00:00 Megan and Nicki seem to turn up the beat.
00:03 The latest on Young Thug, Snoop Dogg, and Teyana Taylor.
00:06 We catch up with Bad Guy.
00:08 And we've got new music from Meg, Ice, JT, and more.
00:12 (upbeat music)
00:15 It's Friday, January 26th, and welcome to Billboard News.
00:19 I'm Tetris here to run it all down for ya,
00:21 so let's start with some new music.
00:24 ♪ Bodies on bodies on bodies on bodies ♪
00:25 ♪ Say he's a (beep) and now he's a topic ♪
00:27 ♪ He's (beep) and they lower the value ♪
00:28 ♪ All this free promo I'm turning a profit ♪
00:30 We love a snake queen.
00:32 Megan Thee Stallion has a lot to say with Hiss.
00:35 ♪ All these little rap niggas (beep) fraud ♪
00:36 ♪ Saying they speed ain't hard as bars ♪
00:38 ♪ These (beep) ain't on BBM ♪
00:39 ♪ And be walking around with the same scars ♪
00:41 More bops to come throughout the show,
00:43 but for now, let's hit the top story.
00:45 Nicki Minaj is attacking Megan Thee Stallion in a big way
00:48 after the release of her new single, Hiss.
00:51 - You will be running on your good foot
00:54 for the rest of your sorry days.
00:58 - She's taking the fight to X
01:00 and with new music on IG Live.
01:02 Even Mocking Meg getting shot
01:04 and Thee Stallion isn't backing down.
01:07 - I'm saying a hit dog on holla, that's it.
01:10 - God damn.
01:11 ♪ These hoes don't be mad at Megan ♪
01:12 ♪ These hoes mad at Megan's law ♪
01:14 - The new Meg track seemingly takes a shot
01:16 at Nicki Minaj and her husband
01:17 with a lyric about Megan's law.
01:18 "Federal law requiring law enforcement
01:21 "to make information available
01:22 "regarding registered sex offenders."
01:24 Nicki Minaj had her own track in response.
01:27 - They gotta, they gotta feel that one.
01:29 ♪ Tell the feds, get up on your good foot ♪
01:32 ♪ Feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it ♪
01:33 ♪ Feel it on your good foot ♪
01:34 - Tory Lanez was convicted
01:36 of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot.
01:38 She went on to make fun of Megan's success
01:40 and style of rapping.
01:42 - 'Cause you have three Grammys
01:44 and you have to learn how to rap on the beat
01:49 and being comfortable in the music.
01:53 (scatting)
01:55 - Fans of both artists are following the fallout online,
01:58 but some pointing out Nicki has liked
02:00 hundreds of posts shading Meg.
02:02 Meg went on The Breakfast Club and held her position.
02:05 - They're gonna act like it's unprovoked.
02:07 - Yes. - You know,
02:07 I'm gonna take a little nap
02:08 and I'm gonna wake back up
02:09 and I'm gonna see what they have to say.
02:11 - Just don't get on Instagram live, Megan.
02:13 Let the record speak for itself.
02:15 - The two previously worked together on "Hot Girl Summer."
02:18 ♪ Who can walk, follow me ♪
02:19 ♪ Like who not follow me ♪
02:21 - Justin Timberlake has been missing,
02:22 but Markim found because he's back with "Selfish."
02:26 ♪ So if I get jealous ♪
02:29 ♪ I can't help it ♪
02:31 - And he's brought back all the things you love about JT,
02:33 including the move.
02:35 ♪ Making me insane ♪
02:36 ♪ Can I be explained ♪
02:38 ♪ You must be an angel ♪
02:39 - And we can't let you go into the weekend
02:41 without being caught up.
02:42 Drake doesn't like phone calls
02:43 regarding Young Thug's case being made public.
02:46 A phone call from jail between Thug and his girlfriend,
02:48 Mariah the Scientist, found its way onto social media
02:51 and Drake posted, "Is this a criminal case
02:53 "or Atlanta social media promo?"
02:55 And, "This gotta be some form of jail misconduct."
02:59 A spokesperson for the Fulton County Sheriff's Office
03:02 told Billboard the recording of the conversation
03:04 was not leaked.
03:05 In other words, Drake chilled.
03:07 Snoop Dogg is reminiscing on some time spent
03:09 with Michael Jackson, and he's saying
03:11 the King of Pop didn't appreciate the smoke.
03:14 - Open the door.
03:15 - He didn't like it.
03:17 - He said, "Snoop, don't do that."
03:19 - I'm Team MJ.
03:20 Snoop is a legend and should do him,
03:22 but I'm not trying to get that contact high.
03:24 And we have some casting updates
03:26 in music Coleman Domingo has been cast
03:28 as Joe Jackson in the MJ biopic.
03:30 And in news of the Dionne Warwick biopic,
03:33 the movie is funded.
03:34 Teyana Taylor is the star and she's gushing
03:36 about playing her idol, saying in a post,
03:39 "Miss Dionne Warwick, a woman of great stature,
03:41 "poise, and elegance, with a fiery spirit,
03:44 "realizing I was looking at my future self.
03:46 "It's go time."
03:48 Love this for her.
03:49 And Coleman playing Mister in Color Purple
03:51 and Joe Jackson is wild.
03:53 Can't wait for this film.
03:56 Ice Spice is no stranger to bops
03:58 and "Think You the (beep) Hard" is definitely one.
04:01 ♪ You're not even the boss ♪
04:03 ♪ I be going hard ♪
04:05 ♪ I'm breaking they hearts ♪
04:06 It's the perfect follow-up to "Having a Shake It in a Deli."
04:10 ♪ I said 400 bands ♪
04:11 ♪ I said 400 bands ♪
04:12 ♪ Just to do my little dance ♪
04:13 ♪ This (beep) brand ♪
04:14 ♪ This (beep) fatty, I get what I want ♪
04:16 The Kid LAROI gets emotional in his new hit, "Heaven."
04:19 ♪ Heaven is a place I don't wanna go ♪
04:22 ♪ 'Cause when I see your face ♪
04:24 ♪ I don't wanna die no more ♪
04:26 Gotta say we're loving this side of him.
04:29 ♪ Life ain't gotta be so sad ♪
04:32 ♪ Took me out to crazy ♪
04:33 ♪ Then you brought me back ♪
04:35 In today's sit-down interview,
04:36 Leila Cobo chatted with Latin music star, Batgal.
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06:06 For the full interview, hit billboard.com.
06:32 Ah, that is Friday.
06:34 So excited for Grammy week next week with you all,
06:36 so come back then for all our coverage.
06:39 For now, one more entry from our Friday music guide.
06:42 Youngblood kicks off a new year
06:44 and a new era with "When We Die."
06:46 ♪ Tell me can we still get high ♪
06:50 And a Lil Yachty feature makes for the perfect collab.
06:56 ♪ You come back to me ♪
06:58 ♪ Only you, only you, only you ♪
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