Music

A$AP Rocky was honored with the Style Icon Award at the 2025 CFDA Awards, accomplishing a goal he set for himself after partner Rihanna took home the award in 2014. He said during his acceptance speech Monday night that she was his inspiration.

“Baby girl, I love you, boo. … You won this so long ago. Remember what I told you? I said, ‘Yo. You inspired me. I’m going to win that one day,'” Rocky said to Rih, according to a video that has circulated social media. “Remember that s****, and look, we did it, baby.”

The 2025 CFDA Awards were Rihanna’s first red carpet since welcoming daughter Rocki Irish Mayers in September. With a baby girl now in their family, Rocky shared his thoughts on what it’s like to be a girl dad.

“Yo, being a girl dad is amazing,” Rocky said in an interview with Extra. “I mean, check me out. I’m glowing.” In a separate chat with Entertainment Tonight, he said “Rocki is cuter than ever” and called her his “baby twin.”

Baby Rocki is Rocky and Rihanna’s third child; they also share sons RZA Athelston Mayers and Riot Rose Mayers, who are still adjusting to having a new baby in the home.

“I think they get a little jealous from time to time, but they ain’t gotta be,” Rocky told ET of his sons. “It’s a lot of love to go around. But it’s gonna probably take some getting used to.”

Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

If you’re looking to “Change” your wardrobe, Deftones are here to help.

Chino Moreno and company have launched a collaboration with the apparel brand Dickies. The collection includes multiple T-shirts and hoodies featuring the band’s name stylized like the Dickies logo.

You can order your Deftones x Dickies apparel now exclusively through the Deftones web store.

Dickies previously collaborated with Green Day on an apparel line.

Deftones, meanwhile, headlined their Dia De Los Deftones festival on Saturday. They released their new album, private music, in August.

Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Katy Perry has new music on the way.

The singer announced her new single, “Bandaids,” is coming Thursday. She posted the artwork for the song, which features a close-up of her face with tiny cuts visible on her forehead, cheek, nose and lips.

Katy is currently on her Lifetimes tour in Europe, in support of her last album, 2024’s 143.

On the one-year anniversary of its release in September, she reflected on the album in an Instagram post, writing, “143 to me was literally me saying I love you to my fans. Looking back now, I realize it has been all about reconnecting to my fans through these songs and through this wonderful tour that has given me the opportunity to see so many of you again and for the first time.”

The album features the songs “Lifetimes,” “Woman’s World” and “I’m His, He’s Mine.”

Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Young Bleed, formerly of No Limit Records, passed away on Saturday, his son Ty’Gee Ramon Clifton has confirmed.

He announced the news on social media while dispelling rumors surrounding his father’s death.

“As of Nov. 1, my dad gained his wings,” he said in a video on Instagram, clarifying that his father died of an aneurysm at 51 years old. He said that Young Bleed “didn’t really have no health issues” but suffered the health emergency at an after-party celebrating the Verzuz battle between No Limit and Cash Money Records.

“Rip to the biggest legend I kno…. Young bleed!!!” Ty’Gee captioned the Instagram post. “Love u Dad so much and will definitely miss u… but imma carry the torch from here I got u.” He later explained that the GoFundMe his family initially set up for medical expenses will now be use to raise money for his father’s burial expenses.

Born Glenn Reid Clifton Jr., Young Bleed had his first real taste of fame in 1997 when his song with C-Loc, “How Ya Do Dat,” was released. It appeared on the soundtrack to Master P‘s film I’m Bout It. It was later included on Young Bleed’s 1998 debut album, All I Have In The World, Are … My Balls and My Word, which went Gold and topped Billboard’s R&B/Hip Hop album chart.

He had a total of nine studio albums.

Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Reba McEntire is “happier now than I’ve ever been in my life,” in part thanks to her romance with her fiancé, Rex Linn — although she admits she didn’t immediately say yes to his proposal.

Speaking to USA Today, Reba shared that Linn, her co-star on Happy’s Place, originally planned to pop the question when they were on safari in Africa in June, but “the opportunity never presented itself.” He brought the ring all the way back home to Tennessee, and on Dec. 24 he got down on one knee while he and Reba were walking near a creek on their ranch outside Nashville.

“I said, ‘What are you doing?’ and he said, ‘Would you marry me? I want to cross the finish line with you,'” Reba said, adding that she hugged Rex’s head but didn’t answer.

“He said, ‘You’re not saying anything!’ And I finally said, ‘Well, yes! YES!'”

Rex told USA Today that Reba only paused for about “21 seconds,” but noted, “Even a five-second pause feels like an hour.” 

“I thought, if she doesn’t say ‘yes,’ I’ll just disappear into that creek,” Rex added. “But then she said ‘yes’ three times.”

The two haven’t set a wedding date, since, as Rex explained, Reba only has “13 free days in 2026.” For now, they’re just enjoying their engagement — and inspiring others with their love story. 

As Reba told USA Today, “I’m hearing from people I haven’t heard from in years, going, ‘Gosh, you’ve given me hope. Maybe there is someone out there for me.'”

Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Halsey put an audience member in their place after they heckled her during her Boston concert Monday.

Not long before taking the stage at Boston’s MGM Music Hall, the singer revealed that she had been in the ER all night for a “minor medical emergency.” “I am A-Okay now and ready to rock tonight!” she wrote on her Instagram Story.

While she was addressing the crowd onstage that night, someone in the audience told her to “stop talking and play” a specific song.

“You think you’re tough s*** because you’re from Boston? I’m from Jersey, baby. I’ll whoop your a**,” Halsey replied. “My dad’s from Boston, my mom’s from Jersey — that basically makes me a f****** demon.”

“I’m gonna play whatever the f*** I wanna play,” she continued. “In case you didn’t hear me correctly, I almost f****** died to be on this stage. I’m going to play whatever the f*** I wanna play.”

Later on X, she addressed the incident again, writing, “I’ve been polite but won’t be caught dead letting a man tell me what I should play in my set.”

Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Variety reports Taraji P. Henson will star in The Accomplice, a series adapted from and named after 50 Cent‘s novel with Aaron Philip Clark. She will play Nia Adams, “a fearless Texas Ranger on the trail of master thief Desmond Bell, whose latest target is one of America’s wealthiest families,” the logline reads. Taraji and 50 will serve as executive producers on the series, which is in development at Peacock.

D’Angelo‘s funeral took place Saturday in Henrico County, Virginia, according to People. Stevie Wonder performed “If It’s Magic,” “The Lord’s Prayer” and “As,” with some assistance from harpist Brandee Younger. There were also musical tributes from Kim Burrell and D’Angelo‘s former bands, The Soultronics and The Vanguard. Lauryn Hill and DJ Premier were among those who paid their respects.

Kehlani‘s “Folded” has become the singer’s first top-10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. With 13 million streams, 32.9 million in airplay audience and 3,000 in sales in the tracking week ending Oct. 30, the song sits at #7. It also becomes Kehlani’s first #1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs, and first top-10 on Streaming Songs (#10) and Radio Songs (#8). The success follows Kehlani’s latest project featuring remixes of “Folded” from Toni Braxton, Brandy and more.

Megan Thee Stallion‘s “Lover Girl” has debuted at #8 on the Hot 100 thanks to 8.5 million official U.S. streams, 1.5 million in radio airplay audience and 5,000 sold in the week ending Oct. 30. The song ends the two-week streak of no rap songs in the chart’s top 40.

Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

María Zardoya of The Marías has announced the debut tour with her solo project, Not for Radio.

The 2026 outing launches Jan. 6 in Oakland, California, and will travel to Chicago, New York City and San Antonio before wrapping up back in the Golden State with three shows in Los Angeles taking place Jan. 22-24.

“I wanted you to experience the music live in a beautiful theatre, seated and comfortable, where you can see the stage and have an intimate night with the music,” Zardoya says.

During each show, Zardoya will play her debut Not for Radio album, Melt, in full, plus other songs.

“The supporting act will be an ensemble of strings players local to each city,” Zardoya adds.

Presales begin Wednesday, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday. For the full list of shows and all ticket info, visit NotforRadio.us.

The most recent Marías album is 2024’s Submarine, which includes the singles “Run Your Mouth” and “No One Noticed.” Since then, they’ve put out the single “Back to Me.”

Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.