Pardison "Pardi" Fontaine and Megan Thee Stallion attends 40/40 Club Celebrates 18-Year Anniversary With Star-Studded Event at 40 / 40 Club on Aug. 28, 2021 in New York City.
Shareif Ziyadat/GI for 40/40 ClubPardison Fontaine took to social media on Tuesday to firmly deny any rumors of trouble in paradise with Megan Thee Stallion.
Gossip started circulating that the couple could be on the outs after the Something for Thee Hotties rapper had removed any trace of her longtime beau on social media — one-year anniversary gifts included — opting to fill her feed instead with graduation photos, her 2021 recap and teases of “Lick,” her upcoming collaboration with Shenseea that drops Friday. The Internet has also run wild with unverified abuse rumors, saying that Megan has physically lashed out at Fontaine when she’s drunk — rumors that Pardi shot down.
“Stop this cap nobody puttin hands on nobody …(At least not in that way ),” the Grammy-winning rapper/producer wrote in a message posted to his Instagram Story. “Been seein the break up rumors and was lettin y’all imaginations run ..but y’all gettin too crazy ….ain’t give n—as a story so they made one … we really been on it double time.”
He punctuated the since-deleted post with a fingers-crossed emoji and padlock.
Megan remains a steady fixture on Fontaine’s Instagram grid. In December, he shared a sweet, celebratory picture from the sidelines of her graduation ceremony at Texas Southern University, and weeks prior, he posted a photo of the couple together comparing himself and his famous girlfriend to a vintage snap of DMX and Aaliyah. (Meg commented “My baby” on the latter.)
Meanwhile, on Wednesday (Jan. 19), the “WAP” rapper shared a sneak peek at her upcoming Super Bowl ad for Flamin’ Hot Cheetos featuring some very random questions about sloth allergies.
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There’s a high probability that Jorja Smith has new music coming this summer. The British singer revealed plans for her What Are the Odds LP on Thursday (July 2), with the album set to arrive on Aug. 21 via FAMM.
Smith reunites with producer P2J — who served as a primary collaborator on her 2023 album Falling or Flying — for the entirety of the project. J Money and P2J will continue to build on the inventive U.K. garage sound Smith has been exploring, alongside a mix of grime and house.
“This album came together really naturally. There was never a big plan; it was just me making music that felt right in the moment,” Smith tells Billboard. “Working with P2J, we started experimenting with different sounds, pulling from U.K. garage, grime and house (funky house, Afro house) and it all grew from there.”
She continues: “The music feels uplifting, but the lyrics can be a bit sad at times. They’re about growing up, love, loss, friendships and figuring things out as I go. I trusted my instincts with this one, and I think you can hear that throughout the record.”
Smith kicked off the album’s rollout in May with the self-assuring “What’s Done Is Done,” and it continues on Thursday (July 2) with a second single, “Alive,” which finds the R&B singer joining forces with Afrobeats pioneer WizKid. The duo basks in the love-drunk euphoria of the honeymoon phase of a bubbling relationship and heads to Paris for the visual.
“Making this with P2J and WizKid felt really easy,” Smith adds of the collab. “We wrote and recorded it together in London. I think we captured that feeling when you’re at the beginning of something with someone and everything feels exciting. I’ve always loved WizKid’s music and the way he’s opened so many doors for Afrobeats around the world, so it feels really special and a big honor to have a song with him.”
What Are the Odds serves as Jorja Smith’s third studio album and contains 12 tracks. Outside of WizKid, the only other feature comes from grime artist Devlin.
When the project lands on Aug. 21, Smith will hit the stage later that night at London’s All Points East, as she’ll be co-headlining the Victoria Park show with Tems. 2026 has already been a busy year for J Money, who served as a musical guest on the debut season of Saturday Night Live UK in April.
The 29-year-old also collaborated with Mobb Deep’s Havoc for a remix of her “Blue Lights” classic and lent “Price of It All” to Amazon MGM Studios’ Bait soundtrack.
Find the What Are the Odds cover art and tracklist below.
What Are the Odds tracklist:
