• Kid Cudi Is Recording MOTM 3 With A-Trak, Emile Haynie, Plain Pat, Dot Da Genius

    Kid Cudi fans hold on to your seat because the man on the moon has some great news for you. He has sent out the bat signal to assemble his all-star team of producers to record Man On The Man 3. Fans have been waiting for quite some time for an update on the third edition of his celebrated album series. He sent out a series of tweets to the core of his producers and collaborators on the two previous editions, Emile Haynie, Plain Pat, A-Trak and Dot Da Genius to create MOTM 3.

  • ASAP Rocky, Vince Staples, Tyga & More Featured in New Movie ‘Dope’ [WATCH]

    A$AP Rocky, Tyga, Vince Stapes, Forest Whitaker and others are featured in a new film "Dope" about the 1990s Los Angeles black community. Written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa the film follows a young high school student, Malcolm and his glorious high-top fade as he tries to navigate being good at school and live in The Bottoms, one of the toughest neighborhoods in Inglewood, California. Malcolm dreams of attending Harvard, but the story starts with his life at home as he tries to survive every day. He and his group of friends are deeply into the hip-hop, tying in the many guest appearances from rappers that include the aforementioned artists above and also Casey Veggies.

  • Pharrell, Sam Smith, John Legend & Common To Perform at Grammys

    The Grammys is the biggest night in music as all of the biggest names around join together to celebrate what happened in the past year and give out awards, deservingly or not, to each other. As part of the celebrations, many of those artists perform live, at times together, creating some of the most unlikely of pairings. The Grammys already announced several of the performers that include established legends Madonna and AC/DC with new pop acts Ed Sheeran and Ariana Grande. The academy has added to the performers list, giving the night a needed hip-hop and R&B flavor. Usher, Sam Smith, John Legend, Pharrell and Common are the new additions.

  • Tyga's 'The Gold Album' Delayed Once Again

    Well, this was probably bound to happen. Although it seemed as if Tyga's long-awaited album The Gold Album would finally be seeing the light of day on Jan. 27, a tweet sent out by the 25-year-old rapper indicates that the album has been delayed yet again. Despite declaring his intentions to release the album independently, Tyga revealed today that the release of The Gold Album is being held back by his label Young Money/Cash Money Records, with whom he has publicly aired his frustrations. As of right now, the album has no release date, though Tyga promises to keep his fans updated.

  • Joey Bada$$ Releases Debut Album 'B4.DA.$$,' Birthday Single "Born Day (AquariUS)" [LISTEN]

    The wait is at last over for Joey Bada$$ fans. They can finally go out and get the debut album, B4.DA.$$, from the talented young gun from Brooklyn via Cinematic Music Group / Pro Era. The album can be streamed in full for Spotify users. The album is largely just Joey Bada$$ solo songs, but he does call upon other artists like Action Bronson, Kiesza, Raury and BJ the Chicago Kid for features. Bada$$ showed his maturity at 20-years-old holding down the role of executive producer for the whole record, but called upon some big names for production work like Statik Selektah, DJ Premier, Pro Era producer, Chuck Strangers, The Roots and even samples from the creative genius that was J Dilla.

  • Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" Tops Hot 100 for Third Week: Maroon 5 "Sugar" Reaches Top 10 Thanks to Viral Video

    It's another funky week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. For the third week in a row, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars's infectious Uptown Special single "Uptown Funk" has topped the U.S. Singles Chart, holding off Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift from the chart's summit. And though it's a great week for the British producer, another new debut is coming hard for the charts: Maroon 5's "Sugar."

  • Wakarusa Festival 2015 Lineup: Major Lazer, Chance the Rapper, The Roots, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Headlining

    We brought you the news of Wakarusa's first phase of artists who would be on its lineup for the festival this summer. As is tradition, the Arkansas-based camping festival has released the entire selection of artists ready to take the stage on Mulberry Mountain. The full batch of headliners includes Major Lazer, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Chance the Rapper, The Roots, STS9, Portugal. The Man, Big Gigantic, Slightly Stoopid and others.

  • Primavera Sound 2015 Announces Lineup, Featuring Alt-J, Sleater-Kinney, The Strokes, Many More

    The latest festival to announce its 2015 line-up is Primavera Sound, which is celebrating its 15th year. The line-up was originally announced through an app called Line-App, but if you don't feel like downloading that, you can just watch the video announcement below. As can be expected from Primavera Sound, this year's lineup is absolutely killer. Among the most notable acts performing this year are Alt-J, The Black Keys, Belle & Sebastian, The Strokes, Run The Jewels, Interpol, Sun Kil Moon, Spiritualized, Mac DeMarco, Patti Smith, Panda Bear, The New Pornographers, Caribou, Ariel Pink, Tyler, The Creator, Swans, Brand New, Twin Shadow, and many, many more.

  • 10 Artists Whose Debut Singles Were Covers: Nirvana, Rush, And More

    Signing a brand new and therefore untested artist can be a risky move for most labels, so in order to get around this, some labels push their new artists to record cover songs for their debut singles as a sort of test run. Here are 10 artists who recorded cover songs for their debut singles.

  • Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Squash Rumors of Split by Attending 'Mortdecai' Premiere Together

    After months of rumors and speculation, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard proved that they are still a couple by turning up on a red carpet together. Heard was seen supporting Depp at the London premiere of his new film "Mortdecai." Depp posed for photos alone and then his fiancee joined him for a rare photo op of the couple together, making it perfectly clear that they are still together.

  • Meghan Trainor and 'Title' Interrupt Taylor Swift's '1989' Party on Billboard 200, While Kidz Bop and Mark Ronson Debut in Top 10

    The rate at which Taylor Swift has been at the top of the Billboard 200 has been chopped down to 75 percent this week as Meghan Trainor takes the crown with Title. The album moved 238,000 equivalent albums, marking the highest debut for any solo performer since Susan Boyle during 2009. The "All About That Bass" vocalist joins One Direction and J. Cole as the only performers to interrupt Swift since 1989 came out 12 weeks ago. We'll see what happens next week with regard to that streak.
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