• T-Pain Tells Larry King He's Done Trying To Make Hits And Isn't A Fan Of His Own Chart-Toppers [WATCH]

    T-Pain has been opening up recently about his life since the rise and fall of the Auto-Tune trend he sparked in the mid-2000s. Last month he performed "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')," "Up Down (Do This All Day)," and "Drankin' Patna," sans Auto-Tune on a segment of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert, proving to his doubters that his voice doesn't actually need help from the pitch-correction software. In a new interview with Larry King, T-Pain says he is finished trying to make chart-toppers.

  • John Fogerty Responds to CCR Lawsuit, Still Playing 'All My Songs'

    The John Fogerty/Creedence Clearwater Revisited legal battle took another turn Tuesday morning, Dec. 9, when Fogerty released a press statement denouncing his former bandmates's intentions to thwart him of CCR-related glory.On Monday, Dec. 8, we reported that, for the first time in the nearly 20-year lawsuit history between the two parties, Fogerty was the one being sued.A new suit by drummer Douglas Clifford, bassist Stuart Cook and late rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty's wife Patricia is seeking financial punishment for Fogerty, who has been allegedly besmirching the group's Creedence Clearwater Revisited name and advertising his own shows with the CCR label despite contractually agreeing not to.Here was Fogerty's full response Tuesday, via radio.com:"I was driving my daughter to school yesterday and I was surprised to learn I was being sued by my former band mates who call themselves Creedence Clearwater Revisited."The people who come to my shows know they will hear me sing and play the songs I wrote and recorded over the past four decades of my career. Every night we play live, I'm thrilled to see all of those fans singing along to the songs that have touched them. I am at a wonderful place in my life. I am playing the music that I love and wrote, with full joy and having my son Shane joining along side of me-it doesn't get much better than that."No lawyers, lawsuits, or angry ex-band members will stop me ever again from singing my songs. I am going to continue to tour and play all my songs every single night I am out on the road."Rockin' all over the world!"John Fogerty"

  • Joey Bada$$ Shares 'No. 99' Music Video from Upcoming Album 'B4.DA.$$' [WATCH]

    Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ has shared the music video for his latest single "No. 99," which you can check out below. The Rik Cordero-directed clip is styled as a news broadcast — on "BNN," or "Brooklyn News Network" — about a mysterious vigilante named "Badmon" rising up against authority in Brooklyn, and is particularly relevant in the aftermath of the Mike Brown and Eric Garner cases. A photo of Brown is even shown in the video's intro, along with a photo of Trayvon Martin.The video is dedicated to Joey's cousin and collaborator Junior B, who died this past weekend just shy of his 25th birthday, which would have been yesterday, Dec. 8.You can check out the music video for Joey Bada$$'s "No. 99" here:"No. 99" will be included on Joey's upcoming studio album "B4.DA.$$," which is set for release Jan. 20, Joey's 20th birthday. It is the third single to be shared from the album, following "Big Dusty" and "Christ Conscious." "B4.DA.$$" will be Joey's debut studio album, his first solo, full-length release since his "Summer Knights" mixtape from 2013.

  • VH1's Stephanie Moseley Killed by Husband Earl Hayes in Murder-Suicide After Rumored Affair with Trey Songz

    Such a sad story coming out of L.A. with it being confirmed that Stephanie Moseley has been shot and killed by her husband, Earl Hayes, in a murder/suicide altercation. Moseley is known for her role on VH1's "Hit the Floor" and she is extremely popular in the dance world as she had toured with the likes of Usher, Chris Brown and a number of other popular artists. Champion fighter, Floyd Mayweather was actually on FaceTime with Hayes, trying to calm him down, when Hayes killed Moseley and then turned the gun on himself.

  • Jeanine Pirro of Fox News Claims that 'Minority Communities' Need to Be More Sensitive Toward the Police

    Fox News often finds itself under fire for the stance that the network appears to take on hot-button issues, and right now nothing is more volatile than the tension between police and their handling of the black community. Last night, Jeanine Pirro decided to ask for viewer feedback on whether or not police should be more careful in the way they deal with incidences occurring in black communities and the response was quite unified.In between people stating the obvious — that if you are not breaking the law then you are less likely to find yourself tangled in any sort of altercation — there was also the thinking that communities need to be more mindful of the police. Pirro backed up that notion and, interestingly enough, it Is a sentiment that even New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has echoed.Basically, the thinking is that there is a rift, and in order to fix it both sides need to take steps toward meeting in the middle. He also admitted last week, shortly after it was announced that NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo would not be indicted in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, that his own biracial son has been directed on how to carry himself if he should be stopped by a police officer.

  • Bob Dylan Reveals Tracklist, Release Date For New Album 'Shadows In The Night'

    Back in October, Bob Dylan confirmed that his next studio album Shadows in the Night, a collection of Frank Sinatra covers, would be released at some point in 2015, and today, Dec. 9, Dylan has revealed more details about the album, including its release date and tracklist. The album is set for release on Feb. 3 through Columbia Records, and was reportedly recorded entirely live.

  • Rae Sremmurd Release 'Throw Sum Mo' Featuring Nicki Minaj & Young Thug From Sremmlife [LISTEN]

    With the release of their debut LP Sremmlife set for release in under a month on Jan. 6 via Eardruma/Interscope, Swae Lee and Slim Jimmy, known professionally as Rae Sremmurd have released the third single "Throw Sum Mo" from their debut studio effort. The "No Flex Zone" rappers tab one of the hottest artists in the world right now, "Anaconda" rapper Nicki Minaj and Young Thug to assist on the track with Mike WILL Made-It producing, as he did for the full album.

  • Jack Ü (Diplo & Skrillex) Release New Mashup 'Cinema / Get Free'

    Jack Ü have been everywhere lately. Diplo & Skrillex have taken their media tour down under to Australia and New Zealand as they do a flurry of festival shows during the hot summer months of the Southern Hemisphere. They are now giving away a new free track, albeit just a mashup, but still something free from the hard drives from two of the biggest in the genre. Jack Ü have released for free their new mashup of Skrillex's remix of Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go "Cinema" and the Andy C rendition of Major Lazer & The Dirty Projectors "Get Free."

  • New York Times Napster Documentary Illustrates How Company Changed Music Industry Forever [WATCH]

    The music industry suffered a shock it was never able to recover from when Napster opened the flood gates of peer to peer file sharing that allowed users to download music from each other's hard drives without have to pay for it. The service was eventually shut down in 2001 after three years of explosive growth up to over 70 million users, the impact it had on the music business and the psyche of the modern digital age consumer has been incalculable. A New York Times short documentary catalogs the rise and fall of Napster, from its inception in a Northeastern dorm room, to its final shuttering at the hands of record labels and US courts and the lasting impact a small start up had on consumers and music.
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