• Taylor Swift 'Shake It Off' Gets a Hanukkah Cover From A Cappella Group Six13 [WATCH]

    Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" has become one of the year's biggest hits, despite being only released in November. As such, it is inevitable that there will be a slew of covers and remixes to try and piggy back off of the "Blank Space" singer's success. One such group is Six13, a Jewish a cappella group who has reworked the vocals to fit with the theme of Hanukkah, just in time for the commencement of the eight day festival of lights, tonight.

  • 50 Cent Signs $78 Million Underwear Deal with Derek Jeter and Timbaland Company Frigo RevolutionWear

    50 Cent has his hands in multiple business ventures including headphones, Vitamin Water and a G-Unit clothing line. Now, you can add underwear to that list. The music mogul recently posted a message to Instagram that says he closed a deal with Frigo RevolutionWear that totaled $78 million. There has been no clarification whether that all goes to 50 or if that's the sum for all of the celebrities involved (Derek Jeter, Carmelo Anthony and Timbaland).

  • Iggy Azalea, Lorde, Sam Smith Top Google's 'Year in Search' Musical Artists List for 2014

    As 2014 comes to a close, it's only proper that the good people at Google let us what's been popular in the world of online searches so that everyone can get on the same page. It turns out that Iggy Azalea was the most-searched musical artist of the year, followed by Lorde and Sam Smith. People also wanted to know about Taylor Swift, Daft Punk and "Weird Al" Yankovic.

  • Bears QB Jay Cutler Walks Out of Press Conference After Local Media No-Show

    Jay Cutler and the Chicago Bears exhibited an awful brand of professional football in their 31-15 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football. Given that fact, and the fact that Chicago media are the most ruthless of the Midwest's press corps, Cutler was a likely candidate to be roasted by reporters following the game. But that never happened because he walked out!

  • 'Love & Hip Hop' Yandy Smith Says that Trusting Mendeecees Harris's Loyalty Is Not an Issue

    "Love & Hip Hop" returned for a new season on VH1 last night, Dec. 15, bringing with it a reunited Yandy Smith and Mendeecees Harris. Fans of the show are already familiar with the couple's checkered history. They have been a couple for the better part of eight years and parent to their son as well as Harris's older boy from another relationship.This new season picks up right as Harris has made bail after spending 13 months locked up for his alleged role in a drug ring. The first episode showed fans those first few days of togetherness for Smith and Harris, but the truth is it was all filmed months ago. Smith is currently pregnant with a little girl and planning her wedding to Harris while he is still awaiting trial.The Hip Hop Socialite caught up with Smith by phone recently and asked her a lot of the tough questions, like how she manages to deal with some of the negative press and scandalous rumors that have haunted her in recent years.

  • The Decemberists Share 'The Wrong Year' from 'What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World' [LISTEN]

    In advance of their seventh album, "What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World," The Decemberists have shared another new track. "The Wrong Year" is the third single from the upcoming album, due out Jan. 20, following "Make You Better" and "Lake Song."Colin Meloy penned a tune for all those heartbroken romantics who know all too well about loving someone who does not feel the same way."And she wants you / But you won't do / And it won't leave you alone / And the rain falls / On the wrong year / And it won't leave you alone," he sings over John Moen's syncopation.Take a listen to the tune below, via "Consequence of Sound."

  • YG Shares Minimalist '2015 Flow' Music Video [WATCH]

    Compton rapper YG has shared the music video for his recent single "2015 Flow," which you can check out below. The refreshingly minimalist video features YG in a dark room with red and black walls, simply rapping to the camera in a single, unbroken take. As the camera gradually zooms back, it is revealed that DJ Mustard, the track's producer, is sitting on a couch throwing cash around — because this is a rap video, after all.You can check out YG's "2015 Flow" music video here:

  • Alicia Keys Shares Unreleased Song "Somewhere In The City" Ahead Of Second Child's Birth, Upcoming Album [LISTEN]

    Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats are expecting their second child by New Years and just celebrated their baby shower over the weekend. Just in time for the holidays, Keys dug into her archives to bring us an outtake from her 2012 album Girl On Fire called "Somewhere In The City" as part of her "12 Days of Christmas" giveaway. The full song was never officially released, though it was featured during the end credits of her documentary, Keep A Child Alive With Alicia Keys.

  • More Than 130 School Children Murdered in Taliban Revenge Attack on Pakistani, Military-Run School

    The families of students attending the Army Public School and Degree College in Peshawar, Pakistan, have been devastated by an attack on the facility earlier today, Dec. 16. Members of the Pakistani Taliban scaled the school's walls this morning and, once inside, their orders were to kill rather than take hostages. The hours-long battle left more than 130 dead so far, with the majority being children. Nine teachers at the school were also killed, some by being set on fire in front of their students. Sources say this suicide mission was carried out by at least seven militants and revenge was the motivation.The siege at the school and purposeful taking of innocent lives is said to be revenge for the killing of hundreds of innocent tribesmen and their children during a recent offensive by the Pakistani military. Two brazen attacks near Pakistan's largest airport in Karachi in June brought tentative peace talks to a screeching halt. Pakistan's military has since opted to shift its focus toward clearing out militants in tribal areas of northwestern Pakistan that do not have a strong government presence in place. Tens of thousands of people have reportedly been displaced, adding to the already existing strained tensions between the two.
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