Rapper Kodak Black, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, was arrested by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office on a drug trafficking charge on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Orange County, Fla. (Orange County Florida Corrections Dept.)
Rapper Kodak Black was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly trafficking MDMA in Florida last year, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
The 28-year-old artist, born Bill Kapri, is awaiting a court hearing Thursday afternoon on his drug trafficking charge for the alleged incident that took place during a Nov. 24, 2025, police search in Orlando, Florida.
Officers responded to a 911 call about gunshots and searched vehicles that were in the vicinity of the incident, according to the police report.
Kapri approached the officers and observed them searching the vehicles, the report said. The affidavit also alleged police located a bag in the trunk containing 56 grams of cannabis in sealed marked cannabis bags and a metal container containing a pink pill substance.
The sheriff’s deputy alleged in the report that a “pink pill” that tested positive for MDMA was found during the search.
An officer also said he allegedly found a bag containing Kapri’s ID, money and a bottle of Promethazine Hydrochloride, according to the report.
The report included an image from Kodak Black’s Instagram page that had a pair of pink scissors and a pink bag, which investigators alleged was uncovered during the search.
“Everyone on scene was asked if the bag or its contents belonged to any of them, and all denied ownership, including Bill Kapri,” the report alleged.
“When Kapri was informed of the money in the bag, he attempted multiple times to have the money turned over to him, claiming it belonged to his business. Kapri, however, would not claim the bag or any of its contents,” the report said.
Kapri’s attorney did not immediately respond to ABC News for comment.
2026 American Music Awards. (Courtesy of CBS and Dick Clark Productions)
Sombr will be performing at the 2026 American Music Awards.
The “back to friends” artist joins the lineup alongside the previously announced Twenty One Pilots, who’ve now been confirmed to be playing their single “Drag Path” during the show.
Other announced AMA performers include Hootie & the Blowfish, KATSEYE, Keith Urban, Maluma, Riley Green and Teddy Swims.
The 2026 AMAs will air May 25 on CBS and will stream on Paramount+. Sombr is nominated for seven awards, which is tied for second-most among all nominees.
:Neil Young performs with the Chrome Hearts at the Hollywood Bowl on Monday, September 15, 2025. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
Neil Young is giving fans an update on his upcoming new album with his band The Chrome Hearts.
In a post on his Archives website, Young writes that he recently played the album, Second Song, for his label, Reprise Records.
“It was a celebration,” he says of the playback. “I have been doing this for about 60 years and am so thankful to still be doing it in these days.” He added, “The album is quite special to all of us who made it together.”
Young previously revealed that the album would feature five new songs, plus three other unreleased tracks that were 60 years old, but it appears that may have changed. A caption under a photo of Young and the band in the studio says the album’s made up of seven songs in total, “five written recently in 2026 and 2 unheard ones from 1964.”
“I can’t wait until you hear this album,” Young writes. “Music is good for the soul and this one is special.”
“So love to you all. I hope you are well and happy,” he concludes the post. “These days we have a lot to worry about but we still have much to celebrate. Families, love, life.”
Young didn’t say anything about when the album may be released. It will be the follow-up to 2025’s Talking to the Trees, his first album with The Chrome Hearts.
In the meantime, Young and The Chrome Hearts are releasing a live album, as time explodes, on May 29. It features performances recorded during The Love Earth Tour 2025 that hit Europe, the U.K., the U.S. and Canada.
Newcomer Stephen Wilson Jr. learned he’d picked up his first Academy of Country Music trophy for visual media of the year for “Cuckoo” on Wednesday.
It’s an impressive feat for the first-time nominee, as he beats out Megan Moroney’s “6 Months Later,” Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton’s “A Song to Sing,” Lainey Wilson’s “Somewhere Over Laredo” and Cody Johnson’s “The Fall.”
Stephen co-directed the video.
The recognition comes as his first radio single, “Gary,” has just cracked both the Mediabase and Billboard Country Airplay charts. The video for that song stars noted actor Gary Sinise.
Black Veil Brides have premiered a new song called “Cut,” a track off the band’s upcoming album, VINDICATE.
“Cut” features Lilith Czar, who’s married to BVB frontman Andy Biersack. Both are featured in the song’s accompanying video, which is described as a “live-action retelling” of the movie Corpse Bride.
“‘Cut’ is a song that for me, is one of those songs in your catalog that feels like you were able to achieve exactly what you wanted to achieve when making it,” Biersack says in a statement. “I feel like Lillith’s voice and presence on this song is absolutely perfect.”
He continues, “On the lyrical side, just knowing how much the concepts resonate with both me and Lilith makes it all the more special and then to get to shoot this incredible video together it just feels like a career highlight all around. It’s one of my favorite songs we’ve ever done.”
VINDICATE, the seventh Black Veil album and the follow-up to 2021’s The Phantom Tomorrow, drops Friday. It also includes the previously released songs “Certainty,” “Bleeders,” “Hallelujah,” “Revenger” and the title track.
Ed, James and Henry in ‘Minions & Monsters.’ (Illumination, Universal Pictures)
The final trailer for Minions & Monsters has arrived.
Universal Pictures and Illumination have released a new trailer for the upcoming animated family film set in the Despicable Me universe.
This new film follows “the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created,” according to an official description.
The trailer starts with the minions arriving in Hollywood. A classic movie trailer voice narrates through voice-over.
“In Hollywood, the new stars of the silver screen changed the face of the motion picture industry forever. The Minions are back with a touch of mystery,” the voice says.
The film’s voice cast includes Allison Janney, Christoph Waltz, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg, Zoey Deutch, Trey Parker, Bobby Moynihan and Phil LaMarr.
Pierre Coffin, a director on the first three Despicable Me movies, as well as the first Minions film, helmed Minions & Monsters. Additionally, he provides the voice to all of the Minions, as he has done since their film debut back in 2010.
Minions and The Secret Life of Pets writer Brian Lynch penned the script and also serves as an executive producer on the project.
Big Freedia performs during the 55th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 02, 2026, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage)
Big Freedia has announced an EP with the late British producer, DJ, songwriter and trans rights activist SOPHIE. The untitled project will feature three songs created at SOPHIE’s home studio in LA, with Freedia writing the lyrics and SOPHIE handling production. The tracks were largely completed in one single afternoon back in 2016 and will be released to the world on June 19.
“Recording with SOPHIE is something I hold even closer to my heart now, especially after her passing,” Freedia said in a statement about the British star, who passed in January 2021 following an accidental fall in Athens. “She was an artist who showed the world that living boldly is your greatest power. With this EP, I want to show the world how loved she was and still is!”
The lead single, “Blaze That A**,” is set for release on May 22.
Big Freedia will then hit the road for her Big Freedom tour, which kicks off June 4 in Dallas and wraps on July 18 in St. Louis, Missouri. One dollar from every ticket sold will be donated to the Center for Working Families Fund.
Harry Styles, ‘Dance No More’ video still (Columbia Records)
Harry Styles leads a massive dance party in the new video for his song “Dance No More.”
The clip starts with Harry, who’s wearing red satin gym shorts, a shirt, tie, hoodie, blazer and sneakers, walking into a large empty space and starting to sing with his band in front of rows of empty chairs. Soon, a bunch of spectators appear and watch the performance.
Harry then starts thrusting, bumping, grinding and shaking his butt while shedding layers of clothing. The spectators start to mimic his movements, until they’re all magnetically pulled toward him, sliding and crawling on the floor just to get to him. From then on, everyone dances as one, with Harry, who eventually strips down to a tank top, seemingly controlling everyone’s movements.
And fun facts about the lyrics: When Harry sings “Keep your customer satisfied and live your life,” he’s quoting the 1970 song “Keep the Customer Satisfied” by Simon & Garfunkel. That song was the B-side to the duo’s classic tune “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” which inspired another track on Harry’s album, “Carla’s Song.”
President Donald Trump conducts a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on Monday, April 6, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
(LONDON) — With the war in Iran still unresolved and an energy crisis linked to it battering the global economy, here’s a timeline of the key phases of the conflict, from the start of “Operation Epic Fury” to “Project Freedom,” intended to reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz.
Phase 1: Trump announces the start of combat operations in Iran
In a late-night video statement released to the nation on Feb. 28, just hours after U.S. and Israeli forces launched attacks on Iran, President Donald Trump announced that major combat operations were underway.
“Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people,” Trump said.
He said that chief among the goals of the joint U.S.-Israel operations was to eliminate once and for all Iran’s ambitions to obtain a nuclear weapon.
“They’ve rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions, and we can’t take it anymore,” said Trump, adding that after the U.S. “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear facilities in June 2025, the regime began rebuilding its nuclear program and developing long-range missiles.
In his first press briefing four days after the start of combat operations, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said, “I stand before you today with one unmistakable message about Operation Epic Fury: America is winning decisively, devastatingly and without mercy.”
U.S. military officials said top government and military leaders of the Iranian regime were killed in the opening salvos of the conflict, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Hegseth said the hundreds of military targets were hit in the first hours of the operation, knocking out the IRGC’s ability to effectively communicate.
Iran retaliated by firing missiles at seven Gulf states, hitting civilian infrastructure and airports in the United Arab Emirates, residential areas in Qatar and an apartment building in Bahrain.
During the briefing, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine released the names of six U.S. service members killed in an Iranian drone strike on Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.
Phase 2: Strait of Hormuz becomes focal point of the war
As the fighting progressed, Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was named the country’s new supreme leader on March 8, despite reports that he was badly injured in the attack that killed his father.
In his purported first written statement, Mojtaba Khamenei directed the IRGC to continue to limit traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime channel linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman, through which 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas passed in 2024.
Tensions immediately escalated in the Strait of Hormuz following Mojtaba Khamenei’s directive to the IRGC. The Iranian military claimed on March 12 that it struck an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, one of three commercial ships attacked that day near the Strait of Hormuz.
The attacks came just days after President Trump posted a message on his social media platform, saying if Iran attempted to stop the flow of oil in the strait, “They will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far.”
On March 21, Trump gave Iran an ultimatum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to all commercial vessels in 48 hours. The president posted on his social media platform that if Iran didn’t comply, “The United States will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST.”
The following day, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a letter to the U.N. International Maritime Organization, saying the strait was open to “non-hostile” vessels.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on state TV on March 25 that “Iran’s power is the Hormuz Strait.”
Phase 3: US Naval blockade and ceasefire
Trump announced on March 23 that the U.S. and Iran were discussing an end to the war, giving the first indication of diplomatic talks since the start of the war. He gave Iran a five-day extension to reopen the strait, citing progress in ongoing peace negotiations.
The next day, the Trump administration offered Iran, through intermediaries in Pakistan, a 15-point plan to end the war.
Israeli Defense Forces announced on March 26 that Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the IRGC’s navy, was “eliminated” in a strike. The IDF also claimed the strike killed the head of Iran’s naval intelligence, Behnam Rezaei.
On March 26, Trump announced that he was pausing the attack on Iran’s energy plants for 10 days until April 6 at 8 p.m. ET., saying in a social media post, “Talks are ongoing and, despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the Fake News Media, and others, they are going very well.”
Trump extended Iran’s deadline again on April 5, giving Iran until April 7 to make a deal. Iran responded to Trump’s 15-point peace plan with a 10-point proposal for ending the war, but the strait remained on lockdown.
Just hours ahead of the April 7 deadline, Trump again took to social media, writing, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.”
That same day, Iran and the United States announced they had agreed to a two-week ceasefire that would include reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
But on April 8, Israel launched a heavy bombing attack against Hezbollah in Lebanon, prompting Iran to complain that Israel broke the ceasefire agreement and closed the strait again.
Vice President JD Vance then traveled to Islamabad, Pakistan, for peace talks with Iran, brokered by Pakistan. Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, also participated in the talks, but Vance announced on April 11 that no agreement had been reached.
With the strait still closed, President Trump on April 13 announced a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports along the strait. “We can’t let a country blackmail or extort the world, because that’s what they’re doing,” Trump said.
Trump said on April 21 that the ceasefire was being extended indefinitely at the request of Pakistan, but that the naval blockade would stay in place.
Phase 4: ‘Project Freedom’
As the war dragged into May, Trump announced that the U.S. Central Command was launching “Project Freedom,” in which U.S. military ships would escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
But the launch of Project Freedom on May 3 caused an escalation of tensions in the strait.
On May 4, Adm. Brad Cooper, head of the U.S. Central Command, said the IRGC had launched missiles, drones, and small boats toward ships the U.S. was protecting in the Strait of Hormuz. Cooper said the U.S. “defeated each and every one of those threats,” and that U.S. AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and others were used to “eliminate” the Iranian attack boats.
On May 5, Trump announced a temporary pause in Project Freedom at the request of Pakistan.
In a statement on social media on May 6, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the pause “will go a long way towards advancing regional peace, stability and reconciliation during this sensitive period.”
Trump said that while Project Freedom is paused, the U.S. naval blockade is still in effect.
Kenny Chesney was looking for a very specific kind of song to put out as his first new music in two years.
Then he realized he’d had it all along, though he was saving it for his “next songwriter-driven island project.”
“Once I realized what ‘Carry On’ could be, the song fell into place,” he explains. “Some songs are just fun to cut. As much as I loved what it was, when we started tracking, I realized this was the song I’d been looking for, the one that captures everything about how I try to live my life – and the way I think all the people who love these songs live their lives, too.”
“Carry On” drops Friday and is the first release on Kenny’s new HEY NOW Records partnership.
