• Stromae Plays 'Papaoutai' in New York Times Square and on Subway [Watch]

    Belgian electro pop artist Stromae is a massive artist in Europe and yet has struggled to garner an audience in America. Thanks to Pitchfork, a number of confused New Yorkers are more aware of the pop star after a number of impromptu performances of his hit song "Papaoutai" around the city including Times Square and the subway.

  • Rick Ross Drops 4 New Tracks Ahead of 'Black Dollar'; "Powder & Money" Video [WATCH]

    Rick Ross has declared this week #RozayWeek, and he's definitely been supplying more new music than any other rapper, or anyone at all for that matter. The MMG boss released a new track, "Foreclosures," on Monday (August 31) and announced that his next project, Black Dollar, would arrive on Thursday (September 3). It's now Wednesday, and since dropping "Foreclosures," he's given fans three more tracks and one video off of Black Dollar. On Tuesday, he dropped "Money Dance," featuring The-Dream, and today, Rozay dropped "Turn Ya Back," with Gucci Mane, Meek Mill and Whole Slab, as well as the solo effort "Money and Powder," which was released with an accompanying video.

  • Oprah Winfrey Plays Richard Pryor's Grandmother in Biopic

    With the growing number of celebrity biopics hitting the big and small screens it was only a matter of time before someone decided to tell the story of late comedian Richard Pryor. Well, that time will soon come as the production team for the upcoming Richard Pryor biopic are already in the process of assembling an all-star cast to bring the story to life. Among that list is media mogul and founder of the OWN Network, Oprah Winfrey, who is set to play Pryor's grandmother.

  • Ellie Goulding Tells Crowd to Stop Fighting at Summer Series Concert

    Everyone knows that outdoor concerts can get a little rowdy but "Burn" singer Ellie Goulding probably never thought that a Summer Series show on a beautiful Sunday (Aug. 30) would incite violence so brutal that she would be forced to stop her performance and tell the crowd to stop fighting. Held in Bellahouston Park, an estimated 35,000 people attended the event to view headliner Calvin Harris, who frequently collaborates with Goulding, and John Newman.

  • Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard is Thunderbitch, Drops Self-Titled Debut LP

    Brittany Howard isn't slowing down this year. After releasing Alabama Shakes' second LP, 'Sound & Color,' earlier this year, Howard is exploring different avenues for her music with a new side project titled Thunderbitch. The self-titled debut album is available for streaming now exclusively on the band's official website.

  • French Montana Talks Drake vs. Meek Mill Beef & 50 Cent Vodka War

    With 'Mac & Cheese: The Album' a couple of months away, French Montana stopped by HOT 97 to talk about new music as well as recent hot topics in the hip-hop world that he, by association, has been involved in. Over the course of the interview, Montana spoke on the tragic death of fellow Coke Boy Chinx Drugz, the "Vodka War" between 50 Cent's EFFEN and Puff Daddy's Ciroc, the ghostwriting beef between Drake and Meek Mill and, lastly, Caitlyn Jenner.

  • Lawrence Phillips, Jailed Former NFL Running Back , Charged With Cellmate's Murder

    Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips has been officially charged with the first-degree murder of his cellmate in a California state prison. Phillips, 40, is suspected of killing 37-year-old Damion Soward at Kern Valley State prison. The incident took place in April. Soward was already jailed and serving a sentence of 82 years to life for a previous first-degree murder charge. According to the 'Associated Press' and an autopsy report, Soward was strangled to death.

  • Toddler Fight Club Run By Employees at New Jersey Day Care Center

    Two New Jersey women are being accused and could possibly face charges for holding an alleged "fight club" between the boys and girls of Lightbridge Academy in Cranford, New Jersey. According to Union County Prosecutors, the day care workers reportedly encouraged the young children, some as young as four-years-old, to fight each other. The fights were later uploaded to SnapChat.

  • Tinashe 'Bet/Feels Like Vegas' Music Video is Sexy and Sweaty

    We all know that R&B songstress Tinashe knows how to dance, and she doesn't disappoint in this just-released extended video for cuts "Bet" and "Feels Like Vegas." It starts with static from a Los Angeles weather report and ends with the singer drenched in sweat, wriggling in a traffic tunnel, which we can only assume is also in the "City of Angels." She could be a Gatorade Ad in this, because she is just that sweaty, although we don't think her male fanbase is complaining about any of the seductive imagery.

  • Teyana Taylor, Iman Shumpert Pregnant: Baby Girl Due in January

    For months rumors have been swirling around songstress Teyana Taylor and her Cleveland Cavaliers beau Iman Shumpert, and the possibility of the duo expecting. However, the rumors were immediately shot down by the couple, as the two suggested the idea was ludicrous. However, today its appears that the two have given up the charade as Shumpert and Taylor took to Instagram confirm that they are expecting a baby girl.

  • GRiZ Releases 'Chasing the Golden Hour Part 1' Surprise Free Mixtape

    Detroit producer, DJ and saxophone player Grant Kwlensinski, known professionally as GRiZ has surprised fans with a brand new 9-track mixtape Chasing the Golden House Part 1 packed with unreleased music. The full project is being released for free via BitTorrent as a thank you to his fans who sold out his Red Rocks show this weekend on Friday, Sept. 4.
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