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Usher’s London Serenade Sparks Buzz, But No Marriages Were Harmed in the Making

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Usher Raymond’s recent tour stop at London’s O2 Arena, the R&B icon once again demonstrated why he’s an expert at transforming a slow jam into a viral event. But despite all the headlines and the online panic, no vows were broken in the process. In the moment that social media was clutching its pearls and fanning itself, Usher serenaded one of his fans in classic Usher style, smooth, charming, and just shy of being dangerous to the spirit. With eyes locked and cherries offered, the fan went along, gazing back in a way most often found in steamy romance novels. Needless to say, the Internet lost its mind.

Word soon circulated that the fan’s husband, supposedly 45, and not so thrilled with the public showing, had filed for divorce, even alleging that she had never kissed him in public. Cue the collective gasp, a flood of memes and relationship therapists descend on comment sections. However, an unnamed source claiming to have spoken with AllHipHop might have salvaged that spicy tale. No divorce papers. No scorned spouse. It is just an irresistible Usher moment blown up by the Internet’s association with drama. And to be honest, we can’t fault fans for believing that.

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Sadly, unless the couple steps forward to clear the air, we may never truly know what happened behind closed doors. But that’s why Usher concocts a fantasy so enveloping that the crowd forgets to distinguish between showtime and real time. You feel like you are being serenaded under the spotlight for a few moments. And while this story turned out to be more fiction than fallout, it speaks to the power Usher still has more than 20 years after he kicked off his career. He’s toying with hearts, headlines, and the Internet’s imagination. In this case, the fourth wall was the only thing that was broken.

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Snoop Dogg Wants To Pay Someone $10,000 A Month To Eat Ice Cream

Snoop Dogg in Hollywood, California, 2019
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Snoop Dogg has had a lot of job titles over the years, but “official ice cream taster” wasn’t one of them until now — and he’s hiring someone else to fill it. His company Dr. Bombay just opened applications for the role, and it pays $10,000 a month.

The gig is fully remote and open to anyone on the planet, which Snoop announced himself in a video that’s exactly as laid-back as you’d expect. “I love the paper, but not the paperwork,” he said, explaining that HR firm Deel is handling the logistics while he handles, presumably, the ice cream.

The actual job is less “sit around and eat pints all day” and more part-time cultural scout. Whoever gets it will track flavor and food trends around the world, report back on what people are eating and talking about, and work directly with Dr. Bombay’s in-house flavor lead to help shape what the brand does next. It’s a three-month contractor role, and Snoop’s team says they’re actively looking outside the usual resume pile — creators and non-traditional applicants welcome.

Dr. Bombay itself leans nostalgic, with flavors like Long Beach Fruit Cart, Sticky Caramel Apple Pie, and Peanut Butter Jelly Time already sitting on shelves at Walmart and moving through DoorDash and Instacart. Somewhere out there is one very lucky applicant about to get paid five figures a month to have opinions about ice cream, and honestly, good for them.

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The Soul Train Awards Are Finally Coming Back

Don Cornelius on the Soul Train set, 1974
Photo: Billboard / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

The “Soul Train Awards” are getting their groove back. BET confirmed the show is returning this November after a three-year pause, and this time it’s landing somewhere it’s never aired before: CBS.

The revived special airs Friday, November 27th at 8 PM, simulcast across BET and CBS, plus VH1, MTV2, Logo, and BET Her for anyone who wants to catch it more than once. It won’t be broadcast live this time — the show was taped in Chicago, the same city where Don Cornelius first launched “Soul Train” back in 1971.

The ceremony went quiet after its 2023 edition, hosted by Keke Palmer, and BET’s former leadership chalked the pause up to needing a rethink for a media landscape that looks nothing like it did when the show started. That rethink is apparently done. BET’s Connie Orlando says the 2026 edition comes back “reimagined” with a “bold new format,” built around pairing the artists who shaped R&B and soul with the ones carrying it forward now.

Spotify has signed on as the exclusive streaming partner and Toyota is attached as a sponsor, so this isn’t a scrappy comeback — it’s a full relaunch. Performances, honorees, and a host are all still to be announced, but for a show that spent three years on ice, just having a date back on the calendar feels like something worth celebrating.

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