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Lil Wayne talks about inspiring the next generation of rappers, how he discovers new talent with Young Money records, 'Carter VI'' and more on the cover of Billboard. Lizzo is facing a lawsuit from three tour dancers who claim that they were subjected to sexual harassment and a hostile work environment. Dua Lipa and Warner Music Group are facing another copyright lawsuit over “Levitating.” And more.

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00:00 Did Beyonce shade Lizzo as she's getting sued?

00:03 Hip-hop legend Lil Wayne is on our cover.

00:05 Dua Lipa is levitating back to court

00:08 as Ludacris is generous

00:10 and Nate Smith teaches us hometown slang.

00:13 I'm Tetris, it's Billboard News

00:17 and it's Wednesday, August 2nd.

00:19 This show is juicy and sweet,

00:21 so let's start with the artist behind Lollipop.

00:24 It's Lil Wayne.

00:25 (upbeat music)

00:27 What's been your secret to longevity?

00:33 Me?

00:34 I don't have a secret.

00:35 I just work and I never stop.

00:37 I don't do nothing but my music.

00:40 In my mind, every single time I say the word work,

00:43 I ask God to forgive me

00:44 'cause I know this has never been a job.

00:46 So it's just a dream come true.

00:48 So that's why I've never stopped.

00:49 I'm excited by the growing ranks

00:51 of female rappers right now.

00:53 I wanted to get your thoughts on that.

00:54 I started at Billboard in '99

00:56 and it was, you know, you had your Roxie and Shantay

00:59 and Kims and Queens and MC Lyce and stuff

01:03 and then there's nothing and then Nicki pops up.

01:06 Why is this happening now?

01:07 What's your thoughts on that?

01:08 I think that it just wasn't,

01:10 it wasn't interesting to women.

01:11 You know, it was as interesting, you know,

01:13 as the way Nicki and Meg and others have,

01:16 it looks like, you know, it's awesome.

01:19 And it wasn't, I don't think it was as, you know,

01:21 I don't think they looked at it,

01:22 viewed it as something that they wanted to do

01:24 and actually make a living from it.

01:27 Right.

01:27 And it seems maybe the industry's

01:29 a little more open-minded.

01:31 Oh, definitely.

01:32 Now? Oh, what?

01:33 Yeah, definitely.

01:34 Yeah.

01:34 We got to hear it for everything now.

01:36 Technology, AI.

01:41 What are your thoughts on that

01:43 coming into the music industry?

01:44 Someone was, someone asked me about that recently.

01:47 And so, you know, I was,

01:48 they was trying to tell me, they was like,

01:49 you know, they got someone who can make your voice

01:52 and like, and say,

01:53 they think it sounds just like,

01:55 I was like, but,

01:55 I was like, but if it's not me,

01:57 what, it's like, if it's not going to,

01:59 they was like, but you know,

02:00 it could say something like,

02:02 but if it's not me,

02:05 I was like, I'm amazing.

02:07 Like, plain and simple.

02:08 That was the answer.

02:09 Exactly.

02:10 I love that answer.

02:12 The whole thing too, with holograms,

02:13 it's always bothered me too, a little bit.

02:15 Yeah, and also they cost a lot,

02:16 'cause I tried to get one to do, to perform.

02:19 Yeah.

02:19 And they told me how much that was,

02:20 I was like, I mean,

02:22 yeah, rest in peace, man.

02:24 And from our cover to what's happening

02:26 undercover with Lizzo.

02:28 Lizzo is being sued for alleged sexual harassment,

02:31 body shaming, and more,

02:33 while former dancers and staff are saying it all adds up.

02:36 ♪ All the rumors are true, yeah ♪

02:38 And something even Beyonce has reacted.

02:41 Let me catch you up.

02:42 ♪ NDA no loose lips ♪

02:44 ♪ Now them hoes trying to sue me ♪

02:46 ♪ Bitch, I don't give two shit ♪

02:49 Lizzo is facing a lawsuit from three tour dancers

02:51 who are claiming they were subjected

02:53 to racial and religious discrimination

02:55 in a hostile work environment,

02:57 including being pressured to touch nude dancers

02:59 during a live sex show in Amsterdam,

03:02 even asking them to eat bananas

03:04 from the performers' vaginas.

03:05 Lizzo's former creative director stated,

03:08 "I'm not a part of the lawsuit,

03:09 "but this was very much my experience and my time there,"

03:12 with the former dancer applauding the other dancers

03:15 for bringing this to light.

03:16 A director that traveled with Lizzo for her documentary

03:19 stated, "I witnessed how arrogant, self-centered,

03:21 "and unkind she is."

03:23 The lawsuit also claims that Sherlene Quigley,

03:26 the captain of Lizzo's dance team,

03:28 forced her religious beliefs on the plaintiffs.

03:30 She posted this to social media.

03:32 - Hey, everybody, I just wanted to get on here

03:34 really quick and say, God is so, so good.

03:38 God loves you so, so, so, so, so, so much.

03:42 I had such an amazing time on tour with amazing people.

03:46 - And at Beyonce's Renaissance tour,

03:48 she normally mentions Lizzo's name,

03:50 but it was skipped after this news hit.

03:52 (audience laughing)

03:55 Who knows if that moment was related,

03:59 but this is all a lie.

04:00 We will keep you updated as the lawsuit develops.

04:03 And Lizzo isn't the only pop star with legal woes.

04:07 Dua Lipa's levitating legal drama continues.

04:10 Let me break it down.

04:11 ♪ Yeah, I got you in the moonlight ♪

04:15 ♪ You're my early starlight ♪

04:17 - Producer Bosco Conti is taking Dua

04:19 and Warner Music to court

04:21 because he alleges they used his TalkBox recording

04:24 in remixes of "Levitating" without his permission.

04:27 ♪ I need you all night ♪

04:29 ♪ Come on dance with me ♪

04:30 ♪ Come on dance with me ♪

04:32 - In the lawsuit, Conti claims he made

04:33 the TalkBox recording for the original track,

04:36 but didn't agree to it being used in the remixes.

04:39 Conti's lawyer tells Billboard,

04:41 "Plaintiffs made numerous attempts

04:43 "to resolve this matter short of litigation,

04:45 "but such efforts were unsuccessful

04:47 "due to defendants' unwillingness to cooperate

04:49 "or accept responsibility for this blatant infringement

04:52 "of plaintiffs' copyrights."

04:54 A rep for Dua Lipa did not immediately return a request

04:57 for comment on Tuesday.

04:59 This isn't the first time Dua's been sued over the song.

05:02 A reggae band accused her of stealing the hook from them,

05:05 but would later drop the case.

05:06 Days later, songwriters claim Dua stole the melody

05:09 from two of their songs.

05:11 That case is still alive,

05:12 but Dua's team says she's never heard the songs before.

05:16 Don't worry, today's show does have some good news,

05:19 and it's from ATL fave, Luda.

05:21 Ludacris puts his money where his mouth is

05:23 and is giving kids a chance to act.

05:26 ♪ Bruno ♪

05:27 ♪ With the top back ♪

05:28 ♪ Bruno ♪

05:29 ♪ So much money ♪

05:29 ♪ Bruno ♪

05:30 ♪ You can't stop ♪

05:32 - While performing at the Hard Rock Casino

05:34 in Cincinnati last month,

05:35 Luda pledged to donate $50,000

05:37 to the Children's Theater of Cincinnati.

05:39 It was to help with the $48 million restoration campaign.

05:43 The rapper/actor told CINSEY's Local 12,

05:46 I'm drawn to the Children's Theater's project in Cincinnati

05:49 because of the plans to develop new works

05:51 that hit on the topics that matter to kids today.

05:54 And as a father of four daughters and a philanthropist

05:57 who's constantly investing in the next generation,

06:00 I'm honored to be a part of this.

06:02 Thanks in part to Luda's donation,

06:04 the campaign to restore the Emory Theater

06:06 has reached over 30 million of its $48 million goal.

06:10 We'd love to see it.

06:11 And from Atlanta to North California, here's Nate Smith.

06:14 - Hi, I'm Nate Smith, and here's some of my favorite

06:16 Northern California slang words.

06:18 In Northern California, we say hella.

06:20 Southern California doesn't like that.

06:21 They think it's kind of silly,

06:22 but we say hella cool, hella this, all that.

06:24 So we say that all the time.

06:25 Another word we say is sick all the time.

06:27 I don't know if people say it over here in Tennessee,

06:29 but we say everything's sick.

06:30 Sick is a good thing.

06:31 If I say you are a sick person,

06:32 man, just know that that's a compliment

06:34 from the bottom of my heart.

06:35 I say rad.

06:37 Everything's rad.

06:38 It's an old school term,

06:39 like a skateboarder term from the '80s probably,

06:41 but I think rad's making a comeback.

06:44 And those are some of my favorite

06:45 Northern California slang.

06:47 - That's it for today.

06:48 See you tomorrow for when my girl Kat

06:50 sat down with Lil Tjay and the 2018 Songs of the Summer.

06:55 I'm Tetris, and this is Billboard News.

06:57 (upbeat music)

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