Nicki Nicole took to social media to seemingly hint at a breakup with Peso Pluma after he was seen with another woman in a viral video. Beyoncé was seen swarmed at New York Fashion Week. Her new country track “Texas Hold ‘Em” has caused a bit of drama after a country radio station in Oklahoma stated they will not be playing the track. Killah B, a co-writer on the track, hinted at a potential Taylor Swift feature on the Bey’s ACT II. Billboard Presents THE STAGE at SXSW will return this year with performances by PARTYNEXTDOOR, Christian Nodal and ILLENIUM. And more!
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00:00 Nicki Nicole has some words for Pesso Pluma.
00:03 Beyonce gets bombarded at Fashion Week.
00:05 We announce this year's South by Southwest headliners at the stage.
00:09 And I sit down with the one and only Ziggy Marley.
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00:15 Happy Valentine's Day!
00:17 It's Wednesday, February 14th.
00:19 I'm Tetris Kelly for Billboard News.
00:21 And love is in the air, especially with the pop queens.
00:24 Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande are collabing on the Yes and Remix out Friday.
00:30 Can't wait for that.
00:31 But unfortunately, we do have to start today's show off in a not-so-Valentine's Day way.
00:36 Nicki Nicole calls out Pesso Pluma after he's seen in Vegas with another woman.
00:41 I'm very happy to live my first Grammy with my beautiful girlfriend, Nicki Nicole.
00:47 She's waiting there right now.
00:48 Nicki, can you at least come in? He's shouting you out.
00:50 How's it going, my la reina?
00:51 You look amazing, by the way.
00:53 So how is it to be out here supporting Pesso tonight?
00:55 La verdad que estoy muy orgullosa de que haya ganado.
00:58 Se lo merecía muchísimo y me encanta poder acompañarlo hoy acá.
01:02 That Grammy moment where Pesso and Nicki gushed about each other was just 10 days ago.
01:07 One week later, Pesso Pluma was spotted in Vegas for the Super Bowl holding hands with another woman.
01:13 Well, Nicki Nicole saw that viral video too and took to IG to call her man out.
01:18 She said, "When you are not cared for and there's no respect, I don't stay there.
01:23 I leave. It is with great sorrow that I found out the same way you all did."
01:27 Just days before the video surfaced, Pesso and Nicki were courtside at the Lakers and kissing on the Grammys red carpet.
01:34 Billboard reached out to Pesso's team for comment but have not heard back at time of recording.
01:39 Time to talk about Beyonce.
01:41 Everyone wants a piece of the superstar, but does country radio?
01:45 Beyonce is swarmed.
01:47 Beyonce is blocked on radio.
01:49 Beyonce is collabing with Taylor Swift.
01:51 So much Queen B. We have three.
01:54 Here's your top Beyonce stories of the day.
01:57 ♪ In St. Texas ♪
01:59 ♪ Ain't no hold 'em ♪
02:01 Beyonce went country with new single "Texas Hold 'Em" in a radio station in Oklahoma.
02:06 Got the B-Hive active when after a request, they said, "We do not play Beyonce as we are a country music station."
02:14 Not long after, the Beeza tagged and the station announced it was coming up next in the playlist.
02:20 Good job team. It's also on country playlist on Apple and Spotify.
02:25 We got a yeehaw smash coming.
02:27 The Queen was also at Fashion Week in New York and in tons of viral videos online, she was literally swarmed.
02:34 Her and her mom looked uncomfortable in several angles and her security had to force her out.
02:39 But in the end, she was sweet as always.
02:42 I love you. Goodnight.
02:45 Love y'all.
02:46 Love you!
02:47 Wow. See, I would have been cussing people out.
02:50 It's past my bedtime. Let me go home.
02:52 And we might have a track with the two queens of the world.
02:56 TMZ chatted with Killa B, who co-wrote "Texas Hold 'Em,"
02:59 and when asked about the possibility of Swift on Beez Act 2 that's out March 29th, he said,
03:05 "Let's just say she's on the approach of shocking the world."
03:09 He wasn't specific, but I don't think any collab could ever make me more excited.
03:14 It's almost that time of year.
03:16 Next month, everyone will flock to Austin for South by Southwest, and Billboard is bringing the party.
03:22 Billboard is returning to South by Southwest, and when Austin gets poppin',
03:25 we'll have some of R&B, Latin, and idioms best take the stage.
03:29 I'll admit I'm sorry when I've been, I'm truly sorry.
03:32 Things change, people change, feelings change too.
03:35 "Friday Next Door" is set to get the party started down in Austin
03:38 when Billboard brings the stage back to South by Southwest.
03:41 R&B night goes down March 14th at the Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park,
03:46 followed by Latin night where Christian Nodal will headline.
03:50 ♪ Y es que cada día que pasa te pones más guay, no me voy a la... ♪
03:54 Closing things out on March 16th, EDM titan, Ellenium, will spend one night to remember.
04:00 ♪
04:05 Billboard's The Stage at South by Southwest starts March 14th,
04:09 and you can get your pre-sale tickets now.
04:11 It's not every day you get to talk to a legend who is the son of a legend,
04:16 but I got to sit down with Ziggy Marley and had the best time.
04:20 The idea was let's get somebody who knows how to talk Jamaican.
04:22 It won't be so easy if you already know the dialect and stuff like that,
04:26 but the most important for us was to capture somebody,
04:31 get somebody who could capture the emotion above,
04:34 not just the dialect or even the look, but the emotion.
04:38 And with Kingsley, after looking at all the tapes,
04:40 Kingsley was the one who kept our attention, kept us engaged in what he was doing.
04:45 We never get distracted.
04:46 We were like looking at this guy, and he was the one that kept us like this.
04:51 And then we said, "Yeah, this is the guy because he'll keep us engaged."
04:54 And what was the casting process like?
04:55 Like, how did you go through different bobs?
04:58 Not the same thing, man.
04:59 Just tapes, people auditioning and watching tapes,
05:01 and we had a casting director going out to Jamaica, England, America,
05:07 wherever we could find, even Trinidad and other places too.
05:12 But Kingsley, he engaged, he kept us engaged.
05:17 Growing up with my father and my mother, I mean, very adventurous times, bro.
05:21 It was very adventurous.
05:22 A lot of things happening.
05:24 Just he wanted, you know, like me and my brother around all the time with him.
05:27 He didn't care what the situation was, whether it was dangerous or not, you know.
05:32 The kids are there, like.
05:34 I mean, we saw a little of that in the film.
05:36 Did that stuff kind of like reignite?
05:38 Did your memories reignite that scene or did the scene reignite memories?
05:43 No, it didn't reignite that, like.
05:45 For us, it wasn't dangerous.
05:48 It was fun, like me and all this stuff happening.
05:51 Yeah, because there was never a moment where your parents would be like,
05:55 "Oh my God, there's no, are you okay?"
05:59 No, bro, you just get through it on your own and we're moving on and going on to the next thing.
06:03 We're going on to the next thing.
06:05 For the full interview, head to Billboard.com.
06:08 That's it for today.
06:09 I hope you felt the love in this episode, but come back tomorrow to see who's on the cover of Billboard
06:15 and who's on top of the TikTok charts.
06:17 I'm Tetris Kelly and this is Billboard News.
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