Justin Timberlake poses with the Contemporary Icon Award backstage during the Songwriters Hall Of Fame 50th Annual Induction And Awards Dinner at The New York Marriott Marquis on June 13, 2019 in New York City.
DJ Khaled has a pretty solid track record with Justin Bieber , including two top five Billboard Hot 100 hits — chart-topper “I’m the One” and the No. 5-peaking “No Brainer” — plus JB’s starring role in the Drake-assisted “Popstar” video . So why not invite the other Justin along for the fun too?
On Friday (April 23), Khaled took to his socials to announce that he’s “99% done” with his upcoming album, titled Khaled Khaled , but he’s working on some “last minute magic” from Justin Timberlake . “THE VOCALS IS IN!” Khaled yells repeatedly at the top of his lungs as he jogs and jumps in the pool in a new video , celebrating JT’s submission.
Meanwhile, Bieber is also involved in the new Khaled project. It remains to be seen if both Justins appear on one song, but according to an Instagram post, they did team up to FaceTime Khaled — only to get no answer.
Khaled did eventually get Timberlake on FaceTime, where the singer calls the hitmaker “the best A&R in the game.”
Timberlake goes on to compare his new song with Khaled to two Jay-Z classics — including one JT collab. “This is like if ‘Song Cry’ would have never existed, but then ‘Holy Grail’ was ‘Song Cry’ — does that make sense?” Sure! The emotional “Song Cry” is from Jay’s critically acclaimed 2002 album The Blueprint , while Hov teamed up with Timberlake for “Holy Grail” on Magna Carta Holy Grail in 2013.
From Publisher: Billboard
Why Ken Thinks Yeti is Justin Timberlake on The Masked Singer – E! Online
Justin Timberlake is probably, most definitely not a contestant on The Masked Singer , but when has that stopped Ken Jeong before?
In a new clip from tonight’s double dose of the Fox reality show, Ken presents a theory about the Yeti which, at first, doesn’t sound totally insane. In fact, even Nicole Scherzinger seems on board. The Yeti’s clues spoke of “an ego that got in the way early on in his career,” which leads Ken to think of JT.
“Just recently he kind of owned up to his own past,” Ken says, referring to Justin’s Instagram apology to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson for having “failed” them. “So I feel there’s a self-awareness with the Yeti and with Justin Timberlake.”
There was some logic there, but then Ken takes things too far by declaring Justin his “good family friend,” which Nick Cannon and guest panelist Rita Wilson are quick to call him out on. Rita also points out that Justin and Jessica Biel have a brand new baby, and it just definitely doesn’t feel like he’s standing on stage in front of them doing The Masked Singer .
When we met the Yeti in the last episode, we learned that he was from a place where too many men become “monsters,” but he was surrounded by a group of warrior women who made him a gentleman and gave him confidence. He then performed “If It Isn’t Love,” and it just definitely was not Justin Timberlake’s voice, but this would not be the first time Ken was extremely wrong about a guess.
From Publisher: E! Online