• One Direction Receives Sales Boost Following Zayn Malik's Departure

    Zayn Malik's departure from One Direction has caused a lot of emotions among the group's fanbase. There's anger. There's confusion. But mostly, there's sadness. Fans feeling nostalgic for the singer's sweet vocals starting buying up the boy band's albums, according to Billboard, giving the group a nice spike in sales.

  • Ludacris and The Roots Perform Acoustic Version of 'What's Your Fantasy'

    Ludacris dropped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last week to perform "Grass Is Always Greener," a new cut from his 'Ludaversal' album. Afterwards though, Luda and The Roots went further back in his catalog, performing an acoustic rendition of 2000's "What's Your Fantasy." If anyone could pull it off, it would be the backing band from Philadelphia.

  • Robert Pattinson, FKA Twigs Are Engaged, T-Pain's Comments Not April Fool's Joke

    Yesterday, T-Pain accidently let it slip that his collaborator FKA Twigs and her boyfriend Robert Pattinson were engaged during his interview with Vulture. He later took to Twitter, claiming it was all an April Fool's Day joke. However, People reports that the two are in fact officially engaged. So it looks like T-Pain was just doing some backtracking with his April Fool's claims.

  • Eminem Annotates His Discography for Genius: 5 Biggest Revelations

    Eminem has one of the most expansive and intriguing discographies out there... but what are the stories behind the songs? Now, thanks to Slim Shady himself and Genius, fans of the rapper don't have to wonder anymore. Yes, Marshall has annotated his own music and explained the stories behind the lyrics to "Lose Yourself," "My Name Is," "Renegade," "Rap God" and more.

  • Lil Wayne Putting 'Swatted' Miami Mansion on Market for $18 Million

    After last month's "Swatting" incident at Lil Wayne's mansion that resulted in Miami police searching the "Start a Fire" rapper's home and conflicting headlines all around the country, it appears Tunechi is fed up with the home. He is selling the massive, Miami mansion and putting it on the market for a reported price tag of $18 million. The house comes with some pretty outrageous amenities if you can afford it.

  • Jay Z on Tidal, Labels: 'We Pay the Highest Royalty Percentage'

    Jay Z continues his media tour to support the launch of his newly acquired streaming service TIDAL. Yesterday, April 1, HOV spoke at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recording Music and fielded questions from the inquisitive crowd of students who grilled him on a variety of topics, including how TIDAL benefits artists, how it is different from other services and its relationships with labels. Sitting with company executive Vania Schlogel, he also revealed more details about how the service works. He said TIDAL pays the highest royalty percentage and that he does not have a record deal.

  • RECESS Festival 2015 Tour Dates: Event Features The Chainsmokers, Matt & Kim

    RECESS Music & Ideas Festival has announced its 2015 tour dates. The event concept brings together some of the finest up-and-coming musicians, entrepreneurial minds and startups in the United States together and travels to large college campuses all across the country. The festival will feature musicians like The Chainsmokers, Jessie J, Logic, Matt & Kim, Kyle and others. Presented by Dallas Mavericks owner, 'Shark Tank' host and financial guru Mark Cuban, the touring festival series was created by two Indiana University students. They originally founded the electronic music festival Glowfest, which hosted the likes of Afrojack, but changed their concept to include a speaker series and workshops with bright young minds from around the country.

  • Mick Jagger 'WTF With Marc Maron': Rolling Stones Singer Calls in

    If you listen to Marc Maron's wildly popular 'WTF With Mark Maron' podcast, then you already know the comedian is a huge fan of The Rolling Stones. The podcaster uploaded a new episode today, April 2, and for 10 brief minutes Maron talked to frontman Mick Jagger. The comedian, usually full of complaints and gripes, sounded ecstatic during the interview, 'Consequence of Sound' noted.

  • Junk Mail: Wale, 'The Album About Nothing' Review

    The Album About Nothing, at the end of the day, is more interesting in its concept than in its execution. I really appreciate the lyricism and thought that Wale put into each of these songs, but there is little else to latch on to. Unlike Seinfeld the TV show, this album will be largely forgotten in the grander scale of pop culture.
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