After teasing it last year, Beyoncé announced that she's releasing a new hair care line, Cécred. Queen Bey also sent flowers to SZA and showed some love to Victoria Monét following their win at the Grammys. Fans think Latto and Ice Spice may be beefing and taking shots at each other through their music. T-Pain opens up about dealing with racism while ghostwriting country music. Snoop Dogg and Master P are suing Walmart and Post accusing them of sabotaging the rappers’ cereal brands. Colombian band Morat is set to go on a tour across the Latin America in 2024. Recent Grammy winner Coco Jones takes us behind some of her photos and our Billboard cover star Usher teases his Super Bowl performance, new music, whether he’ll return to his Las Vegas residency and more.
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00:00 Usher on the cover of Billboard,
00:02 Beyonce's latest business venture,
00:05 Snoop Dogg, T-Pain, and Ice's latest piece.
00:08 Coco Jones takes us behind the photos
00:10 in an exclusive tour announcement.
00:12 Welcome to Billboard News, I'm Tetris Kelly.
00:18 It's Wednesday, February 7th,
00:19 and we're kicking off the show
00:21 with our brand new cover star,
00:22 Super Bowl halftime show headliner, it's Usher, baby.
00:26 - You look very calm, cool, and collected outside,
00:29 and inside are you like,
00:30 'cause it's a matter of days at this point, right?
00:32 - I'm trying my hardest not to overthink it,
00:34 but it's literally 12 to 15 minutes
00:37 if I can manage to impress the entire world
00:40 over 30 years of a career within 15 minutes.
00:43 It's a lot, you know?
00:45 I'm definitely happy that I'm coming off
00:48 a successful residency and kinda in the rhythm of it overall
00:53 'cause otherwise, you know, you kinda have to restart
00:56 and relive the moments,
00:57 but every day I'm going on that stage
01:00 from Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday,
01:03 it just, it reminded me of what my music has meant
01:06 and how people feel about me and how I feel about it.
01:10 You know, after years and years of doing this,
01:13 you can grow tired and just kind of grow frustrated,
01:16 especially as music changes,
01:18 the standards of how we count it changes,
01:20 the standard of what is hot, what's not,
01:23 the standard of what's cool and what isn't,
01:24 all of those things can kinda get to your mind.
01:27 And, you know, make you even question
01:29 if you really wanna continue to do it.
01:31 But when I went to Vegas,
01:33 it just made me excited about all of it all over again.
01:37 - Well, I know you can't say too much,
01:38 but any kinda hints?
01:41 - I can tell you it'll definitely be an event
01:44 and there are special guests, I will tell you that.
01:46 - Okay. - I can give you that.
01:47 I can give you that. - I'll take that.
01:48 - I can give you in lieu of some of the new music
01:51 that has been released,
01:53 I've definitely considered new songs.
01:55 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
01:57 ♪ You ain't going nowhere ♪
01:58 ♪ You're standing next to me ♪
02:00 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
02:02 - Have you reached out to any prior Super Bowl performers
02:05 to get some advice or pointers or?
02:07 - I actually happened to be on a boat
02:09 not too long ago with Katy Perry.
02:11 You know, she began to give me some notes.
02:14 I heard that Rihanna, she stood up for me
02:16 and said something really incredible.
02:18 I really appreciated that.
02:19 I've watched each and every performer
02:21 who's ever been on it.
02:23 This is a moment I've prepared for for 30 years.
02:25 - For the full cover story, head over to Billboard.com.
02:29 Let's talk about Beyonce.
02:30 She gives flowers, she gives inspo,
02:32 and now she's giving hair care.
02:34 Just as SZA and Victoria Monet,
02:36 Beyonce is Queen B for a reason.
02:39 Because she's a giver and her latest gift is luscious.
02:42 ♪ Bamboo ♪
02:43 ♪ I like my baby hair with baby hair and afro ♪
02:47 - We know how B likes her heir's hair
02:49 and now she's giving you a chance
02:51 to get your locks on lock with her new hair care line.
02:55 - Obviously I grew up in my mother's hair salon.
02:58 - Beyonce shared the promo for Sacred out February 20th.
03:01 No word on which specific products will be available
03:04 but I am set.
03:06 Beyonce is no stranger to giving.
03:07 We know she's got her florist on speed dial
03:10 and her latest arrangement went to SZA.
03:12 The three time Grammy winner
03:14 shared the beautiful bouquet B sent her
03:16 with the caption, "Thank you for seeing me
03:18 "before anyone else saw me.
03:20 "Thank you for making me feel valuable
03:21 "when I was the tiniest in the room.
03:23 "Thank you for shining your light on me
03:25 "and pouring into me with goddess level kindness."
03:28 And she's not the only one giving Beyonce her thanks.
03:31 Best new artist Victoria Monet gushed about the Queen
03:34 while sharing a snap from the Grammys.
03:36 Saying in part, "You're my Diana, my Tina,
03:39 "my Aretha, my B.
03:41 "Your legacy has absolutely been my artist development.
03:44 "The best blueprint any performer could ever ask for
03:47 "but never ever to be compared."
03:49 All hail Queen B.
03:51 We've got so much more to cover.
03:53 Let me break down three more things you should know.
03:56 Ice doesn't think Lotto is a fart.
03:58 T-Pain thinks country is racist.
04:00 And Snoop Dogg is suing Walmart.
04:02 Here's some hip hop news you need in your life.
04:05 Snoop Dogg and Master P are suing Walmart
04:07 and post-consumer brands over allegations
04:09 that the two huge companies sabotaged the rapper's cereal.
04:13 In the lawsuit filed Tuesday,
04:15 they say the company secretly ensured
04:17 that Snoop cereal would not be available to consumers.
04:20 And these Snoop cereal boxes
04:22 have been in stock rooms for months.
04:24 Free the Snoop cereal.
04:26 I'd buy several hot boxes.
04:28 See what I did there?
04:29 - I don't write a lot of country songs.
04:31 Stop taking credit for it because as cool it is
04:34 to see your name in those credits like that,
04:36 the racism that comes after it is just like.
04:39 - Dang, it's no shock T-Pain has experienced racism
04:43 in the world of country.
04:44 But shocking that he feels he doesn't even want
04:47 his name credited on his work.
04:49 - I'll just take the check.
04:50 (laughs)
04:51 Don't put me on that.
04:53 I'll just take the check, bro.
04:54 Nevermind, dude.
04:55 You know what I mean?
04:56 - I feel ya.
04:57 Make your money, King.
04:58 But now I need to know, what songs were these?
05:00 - Okay, so the last question.
05:02 It's how can I lose if I'm already chose?
05:06 - Like.
05:08 - Like.
05:09 - Are you looking at me?
05:09 (laughs)
05:10 Somebody help me.
05:12 - Ever since Lotto seemingly didn't know the words
05:14 to a nice song, people have put them against each other.
05:17 But after this Lotto clip.
05:19 ♪ I just wanna one on one ♪
05:20 ♪ Don't know why she so nice ♪
05:22 - I seemingly sang her song,
05:23 Think You the, Fart is about Lotto.
05:26 - The thing is for me, why am I seeing that I'm in the back
05:30 of your weak ass snippet?
05:32 Like that's how I was--
05:33 - Right.
05:34 - Literally.
05:35 - So I was like, wait a second, that's me?
05:37 So I'm like, okay, since we're talking about me,
05:39 let's poke about me.
05:40 And I dropped that.
05:41 - My take, can't the rap girlies all get along?
05:44 We love you and we want your support, not war.
05:48 You know, I love some live music
05:50 and we've got an exclusive moment for you,
05:52 courtesy of Leila Cobo.
05:54 - But that is about to hit the road
05:55 and Leila Cobo sat down with the boys to talk about touring.
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07:26, hey y'all!
07:27, it's Coco Jones. (laughs)
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07:36 Hey y'all, it's Coco Jones
07:57 and I'm gonna take you guys behind the photo.
08:00 (camera shutter clicking)
08:03 My darling, "What I Didn't Tell You" EP and Deluxe EP.
08:08 Yeah, this was my first time seeing any billboard of myself.
08:12 I was hyped, never gets old, never gets old.
08:17 Seeing yourself on billboard is like very scary,
08:19 but like wonderful scary.
08:21 Outfit.
08:22 This was a Halloween archive
08:26 of me dressing as Princess Tiana.
08:29 So basically there was this trend
08:31 and everyone was like, "Coco, you should play Tiana."
08:33 Da, da, da, da, da.
08:34 I was like, "Oh really?"
08:35 And me casually singing the song.
08:36 ♪ People would've come from everywhere ♪
08:40 I think that was a really cute moment.
08:42 Purr, hot.
08:44 So basically this is an infamous bathroom selfie.
08:47 I don't know what y'all like about bathroom selfies,
08:50 but they really go up on my page.
08:51 And that is crazy y'all, that's a bathroom.
08:53 But hey, that's what you like.
08:55 Anyway, I was in London at this time
08:58 and just felt really cute.
09:00 Had a little flick and I did numbers thinking.
09:03 - That's it for today.
09:04 Make sure you come back tomorrow
09:06 to see who's dominating the TikTok charts
09:08 and we break down Usher's mini achievements.
09:11 I'm Tetris Kelly and this is Billboard News.
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