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During a recent appearance on The Jason Lee Show, Max was asked why he and his former collaborator and business partner fell out, but the Harlem rapper decided to not get into the details. Instead, he took the high road and extended a bit of an olive branch.
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“There were a lot of things that led to our fallout, but I’m on new time now,” he told host Jason Lee. “I’m a father of four children. I’m a husband and I wanna see everybody win these days. I’m not with no drama.”
He was then asked if he’d be open to making new music with Jimmy and again remained positive. “Shout to Capo. Shout to the crew. I wanna see y’all win,” he began. “I’m at the place where if it makes sense and it makes money. Like I told y’all before, this is not my first interview saying that — if it makes money, it makes sense. If it don’t make money, it’s Internet juicy gossip, it’s not conducive to the Biggavels.”
Max then continued by hinting at a stint in Hollywood and said he’s been in contact with Jamie Foxx, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart and Wiz Khalifa.
“I’m not with the beef, I’m on parole. I’m not tryna beef with nobody,” he said. “My job out here is to make good product. I link with as many artists as I can. I just left Jamie Foxx. I just left Wiz Khalifa. I talked to Tiffany [Haddish]. Shouts to Tiff. I’m about to come out here with y’all. I don’t really wanna namedrop. Shout to Kev. We outside.”
He also said Rick Ross gave him a stack of money when he came home.
You can watch the full convo between Jason Lee and Max B below.
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After more than a year of taking the Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour around the globe, Bad Bunny is bringing the trek home to Puerto Rico for two final shows.
The Puerto Rican superstar will close out the world tour with back-to-back performances at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan on Saturday (Aug. 22) and Sunday (Aug. 23). The finale, billed as “Cerramos en Casa,” was announced Monday (Aug. 17), following weeks of speculation that Bad Bunny would add one more stop to the tour in his native Puerto Rico.
The shows sold out shortly after tickets went on sale Wednesday (Aug. 19), with more than one million fans reportedly joining the virtual queue in an effort to secure tickets.
The Puerto Rico finale brings the tour full circle for Bad Bunny. Before embarking on his global tour, the artist launched the Debí Tirar Más Fotos era with his historic “No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí” residency at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, known as El Choli.
From there, he took the album’s world tour across five continents, bringing the show’s signature “La Casita” set to fans around the globe. Along the way, he carried a piece of Puerto Rico with him, sharing the island’s culture, music and spirit with audiences everywhere.
Now, fans who missed the initial ticket sale can still look to resale and third-party ticketing sites for last-minute seats to the sold-out Puerto Rico shows. Availability and prices can change quickly as the Aug. 22 and 23 performances approach.
How to Get Bad Bunny Finale Tickets Online
Fans looking for last-minute tickets to Bad Bunny’s sold-out Puerto Rico shows can check resale marketplaces including StubHub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, TicketNetwork and Gametime. Inventory, seating options and prices vary by platform, so shoppers should compare listings before purchasing.
If you missed the initial ticket sale, you can still find resale tickets to Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rico shows on StubHub, with listings starting at $262 at the time of writing. Fans can sort tickets by price and quantity, use the interactive venue map to compare seats and shop with StubHub’s “FanProtect Guarantee.”
If you’re comparing resale sites for Bad Bunny tickets, SeatGeek offers a handy way to see which listings may be the better value. Its Deal Score rates tickets from 1 to 10, while the estimated-fees option lets you factor additional costs into your search. Plus, first-time buyers can get $10 off $250+ orders with BILLBOARD10.
Vivid Seats has resale tickets available for Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rico finale, with tools to help you find listings based on your budget, ticket quantity and preferred section. You can also filter for instant delivery and “Super Seller” tickets. Plus, every purchase is covered by the site’s Buyer Guarantee, and code BB30 can save you $30.
TicketNetwork is also worth checking if you’re searching for last-minute seats to Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rico shows. Shoppers can use code BILLBOARD150 to get $150 off orders of $500 or more, or BILLBOARD300 for $300 off a $1,000+ purchase.
For another last-minute ticket option, check Gametime, where Bad Bunny tickets were starting at $247 at the time of writing. The marketplace offers a low-price guarantee, event cancellation protection and on-time ticket delivery to help simplify your purchase.
Released in January 2025, Debí Tirar Más Fotos became another career-defining album for Bad Bunny, debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 before reaching No. 1. The project also produced “DTMF,” which returned to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 following his Super Bowl halftime performance.
For those lucky enough to have experienced the artist’s residency in summer 2025, where it all began, the love for Puerto Rico and its culture could be felt in every corner of the venue. The stands shook as thousands danced salsa and perreo, laughed with friends and captured photos they’d hold on to forever, including the singer, who made sure to take one at the end of every performance. It was clear the residency was more than a concert for the people of Puerto Rico — it was a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of home, music and the place that shaped him.
Now, as Bad Bunny prepares to return to the island, fans will get to relive that same sense of community for two final nights.
Ten years after helping make “Baby Shark Dance” a global phenomenon, Baby Shark Boy is making his own splash in music.
The performer who famously appeared in the original video for Pinkfong’s “Baby Shark Dance” as a kid has officially launched his recording career with “WAVE,” a song that features JOOHONEY from K-pop group Monsta X. The single is an earworm of electropop, transforming the melody millions of kids have had stuck in their heads into a full dance track.
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This isn’t just a nostalgic callback, either. The original “Baby Shark” became a bona fide Billboard hit, peaking at No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2019 and also reaching No. 12 on Billboard‘s Streaming Songs chart.
Now, the performer who helped bring that phenomenon to life is getting his own chance to make an impact on the charts. “WAVE” opens with the recognizable “Baby Shark” melody before shifting into an energetic blend of dance and trap. Baby Shark Boy (real name: Park Geon-roung) also participated in writing the lyrics, using the song to reflect on the full-circle journey that began when he was just a child.
“For me, Baby Shark Dance was like the first wave that began 10 years ago,” Baby Shark Boy said in a statement shared with Billboard. “I grew up riding that wave, and now I’m standing at a new starting point as Baby Shark Boy.”
The new single also gives the former child performer a decidedly K-pop introduction. JOOHONEY of Monsta X appears on the track, adding his rap vocals to Baby Shark Boy’s performance, while choreography comes from TEAM SAME, led by Young-jun Choi, whose credits include BTS, SEVENTEEN and TWICE.
The accompanying performance draws inspiration from the original “Baby Shark Dance” moves, but gives them a bit of a K-pop makeover designed to be just as easy to follow and equally hypnotizing.
The timing is fitting considering just how enormous the original song became. “Baby Shark Dance” has surpassed 17.2 billion views on YouTube, making it the platform’s most-viewed video ever. Baby Shark Boy also made a surprise return to the franchise’s 10th-anniversary short-form content in 2025, with his appearance racking up more than 22 million views.
And while the original “Baby Shark” was once an unlikely Billboard hit, Baby Shark Boy now has a very different goal: to introduce audiences to the person behind the viral childhood segment. “I put that sense of moving forward into ‘WAVE,’ and I hope people can see who I am today in a new way,” he added.
The launch won’t end with just the single, either: The Pinkfong Company is preparing WAVE: Becoming Baby Shark Boy, a behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling his growth from a child performer in “Baby Shark Dance” to the artist behind his debut single. Additionally, The Pinkfong Company is considering additional collaborations, including a potential appearance in an upcoming Baby Shark film expected in winter 2026.
Danny Ocean had never owned a pet in his life until his doggy Kelo came along — and on Thursday (Aug. 20), both are the latest cover stars of Dogue México (Vogue’s digital feature that celebrates pup culture).
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The Venezuelan singer and his girlfriend, María del Mar, adopted Kelo — a toy Australian Shepherd — after seeing him in an Instagram post. They felt it was time to expand to a family of three.
“When Kelo arrived, the whole house lit up,” he told Vogue México. “I feel like he takes better care of me than I do of him. It’s a total ‘before and after’ — Kelo is the light of the house. It’s beautiful to see how a creature can love so deeply without using words.”
Kelo — named after a wordplay of “¿Qué lo qué?,” Spanish slang used to say hi to friends — has Mexican, Venezuelan and Dominican background, is playful, intense, active at night and is the “guardian of the house,” according to the singer.
“Watching how he loves us unconditionally is beautiful,” he continued, expressing that Kelo is the most simple and honest relationship of his life. “Just thinking about him puts an automatic smile on my face.”
The “Me Rehuso” singer also shared how being away from Kelo while on tour has been a challenging experience, and that he tries to involve his fur baby in as many concerts and work activities as possible.
“I feel that if Kelo could ask me for just one thing, it would be not to leave home for more than two weeks at a time,” he noted, admitting that most of the time, he just wants to be at home with his dog.
See Kelo’s Dogue cover and another photo from the shoot below:
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A woman who was scammed out of more than $300,000 by a Kenny Chesney impersonator can’t sue the country superstar, an appeals court says.
Patricia Linson, who paid $310,000 to a phony Chesney after he told her he was “experiencing financial difficulties,” claimed that the real star was legally liable for failing to stop imposters from defrauding his fans.
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But in a ruling last week obtained by Billboard, a California appeals court ruled that legal precedent does not “require celebrities to warn and protect their fans against third-party imposter scams.”
“We do not doubt that financial scams are becoming more sophisticated and prevalent as technological developments make it easier for people to impersonate others,” the court wrote in the Aug 11 ruling. “[But] it would stretch the [the law] beyond what is supported by common sense and sound public policy to require celebrities to post warnings about third-party scams on their websites and social media accounts lest they face liability.”
Linson says the fake Kenny contacted her on LinkedIn in 2021 and pleaded with her to send him the cash. The fraudster allegedly said he needed it to appear at an awards show, to repair instruments and to pay for music videos. Her attorneys say she was convinced when the imposter shared details about future concerts and releases that were not yet public.
After the scam came to light, Linson filed a lawsuit in 2022, aimed at holding the actual scammer and a named accomplice responsible, but also accusing Chesney of failing to stop the fraud. She sued the star for negligence, arguing he likely knew that bad actors were duping fans and should have taken proactive steps to warn them.
But a Los Angeles trial judge dismissed the accusations against Chesney. And last week, California’s Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District upheld that ruling.
Linson had argued that such scams have become an “epidemic,” and cited examples of other famous musicians warning their fans to be wary of being duped. But in last week’s decision, the appeals court said that celebrities were not required to do so.
“Linson alleges no facts, and cites no authority, to support a finding that celebrities share special relationships with their fans to support imposing a duty on celebrities that would require them to protect their fans from third-party misconduct,” the appeals court said.
After losing her case, the court said Linson must pay Chesney’s legal expenses incurred in defending the appeal. Her attorney, Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy, tells Billboard on Thursday (Aug. 20) that she and her client disagree with the court’s decision.
“I believe the appellate court has gotten it wrong,” Baldwin-Kennedy says. “Especially in California, the entertainment capital, there are so many scams with people pretending to be celebrities and utilizing information to have people send millions and millions of dollars.”
An attorney for Chesney did not immediately return a request for comment on Thursday.
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