Santiago Felipe/Getty Images By Christopher Rudolph Nina West has been auditioning for RuPaul’s Drag Race for the past decade, and she finally sashayed into the workroom for Season 11. She made it far, but this week RuPaul asked the Columbus queen to pack her bags after a lackluster lip sync. Nina spoke with MTV News…
(Karwai Tang/Getty Images) Imagine the smile on Kanye West’s face right now. Not the one from that viral clip of him at the Met Gala. but a ginormous, massive entity that’s swallowed his face and massive cheeks. Even bigger than the one that you’re thinking of at this moment. It probably matches the wide-eyed grin…
Getty Images / SM Entertainment The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn’t discriminate by genre…
(Chesnot/WireImage) Today (May 10), Rihanna rises. Not to new music — that’s for some other time. Now, it’s style: The singer’s fashion brand is heading to Paris! LVMH has officially announced that it’s teaming up with Rihanna for a Paris-based luxury house, aptly named Fenty. The good news is how quickly it’s happening. Fenty will…
Getty Images Rejoice, Beliebers! Justin Bieber’s musical drought has ended, and we apparently have Ed Sheeran to thank for that. The two pop princes have reunited for “I Don’t Care,” a loved-up collaboration they’ve been relentlessly teasing for more than a week now. Thankfully, it was well worth the wait — this could be a…
By Lauren Rearick A Rhode Island school district announced that it is no longer moving forward with a policy that people around the country called “lunch shaming.” On Sunday, May 5, Warwick Public Schools in Warwick, Rhode Island announced on Facebook that sunflower seed butter and jelly sandwiches would be the only meal option for…
If you can, think back to the first time you heard Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” which currently sits at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for its fifth consecutive week as the No. 1 song in the country. It simultaneously seems like only a few weeks ago and somehow also six years…
By Christianna Silva Kim Kardashian West has continued her work towards prison reform and has worked with the legal team she helps fund to free 17 people who were imprisoned for non-violent drug offenses over the past three months as part of the 90 Days of Freedom campaign, the nonprofit law firm the Decarceration Collective…
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call By Khushbu Shah A few days after President Donald Trump used Twitter to attack Representative Ilhan Omar on April 12, the Minnesota Democrat found herself on the receiving end of even more death threats than in recent months. Days later, on April 20, Huda Fahmy met Omar at the Changemaker Summit…
Zak Cassar Last week, Betty Who returned from a weeklong getaway to Honolulu, Hawaii, where her singular goal was to “dive off the face of the planet.” She succeeded — she has the beach, bikini, and pineapple pics to prove it — but instead of spiraling into post-vacation blues upon her return home, she’s feeling…