Nipsey Hussle, Bino Rideaux ‘PROLIFIC’ album cover (All Money In/Out The Blue/Atlantic Records)
PROLIFIC, a collaborative album between Nipsey Hussle and Bino Rideaux, now has a release date. It’s set to arrive on Aug. 14, a day before what would’ve been Hussle’s 41st birthday.
“We’re proud to present PROLIFIC, the collaborative project Nipsey created with Bino and brought to life sonically by Mixed By Ali,” Hussle’s brother, Samiel “Blacc Sam” Asghedom, says in a statement. “We are honored to be able to release the PROLIFIC album in the exact way my brother envisioned it. This isn’t something that our team compiled together, this is the body of work Nipsey created with Bino top to bottom. He was very proud of this project and we feel blessed to finally be able to share it with the world.”
Recorded nine years ago, the 15-track project was recently led by the single “Reckless.” Coinciding with the release date announcement is the premiere of “Sacrifices,” released with a music video directed by Norberto Garcia.
“Sacrifices was a masterclass of creative energy,” says Bino in a statement. “Minimum conversation, all hands on deck, and the unpredictable genius of James Fauntleroy. Constant flow of vibes and gems on and off record.”
PROLIFIC is available for preorder and presave in multiple physical variants. Exclusive merch is available for preorder.
Singer Joe Elliott of Def Leppard performs at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on February 03, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Live Nation Las Vegas)
Def Leppard wrapped their Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace back in February, and now they are giving fans who didn’t make it to Sin City a little taste of what went down.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just dropped a performance video of their latest single, “Rejoice,” which was shot during their Vegas stint. The clip shows the band being introduced to the audience and then rising from below the stage to perform the song.
Def Leppard released “Rejoice” back in January, ahead of the residency’s Feb. 3 launch. It was their first new single since dropping “Just Like 73,” featuring Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, in 2024.
The band is set to kick off a new European/U.K. tour on Saturday in Rättvik, Sweden. A complete list of dates can be found at DefLeppard.com.
The skyline of the Central Business District is seen on May 13, 2026 in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — A U.S. citizen was arrested in China on espionage charges, according to Chinese officials.
U Min Zin was “lawfully subjected to criminal compulsory measures by the relevant authorities on suspicion of engaging in espionage activities that endanger China’s national security Chinese foreign ministry,” spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters Friday during a news conference.
Lin did not provide any more details about the charges or the investigation into Min Zin, who has been a longtime scholar on the politics of Myanmar. The spokesperson said the Chinese government notified the U.S. consulate general in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.
A State Department official told ABC News in a statement Friday that the department is aware of the reports of the arrest.
“The Department of State has no higher priority than the safety and security of Americans. Whenever a U.S. citizen is detained, we work to provide the appropriate consular assistance. However, under federal privacy law, we are unable to comment further at this time,” the official said.
Min Zin took part in the democracy movement in Burma, Myanmar’s former name, in the late 80s and fled the country in 1989 to avoid arrest, according to a bio on his blog.
He is the executive director of the think tank, The Institute for Strategy and Policy (Myanmar), and has written several publications about Myanmar’s politics.
Min Zin was scheduled to speak at an event in Nepal this month hosted by the Centre for Social Innovation and Foreign Policy, the think tank announced in May.
ABC News’ Shannon Kingston contributed to this report.
‘Break the Cycle (25th Anniversary Live)’ album artwork. (BMG/Alchemy Recordings)
Staind has announced a new live album celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band’s 2001 breakout album, Break the Cycle.
The set collects live recordings of each of the 13 songs off the original Break the Cycle track list. It’s due out Aug. 21.
You can watch the video for the live version of the single “It’s Been Awhile” streaming now on YouTube.
Break the Cycle marked Staind’s third album and spawned the singles “It’s Been Awhile,” “Fade,” “Outside,” “For You” and “Epiphany.” It’s been certified five-times Platinum by the RIAA.
Staind will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Break the Cycle with a U.S. tour launching in September.
In other 25th anniversary celebration news, Alien Ant Farm is putting out their 2001 effort ANThology, which includes the single “Movies” and their hit cover of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal,” on vinyl for the first time on July 31.
Construction workers build scaffolding near the sign for the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts on June 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Friday denied the Department of Justice’s request to lift an order requiring the removal of President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center.
The Trump administration still faces a deadline of Friday to remove Trump’s name from the building.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Mgk’s been on a collaborative streak lately, releasing the song “FIX UR FACE” with Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst and the blog era boyz EP with Wiz Khalifa.
Mgk is currently touring the U.S. in support of his latest album, 2025’s lost americana. He performed a cover of Nickelback’s “Rockstar” during a recent show in Pittsburgh.
Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift at the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, on CBS and Paramount+. (Todd Williamson/CBS via Getty Images)
You need to calm down: Spurs fan Selena Gomez was not insulting Taylor Swift over Taylor’s Knicks fandom.
As per E! Online, on Thursday Selena commented “lol” on an MTV Instagram post that shared photos of celebrities at Game 4 of the NBA finals, including shots of Taylor with Mariska Hargitay. On Friday, she posted an Instagram Story that read, “Woke up and was sent so many texts. I would never insult my friends, nor was it an insult. The comment was a reaction to the first slide on the page.”
Selena went on to explain a now-deleted Instagram Story that she’d posted after the game, which was captured and posted on X. In it, she’d captioned a report of the Knicks’ stunning victory over her hometown team, the San Antonio Spurs, “Mad respect for the game!! Congrats to the peeps that represent. What a comeback. So funny how some are all the sudden fans though lol.”
People online interpreted this as criticism of Taylor, who has been accused by some — including an ESPN commentator — of not being a “real” Knicks fans. In fact, she’s a longtime fan of the team. But as Selena explained in her Friday post, that’s not what she was referring to at all.
“Second, I bet my friends on the game. The friends in the text chain I posted. I lost but was poking at my opponents, my friends,” she wrote. “Believe it or not I do have other friends in my life. But quickly forget that most assume otherwise.”
Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick perform at Ascend Amphitheater on August 14, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Cheap Trick has been forced to cancel or postpone several shows on their current tour.
According to a post on social media, the tour changes are “due to circumstances beyond our control,” and refunds will be given to ticket holders for canceled dates. Tickets for postponed dates will be valid for the new shows.
In total, the band has canceled four shows — June 12 in Catoosa, Oklahoma; June 13 in Norman, Oklahoma; June 20 in Standish, Michigan; and June 27 in Prior Lake, Minnesota. They’ve also postponed three dates — the June 25 show in Aurora, Illinois, is rescheduled for Sept. 10; the June 21 gig in Paw Paw, Michigan, is now scheduled for Sept. 11; and the June 28 concert in Madison, Wisconsin, is recheduled for Nov. 8.
The band’s next scheduled show is June 24 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A complete list of dates can be found at CheapTrick.com.
Cheap Trick released their latest studio album, All Washed Up, in November.
Construction continues on the Ultimate Fighting Championship “Claw” and the octagon fighting ring on the South Lawn of the White House on June 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — The White House can host an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on the South Lawn this weekend, a federal judge ruled on Friday.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected a request to block the high-profile event brought by two Virginia residents who alleged the Trump administration’s authorization for the event was unlawful.
In his order, Judge Mehta determined that the plaintiffs failed “to establish both a substantial likelihood of standing and irreparable harm” in their lawsuit against the event.
The lawsuit alleged the event — which includes a press conference at the Lincoln Memorial on Friday, ceremonial weigh-in and concert at the Ellipse on Saturday, and the South Lawn fight on Sunday — violated National Park Service regulations, was improperly permitted, and lacked a necessary environmental review.
In his order, Judge Mehta found neither plaintiff was able to show they are “directly affected” by the event, despite their contentions that the temporary arena known as the “Claw” is “hideous” and “grotesque,” and that it diminishes their ability to enjoy the beauty of the nation’s capital in the coming days.
Mehta repeatedly picked apart the plaintiffs’ efforts to establish standing to bring the suit, in which they cited reasons including planned attendance at weekend protests and road closures near the White House that they had argued would cause them personal injury.
Even if they had been able to establish standing, Mehta said, their lawsuit failed to show the event would cause irreparable harm, and noted the “unreasonable delay” in filing the lawsuit — rejecting their explanation that the decision to sue was based on newly gathered information.
Mehta further agreed with the government that cancelling the event at the last minute would cause “substantial harm” given the amount of planning, costs and labor put into the project over the past several months.
In a court filing on Wednesday, lawyers with the Public Integrity Project had called the event a “corrupt spectacle.”
“Such a volcano of corruption, if allowed to go forward, will mark an inflection point in American history,” they argued.
Lawyers with the Department of Justice said the authorization for the event was lawful, comparing it to other events on the South Lawn like Easter Egg Roll, National Christmas Tree Lighting, state dinners, the Congressional Picnic, and a 2022 Elton John Concert.
They also argued that the plaintiffs lack standing and would not be harmed by the event.
“No one is holding Plaintiffs in a jiu jitsu lock, forcing them to watch UFC Freedom 250 against their will,” DOJ lawyers wrote on Tuesday. “The public interest does not favor allowing them to exercise a heckler’s veto, particularly at this late date.”
The 2026 premiere of ABC’s annual CMA special is less than two weeks away, and the Country Music Association just revealed which artists made the cut.
The three-hour show airs Thursday, June 25, at 8 p.m. ET and takes up the entirety of primetime.
Riley Green and Good Morning America‘s Lara Spencer are this year’s hosts.
Bailey Zimmerman, Blake Shelton, The Band Perry, Brothers Osborne, Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson, Deana Carter, Ella Langley, Fetty Wap, Florida Georgia Line, Gretchen Wilson, HARDY, Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll, Jordan Davis, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Luke Bryan, Michael McDonald, Molly Tuttle, The Red Clay Strays, Ricky Skaggs, Russell Dickerson, Shaboozey, Shay Morgan, Stephen Wilson Jr., Tim McGraw, Tucker Wetmore and Zach Top have all secured their spot.
So far, there’s only one song we know for sure we’ll hear: the first live performance of Shaboozey’s “Cowgirl.”
If you miss the show on June 25, you’ll be able to check it out on Hulu June 26.
Meanwhile, let the 2027 planning begin. The 54th CMA Fest kicks off June 10, 2027, and runs through June 13, 2027.
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