Fabolous hosted a special Father’s Day luncheon for fathers who have been impacted by the criminal justice system on Thursday (June 18).

The Brooklyn rapper teamed up with REFORM Alliance to throw the event at Sei Less in NYC, which saw Fab mingling with fathers from various backgrounds.

Fabolous made the trip to Sei Less after appearing at the New York Knicks championship parade, where he celebrated the Knicks’ first title in 53 years atop the hip-hop float with fellow NYC rap dignitaries, which was hosted by Fat Joe.

Fab and the families in attendance enjoyed grubbing on go-to dishes from the Asian fusion restaurant’s menu like chicken satays, vegetable spring rolls, crispy chicken wontons, filet mignon, Beijing chicken and chicken fried rice. 

“Fatherhood means everything to me, so being part of something like this with Sei Less and REFORM was an easy yes,” Fab said in a statement. “These fathers been through real challenges, but they never stopped showing up for their kids. I wanted to come through, show some love, and help give them and their families a moment to celebrate.” 

Sei Less co-founder Dara Mirjahangiry has made a concerted effort to lend his eatery’s space to give back to the community with events like this, while connecting with the fabric of NYC’s rap scene.

Last year, Fat Joe and Jadakiss threw a Father’s Day luncheon at Sei Less, while Cash Cobain and Bay Swag hosted a group of underprivileged teens from the Children of Promise, NYC organization for a Thanksgiving dinner feast at the Manhattan staple restaurant.

“At Sei Less, our goal has always been to create moments that go beyond dining and bring people together in a meaningful way,” Dara Mirjahangiry said. “Partnering with Fabolous this year and continuing our partnership with REFORM Alliance for this Father’s Day celebration allowed us to honor fathers who continue to show up for their families despite real-life challenges and give them an afternoon where they felt seen, celebrated, and supported.”

Bebe Rexha isn’t interested in turning female artists into competitors.

The singer recently pushed back after a social media user attempted to compare her commercial success to Olivia Rodrigo’s, whose third studio album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and shattered streaming records.

The exchange began after Rexha shared a heartfelt tribute to late artist Oliver Tree on social media, revealing that the pair had recorded a song together for her latest album, Dirty Blonde, that ultimately didn’t make the final tracklist.

“I’m in shock. I was in the middle of my cd signing in nyc when I found the news of Oliver tree. I can’t believe it,” she wrote. “We recorded a record together to be on dirty blonde. He was so smart. Passionate. Talented. Kind. I’m so sad. May he rest in peace.”

But the conversation quickly veered off course when one commenter replied: “Olivia outsold u btw.”

Rather than taking the bait, Rexha answered: “I’m actually happy for her. No need to put women against each other. Stream DIRTY BLONDE for women empowerment. Livies X Rexhars.”

The response was widely praised by fans, with many applauding the singer for rejecting the increasingly common trend of framing women in pop as rivals.

The “I’m Good (Blue)” singer also made headlines last year after publicly criticising former collaborator G-Eazy, with whom she scored a major hit on 2015’s “Me, Myself & I.”

“I have been UNDERMINED. I’ve been so quiet for the longest time,” she wrote on social media at the time. “I haven’t seen the signs even though people constantly are bringing them up and they have been SO OBVIOUS. And when I have spoken up I’ve been silence and PUNISHED by this industry Things must change or I’m telling ALL of my truths. The good the bad and the ugly. (sic)”

The pop star later removed the post and added: “Someone from my team had me take down my Instagram Story,” she explained.

For now, however, Rexha seems focused on celebrating fellow female artists rather than competing with them.

Iron Maiden are enforcing a phone-free standing area at their Paris show on Monday (June 22), confirming the La Défense Arena performance will be filmed for their forthcoming Run For Your Lives Tour concert film.

The band announced the policy via social media on Friday (June 19), sharing a step-by-step graphic guide for using Yondr pouches — the lockable phone storage devices that have become the live music industry’s go-to solution for phone-free shows.

Fans in the standing and General Admission area will have their devices locked in pouches upon entry, with the pouches remaining with the fan at all times throughout the night. Designated phone-use areas will be available within the arena for emergencies, and physical payment cards will be required at bars and merchandise stands.

The band’s social media caption confirmed the policy directly: “The standing/General Admission area in La Défense Arena will be entirely phone-free to make sure the experience is optimal for the live recording of the Run For Your Lives Tour film. Yondr pouches will be provided upon entry to the venue to store your mobile device during the show. Your device will be locked in the pouch on arrival and unlocked when you leave at the end of the night.”

Iron Maiden have been consistent advocates for phone-free concerts throughout the Run For Your Lives Tour, having told fans to “put your phones away” ahead of the run’s launch in 2025. The enforcement for the Paris filming makes that preference official policy for what will be one of the tour’s most documented nights.

The Run For Your Lives World Tour was announced in September 2024 as a global celebration of the band’s 50th anniversary since forming in Leyton, East London in 1975, with the setlist focused on material from their first nine studio albums. The run has been one of the most commercially successful rock tours of the cycle — Billboard ranked it in the Top 3 of its Top Rock Tours 2025 chart, with the band generating approximately $150.9 million in revenue across 1.5 million tickets sold. The 2026 European leg, which includes the Paris filming date, represents the latest chapter of an expanded campaign that has since added North American, Central and South American, and Oceania dates. Iron Maiden will tour Australia in November — their final shows of the tour before a 2027 touring hiatus — with extra shows added due to demand.

The Run For Your Lives setlist has drawn heavily on fan favourites and rarities, including “Infinite Dreams” from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, played live for the first time in 38 years. The set typically includes “The Number of the Beast,” “Run to the Hills,” “The Trooper,” “Hallowed Be Thy Name,” “Aces High,” “Fear of the Dark” and “Wasted Years.”

One of the most commercially successful heavy metal bands in history, Iron Maiden have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide and placed 29 titles on the Billboard 200, including four top 10 entries. Their most recent studio album Senjutsu (2021) debuted at No. 3 — their highest-ever U.S. chart position — while The Book of Souls (2015) and The Final Frontier (2010) both peaked at No. 4.

Travis Kelce seemed to have the time of his life vibing to the beat and shouting out to a crowd of more than 20,000 at Chris Lake‘s L.A. Historic Park show by Goldenvoice and Framework Friday night (June 19).

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, who’s engaged to Taylor Swift, showed up to night one of Lake’s special two-night sold-out event at Los Angeles State Historic Park, with a source telling Billboard Kelce shared a VIP table with teammates and friends ahead of getting on the mic beside Lake.

Lake’s got musical ties to the pop star, as he previously remixed Life of a Showgirl single “Opalite.”

In reels from the show shared by concertgoers @mightrave and @bodybybina on Instagram, Kelce’s seen on stage, trying to hype the room before letting loose a wild scream over the soundsystem.

And in a clip posted by Framework, who co-produced the event that spanned Friday-Saturday night with Goldenvoice, Kelce’s seen jumping and dancing with glee at Lake’s side, surrounded by bubbles filling the air.

Swift was not present at the show with her fiancé, and was rumored to be having ladies’ weekend with friends at her Watch Hill property in Westerly, R.I., on Saturday. The pair are, so it seems, set to wed very soon: Swifties wondered if New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani possibly confirmed gossip last week that the couple will tie the knot in Manhattan over the Fourth of July. A city official said Mamdani’s comment was only based on a TMZ report that Swift applied for a permit at Madison Square Garden for the July 4 weekend.

Lake’s show in L.A. on Friday featured supporting acts Ayybo, Ragie Ban and Kitty. Saturday’s lineup, led by Lake again, also has Hot Since 82, Club de Combat and Strawbry on the bill.

Lake reworked the pure pop of Swift’s “Opalite” into a club-ready track back in January after connecting with Kelce over Instagram DM; the NFL player told him his 2025 album Chemistry was a favorite. In creating his version of Swift’s release, Lake told Billboard in March that he had to figure out how to pair the “vibe and the sentiment of the song with the beats from my world, and make [the remix] make sense as something that would fit amongst other songs from my world without it standing out like a sore thumb.”

“Pretty much 99.9% of all the music I’ve ever played or made in my life is with minor chords,” Lake said. “To work with a vocal that wasn’t written to be used that way was really challenging. That’s the bit I’m actually the most happy with… If you listen to the original and to the feel of how her chorus comes in, it’s very happy and uplifting, whereas in the remix, I don’t know what emotion you’d call it, but maybe it’s sort of hauntingly emotive. It makes you feel a completely different way. Then the way it launches into the drop, I haven’t done that on a remix before. I’m really proud of it.”

Ariana Grande‘s Petal tracklist is here.

After rolling out Petal‘s song titles bit by bit on her Eternal Sunshine Tour, the entire song set was confirmed via the show’s big screen Friday (June 19) in Inglewood, Calif.

Grande shared a reel of the tracklist’s unveiling on Instagram after her third night at Kia Forum.

Petal‘s lead single, “Hate That I Made You Love Me” — which is the second track on the album — debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 upon its release earlier this month. Early June also marked the launch of Grande’s tour, which makes its way throughout the U.S. over the summer and runs through Sept. 1 in London. To date, “Hate That I Made You Love Me” is the only new song from Petal to make the show’s setlist.

The track is surrounded by opener “Kiss Me” and the collection’s title track, “Petal,” on the album’s full song list. “Big Feelings” and “Freak” mark the midway point of the LP, while a tune called “Nowhere, Nobody” closes things out. The followup to Grande’s Billboard 200 chart topper Eternal Sunshine (2024), Petal will officially be released on July 31.

See the Petal tracklist, stylized as shown at Grande’s show, below:

1. “kiss me”
2. ⁠”hate that i made you love me”
3. “petal”
4. ⁠”stay”
5. ⁠”oh well”
6. “⁠big feelings”
7.” ⁠”freak”
8. “⁠(warning signs)”
9. ⁠”like i do”
10. ⁠”never get over me”
11. ⁠”bad thing (bunny hop)”
12. ⁠”nowhere, nobody”

Ye has delivered the deluxe edition of his latest album, Bully.

The expanded version of the rap superstar’s 12th studio album arrived Friday (June 19), featuring updated mixes of the original tracks as well as new songs “OK” featuring Don Toliver and “Mission Control.”

“NEW COVER,” Ye (formerly Kanye West) wrote on Instagram alongside the black-and-white Bully deluxe artwork, which features a close-up of a child’s face flashing metal grills.

Bully was originally released on March 28 through Larry Jackson’s Gamma and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 behind BTS’ ARIRANG.

Alongside the deluxe release, Ye also unveiled a music video for the album’s opening track, “Kings,” once again tapping his wife, Bianca Censori, to direct the visual.

The surreal clip features Ye driving a convertible packed with an eclectic cast of passengers, including a nurse, an older man reading a newspaper while wearing sunglasses, and a wildly dancing figure with unusual facial features. As the vehicle slowly moves down a dusty road against a stark mountainside backdrop, a police car with flashing lights follows close behind.

The minimalist video culminates with Ye abruptly slamming on the brakes before being launched from the vehicle into an electric chair. Two officers then place a crown-shaped electrode on his head.

Ye recently launched the Bully deluxe rollout with the release of “Gemini Season,” accompanied by a Censori-directed video. Earlier this year, she also helmed the visual for “Father,” Ye’s collaboration with Travis Scott from Bully.

The rapper is also preparing for a series of live performances. His website recently revealed a July 4 Independence Day show at the Alamodome in San Antonio, along with a pair of Chicago dates scheduled for Sept. 3 and Sept. 4 at Soldier Field.

After performing for 70,000 fans at Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi, Georgia, Ye is set to return stateside for two shows at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on June 26 and June 28. The Tampa concerts will mark his first U.S. performances since his April shows at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

Additional international dates are scheduled throughout the summer, with stops in Albania and Spain in July before the tour continues in Portugal in August.

Dua Lipa and Callum Turner are giving fans a closer look at their lavish wedding celebration in Sicily.

On Saturday (June 20), the 30-year-old pop superstar shared a series of stunning photos on social media from her second wedding ceremony in Palermo, Sicily.

“Mr & Mrs,” Lipa captioned the Instagram carousel.

The gallery featured intimate moments from the celebration, including close-up shots of the newlyweds embracing, a striking black-and-white portrait in front of the venue’s grand architecture, and joyful images of the couple dancing and popping a bottle of champagne.

Several celebrity friends congratulated the couple in the comments, including Elton John, Katy Perry and Troye Sivan. “Congratulations, an honour to have been there to celebrate your love,” John wrote. Perry added, “Sweetie babies,” alongside a red heart emoji, while Sivan left a white heart emoji.

Lipa and Turner’s star-studded celebration took place at Villa Valguarnera, an 18th-century mansion near Palermo, earlier this month. Approximately 300 guests attended the event, where John serenaded the newlyweds with a performance of his classic hit “Your Song.”

The Sicilian celebration drew an impressive guest list, including Donatella Versace, Joe Alwyn, Olivia Dean, Charli XCX and her husband, The 1975’s George Daniel, as well as Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker and his wife, Sophie Parker, and Mark Ronson and his wife, Grace Gummer.

The Sicily ceremony came just weeks after Lipa and Turner officially tied the knot during an intimate wedding at London’s Old Marylebone Town Hall on May 31.

Lipa confirmed her engagement to Turner in June 2025 after months of speculation. The couple first sparked romance rumors in January 2024 when they were spotted together at an afterparty following the premiere of Masters of the Air.

Drake is mourning the loss of collaborator Tay Keith following the producer’s death earlier this week.

On Friday (June 19), the superstar rapper shared a heartfelt tribute on social media after the chart-topping producer died Thursday at age 29.

“Endless and eternal gratitude for your spirit and your contributions to this thing that we all love so much,” Drake wrote on Instagram. “You will be deeply missed.”

The Toronto MC accompanied the message with a memorial image featuring the words “In Loving Memory” and “Rest in Peace” alongside a black-and-white photo of Tay Keith framed by illustrated roses.

Known for his signature trap production, the Memphis native became one of hip-hop’s most influential hitmakers. He earned 11 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and produced four No. 1 songs, including Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” and Drake’s “First Person Shooter.” Keith also collaborated with Drizzy on tracks including “Nonstop,” “What Did I Miss?” and “Rich Flex.”

Keith holds the record for the most No. 1s on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart this decade, with six.

Keith was found unresponsive in his Nashville apartment during a welfare check conducted by Metro Nashville Police on Thursday. His cause of death has not been announced.

Memorial arrangements will be shared at a later date, according to his family.

“It is with profound sadness that we confirm the passing of BryTavious ‘Tay Keith’ Chambers,” his family said in a statement sent to Billboard on Friday.

“BryTavious was a visionary producer, songwriter, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and cultural force whose work helped define the sound of a generation,” the family added. “From Memphis to the global stage, he shaped countless hit records and left a lasting mark on music and culture. He was deeply committed to creating opportunities for others through his company, Drumatized, supporting emerging songwriters, producers, and artists.”

See Drake’s tribute to Keith on Instagram below.

“Who’s saying, ‘Send me, Jesus?’” Contemporary Christian singer Forrest Frank asked the crowd that packed Nashville’s GEODIS Park on Friday (June 19), as he spearheaded a show on his headlining The Jesus Generation Tour. From the first moments of his show, Frank seamlessly blended his own uptempo hits such as “Your Way’s Better” and “Celebration” with classic worship songs and message intended to uplift believers.

Frank first came into national prominence as half of the pop duo Surfaces, before becoming one of Christian music’s top artists, blending elements of hip-hop, pop and a promotional plan that places a premium on social media-first strategies. Together, those elements have led Frank to connecting mightily with a young generation of fans. His 2024 album, Child of God, became entrenched at the pinnacle of the Top Christian Albums chart for many weeks, and entered the Billboard 200 chart, while his 2025 project, Child of God II, debuted at No. 1 on the Top Christian Albums chart and reached No. 12 on the all-genre Billboard 200.

His Nashville show opened with the tour’s namesake song, “The Jesus Generation,” before Frank sailed right into many of his hits including “Amen,” “Good Day” and “Up!” The crowd seemed to be largely made up of families, youth groups and kids/teens of all ages, all of them singing and dancing along. Many in the crowd also wore wristbands that lit up in various colors throughout the show.

In 2025, his sold-out Child of God Tour Part 2, Frank sold out Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. This year, he leveled up to GEODIS Park, welcoming 25,000 fans to the open-air stadium. Joined by openers Tori Kelly and The Figs, Frank orchestrated a nearly two-hour headlining show that further cemented his role as one of CCM’s most essential artists at a time when the genre has been surging, a singer/songwriter and entertainer who is at the top of his game. In tune with a young generation of listeners, Frank and his music continue to provide a soundtrack for and shape a new wave of CCM fans.

For the majority of the show, Frank let the music lead the way, flowing from one hit to another. He also sang “Jesus Is Alive!” a song that recently earned Frank his second Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart No. 1. The song vaulted to the top spot in only two weeks, and marks his 10th top 10 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. During his previous tour, Frank had featured audio of his pastor grandfather preaching. During his GEODIS Park show, he took time to honor his grandfather as well as his grandmother, both of whom passed away recently.

“Our grandma was a prayer warrior, and I have this memory of growing up in the same neighborhood as them and getting dropped off like once a month or something,” Frank told the crowd. “My grandmother would be putting her hand over my head and she’d be praying in this language that I didn’t understand. Now that I’m older and a little more mature, I understand she was speaking in a heavenly language and she spoke that language over me every day of my life … there are a lot of reasons I shouldn’t be here today and a lot of reasons you shouldn’t be here today, but here we are. Could it be that we are here today because somebody prayed for us?” From there, he performed the unreleased song “Somebody Prayed.”

After leading most of the show from the main stage, at one point Frank walked through the crowd, shaking hands with audience members as he made his way to a piano set up at a satellite stage near the back of the venue, for a bit of the show, giving those in the back of the venue the best seats in the house. There, he sang “No Longer Bound” and “Thankful,” before making his way back to the stage. At one point, as he did on his previous tour, Frank opened up his laptop and guided fans through his methodology of putting together a song, giving fans a peek into his process.

Frank had barely sung one note of his hit “Your Way’s Better” (which entered the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 last year) when the crowd took over, singing the majority of the song a cappella. He soon joined in, as the whole audience continued singing along, with many doing the viral dance that helped catapult the song’s popularity.

Though his setlist was heavy on his solid string of hits (so many in fact that some such as “Nothing Else” and “No Ls” didn’t make it into the set list that evening), it was clear his focus was on setting the atmosphere for worship. His stage was set up to look like a grassy hill, with a massive, lit-up cross in the center. He blended classic CCM/worship songs with his own hip-hop and pop-oriented hits, leading the crowd through the “Lord You Are Good” before segueing into his own “Celebration.” He also brought up a concert-goer from the crowd to sing Caleb Gordon’s rap verse on the song “God Is Good.”

Halfway through the show, he segued from his plethora of hits to lead the audience in several worship music songs and hymns, including the Matt Redman-written classic “Heart of Worship,” as well as the hymn “Nothing But the Blood of Jesus,” and the newer Bethel Music/Jenn Johnson hit “Goodness of God.” Turning his back to the audience as he sang, Frank spent much of that time kneeled at the base of the cross that was the centerpiece of his stage production, as the crowd sang with him, turning the evening from concert to worship service.

The show drew to a close as The Figs’ Bailey and Micah walked onstage, hyping up the crowd while Frank surprised fans by popping up in the upper reaches of the venue, surrounded by fans. As the audience’s wristbands lit up in vivid yellow, Frank joined The Figs to sing their hit “Lemonade,” and then closed with another high-energy, pop-infused hit, “Never Get Used to This.”

From the opening notes to the final chorus, Frank kept the multi-generational audience deeply engaged. With dynamic songs and vibrant performances, Frank’s concerts have swiftly become a stand-out concert experience, particularly for audiences seeking a family-friendly setting where listeners of all ages can share in the music’s mission and atmosphere.