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MY FIRST EVER
@billboard
COVER STORY WITH
@theweeknd
IS FINALLY OUT ‼️💯 This one’s definitely for the books and for the culture 🇪🇹🙏🏽 What an honor as a fellow Ethiopian to cover Abel making pop music HISTORY on the
@billboardcharts
with “Blinding Lights” 🤩🏆 Read all about it⬇️
“Blinding Lights” is now the top Billboard
#Hot100
song of all time. 💯 In Billboard's latest cover story,
@TheWeeknd
and his collaborators reveal just how they made history.
Read the full cover story here:
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Tyla dropped an incredible album this year.
Ayra Starr dropped an incredible album this year.
Tems dropped an incredible album this year.
The African girls are TAKING IT this year!
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gotta piece of
@wizkidayo
bringing out
@ellamai
to perform “piece of me” at his first LA show during the Made in Lagos Tour
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“Made in Lagos” deluxe edition by
@wizkidayo
is nourishing my body, mind and soul this morning 😌
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I saw
@wizkidayo
in action for a week and noticed the Starboy doesn’t like flying solo — he’d rather have his fellow African artists soaring with him, pushing the culture & Afrobeats music to new heights. “The sky is big enough for everyone to fly.” 🦅❤️
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made in lagos by
@wizkidayo
most slept-on album of 2020 and that is the hill I will die on
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In addition to the “Essence” remix featuring Justin Bieber, the additional songs on
@wizkidayo
’s “Made in Lagos” deluxe album (out Friday) are “Anoti,” “Mood” featuring Buju and “Steady.” See below for full track list.
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so dope to see
@wizkidayo
be in his global ambassador bag after being featured in Tommy Hilfiger’s new “Pass the Mic” campaign 💼 🦅
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happy to announce I’ve been promoted to R&B/Hip-Hop reporter at
@billboard
🙏🏽 God is good!
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The deluxe version of “Made in Lagos,”
@wizkidayo
’s fourth album, will be released on August 27 via Starboy Entertainment/Sony Music International/RCA Records.
The
@justinbieber
remix of “Essence,” also featuring
@temsbaby
, plus three additional tracks will be included.
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.
@theweeknd
really is going to go down in history as one of the greatest artists of all time 🤩
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I attended my first livestream concert that I paid for tonight and
@Kehlani
was worth every penny. Need to see her again live but in person! 💙 She is truly everything I wanted and more (s/o to
@sabby_robinson
for virtually attending with me)
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can’t believe
@wizkidayo
brought out
@temsbaby
to perform “essence” together at
@lostinriddim
🤩 my heart is beyond full
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.
@wizkidayo
also performed his verse from
@Beyonce
’s “Brown Skin Girl.” The accompanying music video earned him his first Grammy this year 🏆
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This is the standby line for the
@benshapiro
event at
@USC
before student protesters broke up the line by chanting “Shut it down!”
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I’m genuinely shocked by
@ZacEfron
and his versatility and time commitment as an actor. From The Greatest Showman to The Disaster Artist and now onto the Ted Bundy biopic, his projects never end.
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the way I was catapulted back to my childhood watching this
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I flew to London last month to interview
@burnaboy
for my 2nd
@billboard
cover story! 🤩🇳🇬🇪🇹✈️🌍💫 He’s taken the world by storm with his signature Afro-Fusion music and conquered its biggest stages. And as a fellow African, it’s an incredible honor to give Burna this stage, too.
.
@burnaboy
's global vision: taking Afro-fusion to the next level 🔥
He chats about selling out the world's biggest stages, his upcoming album 'Love, Damini' and more in his
#BBMusicCon
cover story:
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With the arrival of
@wizkidayo
's "Made in Lagos" deluxe album on Friday, I can see "True Love," feat. Tay Iwar & Projexx, receiving new attention/possible traction. Some recent celebrity co-signs on the song include Bryson Tiller, Kendall Jenner and Winnie Harlow.
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when it comes to
@theweeknd
, he's always consistent. a car was symbolic during "after hours" ("blinding lights" was previewed in a benz commercial & has driving imagery in the lyrics) and "dawn fm" is like a radio station guiding listeners to the light at the end of the tunnel 🚗
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wearing jordans for my first day in the office so everyone talks to me nice 😮💨
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.
@theweeknd
scores another No. 1 album with
#AfterHours
+the biggest week of 2020 🇪🇹 AN ETHIOPIAN DID THAT 👏 I AM CRYING
"After Hours’ streaming start was so big, the album would have been No. 1 on the Billboard 200 even if it hadn’t sold a single copy."
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~exciting professional announcement~
I’ve been promoted to Senior R&B/Hip-Hop/Afrobeats Writer at
@billboard
!
God is good 🙏🏽 all the time
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wizkid playing in the background 😫😫
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hands down the highlight of my 2020 is my most streamed artist
@Kehlani
resharing my post about my first-ever
@billboard
print byline in our R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players issue (with her starring on the cover) 🤩
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"Essence" now earns
@wizkidayo
his first top 20 hit on the Hot 100 where he's credited as the lead artist.
Wiz first debuted (and topped) the chart in 2016 with
@Drake
's "One Dance," featuring Kyla.
.
@wizkidayo
's "Essence" featuring
@temsbaby
& now
@justinbieber
, rises 44-16 on this week's
#Hot100
.
This is the first full tracking week with the Bieber remix counted.
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Taking shots at Rihanna while she’s happy raising her own family just because it isn’t with you is peak loser behavior
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been listening to the
@KidCudi
album nonstop lately and saw an ad for it in the magazine copy I got today only to realize I wrote the billboard blurb about it 😅
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I interviewed
@wizkidayo
and
@Tunji
about how "Essence," featuring
@temsbaby
, became a song of the summer highlight that ushered us back outsiiiiide. An African gyal's dream come true!! 🇪🇹 x 🇳🇬
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*obligatory ELELELELELE tweet* 🇪🇹
gobez,
@theweeknd
! nobody can take the light from the starboy 🌟
.
@TheWeeknd
's "Blinding Lights" spends a record-breaking 88th week on the Billboard
#Hot100
✨
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BET week reminding me how stupid music industry shit is.. not getting into parties you’re good for, multi-tiered wristband system, catty women, creepy men, running into people who screwed you over, intimidation tactics, false promises, exclusivity/gatekeeping … It’s all 🧢
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@billboard
covers under 25 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 God is good. Thank you
@theweeknd
and
@burnaboy
for trusting me with your stories 🌟💫 It’s been the greatest honor telling them
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.
@burnaboy
brought out
@wizkidayo
as a surprise guest at his Hollywood Bowl show to perform their collab “Ginger” from Wiz’s album “Made in Lagos”
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The Explosion of Afro-Fusion panel with
@burnaboy
was a success!! Thank you to all who came out and to
@billboard
for letting me share the stage with the African Giant himself 🧡🌍🇳🇬🇪🇹
#BBMusicCon
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another album I haven't stopped listening to since it dropped is "more love, less ego" by
@wizkidayo
💜🖤🦅
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I published 3
@billboard
covers this year with SZA, Ice Spice and Metro Boomin, so now I have 6 magazine cover stories at 26 years old ✨✨ And English is my second language! Kids of immigrants hit different
BRAG ABOUT SOMETHING YOU’RE PROUD OF ACCOMPLISHING IN 2023 ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
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As a refresher: Tory was found guilty of 1) assault with a semiautomatic firearm; 2) carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle; and 3) discharging a firearm with gross negligence. He currently faces up to 22 years in prison.
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Drake has really been showing us how much he hates women and the men are straight eating it up 🤔
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Sometimes I wonder if I were to no longer work at a high profile music publication, would people that I've met in this industry still rock with me? Or did they only stick around because there was always a chance I could do them a favor through my job?
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In the recorded interview, Harris also recalls Tory telling her & Meg, "Please y'all don't say anything.... I'm about to sign a huge deal.... I'll give you guys $1 million each" as cops pulled their car over shortly after the shooting. 🧵
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go get your copy! 🗞️🗞️
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This
@CW_Riverdale
reunion between
@VanessaMorgan
and
@madelainepetsch
is the cutest on the red carpet for the
@MTVAwards
.
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I interviewed
@Tyllaaaaaaa
for my 8th
@billboard
cover story! 🌍🇿🇦🇪🇹 After making a splash with her global smash “Water” 💃🏽💦 Tyla is taking over the world with her popiano sound. I’m grateful another young African woman is getting the recognition she deserves
#AfricaToTheWorld
With a monster hit single, a Grammy and a global push from her label,
@Tyllaaaaaaa
is bringing her alluring take on amapiano music to the masses. 🌍
“You’re going to see me everywhere.”
Read her cover story for Billboard's Eco issue:
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A Black woman wrote her first
@billboard
Hot 100 No. 1 hit this week. Congratulations
@amnija_
and thank you for restoring a bit of hope in me today when I needed it most and reminding me that we as Black women have BEEN thriving in entertainment 🙌🏽🥳
Wow. My first
#1
. This record means so much to me because this is a POP record. Me being a black woman, people sometimes try to pigeonhole me thinking I’m just an “urban writer.” So I want to thank you
@ladygaga
,
@arianagrande
& for showing people I’m more than what they expect.
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Today I launched a new weekly music news roundup on
@billboard
that gives out “awards” (but not actual hardware🏆) to the week’s headlines for being the funniest, sweetest, most record-breaking, most surprising and more. Check out the first one!
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I interviewed
@sza
for the cover of
@billboard
’s R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players issue about balancing what her fans want out of her as an artist (her long-awaited, sophomore album “S.O.S.”) and what she needs as a human, an oft forgotten struggle in the business ⚖️🤍
Five years ago,
@sza
's debut redefined alternative R&B. As she prepares to release her highly-anticipated new album 'S.O.S.' this December, the singer is feeling more confident than ever. 💫
Her Billboard R&B / Hip-Hop Power Players cover story:
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happy 10 year anniversary to the album that changed my life and one of my absolute favorite projects to date 🖤
@theweeknd
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I interviewed
@MetroBoomin
for my 6th
@billboard
cover story!!! 🦸🏾♂️🦹🏾♂️🕷️🕸️🎶 He’s further solidified himself as one of the most in-demand producers w/ his blockbuster No. 1 album ‘Heroes & Villains’ & smash ‘Spider-Verse’ soundtrack. But the humble hitmaker wants some more 🤩💫
.
@MetroBoomin
UNMASKED 💯
The hip-hop superproducer discusses his smash 'Spider-Verse' soundtrack, adding depth to his sound with 'Heroes & Villains' and expanding his own cinematic universe in his Billboard
#Grammys
preview cover story:
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made a playlist for anyone who has yet to discover the wonders of wizkid's discography beyond made in lagos
One Dance to WizKid 🇳🇬💃🏽
One Dance to WizKid 🇳🇬💃🏽 · Playlist · 124 songs · 59 likes
open.spotify.com
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“Made in Lagos” is currently No. 4 on
@billboardcharts
’ World Albums Chart in the week ending Aug. 14.
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I was watching
@burnaboy
’s new “Sittin’ On Top Of The World” video and found footage of our panel during
@billboard
’s MusicCon // Burna signing a poster of the cover we did together last year 🥹🫶🏽
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a lot of people in the music biz need a daily reminder that they’re not God. whether you’re an artist or an exec, you don’t have to act with such entitlement. you’d be better off walking the earth the way God would with integrity, humility and love than acting like you are Him
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I flew to New York last month to interview
@icespicee_
for my 5th
@billboard
cover story!! 💥❤️🔥🩵💎 Less than a year after her breakout hit “Munch (Feelin’ U),” she’s been crowned rap’s princess 👑 And as she navigates stardom, she’s also manifesting even bigger career moves.🤞🏽✨
Just two years after her debut single,
@icespicee_
has scaled the charts and been dubbed “the People’s Princess” by her fans. 👑 But as she explodes into stardom, she’s still adjusting to the spotlight.
Read the Billboard cover story:
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usher super bowl halftime performance.
beyonce new album announcement.
happy black history month fr
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BREAKING: Tory Lanez has been convicted on all 3 charges tied to the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.
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.
@theweeknd
performs a brand new song alongside
@therealmikedean
during
@MetroBoomin
’s Coachella set.
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You can now watch the whole Explosion of Afro-Fusion panel with
@burnaboy
from
@billboard
’s first-ever
#BBMusicCon
! Head over to Billboard News either on or Billboard’s YouTube channel to catch all the action!💥🌍🇳🇬🎶💪🏽
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Do you ever hear the mind blowingly stupid news going on & wait for
@laurenduca
to articulate your feelings about it?
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I (virtually) linked up with
@fireboydml
, who is
@billboard
's R&B/Hip-Hop Rookie of the Month for March, to discuss how he's carrying the torch as part of the newest vanguard of Afrobeats superstars, and making sure the genre spreads like wildfire. 🔥🔥🔥
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based on everyone’s replies, this is what y’all saw huh 😂
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~some personal news: sophomore edition~
I have a LOT more to be grateful for this Thanksgiving because starting Dec. 1, I will no longer be freelancing and will be joining
@billboard
full time as a staff writer 🎶✒️🥳🙏🏽
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Four years ago, I did my 1st on-camera interview with
@kellyclarkson
ahead of the
#BBMAs
when I was a
@billboard
intern. Ahead of the BBMAs this weekend, I moderated my 1st in-person panel with
@burnaboy
for our 1st
#BBMusicCon
as a staff writer* (*update coming). God is good☝🏽
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overworking is not a flex if you’re burning yourself out in the process
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I’ll be covering Tory Lanez’s trial for
@billboard
, which begun Monday (Dec. 12). Lanez faces 3 felony charges stemming from a July 2020 incident, when the rapper allegedly shot Megan Thee Stallion in the foot during an argument after a pool party in the Hollywood Hills.
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I will be moderating “The Explosion of Afro-Fusion” panel with
@burnaboy
live in Las Vegas for
@billboard
’s inaugural
#BBMusicCon
ahead of the
@BBMAs
in May! 🌍🎶🤩 It’s going to be an African link-up of epic proportions 🇳🇬🤝🇪🇹
Get your tickets now:
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I still can’t believe last night was
@VictoriaMonet
’s FIRST EVER headlining show. She’s not new to this -- she’s true to this, from her impeccable pen game to her angelic vocals to her razor sharp choreography and just overall delivery as a performer. I’m so proud of her 🥹🐆✌🏽✨
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what are your fav music journalism words/phrases that absolutely need to be retired? some of mine are:
- "infectious"
- "ethereal"
- "braggadocious"
- "earworm"
- "anthem"
- "star in their own right"
- "pushing the boundaries of [X genre]"
- "sophomore album"
- "'80s synth-pop"
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The trailer for “The Melodic Blue” short film by
@amazonmusic
premiered at the beginning of The Hillbillies’ (
@kendricklamar
&
@babykeem
) headlining set at
@CampFlogGnaw
. It’s set for a Dec. 5 release.
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"Dawn FM provides
@theweeknd
an ultra-polished, sexy dancefloor escape from his past melancholy — especially that brought on by lockdown — while allowing himself forgiveness for a past he cannot change." I ranked every song on
#DawnFM
for
@billboard
:
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She also alleges in the interview that Tory's attempts to bribe her happened "over a course" of some time, including phone calls & texts. They ceased when he was charged in Oct 2020 with assault w/ a semiautomatic firearm & carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. 🧵
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being a Black woman while covering this trial is tough
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Happy New Year/መልካም አዲስ ዓመት to all my Habesha people!! 🙌🏽🇪🇹🇪🇷
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When Harris met w/ Tory after the shooting to collect her things she had left in his car, Tory asked if she needed a job or wanted to work for him, noting his former atty Shawn Holley told him to worded it this way. "Kelsey, you know what I'm saying," she recalls him saying. 🧵
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My
@billboard
exclusive from earlier this AM:
@burnaboy
will become the first Nigerian act to headline a U.S. stadium when he performs at Citi Field in NYC on July 8, on the one-year anniversary of his latest album
#LoveDamini
.
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people in the music industry are so sus… why am I meeting the same people over and over who I know are purposefully not remembering me and then why do people seemingly know everything about me when I don’t have a clue in the world who they are 😅
make 👏🏽 it 👏🏽 make 👏🏽 sense!
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If you know me, then you know the tremendous impact
@theweeknd
’s music has on my life and my career. And you’ll understand why last night’s show has become my favorite concert of all time 🤩❤️🔥🎶🇪🇹🇨🇦 I captured what I experienced for
@billboard
:
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Here's a full-circle moment I realized today: I used to listen to Frank Ocean endlessly during my
@THR
internship, wishing I could cover music. Six years later, I'm working at
@billboard
& preparing to go to Coachella, where I'll be covering Frank's headlining performance. 🥲
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