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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/P101PQ4T-e1768943819964.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Lil Wayne is asking for forgiveness after his no-show at the scheduled kick-off to his 20+ Years of Carter Classics North American tour on Tuesday (June 30). “My Maine fans I’m so sorry,” Wayne wrote in his Instagram Story on Wednesday (July 1) after he did not make it…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Sickamore-2026-press-cr-Sonia-Broman-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Warner Records is partnering with music executive Randall “Sickamore” Medford and his culture-forward imprint three times LOUDER, Billboard can exclusively report on Thursday (July 2). Signed as the flagship artist under the new strategic partnership is alternative R&B artist Laila! The imprint will also continue its association with SoundCloud.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/david-vodicka-1800-2026.jpg?w=791″] Trending on Billboard MELBOURNE, Australia — David Vodicka has a new law firm. The Melbourne-based independent music chief and preeminent music lawyer launched David Vodicka Music & Entertainment Lawyers on Wednesday (July 1) The new firm rises from Media Arts Lawyers, which Vodicka shutters after more than 25 years. Related Rob Glass,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/P114BN4M-e1782950333242.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard The latest trial in a long-running legal battle pitting T.I. and Tameka “Tiny” Harris against toy company MGA ended in a loss for the power couple — but they’re still walking away with millions of dollars.   Lawyers for T.I. and Tiny confirmed on Wednesday (July 1) that a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pooh-shiesty-2021-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard New evidence has emerged in Pooh Shiesty’s robbery case alleging that the Memphis rapper forced Gucci Mane to sign his release from 1017 Records at gunpoint while on federal home confinement. After Shiesty’s (born Lontrell Williams Jr.) bail was denied in Texas federal court in May, the “Back in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/P103X85G-e1780157388244.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard In the wake of Clive Davis‘ passing, much has been written by others about the music executive’s accomplishments — but Davis also recently discussed those accomplishments in his own words. Only a few months before his death, the industry legend sat down for a Zoom interview with a former executive…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/P1186H6D-e1782942546230.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Gossip blogger Tasha K has agreed to pay Cardi B $60,000 for violating an earlier settlement by engaging in online chatter about the hip-hop star’s love life. The agreement, docketed on Tuesday (June 30) and obtained by Billboard, resolves contempt of court proceedings that stem from Cardi’s $4 million…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/02-madonna-confessions-era-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Released on November 9, 2005, Confessions on a Dance Floor found Madonna ready to party. “When I wrote American Life,” the singer said, referencing her previous album in a 2005 interview with MTV, “I was very agitated by what was going on in the world around me. I was angry. I had…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/alan-jackson-nashville-june-27-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Welcome to Billboard Pro’s Trending Up newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry’s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/joe-bonamassa-2026-press-cr-Kit-Wood-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Joe Bonamassa tops Billboard’s Blues Albums chart for a record-furthering 31st time with the July 4 chart debut of The Spirit of Rory: Live From Cork, his tribute to Irish blues guitar legend Rory Gallagher. Related Shakira, Burna Boy, ‘Toy Story 5’ & More: Highlights of This Week’s Billboard Charts…