• Coachella Twitter Data: Drake and AC/DC Rule Social Media...Ladies Crush on Drizzy, Dudes Crush on Steely Dan?

    Both Coachella and Governors Ball got Twitter riled up when the respective music festivals announced their 2015 lineups this week, with many a rant and many a joyous declaration of thanks to the music gods. CrowdFlower, a data-mining and crowdsourcing company out of San Francisco, gathered the numbers on the more local of the two festivals from those tweeting and sent the results out for Music Times to check out.

  • Kendrick Lamar Talks Sophomore Album, Iggy Azalea, Untitled Song, Girlfriend Whitney Alford, Police Brutality, The Grammys & More In Billboard Cover Story

    The hype for Kendrick Lamar's upcoming sophomore effort couldn't be higher. His fans are hanging on every word he says, mining for details and song leaks. Lamar has repeatedly told the media that he doesn't fear the pressure of following up his critically acclaimed major label debut good kid m.A.A.d city and that fame doesn't interest him. He reiterates this claim in a new interview with Billboard and also speaks on his spending habits, the untitled song he played on The Colbert Report, his girlfriend Whitney Alford, police brutality, Iggy Azalea's place in hip-hop, the Grammys, and more. Here's what we learned.

  • "The Elvis Influence" Application from Spotify Tracks Any Musician Back to Elvis Presley, Regardless of Genre

    Yesterday would have been Elvis Presley's 80th birthday and we just can't get enough of the awesome coverage that folks on the internet have come up with to mark the occasion. Spotify's Insights blog once again uses data gathered by its Echo Nest, this time to create "The Elvis Influence," an application that traces any performer you enter all the way back to Elvis by way of influence. Some performers obviously have longer trails back to The King than others so often, unlike Kevin Bacon, you need more than six steps to get back.

  • NYPD Unhappy With Commissioner Bill Bratton for His Support of Mayor Bill de Blasio

    NYC Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has one of the hardest jobs in the world right now, trying to bridge the deep divide between the NYPD and Mayor Bill de Blasio's City Hall. Things were a little bit tense even before de Blasio seemed to show support for the hundreds of protestors walking through various parts of the city in support of Ferguson and Eric Garner. The fact that he allowed it, making the NYPD's job even harder didn't sit well with the department and then when two Brooklyn officers were assassinated in retaliation, well it turned uglier yet. Bratton has tried to bring both sides together but now it seems that his attempts are beginning to backfire.

  • 'RHONJ's' Teresa Giudice is Hoping to Work in Kitchen to Improve Prison Food

    Just a few days in to her jail stint, Teresa Giudice has reportedly come to understand what many former inmates could have told her, the food at Danbury Federal Prison is lousy. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star is hoping to eventually get a job working in the kitchen so that she can help to improve the quality of the bland food that is being served. Obviously, the food isn't the only major lifestyle change that Giudice is adjusting to this week.

  • Bill Cosby Joked About Rape Allegations While on Stage in Canada Last Night

    Bill Cosby let everyone at his London, Ontario show on Thursday night know exactly how he feels about the sexual assault allegations by various women that have been stacking up against him for the last two months. In a brief exchange with a woman in the audience, the comedian made a joking reference to allegations that he has been drugging and assaulting women for decades. The audience was stunned at first and then began to applaud Cosby's candor.

  • Two 'Charlie Hebdo' Gunmen Cornered, Prepared to '"Die as Martyrs"

    After a few days of hunting, french police finally have 32-year-old Cherif Kouachi and 34-year-old Said Kouachi cornered in a printing company Northeast of Paris. The two men are believed to be responsible for the massacre at Charlie Hebdo's offices on Wednesday that left 12 people dead. The brother's are reportedly involved in a standoff with police and have taken at least one hostage. They also have no intention of surrendering, instead saying that they "want to die as martyrs".
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