallowing and slurred speech.

Bronx-bred Friedman co-founded the Dictators in New York in 1973 with his friends bassist/singer Andy Shernoff and rhythm guitarist Scott Kempner, with drummer Stu Boy King joining a year later. One of the original bands from what would become a fertile New York punk scene, the Dictators released their 1975 debut album on Epic Records, The Dictators Go Girl Crazy!, beating such scene stalwarts as the more well-known Ramones to record store shelves by a year.

The band whose sound melded the burgeoning snarly punk sound with a cheeky reverence for pop culture — they did a grungy cover of Cher and Sonny Bono’s “I Got You Babe” on their debut — released two more albums during their heyday. Friedman appeared on 1977’s Manifest Destiny, which hit No. 193 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and 1978’s Bloodbrothers, before the group broke up for the first of many times.

Friedman then co-founded the New York power metal band Manowar — who scored the Guinness record for the loudest band performance in 1984 — with friend bassist Joey DeMaio and played on the group’s first six albums, leaving the group in 1989. In the years since, he’s played with a variety of acts including Death Dealer, The Spinatras, Shakin’ Street, Brain Surgeons and his own Ross the Boss Band since 2009. Friedman was inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame in 2017.


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Bunnie Xo, who is married to country singer Jelly Roll, is here to share her journey, on her own terms, in a new memoir.

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The book, titled Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic, is set to release Feb. 17, and is available on almost every platform, including Amazon for $24 and Barnes & Noble for $29.99. The memoir is witty and, at times, intense. That wittiness comes in handy to bring levity to otherwise dark topics. According to a synopsis from Amazon, the book is “cold, clear evidence that no one is irredeemable. With a heavy dose of humor and a refreshing sense of self-awareness, Bunnie pulls no punches as she shares her journey of redemption while offering some homespun wisdom to those who need a little saving themselves.”

The book’s cover is a reflection of Bunnie’s — born Alyssa DeFord — time in the sex-work industry. The star stands topless with her jeans unbuttoned, bearing her truth both physically and emotionally, through this memoir. According to Bunnie, her stint in the industry enabled her to “reclaim her power” following her struggle with addiction and the abuse she faced as a teen. Flash forward, and Bunnie has built an empire around Dumb Blonde Productions, creating a successful podcast with thousands of monthly listeners.

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The book is branded as a “modern-day rags-to-riches story,” spinning a tale of triumph against all odds. “Stripped Down is the rawest reflection of who I am in every form. It felt only fitting to name my book after the way I’ve always lived life — raw, unfiltered and in my naked truth,” Bunnie said in an interview with People in regards to the memoir.

Bunnie and Jelly met in Las Vegas while the musician was performing at the Las Vegas Country Saloon in 2015. The pair married a year later at Las Vegas’ Stained Glass Wedding Chapel in August 2016. They briefly split in 2018, but they rekindled their relationship. Since their whirlwind love story began, Jelly Roll has written songs dedicated to his wife, including “Hey Mama” from Beautifully Broken and “Kill a Man” from Whitsitt Chapel.