Shawn Mendes wants no girl left behind, and for once he’s not just talking about his fanbase. Shawn played last weekend’s Global Citizen Festival in New York, where he was joined by John Legend for his song Youth. Before they performed, Shawn spoke up about the alarming lack of access to education around the world, especially for female children.

Access to quality education was only one of the important messages from stressed at the festival – organizers also encouraged attendees to reduce their use of single-use plastic items and to rally for eliminating bail bond policies that unfairly target minorities. Several performers spoke up for victims of sexual violence, including Janelle Monae, who told the audience “this past week was a brutal, brutal week for a lot of us women. So today, I’m standing here with my sisters on this stage, and with you. And, we want to send a message loud and clear to survivors here and all over the world; let’s make sure that they know that these 60,000 global citizens right here in this audience have got your back.”

Find out more about the Global Citizen movement and their quest to end extreme poverty by the year 2030 at www.globalcitizen.org.

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In late August, while performing at the Starplex Pavilion in Dallas, Rae Sremmurd’s reigning hip-hop hook king, Swae Lee, was hit in the face when an overzealous fan threw her cell phone on stage at him. While the intent wasn’t malicious -- the fan just wanted him to take a selfie with her smart device -- her aim was off. The phone struck Swae in the face, busting open his lip, leaving him bloody and having to get stitches that night. 
 
He was irate immediately in the aftermath. 
 
“On my momma I’m finna sue you,” he said onstage after he got hit. “Why you throwing shit on the stage? You throwing shit like a muthafucka baseball.”
 
Recently however, at Rolling Loud in Oakland, Swae displayed a serious change of heart. After he and his brother Slim Jxmmi got off stage, Swae spoke exclusively to LiveXLive, revealing a new plan of action for the fan who struck him several weeks ago: no lawsuit. 
 
“The hoes say I’m beautiful with the scar,” Swae bragged. “It all worked out perfectly. Shout out to the girl that threw that the phone at me. Matter of fact, I want to reach out to the girl that threw the phone at me.  Matter of fact I wanna reach out to the girl. I think I scared her. I wanna apologize to her. I really want to invite her to like five shows for free. On me.”
 
Rae Sremmurd was a part of an all-star lineup that ignited the stage in the Bay. Young Thug, Lil Skies, Gucci Mane, Wiz Khalifa, E-40 and Travis Scott were just some of the names that gave frenzied performances. You can see more from Rolling Loud right here on LiveXLive.

Get ready for Lady Gaga to be EVERYWHERE for the next month or two. Her long-awaited film with Bradley Cooper, the remake of A Star Is Born is set to hit theaters on October 5th, and critics are already raving about it. Could Gaga be on the road to winning an Oscar? Maybe. But according to this set of 73 questions with Vogue, she actually prefers to be “Lady”, if you insist on using a nickname.

We find out all kinds of things about her here – some you might have known, and some are brand new information. She says:

*   The weirdest rumor she’s heard about herself is that she has a penis
*   Watches horror movies to relax
*   Claims she doesn’t know what “being on” means
*   Dreams of playing in vegas
*   Wants to duet with Stevie Wonder
*   Calls fashion both a “form of expression and a form of hiding”
*   Says her personal style can be described as “gaga”
*   Confirms that she can write a song in just 10 minutes

Plus Lady reveals that the best advice she ever received came from Duke Ellington, via Tony Bennett: #1 never give up, #2 never not listen to #1. Hmmm… ok.

And as far as the vegas thing goes, she was referring to her upcoming residency at the Park Theater at the new Park MGM resort. She’s prepping two different shows - Lady Gaga ENIGMA, "a brand-new odyssey of her pop hits built as an experience unlike any other in Las Vegas", and Lady Gaga Jazz & Piano, where she will perform stripped–down versions of her hits alongside music from the Great American Songbook. You can ring in the new year with her – the shows premiere December 28th 2018.

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