Tems achieves her fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart as “What You Need” crowns the list dated July 4.

The single climbs from the runner-up spot, reflecting its status as the most-played song on panel-contributing mainstream R&B/hip-hop radio stations in the United States for the June 19-25 tracking week, according to Luminate.

“What You Need,” released and promoted through Since 93/RCA Records, takes the summit from Rick Ross, French Montana and Max B’s “Minks in Miami,” which slips to No. 5 after its week in charge.

With the new champ, Tems claims a fourth Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay No. 1. She first topped the list in a featured role on Wizkid’s “Essence,” a 10-week leader in 2021, and followed with a pair of chart-toppers in 2022: First, when she and Drake guested on Future’s “Wait for U,” which coasted to a then-record 16 frames in charge, and via her own “Free Mind” and its two-week reign.

Elsewhere, “What You Need” improves 23-16 on the Adult R&B Airplay chart, winning the Greatest Gainer honor as the song with the biggest increase in plays for the week. Thanks to its might at the mainstream R&B/hip-hop and adult R&B formats, the track holds at No. 3 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which ranks songs by combined audience totals from both formats. There, despite no rank change, “What You Need” gained 12% in weekly audience, to 13.1 million for the latest tracking week.

The joint improvements, in turn, fuel the song’s ascent on the all-genre Radio Songs chart, where it rises 39-32 with 16 million in audience (up 12%).

In addition to “What You Need,” Tems enjoys a second rising title in the radio world, “Raindance,” a collaboration with Dave. The teamup lifts 7-6 on Rap Airplay, 9-8 on Rhythmic Airplay, 17-14 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, 17-16 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, and 43-37 on Radio Songs.

“What You Need” is from Tems’ latest EP, Love is a Kingdom, which was released in November 2025.

Jermaine Jackson is getting another chance at defending himself against claims that he raped a session musician coordinator in 1988.

The Jackson 5 member, who has also had a prolific solo career with Billboard Hot 100 hits like “Daddy’s Home”, “Let’s Get Serious” and “Do What You Do,” was sued for sexual assault and battery in 2023. Jackson did not respond to the claims for more than two years, leading a Los Angeles judge to award a $6.5 million default judgment to accuser Rita Butler Barrett last month.  

It was at this point that Jackson finally appeared in court, flatly denying the rape allegations and saying he was unaware of the case until reading media reports about the default judgment. The singer, who lives in Bahrain, argued that he did not receive legal papers served at his mother’s Encino home or via notices in the Los Angeles Times. He also noted that he changed his name to “Jermaine Jacksun” in 2013, meaning he was sued under the wrong legal name.

Judge Elaine W. Mandel credited these arguments in her Tuesday (June 30) order, obtained and first reported by Billboard, which wiped the $6.5 million judgment and restarted the litigation process.

“The failure to use Jacksun’s true legal name is fatal, compounded by plaintiff’s decision to publish in Los Angeles, while Jacksun was apparently living overseas,” wrote the judge. “The court recognizes the difficulties in locating defendants living abroad. However, choosing to publish in Los Angeles after receiving notice that Jacksun was likely abroad, and doing so with an incorrect name, leaves no choice but to void the default judgment.”

Jackson will now get another opportunity to file legal papers responding to Barrett’s lawsuit, which alleges he showed up at her Los Angeles-area home unannounced in the spring of 1988, forced his way through the door and violently raped her. A music contractor who worked with Jackson in the late 1980s, Barrett brought the case under a one-year legislative window that lifted the statute of limitations for certain sexual assault claims.

“Jermaine is adamant that he did not rape the plaintiff,” said Jackson’s lawyer, Bret Lewis, in a Tuesday statement to Billboard. “I would add that the alleged conduct is not characteristic of the Jermaine Jackson/sun that I have known for years as his long-time attorney. We intend to vigorously defend these allegations.”

Barrett’s attorneys did not immediately return a request for comment.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is headed to “Tha Crossroads” of Hollywood Boulevard on the 8th of next month. The legendary Cleveland-bred rap group is set to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the ceremony is slated for July 8.

Radio icon Big Boy will emcee the event alongside Xzibit, who will also speak at the ceremony, which will be livestreamed July 8 at 11:30 a.m. PT.

“Receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is a blessing beyond words. Coming from Cleveland, we never imagined that the music we created would touch so many lives around the world,” Bone Thugs said in a statement. “This honor belongs not only to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, but to our families, our city, our fans, and everyone who believed in us from the beginning.”

The group continued: “More than three decades later, we’re still here, still creating, and still carrying the legacy forward. We thank the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for this incredible recognition and dedicate this star to the generations who continue to keep our music alive.”

Bone Thugs founding member Krayzie Bone hopped on social media to show his appreciation to the fans for still supporting the crew over three decades later. “After all these years, we’re officially receiving our star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,” he wrote to IG. “This is bigger than us this is for the fans, the family, and everyone who’s been rocking with Bone since day one.”

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony put Cleveland hip-hop on the map as the group rose to prominence in the mid-’90s after signing to Eazy E’s Ruthless Records. The crew ushered in a mix of rapping with singing to hip-hop’s mainstream, and Bone Thugs came in at No. 21 on Billboard‘s 50 Greatest Rap Groups of All Time list.

Bone Thugs released a pair of albums that topped the Billboard 200 with 1995’s E. 1999 Eternal and 1997’s The Art of War. They boast a trio of top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits, including “I Tried” featuring Akon, “Look Into My Eyes” and “Tha Crossroads,” which held the No. 1 slot for eight weeks in 1996.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony will hit the road in July for a handful of shows and then join the Wu-Tang Clan’s The Final Chamber Tour in August.

Latin star Ricardo Montaner is suing Universal Music Group (UMG) over the ownership of his early album masters.

Montaner has brought lawsuits in both the U.S. and Venezuela, alleging UMG is refusing to revert the rights to his first five releases between 1986 and 1992: Ricardo Montaner, Ricardo Montaner 2, Un Toque de Misterio, En El Último Lugar del Mundo and Los Hijos del Sol. These albums include the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart-toppers “La Cima Del Cielo, “Castillo Azul” and “Piel Adentro.”

According to the U.S. lawsuit, filed on Sunday (June 29) and obtained by Billboard, Montaner recorded these albums under a deal with Venezuelan label Love Records. The label’s parent, Rodven Records, was later sold to PolyGram, which was then acquired by UMG.

Montaner alleges that UMG has not paid him “any royalties whatsoever” since taking control of his masters in 2001. The singer served a legal notice on the company in 2022 exercising his termination right — a provision of copyright law that allows authors to claw back intellectual property decades after signing it away.

Believing he owned his first five albums effective as of 2024, Montaner entered into an indie distribution deal with ADA Latin in 2025. But UMG is maintaining that Montaner’s termination notice was invalid, and it sent a notice to ADA this past April claiming it is still the owner of Montaner’s masters and demanding that the Warner Music Group (WMG) subsidiary cease all distribution.

Now, the singer is asking the courts to “declare that Montaner is the rightful owner of the albums and to enjoin defendants from interfering with plaintiffs’ right to exploit the albums in any way they choose.” He also wants financial damages from UMG.

“Although the full scope of harm caused by defendants’ wrongful claims of ownership over the albums is beyond calculation, the amount of calculable monetary damages to Plaintiffs as of the time of this filing is in excess of $1 million and continuing to accrue,” reads the U.S. lawsuit.

A rep for Montaner declined to comment beyond the legal filings on Tuesday (June 30). Back in 2024, the Argentine-Venezuelan musician spoke to Billboard about plans to re-record his early albums due in part to the fact that “contracts at that time were predatory and totally disadvantageous for the artist.”

“I didn’t earn a single penny for my music at the beginning of my career, and at the time when I was most successful, today I am looking to record independently so that my children will have, at least from now on, the peace of mind that the music of their father — especially the most important, the most emblematic or iconic music of his career — will pass into their hands,” Montaner said at the time. “I am also complaining to the people who have the original masters, the first masters of my career, considering they have been recorded already 40 years ago. I am asking that they return them to me.”

Reps for UMG and WMG did not immediately return requests for comment on Tuesday. WMG is not involved in the lawsuit nor accused of any wrongdoing.

Termination rights are a big topic on UMG’s legal docket these days. The company is currently litigating a closely watched dispute over the issue with Salt-N-Pepa, who filed a lawsuit last year seeking to claw back their masters from the late ’80s and early ’90s. UMG said the rappers have no termination rights because they did not actually sign their original record deal. A judge agreed in January and threw out the lawsuit, teeing up an appeal that remains ongoing.

Meanwhile, UMG recently joined forces with the other major record labels to challenge a novel court ruling that said termination rights can extend overseas. They petitioned the Supreme Court to take up the case earlier this month, writing that the “headscratching” and “startling” ruling would be “every bit as disruptive as it sounds” if adopted.