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Joe Budden’s Team Flips the Script in Hilarious Plot Twist After Drake Drops Merch
Joe Budden’s crew executed a funny stunt on Drake in a plot twist straight out of a rap sitcom. What began as a slight in Drake’s new $ome $exy $ongs 4 U merch drop ended as a brilliant redirect that no one saw coming… except Joe Budden’s always-diligent camp. The Toronto rapper’s new merch includes co-host and media personality Melyssa Ford, who now sits beside Budden during The Joe Budden Podcast, alongside a link with “videovixens.ca.” On the surface, it seemed like a rather ordinary, slick Drake move, ruffle some feathers, raise a few eyebrows, maybe even take a jab at Budden and his entourage.
But Joe’s friend Ian Schwartzman threw a wrench into that theory with a blunt revelation about the backstory on that cryptic link. Ian explains to Joe, in a video that now appears online, the true reason “videovixens. It leads users directly to The Joe Budden Podcast’s Patreon page “Tyler saw the merch drop as soon as it dropped, went and bought videovixens.ca, and directed it straight over to your Patreon page. I’m not f*cking kidding.” And even before Drake’s team could secure the URL, Budden’s team grabbed it and turned it into a sharp sly plug for their own content. What might have been a diss turned into an accidental promo, and Joe’s fans are eating it up.
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Ian also added some well-timed commentary on the whole situation, sarcastically saying he “was wondering” if Drake was trying to be slick first and that he’s not “still sending people over to you. ‘It’s on me. I’m the big guy on campus.'” But no, it was a totally Tyler move, a quick-thinking, opportunistic twist that transformed a possible roast into a marketing victory. It’s a prime example of how rap beefs today reach way beyond the booth, into URLs, merch drops, digital real estate. As Drake continued to throw sexy-sounding tracks out into the ether, Budden’s crew hit back with a masterclass in internet judo.
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The Jonas Brothers Just Played Halftime At The NFL’s First-Ever Game In Australia
The NFL played its first-ever regular season game on Australian soil Friday, and the league handed the halftime slot to a band that knows a thing or two about stadium-sized nostalgia: the Jonas Brothers. At the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers on the field, the trio ran through a medley built for a crowd that grew up on them — “Burnin’ Up,” “Sucker,” “Year 3000,” and their new one, “Listen When Sad.”
They also did something no one was expecting: a cover of John Farnham’s “You’re the Voice,” the 1986 Australian anthem that’s basically a second national song at this point. It’s the kind of move that plays a lot better live in Melbourne than it would’ve on paper. “Playing at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of such passionate Australian fans is an incredible honor,” the group said in a statement ahead of the show. “We can’t wait to be part of this historic moment and celebrate with everyone in the stadium and watching around the world.”
The game itself wasn’t close — the 49ers took it 27-7 — but the real story was everything happening around the field. Cody Simpson opened the day singing “Advance Australia Fair,” and the whole event doubled as a launchpad for the Jonas Brothers’ next act: “The Burning Up Tour All Over Again,” kicking off Sept. 25 and running through Dec. 22, a nod to the original Burnin’ Up Tour from nearly two decades back.
That throwback framing isn’t just marketing. “Listen When Sad,” which the band debuted live at Madison Square Garden before Melbourne, pulls from a very specific corner of their teenage years. “We’ve tapped back into a sound that was kind of the sound of the early 2000s,” Nick told the MSG crowd. “Bands like Switchfoot, Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional.” They’ve even re-teamed with the producer behind “A Little Bit Longer” and “Lines, Vines and Trying Times” to get it right. No album’s been announced yet, but between the halftime show and the tour, it’s clear they’re not easing into this one quietly.
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Harry Styles Is Extending His Tour Into 2027 — And Finally Playing U.S. Stadiums Solo
Harry Styles just told fans that “Together, Together” isn’t done yet. He’s tacking on 25 more stadium dates through 2027 — and this time he’s finally doing something he’s never done before as a solo artist: headlining stadiums in the U.S. and Canada.
The new leg kicks off in Phoenix on April 2 and rolls through Dallas, Los Angeles, Toronto, Atlanta and Chicago before jumping to Europe for stops in Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome and Dublin, wrapping with three nights at Wembley Stadium on Aug. 28. Tickets run $60 to $300, but Styles is also rolling out something new: “Unpredictable Fun Tickets,” a batch of $20 seats (£20 or €20, depending on the market) meant to keep the tour accessible, alongside a returning partnership with EARNT that lets fans earn tickets by volunteering in their communities.
Styles broke the news the old-fashioned way, in a newsletter to fans, confirming these are the tour’s “final cities.” “After that, I don’t know what comes next for me,” he wrote, “but I know that I’m excited to find out.” Every stop gets its own opening act, and the lineup is genuinely wild — Kylie Minogue in LA, Tears For Fears in London, LCD Soundsystem in Rome, Lainey Wilson in Toronto, and Caroline Polachek in Paris, among others.
This caps a run that’s already made history: Styles picked up a Guinness World Record in June for the longest residency by a musician at Wembley Stadium, beating out Coldplay’s old mark. The tour is behind his fourth album, “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.,” which debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart. If this really is the last lap, he’s making sure it’s the biggest one yet.
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