It’s Wednesday, April 17th, and JoJo Siwa keeps on taking heat from the public and Lil Tay steps in. Ariana Grande’s grandmother officially became the most senior person to chart on The Hot 100, Kid Cudi is set to perform at Coachella weekend two and Charli XCX & Troye Sivan announced a co-headlining tour coming later this year. YoungBoy Never Broke Again has been arrested? You read that right, the rapper was arrested in Utah for various drug, fraud and weapon charges while on house arrest. Our latest cover star, Tyla,talks about her viral hit, “Water,” the collaborations on her self-titled debut album and more. Tate McRae shares more about her friendship with Olivia Rodrigo, her fashion choices growing up and more!
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00:00Jojo Siwa's taking a lot of heat, Ariana's Nona breaks a record, Kid Cudi joins Coachella,
00:06and Charli and Troye Sivan hit the road. Young Boy Never Broke Again has been arrested,
00:11we go behind the scenes with Billboard cover star Tyla, and Tate McRae takes us behind the photo.
00:19Another day, another Billboard News. I'm Rania Nipdos and it's Wednesday, April 17th.
00:25Everyone's been talking about Jojo Siwa since she released Karma, but it's not just people
00:30trolling on the internet now. Jojo Siwa clarifies that viral moment while some others hop on the
00:36hate train. I said I wanted to start a new genre of music and they said what do you mean and I
00:40said well it's called gay pop. Practically everyone saw that moment of our interview
00:44with Jojo Siwa. Well Jojo clarified what she meant on Sirius XM. Gay pop is not an official
00:53genre of music if you look on the iTunes charts. That wasn't the only flack Jojo got after
00:59releasing Karma. Folks online dug up an unreleased version of the song by Brit
01:08Smith from 12 years ago accusing Jojo of stealing the track. Jojo told TMZ that she didn't steal it.
01:18Rock Mafia who wrote the song allegedly for Miley Cyrus at the time recorded a version with Brit
01:23Smith that didn't see the light of day until it showed up on TikTok recently. Well Brit released
01:29her version and many people bought it on iTunes in order to what looks like spite Jojo. One person
01:35who definitely is not a fan of Jojo, Lil Tay. After people online compared the young rapper
01:41who went viral after an online death hoax to Jojo, she told people to not compare them. And when Jojo
01:47allegedly liked the tweet slamming Lil Tay she responded saying Jojo Siwa you're a scary ass
01:53bitch if you have something to say about me. Say it and this time don't delete your comment or
01:58unlike shady tweets. Don't let those paid YouTube views and bought it Spotify streams get to your
02:04head Madonna from Dollar Tree ass bitch. Well that escalated quickly. No response yet from Jojo but
02:12we'll see who ends up with karma. There's always so much going on in music. Here's three things you
02:18should know. Never go to bed without a kiss goodnight. Ariana Grande's grandmother became
02:24the most senior person to chart on the Hot 100 when Ari's song Ordinary Things featuring Nona
02:30debuted at number 55. Ariana shared a pic of Nona holding a plaque celebrating the achievement. We
02:37love to see it. Between them and the roomy Beyonce collab we should have way more family
02:42moments on the charts. Kid Cudi is heading to the desert. The rapper posted on X that he'll be
02:48performing at Coachella on weekend two. He shared his set time in the Sahara tent with the caption
02:53insane oh boy incoming who's pulling up. I doubt Childish Gambino will be there considering their
02:58non-beef feud but I'm sure it'll be an epic set. Also set to take the stage Charli XCX and
03:04Troye Sivan. They announced their joint sweat North American tour kicking off in September.
03:09Billboard's powerhouse woman of the year shared the dates for the upcoming arena tour on IG
03:15hitting epic venues like the Kia Forum and Madison Square Garden. I can't wait to hear
03:20her new album Brat Live but I really can't wait for them to take us back to 1999.
03:26Youngboy Never Broke Again has been arrested after allegedly violating house arrest. Here's
03:31what we know. I do want to feel positive about myself though one day. You're not a bad person.
03:36You're not someone who's fucking it up. Youngboy has been under house arrest for more than two
03:41years while awaiting trial on federal gun charges. Last night the rapper was arrested in Utah on
03:46multiple charges including procuring or attempting to procure prostitutes. He was charged with
03:52charges including procuring or attempting to procure prescription drugs, possession of other
03:57controlled substances, and possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person,
04:01a pattern of unlawful activity, identity fraud, and forgery. Little else is yet known about the
04:07circumstances of Youngboy's arrest. His attorney declined to comment and the Cache County Sheriff's
04:12Office did not immediately return a request for comment. Bail has not yet been set according to
04:17Sheriff's Office records and court records do not yet show a criminal case pending or an
04:23arraignment hearing set. Now on to our latest cover star. Grammy winner Tyla is taking over
04:28and we were behind the scenes with the It Girl. I was wrapping up the album and I was looking for
04:35sounds that I was missing and I really felt like I was missing like a summer, banger, vibe-y type
04:42song so I ended up working with these people that we call the Fantastic Four which is Ari,
04:48Cory, Mocha, and Sammy Soso and we came up with literally the exact song I had envisioned. We
04:56recorded it in a bedroom literally and I just remember repeating it and repeating it and playing
05:02it for whoever would listen and people that I played it for loved it. I had a really good feeling.
05:08I started performing it before it was out and the response was so good that I was like wait
05:13this could be the song but obviously the challenge and everything took it like to the world.
05:31First of all I love Bukkake. I just really love bringing South African dancing to my performances
05:38all of them as much as I can and with water we were looking for a moment for the song like we
05:45had to push we were grinding trying to make a plan and we were doing that type of style for
05:50a different song and it was getting good responses online so we were like let me do this but for
05:56water and we did and I poured water on my back and then video. For the full profile head over to
06:03Billboard's YouTube page. Another big it girl in music is Tate McRae. She just started her
06:09Think Later World Tour today in Ireland and we recently sat down with her to talk about some of
06:13her most liked photos. Hey this is Tate McRae and this is Behind the Photo with Billboard.
06:23Oh my god. This is me on the tour bus. My first ever tour, North American tour. Obviously
06:30you wake up and you feel very puffy because you're seeing a lot of people, you're dancing
06:35every night, lots is going on. I have this one like ice cold face mask that has ice in it and
06:41my photographer took this photo. I was sitting in my front lounge like this. Pretty iconic.
06:48Oh my god. This is insane. This is me as a child. I have the wildest baby pictures
06:58you have ever seen. I don't know what I would wear every single day. I always say to my mom like how
07:03could you let me like out of the house like this but I always wore like these massive bandanas
07:07over my head. I was just the chubbiest little kid ever who did not give a shit about anything
07:14or how I looked or anything and I would just be chilling always. Pretty gangster. Always.
07:20This last photo is a picture of me and my girlfriends. The best ever. They're so beautiful.
07:26This was on Olivia's music video shoot for Bad Idea, right? All of us were in the music video.
07:32It was so cute. It was in this little neighborhood. We were all driving around on golf carts.
07:37We literally only filmed for like 10 minutes and then we just like hung out the rest of the day
07:41but they're the best. I love these girls. They're so talented and the sweetest. That's today's show.
07:47Make sure you come back tomorrow to see who's on top of the TikTok Billboard Top 50 and we run down
07:53Taylor Swift's biggest achievements. I'm Rania Niftos and this is Billboard News.