It’s Friday, January 26th and there are a ton of new music releases. Megan Thee Stallion dropped her new track “Hiss,” Justin Timberlake made his big comeback with “Selfish,” Ice Spice’s highly-anticipated track “Think U The Shit (Fart)” is here and more. Megan Thee Stallion’s new track “Hiss” is causing quite the stir. Fans are convinced that the rapper was taking shots at Nicki Minaj and her husband Kenny Petty. Drake responds to the release of Young Thug and Mariah The Scientist’s jail phone call. Snoop Dogg talks about being scolded by Michael Jackson. And more.
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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 ♪