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Rick Ross’ new album, Set in Stone, is out now. It’s his first project in nearly five years, a period during which he decided to step back and “let the rap game breathe.” Now he says it’s time to return with what the game has been missing.

“You know, I was really chilling for the last few years. I just felt like it was time, and the game wanted that luxury rap, that big boy rap that I made,” he tells People. “And I just felt like it was time.”

He adds that the response to the album’s lead single, “Minks in Miami” with Max and French Montana, confirmed that the timing was right.

“[T]hat went number one, so it was just a good reaction from the culture. So that was dope for me. The production, the style,” Ross says. 

Set in Stone also features T.I., YFN Lucci, BigXthaPlug, The-Dream, Leon Thomas, Kodak Black, Yung Miami and more. The album arrives as Ross celebrates the 20th anniversary of his debut album, Port of Miami, with a tour.

The shows are black-tie affairs, complete with a live orchestra.

“We’re 20 summers in; how do we celebrate this in a different way? You know, how do we do this differently? And it basically was one of the ideas of let’s get black suit and tie, let’s get gowned out, let’s get a orchestra, let’s get a choir and let’s just make it an amazing memory, something we’ve never done to celebrate 20 years and if we never do it again, we’ve done it,” Ross tells People.

The next stop on the tour is Friday in Orlando.

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Tigirlily Gold’s new record is titled Country & Midwestern, in a nod to the duo’s North Dakota roots. 

“We could not be more excited to finally announce our sophomore album, Country & Midwestern!” Kendra Olson and Krista Slaubaugh say in a news release. “This album came to be by taking the sounds of the 2000s Country music we grew up on and our love of growing up in the Midwest, which is often overlooked and under-appreciated.

“While the album is sonically nostalgic, the lyrics cover where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re going, professionally and personally,” the sisters continue. “We spent the last two years planting many seeds – some that painted fields gold and some that never had the chance to grow. We did not sugarcoat any of our experiences, and hope everyone can hear the heart of this album, because it’s one and the same as ours.”

The project shares its title with their song that came out in March and boasts a cover photo shot on the North Dakota plains by Kendra’s husband, Jared Olson.

We’ll get our latest preview Friday with the new track “Something to Drink About.”

You can check out the album trailer now for Country & Midwestern, which is set to arrive Oct. 9.

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No matter what the country or language, The Weeknd is a superstar.

The singer’s After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour has already been named the highest-grossing tour ever by a male solo artist. But he’s just set a new record in France as the first artist ever to sell out six nights on a single tour at Paris’ Stade de France. All in all, he played to more than 500,000 fans across France on the current European leg of the ongoing tour.

If it seems like the tour has been going on for an awfully long time, it has. It started back in 2022 and has played across North America, Europe, the U.K., Latin America and Australia. Just this year alone, The Weeknd has sold 3 million tickets and taken in more than $440 million with this tour.

The tour’s final leg will start in Asia this fall, with 17 shows across Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Hong Kong and Malaysia. The final show is scheduled to take place Nov. 5 in Kuala Lumpur.

This leg of the tour features a 40-foot gold statue with laser eyes and smoke effects. It’s the largest commissioned fine artwork ever incorporated into a live concert production.

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Many people have their own thoughts on what the government is and isn’t for, but Noah Kahan is hoping Congress may be able to help him out with one specific issue.

It seems that people are continuing to relieve themselves during the “Stick Season” artist’s concerts not in the proper facilities, but right there in their own seats. 

Back in June, after it was reported that someone had defecated in their seats during his show, Kahan posted, “If you have to poop at a show please dear god just go to the bathroom lmao.” Now, a month later, a fan reported that someone used a section at Citi Field as their own personal toilet to urinate into during Kahan’s show at the New York City stadium over the weekend.

During his show in Washington, D.C, on Wednesday, Kahan responded to the latest bodily waste incident as part of a bit in his song “Dial Drunk.”

While pretending to speak on a payphone, Kahan took a call from “Congress,” which informs him that “people have been pissing all over the floor at my shows, as well.”

“You guys are ordering by act of Congress that everyone has to wear diapers before they get in? Is that what we’ve come to?” Kahan continued. 

He concluded, “Alright, you heard Congress, f****** put some diapers on next time, y’all.”

For what it’s worth, Kahan does seem to have some sway when it comes to matters of legislation. He supported a bill to put a cap on ticket resale prices in his home state of Vermont that passed in May, and is also behind a similar bill proposal in Massachusetts.

Kahan is currently on tour in support of his new album, The Great Divide.

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Latto has released the music video for her song “Okayyy” featuring Doja Cat. 

The video opens with Latto rapping in bed in a leopard print bikini. She’s also seen taking pictures in her bathroom mirror with a digital camera and applying body oil as men do push-ups in the background. Later, the men join her as they jam while she’s recording in a bedroom studio.

In between scenes, Doja and Latto are seen rocking coordinated white Y2K-inspired outfits as they whine to the song.

When Doja’s verse begins, she’s shown dancing for her man during a prison visit. She, too, is seen taking mirror selfies and dancing.

The two rappers reunite in front of a mansion, surrounded by men washing cars in the driveway.

Latto and Doja will now also be headed on tour together.

In a video posted to Instagram from the set of the music video, Doja asks Latto, “Do you trust me?”

“Okayy,” Latto replies.

“Like a lot?” Doja responds. “Okayy,” Latto says again, in the melody of the song.

“Enough to come on a bus with me for two months?” Doja asks. “Okayyy,” Latto repeats.

“To sell out arenas all over the world?” Doja asks. “Okayyy,” Latto responds.

“Then you coming on tour with me,” Doja says. Latto then screams in excitement, and the two look into the mirror as they shout together, “Okayy, Okayy, Okayy.”

Doja’s TOUR MA VIE WORLD TOUR kicks off Oct. 1 and runs through Dec. 1. Tickets are on sale.

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Ghost has premiered the trailer for the band’s upcoming concert film, 2 Big to Rig.

As previously reported, the movie captures the “Square Hammer” outfit’s two 2025 shows in Mexico City during their Skeletour world tour.

The trailer, which you can watch streaming now on YouTube, begins with a voiceover teasing, “You have been chosen to partake in a ritual celebration the world has not yet seen.”

It then cuts to concert and backstage footage, revealing where the film’s title comes from thanks to a crew member who says, “The show’s too big to rig. I mean, we do pull it off everyday.”

2 Big to Rig will premiere in cinemas and IMAX on Aug. 26. For ticket info and screening locations, visit 2BigtoRig.com.

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