Pop Shots – Relationship Drama

Welcome to your weekly dose of pop world musings. Covering all things pop culture, this week Pop Shots is hitting you with thoughts on everything from Mariah’s collaborative honor, to Fergie and Josh Duhamel’s breakup, to Katy Perry connecting with Comcast, and since this is Pop Shots you know everything is seasoned with a little bit of attitude.

* Mariah Carey will be honored at VH1's Hip Hop Honors: The '90s Game Changers for her many collaborative efforts with rappers. Apparently no one at VH1 knew any actual ‘90s rappers, so they just pulled someone off their VH1 Divas list and said, “F*ck it. Let’s run with it.”

* Selena Gomez announced on Instagram that she had a kidney transplant earlier this summer due to complications stemming from Lupus. With Selena going through this, and me having gone through cancer and chemo earlier this year, I don’t know if I want to interview her, or simply hang out and compare our 2017 battle wounds.

* Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo announced they’re expecting their second child. I’m just here waiting for any other Victoria’s Secret model to suddenly have a thing for guys named Adam. Maybe an Adam with glasses … and a music blog. Anyone?


* Fergie and Josh Duhamel have split after eight years of marriage. So now if you want to see a couple that consists of a member of Black Eyed Peas and someone who starred in various Transformers movies … well, let me tell you about my will.i.am fan fiction!

* Avril Lavigne surprised the crowd at a Nickelback concert in Los Angeles when she joined the band – and most notably her former beau, Chad Kroeger – to guest on the song “Rockstar.” The rest of the world was surprised there was a crowd at a Nickelback concert.

* Comcast’s Xfinity brand is launching a new On-Demand destination that will allow Katy Perry fans who are Xfinity X1 customers to access behind-the-scenes content from her 85 date Witness: The Tour, as well as music videos, and never-before-seen interviews. The next step in this partnership will hopefully be Katy Perry starring in a remake of the Jim Carrey classic, The Cable Guy.


* Bruno Mars fans will be able to see the singer in his first primetime TV special – Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live at the Apollo – November 29th at 10pm on CBS … cuz nothin’ says the holiday season is upon us like recklessly sampling dozens of funk classics.

* Gene Simmons has announced he’ll be releasing a box set of previously unreleased solo material known as The Vault on ten CDs in a big vault-like box, but you’re gonna have to pony up some serious cash if you want to listen. Simmons is planning on releasing The Vault in tiers – the lowest priced tier being $2,000, the highest being $50,000, all of which include meeting the man himself. $2,000 seems like a lot just to meet Gene Simmons, especially for groupies from back in the ‘70s who remember when all they’d have to do to hang with Gene Simmons is Ace Frehley. Actually, maybe The Vault is a bit of a discount.


* Chance the Rapper is being sued for alleged copyright infringement over his song "Windows" off of his debut mixtape, 10 Day, which came out in 2012. The plaintiff is a New York based jazz musician and composer named Abdul Wali Muhammad (formerly Eric P. Saunders), who claims the song contains portions of the Lonnie Liston Smith song "Bridge Through Time," which Muhammad filed a separate copyright claim for in 1979, a year before it was released. So basically, someone who had no idea who Chance the Rapper is now thinks all the money Chance has donated to charity should have gone to him? Ah, litigiousness, ain’t it grand?

* Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin, who has been in the news for all the wrong reasons over the past few years, was arrested at LAX for allegedly attempting to bring a BB gun on a plane. His bail was reportedly set at $850,000, but that’s just because the judge f*cking hates him.


And with that, my time is up for the week, but I'll be back next week with more shots on all things pop.