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Drake and Meek Mill beefed for several years, but now they are at peace, and Drizzy is promoting the Philly MC’s new album, Expensive Pain.

“PAIN GETS EXPENSIVE AT MIDNIGHT,” Drake wrote on his Instagram story. “@meekmill proud of u boy since the Bahamas cook up we were plotting on the next chapter time to eat.”

The feud between Drake and Meek Mill sparked in 2015, when Meek stated that the Champagne Papi used a ghostwriter to write his lyrics. Mill says that feud led to his worst year in music four years later.

“2019, I think my slowest year, me and Drake was beefing. I was at a disadvantage,” he told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, as reported by HotNewHipHop. “He was winning, in the eyes of the people. I still walked my way through that, went through prison, I had to go through something. Once I bounced back out, Championships. We had a pandemic, two years go by, few people fading away.

“We in 2021, I’m going to stand on Expensive Pain,” Meek continued. “I’m going to stand on my talent, and I’m going to remain confident and hope that people pay attention to what’s going on because they got a long way to go. I’m trying to keep pushing.”

Expensive Pain is Mill’s fifth studio album, following Championships in 2018. It features Lil Baby, Kehlani, Lil Uzi Vert, Moneybagg Yo, Young Thug, Lil Durk, A$AP Ferg, Brent Faiyaz, Giggs and Vory.

Mill also announced a star-studded “Expensive Pain: Meek Mill & Friends” album playback concert on October 23 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He’ll perform the new project in its entirety alongside several special guests.

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This Friday, Justin Bieber: Our World, a documentary about the making of Justin’s New Year’s Eve concert in December 2020, will hit Amazon Prime Video.  Speaking to People, Justin said the hardest part of the show, which took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in front of a small group of invited guests, was simply putting it together in the middle of a pandemic.

“It was difficult…all of the checks and balances that went along with putting together this show, from the COVID tests, to some people actually getting COVID during the process and having to wait in quarantine for 15 days or however long it took for it to pass,” Justin explains.

In the documentary, you’ll definitely see the panic that ensues when one key member of Justin’s creative team gets COVID-19. “There was just hurdles, and it’s already hard enough to put on a show of this level,” Justin adds. “But to do it during a pandemic…”

Of course, the fact that it was Justin’s first concert in three years also didn’t make it any easier.

“I definitely felt the nerves leading up to it,” Justin tells People. But as he points out, “I think sometimes nerves are coming from a good place, because you care.”

Justin also admits that “there’s a lot of moments that I messed up” during the show — but you can’t really tell from watching the doc, which features the star performing all his biggest hits, including “Intentions,” “Baby,” “Love Yourself,” “Lonely,” and “Holy.”

However, Justin allows, “You want to get better at something, you gotta be willing to make mistakes. I heard this saying like, ‘You miss all the shots you don’t take.’ So you take the shot. If you miss, you miss, but at least you tried.”

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It appears that hip hop heavyweights Big Daddy Kane and KRS-One will battle in the next Verzuz.

Their silhouettes appear in a Verzuz Instagram post that reads, “WANNA PLAY? We got a new VERZUZ on the way Sunday, October 17th, brought to you by the killer new series, #Chucky. Who do y’all think it is!? Drop your guesses in the comments below and we’ll pick an entry at random to get a pair of tix!”

Snoop Dogg, who was announced as one of the Super Bowl halftime performers on Friday, quickly figured out the answer.

“Big Daddy Kane. V. K. R. S1,” The Doggfather wrote.

DJ Premier from Gang Starr commented, “I can tell by the silhouette.”

Kane is celebrating 35 years in hip hop after launching his career in 1986 as a member of The Juice Crew. His many classics include “Ain’t No Half Steppin'” from 1986. Big Daddy performs a tribute to his late friend, Biz Markie, on the BET Hip Hop Awards, airing Tuesday night.

KRS-One also began his career in the ‘80s in New York City. He was a member of Boogie Down Productions, and began the Stop the Violence movement after his partner, Scott La Rock, was shot and killed in 1987. Tupac and Eminem are among the many rappers who praised him as one of their strongest influences.

Fat Joe and Ja Rule starred in the previous Verzuz held on September 14 at Madison Square Garden in NYC, where Nelly, Ashanti and Remy Ma were among the featured performers,

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Dave Grohl will be an upcoming guest on Bedtime Stories, a kids TV program on the BBC’s CBeebies pre-school channel.

On the first of two episodes, premiering October 8, the Foo Fighters frontman will read from Octopus’s Garden, a children’s book written by Ringo Starr based on the 1969 Beatles song of the same name.

“As a proud father of three, I’ve always enjoyed reading stories to my children,” Grohl says. “It was a pleasure to read these stories for CBeebies.”

If you’re looking for more Dave Grohl stories, look no further than The Storyteller, the iconic musician’s first ever memoir. The book will be released tomorrow, October 5.

Grohl is currently on a book tour in support of The Storyteller, which continues Tuesday in New York City.

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Dylan Scott is living his best life, as he’s set to embark on the Livin’ My Best Life Tour early next year.

The headlining tour takes the “My Girl” hit maker across the country, beginning on February 24 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and with stops at the famous Joe’s Live in Illinois, the Tabernacle in Atlanta, and at the House of Blues in Boston, Anaheim and Cleveland. The tour concludes on April 29 at The Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland. 

The singer, whose other hits include “Hooked” and “Nobody,” recently wrapped up a stint as an opening act on Luke Bryan‘s Farm Tour, and continues out on the road with the American Idol judge’s Proud to Be Right Here Tour.  

“I’m excited to finally headline in front of my fans. Hopefully we’ve gained a lot of new ones over the past few months while being on tour with Luke,” Dylan shares in a statement, adding that newcomer Dylan Marlowe will serve as the opening act. “Ready to live my best life on the ‘Livin’ My Best Life Tour.'”

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time. 

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It’s not clear if she’s going to be watching it, but Britney Spears is “aware” that all the contestants on tonight’s episode of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars will be hitting the the dance floor to her music, a source tells Page Six.

The 14 remaining celebs and their pro partners will not only be dancing to Britney’s music, they’ll also be wearing costumes and doing choreography inspired by her. 

For example, pro Gleb Savchenko and his partner, Spice Girl Mel C, will be doing the tango to “Toxic.”  He told Page Six, “It’s like the best song ever, especially for tango. It’s going to be really cool. The costumes and the whole concept, the number, it’s really dope. We’ll definitely do some ’Toxic’ sexy moves.”

Savchenko added, “We [support] #FreeBritney. she’s amazing … and everything’s happening for her. I’m so happy.”

Other performances on tonight’s show include singer/reality star JoJo Siwa dancing the Argentine tango to “…Baby One More Time,” Real Housewife Kenya Moore dancing the tango to “Womanizer,” Olympic gymnast Suni Lee dancing the foxtrot to “I’m a Slave 4 U,” and actor Brian Austin Green dancing the tango to “Till the World Ends.”

Tune in at 8 p.m. ET on ABC to see how Britney’s songs go over with the judges.

This may be the closest you’ll come to seeing someone performing the iconic choreography to Britney’s greatest hits onstage, since TMZ is now claiming that even if her conservatorship is terminated, Britney still has no plans to return to touring.  Sources claim she simply has no desire to work, even though she knows fans want to see her.

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Over the weekend, Blake Shelton took time out of his day to wish his “better half” a happy birthday. 

On Sunday, Blake’s wife, Gwen Stefani, celebrated her 52nd birthday, and he honored the occasion by sharing a beautiful black-and-white photo from their wedding on his Twitter feed. 

“Happy birthday to my better half.. my WIFE!!!! I love you @gwenstefani!” wrote the country star alongside the photo, which shows the couple beaming as they dance at their wedding, the venue adorned with candles and, in the background, guests seated at tables boasting gorgeous candelabras. 

Blake and Gwen wed on July 3 at their property in Blake’s native Tishomingo, Oklahoma. The wedding was officiated by The Voice host Carson Daly. 

Musically, the couple has sent two duets to the top of the country charts, “Nobody but You” and “Happy Anywhere.”

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The reports are true: Coldplay and Selena Gomez have indeed teamed up for a song called “Let Somebody Go.”

The track is one of the songs on the band’s upcoming album Music of the Spheres, and you can listen to a snippet of it now on Selena’s Twitter account.

Coldplay has also revealed that in addition to Selena Gomez and BTS, Music of the Spheres will include appearances by Grammy-winning British producer and musician Jacob Collier and We Are KING, the Grammy-nominated R&B duo featuring twin sisters Amber and Paris Strother.

Meanwhile, Coldplay will do a week-long residency on CBS’ The Late Late Show with James Corden starting October 18 and running through October 21.  Selena will perform “Let Somebody Go” with the band during that time, while Collier and We are KING will join Coldplay for a song called “Human Heart.”

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