Francia Raisa squashes all the rumors about her friendship with Selena Gomez, Playboi Carti leads the TikTok Billboard Top 50 with his song “Sky,” Latin star Wisin tells us how he met Yandel in the latest episode of Growing Up, we take a closer look at Bad Bunny’s chart history in this week’s Pop Culture Rewind, Billboard Latin Music Week is still going on in Miami and we’re bringing you all the highlights from day 3, and more!
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Selena Gomez’s bestie opens up about their bond. We talked about Bad Bunny’s impact on pop culture, find out what it’s like to grow up with Wisin, see what was going down at Billboard Latin Music Week and we run down the hottest songs on TikTok. It’s Thursday, October 5th, I’m Tetris. This is Billboard News and it’s almost the weekend. We got a whole lot of star power to get through today. So let’s start with news on the most followed girl on Instagram. Selena Gomez hosted an event benefiting mental health, and Francia Raisa talked about the ups and downs of their friendship.
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Mental health can feel personal. But now is the time to share our personal stories.
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Selena Gomez and the Rare Impact Fund hosted a benefit to try to get closer to her goal of raising $100 million for mental health. The event where she debuted a new bob saw performances from H.E.R. and Marshmello and it was attended by many of Selena’s co-workers and friends, including Francia Raisa. Now, if you didn’t know Selena and Francia have had their ups and downs over the years, but they’re in a good place, Francia told Extra.
Francia Raisa
I am a different person today than I was last year or even when I turned 30. I’m 35 now and even you know when Selena turned 30, I’m like — it’s different, isn’t it? She goes yeah, and I said welcome to your 30s, now we can get to know each other again.
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