“I feel, like, cheated in a sense, you know, especially with my father … [with] me being a man now and, like, us building that bond as men. I just was excited for the future ahead of us.”

That’s one of the reflections that D’Angelo’s son Michael Archer Jr. shares in an exclusive clip from the ABC News Live special, Love & Neo-Soul: Honoring D’Angelo. The special, which airs Thursday (Feb. 19) at 8:30 p.m., marks Archer Jr.’s first primetime interview since the 2025 deaths of his Grammy Award-winning father and Grammy-nominated mother, Angie Stone. In the special, he also reflects on the roof-raising, star-studded tribute to his father and Roberta Flack (“I love the tribute; it’s just bittersweet”) led by Ms. Lauryn Hill at the Grammy Awards in February, and how he’s working through his grief.

In the exclusive clip featured on Billboard.com, Archer Jr. says he learned about his father being sick in “like June or July” of last year before D’Angelo lost his battle with pancreatic cancer in October. “His voice sounded weak,” Archer Jr. remembers, “but he was still trying to talk to me.” At the same time, Archer Jr. was still mourning the loss of mom Stone, who died in a car crash seven months earlier in March.

When Diaz asks Archer Jr. (who performs under the stage name Swayvo Train) to share some of his favorite songs by his parents, he cites a single — written in 1998 after his birth — from D’Angelo’s 2000 Voodoo album. “Definitely ‘Send It On’ by my pops,” Archer Jr. answers. “Him and my mom wrote that together.” He later notes of his dad, “He left a stamp on the world.”

Love & Neo-Soul: Honoring D’Angelo is hosted by ABC News’ Rocsi Diaz. In addition to Archer Jr., Diaz talks with Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated singer-songwriter-actress Andra Day and DJ-producer-rapper D-Nice about D’Angelo’s pioneering role in the ‘90s neo-soul movement. She also speaks with several artists influenced by the four-time Grammy winner, including Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Ari Lennox, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lucky Daye and British-Sudanese singer-songwriter Elmiene.

ABC News Live will stream Love & Neo-Soul: Honoring D’Angelo tonight on ABC News Live at 8:30 p.m. ET. The network broadcast is available as well on Disney+, Hulu and the ABC News website, among other outlets and apps.

Some feuds get squashed, while others last forever. Ja Rule’s feud with 50 Cent and G-Unit will remain in the never-ending category for the foreseeable future.

TMZ caught up with Ja in New York City in a video posted Wednesday (Feb. 18), with the outlet asking him about potentially reconciling with 50 and Tony Yayo following the airplane altercation with Yayo and Uncle Murda during Super Bowl weekend in the Bay Area, but he’s got no plans of making amends with his longtime foes.

“Sometimes in life, people have enemies, and that’s OK. Everybody can’t be friends,” Ja Rule declared. “But what I’m saying is, we don’t also have to be at war. There’s room for us to be not friends and also not be at war.”

The Murda Inc. rapper continued: “I don’t deal with that side. I don’t f—k with them [and] they don’t f–k with me. That’s fine, but I also don’t have to be at war.”

Ja Rule had a heated argument on a San Francisco flight on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 8), which saw him going back and forth with Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda while allegedly launching a pillow at the duo.

“Sucka a— Ja Rule on the plane,” Murda said in the clip. “Shut yo sucka a— up you f—king sucka!”

Ja answered: “Old a—, police a—, sucka a—!”

An alternate angle showed Ja ready to pop off before cooler heads prevailed, and he was reportedly removed from the flight. “Let’s shake,” he repeated.

The 49-year-old apologized for his behavior via ABC News following the incident. “I’m not proud of my behavior. It’s goofy to me. I’m a grown man about to be a proud grandfather, and I wish that video of me wasn’t out there either,” he said in a statement. “I don’t like people taking me out of my character, so for that, I apologize to my wife, family, fans, business and investment partners.”

50 Cent didn’t waste an opportunity to troll Ja Rule, and he followed up with a quote from his feuding masterclass guide to “let your enemies become your motivation” in life.

“Good morning Let your enemies become motivation, make them watch your success till they snap. Then get the [f—k] out the way before they crash out. LOL,” he captioned a post on IG Feb. 18 alongside a Sade-soundtracked clip from his DoorDash campaign ad.

Charli xcx is addressing the backlash to her attendance at an afterparty for the Berlin premiere of The Moment, which was hosted by an organizer with alleged links to the Russian government.

In a Thursday (Feb. 19) message on her Instagram Story, the pop star — who created and starred in the Aidan Zamiri-directed mockumentary that screened in the German capital city five days prior — opened with a simple, “Hi everyone.”

“For clarity, neither me nor my team were aware of any of the alleged affiliations around the party in Berlin,” she continued. “I would like to take this opportunity to say I stand against the atrocities committed by the Russian government in Ukraine and I stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.”

Charli’s post comes after United24 Media reported that Russian model and DJ Anastasia Shevtsova had hosted the party in question after credits rolled on The Moment‘s international premiere at the Berlinale Film Festival on Saturday (Feb. 14). According to the outlet, Anastasia is the daughter of Zhanna Shevtsova, president of the Russian government-funded Traditsiya Foundation, which reportedly promotes the nation’s culture.

The possible familial tie is controversial to some, as the Russian government launched a widely criticized full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and has continued seizing territory in the smaller country ever since, leading to countless deaths and leaving many Ukrainians displaced. But in an Instagram statement of her own, Anastasia denied any connections to the conflict, political or otherwise.

“My family members live in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine,” the party’s host wrote, noting that she’s lived and worked in Europe for the past four years. “The current tragedy affects me personally and deeply. I would never wish harm, violence, or suffering upon anyone. What is happening is heartbreaking for millions of families, including mine.”

The Moment — which features Charli playing an exaggerated version of herself while grappling with her sudden boost in fame during her Brat album era — premiered in U.S. theaters on Jan. 30. Its rollout has overlapped with that of Wuthering Heights, Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel of the same name, for which the British singer-songwriter provided a companion album released Feb. 13.

While premiering the film globally at Berlinale, Charli confirmed that The Moment is her most recent era’s final act — for real this time. “It feels like a sort of long overdue full stop in the world of Brat,” she said, according to Variety. “I think we knew that going into it and that was part of the interest in making it. So for me, yes, I do feel ready to embark on a new journey. But I don’t know what that is, so yeah. I’m kind of open to ideas.”