• GRAMMYs 2015 Nominations: Sam Smith, Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams Among Early Nominees

    The biggest night in music is just around the corner, even if it's hard to believe that yet another year has passed. Today (Dec. 5), the nominations for the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards are being rolled out via Twitter and various television appearances. Early on, predicted favorites lead the nominations with Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea, Sia, Taylor Swift and Pharrell Williams all racking up multiple nods.

  • Iggy Azalea Fires Back at Azealia Banks for Using Eric Garner's Death to Start Feud

    After Azealia Banks took shots at Australian rapper Iggy Azalea last night, Dec. 3, in the wake of the shocking non-indictment decision by a New York City grand jury in the case of Eric Garner's death at the hands of a New York police officer, Azalea took the time to respond to remarks directed at her regarding race and her place in the industry.In a series of tweets, Banks expressed her frustration and disgust with the situation that African-Americans face in the United States, highlighted by the recent death of Garner. She took the opportunity to call her out for not being totally into black culture and being a "wigger."Azalea, as we have seen in the past with Snoop Dogg, did not just take the criticism lying down, responding to the situation and calling out Banks for using Garner's death to start a feud on Twitter, via radio.com.

  • DJ Earworm Releases "United State of Pop 2014" Featuring Taylor Swift, Hozier, Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea & More [LISTEN]

    2014 is coming to a close, and you know what that means...year-end music wrap ups! In the world of mashups, there is no better summation of any given year than DJ Earworm's "United State of Pop" series. Yesterday (Dec. 3), Earworm released "United State of Pop 2014," featuring 25 of this year's biggest hits from the likes of Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, Iggy Azalea and Ariana Grande in one four-minute extravaganza.

  • Azealia Banks Fires Shots At Iggy Azalea After Eric Garner Non Indictment

    The Azealia Banks and Iggy Azalea feud just got a little nastier after a series of tweets directed at Azelia from Banks in response to the New York City grand jury decision to shockingly not indict the NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner. The "Chasing Time" singer took to twitter to express her feelings on the non-indictment and race relations in America. She then turned her attention Iggy Azalea and her label boss T.I. (via Billboard). Below are a series of her many tweets that she posted during the evening.

  • J. Cole Calls Out Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Macklemore And Iggy Azalea On 'Fire Squad' From Upcoming Album '2014 Forest Hills Drive' [LISTEN]

    J. Cole got everyone talking when he announced the release of his upcoming album 2014 Forest Hills Drive and although the album isn't out yet, the North Carolina rapper has sparked some controversy in the rap game. On a leaked cut from the album titled "Fire Squad," Cole calls out Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Macklemore and Iggy Azalea on for appropriating black culture.

  • Ed Sheeran Most Streamed Spotify Performer Worldwide in 2014; Eminem Tops U.S. Stream Numbers

    Yesterday Ed Sheeran made news when his album X cracked one million sales in the UK and today, partially thanks to his popularity in Europe, the pop star was named the most streamed performer of the year by Spotify. Sheeran amassed more than 860 million listens across all of the streaming service's markets. If Spotify's reports on pay rates are accurate, that means the performer should have brought in nearly $7.25 million in revenues from Spotify this year (before labels take their cut). According to Billboard, almost exactly half of those streams were for X.

  • Iggy Azalea Ripped Her Pants Performing 'Booty' at a Bar Mitzvah and Her Reps Tried to Get Video Taken Down [WATCH]

    Iggy Azalea went a little too hard at a recent gig. The rapper was in the middle of her new Jennifer Lopez collaboration, "Booty," when she ended up splitting her pants. Cellphones were not allowed at the gig, which was a bar mitzvah celebration that also featured Nick Jonas, but that rule wasn't strictly enforced since there is video of the incident. Reps for Azalea reportedly tried to get the video taken down

  • Iggy Azalea and The Roots Play 'Beg for It' on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' [WATCH]

    Iggy Azalea is on a hot streak as of late. Recently she won Favorite Artist and Favorite Album for rap/hip-hop at the American Music Awards, beating out the likes of Eminem and Drake. The rapper also put out a reissue of her debut album, The New Classic, called Reclassified. Last night (Nov. 28), she capped off an impressive run of TV appearences with The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform "Beg for It" with The Roots.
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