• Ghostface Killah and Adrian Lounge grab Raekwon for 'Twelve Reasons To Die II'

    If you're a fan of concept records, then have Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge got a album for you. The pair has teamed of for a second time, offering '12 Reasons To Die II' as a sequel to the first version of the title. The record is due to be released on July 10 but hip-hop fans can check out the entirety of the album at the website of The New York Times (marking a shift in the music culture, for sure).

  • Netflix Releases 'Wet Hot American Summer' Star-Studded Reboot Trailer [WATCH]

    Bringing viewers back to Camp Firewood for a prequel series titled "Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp," Netflix dropped the first official trailer for the star-studded cult classic reboot, revisiting beloved characters and integrating new faces into the group. An initial teaser trailer was released, giving the audience a look into the lives of the counselors and campers via a VHS-tinted filter.

  • Nielsen Reports Album Sales Down...Unless You're Taylor Swift or Drake

    Nielsen has released its midyear music sales report and things are looking about how you'd expect: Streaming is way up, overall album sales are down, and the vinyl trend continues. Taylor Swift and Drake are among the few performers that can feel good about moving entire albums at this point.

  • Glass Animals Stay Creepy, Sexy and Psychedelic on Debut 'ZABA'

    Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of. This week we look at 'ZABA,' the debut album from psychedelic R&B upstarts Glass Animals.

  • Foo Fighters Photo Contract Called Out for "Exploitation" by Newspaper

    The Foo Fighters is about to celebrate its 20th birthday with a star-studded Washington D.C. performance on July 4th, but a publication in the city has given the band a black eye regarding its photography contract, which the Washington City Paper labels as "exploitation...pure and simple."

  • Diddy Not Facing Felony Charges from Attack on Son's UCLA Football Coach

    Sean "Diddy" Combs, the head of Bad Boy Entertainment, won't face felony charges stemming from his attack on a UCLA football coach two weeks ago. The Los Angeles County District Attorney has rejected the case. The former emcee was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of making terrorist threats and one count of battery.

  • Rod Stewart Lawsuit Focuses on "Copying" Blues Standard "Corrine, Corrina"

    Rod Stewart is facing a lawsuit for a song more than a century old, as the estate of Bo Carter (legal name: Armenter Chatmon) is suing over a version of the song "Corrine, Corrina" that the former Faces vocalist included on his 2013 album Time. The song, a blues standard, has been covered numerous times over the years—from artists including Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Willie Nelson—so why is Stewart the one in legal limbo?

  • Did Tiger Woods Get Caught Cheating on Lindsey Vonn with Amanda Dufner?

    We told you a few months ago about the breakup of Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn after three years together and at the time, many naturally jumped to the conclusion that he must have cheated. Since Woods had a string of affairs while married to Elin Nordegren, it seemed pretty likely that he had cheated on Vonn as well and if the current rumors are true then that's exactly what happened.

  • 'RHOA' Nene Leakes Quit Because Bravo Wouldn't Meet Her High Demands

    Is anyone really shocked to learn that Nene Leakes is finally finished with The Real Housewives of Atlanta? The reality star announced that her time on the Bravo series has come to an end earlier this week and already she has a new game show gig lined up and a clear direction to go in. While some outlets at first were reporting that Leakes decided to walk over money and the network not wanting to pay her what she believes she is actually worth, that doesn't seem to be the main issue at all.
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