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Many of Latin’s music stars celebrated Christmas yesterday with their loved ones. Becky G shared her first Christmas as an engaged woman to Sebastian Lletget, while Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro revealed their romantic getaway in photos.

Earlier this month, Becky G shared her engagement with Lletget in a heart-warming Instagram post. The Major League Soccer club player from the Los Angeles Galaxy got down on one knee and presented an emotional Becky G with an engagement ring. She said “yes” to getting engaged to Lletget.

Becky G spent Christmas with Lletget. She posted photos of the happy couple posing in front of a Christmas tree. With a big smile, Becky G flashed her engagement ring with a smitten Lletget. “Feliz Navidad from us and Buddy the elf,” she wrote in the post. Buddy can be seen behind the Christmas tree in the first photo.

Latin music’s power couple Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro also shared photos from their Christmas together. They spent the weekend in Tokyo, Japan in a snow-covered home. Alejandro posted intimate of them cozy on vacation. “To take you to Tokyo and not miss a thing,” Alejandro wrote. “Merry Christmas to everyone and may God bless you.” On his post, Rosalía commented, “Baby turn down the brightness.” She shared more photos from their trip on her Instagram account.

Meek Mill deactivated his Twitter account last week as one of countless people who have been dissatisfied since Elon Musk took over the app. Meek seemingly had a much better relationship with former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who donated $10 million to Reform Alliance, a non-profit aimed at criminal justice reform launched by Meek alongside Jay-Z and Michael Rubin in early 2019.

Meek Mill is too busy to tweet anyway. While Meek performed “Dreams And Nightmares” at the World Series in Philadelphia, his relationship with his hometown is anything but performative — from donating $15 million to 110 Philly schools earlier this year to his latest act of goodwill. According to Reform, the multi-platinum rapper posted bail for 20 women incarcerated at Philadelphia’s Riverside Correctional Facility.

“The women, who were unable to afford bail, will now be able to spend the holiday season with their families and loved ones. Five women were released today and will be reunited with their families, with the goal of 15 more women being released in the coming week,” the organization explained on Instagram.

“For families impacted by the criminal justice system, the holidays can be an extremely challenging time,” Meek said in a statement shared by Reform. “No one should have to spend the holidays in jail simply because they can’t afford bail, and no child should be without their parents during this time if we can do something about it. I’m grateful for the opportunity to help these women be with their families and loved ones during this special time of year.”

In November 2017, Meek Mill was arrested and hit with a fishy two-to-four-year sentence for violating his probation by riding motorbikes, travel issues, et al. He appealed the sentence in April 2018, which was denied, but he walked free later that month after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered his immediate release. Meek’s original 2008 conviction was eventually vacated in 2019. (The “batsh*t crazy” judge who oversaw Meek’s case, Genece Brinkley, was recently reassigned to civil court, per The Philadelphia Inquirer.)

Since enduring all of that, Meek has dedicated himself to serving others. He supported New York’s “Rap On Trial” law in May and, through Reform, has been involved in probation reformation being passed in California and Michigan in years past.

Billie Eilish and Finneas are behind some of the world’s most beloved and popular music. Once upon a time, though, they were just kids making songs at their parents’ house. Ultimately, that’s how a lot of artists, even the biggest ones, got their start: Working on songs at home with a relatively minimal recording and production setup.

Presumably, a lot of emerging artists got started on this path yesterday when they received their first bit of audio gear for Christmas. For those folks, Finnneas has a message worth hearing.

Yesterday, he tweeted, “If any of you got your first audio interface or mic or midi keyboard today for Christmas, have fun!!! If you make stuff you don’t think is ‘good enough’ that’s okay! It means you have good ears!! You’ll get there!! Trust the process!!!”

Finneas has evolved beyond the basics and has his own home studio, where it looks like he and his sister spent some time making new music earlier this year. The pair also entered The Simpsons universe when they both appeared as themselves in the short When Billie Met Lisa. As for how Finneas will be closing 2022, he, Halle Bailey, Wiz Khalifa, Tomorrow x Together, and many others are set to perform on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.

North West’s TikTok has been a sore subject for her estranged parents, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, but it’s a treat for her 11.7 million followers. Last month, the nine-year-old made a dancing TikTok with Lizzo while backstage at her Los Angeles stop of The Special Tour. And this weekend, North took to the platform to share glimpses into the annual Kardashian holiday party, hosted at Kourtney Kardashian’s Calabasas home on Christmas Eve (as noted by People and TMZ).

North shared a “Boy’s A Liar” TikTok with Kim and Kylie Jenner, and another pose-filled one with her mom, but the 17-second snippet of North duetting with Sia especially stood out.

North and Sia stood together in a life-sized gift box and sang “Snowman,” a track from Sia’s 2017 Everyday Is Christmas album. A fan account also re-posted clips of Sia singing her ubiquitous 2014 hit “Chandelier.”

The famously private artist will have at least one more public appearance in 2022. Sia is slated to perform at Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party, Miley Cyrus’ second NBC special recorded live from Miami. Cyrus will co-host the event with Dolly Parton. Other musical guests will include Fletcher, Latto and Rae Sremmurd. Still, North West’s TikTok will probably spark more FOMO on New Year’s Eve.

Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party will air live on Saturday, December 31 on NBC from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. ET. The special will also stream live on Peacock.

TikTok users love to be a part of the latest trends, and one of the newest ones is a bit dark but also funny for the right audience. As people visited home and otherwise spent time with their families over the holiday weekend, they read fake headlines about the death of a relative’s favorite celebrity, filming all the while to capture their reactions.

A video from TikTok user @stevescooche compiles some of these clips and has racked up about 10 million views since yesterday. The first clip is focused on an older couple as the person behind the camera fraudulently announces, “Oh my god: ‘Cher Dead At 81.’” Some in the room look up and offer a shocked, “No!” A man then yells, “My Cher?!”

Another user said in their video, “Oh my god: ‘Bon Jovi Dead At 60.’” Their shocked relative looked up before quickly summoning further research, saying as the video cuts off, “Alexa, did Bon Jovi…” Somebody else used Jon Bon Jovi for their video, too, and in that clip, after hearing the fake news, a woman urgently puts down her drink, gets up, and exclaims, “F*ck! Sorry, excuse me.” Of that video, a commenter cracked, “The Bon Jovi lady at the end got up like she is the executor of the will or something.”

Check out the compilation above.

Two years after unleashing Whole Lotta Red, his first career No. 1 album, Playboi Carti stirred up a whole lotta speculation. The drawn-out Whole Lotta Red rollout involved ambiguous release dates, viral teases, and rampant fan excitement. Now, the Atlanta rapper appears to be repeating history.

On Christmas Day (December 25), Carti sent his first tweet since October 2021 (“Hello Twitter”) and four hours later, he followed it with, “love all my supporters it’s time.” He paired that with two Instagram posts, including a screenshot of an audio preview on his Instagram Story.

Carti was asked about his next album during an April interview with XXL. “I was about to name my album Music because that’s where I’m at, you know what I’m saying? Music,” he said. When pressed to clarify what the album’s name would be, he doubled down: “Music because that’s all it is at this point.”

Carti was then asked about “the topics that are important” or that he found himself rapping about or writing about while crafting the project.

“Love. Sex. Drugs. Changes in my life,” he said. “I’ve been rapping about going to rehab. I want to go to rehab because I think I’m bipolar. I want everybody to feel free. I want this album to make everyone feel free. I hope this album brings peace to the world, honestly. I’m in love with what I’m doing. Like I told you, you can’t put a genre alternative [on me]. My little brother told me that all the time.”

Below, see some of the fan reaction to Carti’s latest tease.

Surely, you’ve heard Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” at least a handful of times this holiday season. When it comes to plays worldwide, though, “a handful” is a severe understatement: On December 24 (Christmas Eve), Spotify listeners worldwide listened to the song 21,273,357 times, which is the new all-time record for the most global Spotify streams for a song in a single day.

The previous record holder was Adele’s “Easy On Me,” which had 19,749,704 plays on October 15, 2021, so Carey claimed the throne handily. In fact, Christmas Eve’s second most-played song, Wham!’s “Last Christmas,” nearly topped Adele’s mark as well, with 19,079,817 streams.

Some other tunes that drew major streaming crowds on the 24th include Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” (17.3 million global streams), Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock” (15.9 million), Michael Bublé’s “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” (14.8 million), Andy Williams’ “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” (12.7 million), Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me” (12.4 million), José Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad” (12.2 million), and Dean Martin’s “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” (11.9 million).

Meanwhile, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is No. 1 on the latest Billboard Hot 100 chart. As for this week’s ranks, due to the holiday, the reveal of the top 10 spots has been postponed to December 27.

Nick Cannon, in case you haven’t heard, has a lot of kids: 11, to be exact. He had those kids with six different women, so if he planned to get together with all of them for the holidays, Cannon was going to have to spend some serious time on the road to make it work. Well, there’s no word yet on how that panned out, but before Christmas, Cannon declared he planned to make it happen.

On December 23, Cannon (along with model Brittany Bell and two of their three children) visited Los Angeles Mission to serve holiday meals. There, a TMZ cameraperson caught up with Cannon and asked how he plans to divide his time among his kids this holiday season. He answered, “Me and Santa Claus do it together.” He later added, “I have the same vibe as Santa Claus: I’m traveling all night.”

This comes shortly after Akon showed his support for Cannon’s prolific fatherhood, saying, “I agree with him 1,000 percent. That’s how life is supposed to be. Why not? He’s rich. He’s responsible. He takes care of every one of those children. And the baby mothers are with it. And they hurt for nothing. And they live comfortably. […] He’s there for every one of them. He’s there for every single one of those kids. I got nine and I’m there for every one of mine.”

The Warriors and Grizzlies have become arguably the most heated rivalry in the NBA today, as their playoff series a year ago sparked plenty of trash talk, bad blood, and accusations of dirty play on the court and on Twitter.

The young Grizzlies made it clear they wanted to face the Warriors on Christmas Day and got their wish, traveling to San Francisco to face a reeling Golden State team that is without Steph Curry, having lost its last two games by a combined 68 points. It seemed like a golden opportunity for the Grizzlies to pick off a win over the Warriors, but instead they found themselves getting run out of the Chase Center in what ended up a 123-109 Warriors win.

The two sides spent much of the game chirping at each other, but it reached a fever pitch after Klay Thompson drilled a jumper over Dillon Brooks to put Golden State up 117-101 and took the opportunity coming back down the floor to make sure Brooks, who had fallen on the contest and was sliding at midcourt, heard all about it.

Thompson picked up the technical, but in this situation he’s happy to pick that up to add to the embarrassment of the loss for Brooks and the Grizzlies. It’s clear that Golden State was just as fired up for this game as Memphis, and if anything the Grizzlies may have been a bit overconfident they had the advantage over the Steph-less Warriors. Hopefully we can see this matchup once again over the course of a playoff series, because it continues to deliver on entertaining moments, if nothing else.

The Rams spent their Christmas afternoon pummeling the Broncos, as NVP Baker Mayfield, Cam Akers, and the Rams offense rolled up 51 points on Denver in what became a 37-point win in L.A., with Russell Wilson throwing three interceptions in the loss.

After the game, most players were exchanging holiday pleasantries, but Broncos edge rusher Randy Gregory and Rams guard Oday Aboushi weren’t necessarily in the Christmas spirit. The two had some words as they wandered through the sea of players exchanging jerseys and handshakes, with Gregory eventually taking a swing at Aboushi, who returned the favor.

The two would quickly be separated, although Gregory seemed to want to continue the altercation as he tried to push by people to get back to Aboushi, so nothing escalated any further, but it’s never what you want to see after a game. It’s also just a funny dichotomy to see those two trade punches while 10 feet away two players are taking their jerseys off to swap them.

Frustrations have been building all year for the Denver defense, as the dam seemed to break on Sunday after they’d done incredible work trying to keep the Broncos in games despite an anemic offense. Against the Rams, that wasn’t the case and it seems like whatever issues Gregory had with the Rams may have been exacerbated by the full season issues in Denver.