• Tyga Shares Kanye West-Designed Cover For 'The Gold Album' [PHOTO]

    Tyga's next studio album The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty is set for release next Tuesday, Dec. 23, and today the 25-year-old rapper shared the album's artwork through his Instagram account. The cover features an image of Horus, the Egyption god of the sun, war, and protection, allegedly carved out of real gold. According to the picture's Instagram caption, the cover was created by Kanye West (the album's executive producer) and Donda.

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber Bringing Jack Black's 'School of Rock' to the Stage, Musical Will Premiere in 2015

    Richard Linklater's School of Rock, a 2003 film about a wanna-be rocker who recruits some private school kids for a band, is being transformed into a stage production. The Jack Black movie will be adapted into a musical with the help of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater and Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes. According to 'The Hollywood Reporter,' School of Rock - The Musical will premiere in 2015

  • Killer Mike, Young Thug, 34 Others Featured On 42-Minute Track "The Rap Monument" [WATCH]

    Have you ever listened to a rap song and found yourself wishing that it was about 40 minutes longer and had a thousand guest verses? If you have, then you're in luck, because Noisey has released its massive, Hudson Mohawke-produced "The Rap Monument," which features 36 rappers doing what they do best (rapping) for 42 minutes, more than twice as long as Eminem's 16-minute "Detroit vs. Everybody" remix. If you'd like some context, it's about two minutes longer than the entirety of Illmatic.

  • Nas Calls America's Racial Divide 'Embarrassing,' Compares It to Apartheid

    Ever since he burst onto the scene in the early 1990s, Nas has been one of the most socially and politically conscious artists in hip-hop, which means he has been particularly vocal in recent months about the ever-increasing racial tensions in this country. In a new interview with "Time," the Queensbridge rapper discusses the racial divide in the United States and compares our country to South Africa during its oppressive apartheid era."It's not cool to look like apartheid South Africa 1988," the rapper laments. "How are we going to be the free world or the most powerful country when inside this country we're fighting because of skin color? That's just embarrassing. I'm one of the guys that's out there saying, 'Listen, it has to stop.'""America, we are really smart enough to figure it out," Nas continues, "but I guess it's safer to hang out and be ignorant, be hateful and think that one person is better than the other."Recently, Nas has joined Russell Simmons in the New York City protests in response to the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown at the hands of police officers.

  • Azealia Banks Ebro In The Morning Interview: "212" Femcee Talks Iggy Azalea, T.I. Beef, Cultural Appropriation, New Album, And More

    Azealia Banks has had an interesting career trajectory. She got major recognition after Diplo discovered her music and her hit "212" put her name in the ring. Around the same time, Iggy Azalea came up and there was confusion around the similarities in their name. Then issues arose with her label, and her music moved into the background. However, she wasn't silent, and her passionate and at time abrasive opinions became the only reason she was making headlines.

  • Odd Future's Earl Sweatshirt Interviews Mike Tyson, and It's Fantastic

    Bi-annual "Humanity" magazine went above and beyond with its latest interview selection. As it noted in the introduction, Mike Tyson has been interviewed, profiled and written about from every angle, so to do another piece with him via the publication probably would not yield anything interesting. Looking to step outside the box, it asked Odd Future member Thebe Neruda Kgositsile, better known as Earl Sweatshirt — if he would interview Mike Tyson. Both parties agreed to do the interview, and it may be the best thing you read all day, via Complex.Tyson dishes some blunt advice on being young and dumb to the 20-year-old Sweatshirt:Mike: I mean, you're pretty much an idiot at 20.Earl: Right, that's what I feel like. I got to 20, and I —Mike: You're not an idiot, but you are. You don't really think you're an idiot, but you are.Earl: Right.Mike: But you don't think it. Like you're in agreement, but you're an idiot.

  • Will Rosie O'Donnell Exit 'The View' After Another Cutthroat Fight on Camera with Whoopi Goldberg?

    There has been so much talk lately about Rosie O'Donnell's unhappiness on "The View," mostly because of her almost-daily clashes with Whoopi Goldberg. If you have tuned in for even only a few minutes you will realize the tension that hangs in the air between these two. A few weeks ago, rumors started swirling that O'Donnell might not even make it the entire season without quitting, and after an ugly fight on camera between the two this morning, we almost have to wonder if ABC is hoping for that to happen.O'Donnell and Goldberg have not seen eye to eye lately on issues such as the Bill Cosby scandal or the Ferguson protests, and today they clashed over racism, with Goldberg insisting that O'Donnell had no idea what it is.Both Goldberg and O'Donnell addressed each other in a heated exchange that left the other women at the roundtable unsure of what to say.

  • Nicki Minaj Gets Emotional Over Ex-Boyfriend Safaree Samuels in Power 105.1 Interview [LISTEN]

    Nicki Minaj's "The Pinkprint" is laced with relationship frustrations and heartache. It is considered one of the rapper's most personal records to date. Minaj stopped by Power 105.1's studios recently to talk about the album, and she even got a little emotional when she talked about her ex-boyfriend Safaree Samuels, whose presence on the record is looming, "XXL" noted."My relationship was based off of love," Minaj told Angie Martinez. "And there still is nothing but love there. This is not some person I picked up off the street. This is somebody I grew up with. Like I don't even know how I'm gonna function without that person in my life. I've never lived my life as a famous person without him."According to Minaj, the only reason the two are not married with children now is the music industry.

  • OutKast's Big Boi Drops New Verse on Maroon 5's 'Animals' Remix [LISTEN]

    Maroon 5 has shared a remix of their latest single "Animals," featuring a new guest verse from OutKast's Big Boi, which you can check out below. Though the track has a typical Maroon 5 electro-pop atmosphere, the production becomes more sparse and appropriately hip-hop-influenced for Big Boi's verse following the second chorus.You can check out Maroon 5's "Animals" remix featuring Big Boi here:

  • Jack Ü (Diplo and Skrillex) Preview 7 'Take Ū There' Remixes — Zeds Dead, Tchami, Tujamo Included [LISTEN]

    Jack Ü, the super duo formed by Skrillex and Diplo, has previewed seven official remixes for their debut single "Take Ü There" featuring Canadian songstress Kiesza. The package includes selections from future house star Tchami, Tujamo, Belgian drum and bass ambassador Netsky and, the most anticipated of the bunch, Zeds Dead. The Felix Cartal, TJR and Vindata remixes were part of a leak that struck the Jack Ü camp about a month ago. The duo have the batch streaming on their wacky website now for your listening pleasure.Jack Ü have been everywhere lately. Skrillex and Diplo have been all over the airwaves in North America and down under in Australia. They have done several mixes on different radio stations, including on Triple J during their time on the Stereosonic tour, going back to back and Skrillex was joined by RL Grime and What So Not for another three hours of music.

  • Ty Dolla $ign Talks Debut 'Free TC' Album, Slated to Be Released in Spring 2015 with Features from R. Kelly and More [WATCH]

    In October, Ty Dolla $ign first broke news of his debut album "Free TC," and now he is unveiling more deets on the release. According to a recent interview, the album will drop in spring 2015 with features from R. Kelly and more.According to "Rap-Up," "Free TC" is slated for a March or April release. Appropriately named after his brother who is locked up, Ty says his long-awaited debut represents more than just an album."It's for a purpose," he said. "He's locked up for something that he didn't do. It's many people out here that get injustice, as you've seen Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, everything that's happening on the news right now. It has a purpose. It's gonna be the biggest album of 2015."The "Paranoid" crooner is pulling out all the stops for his debut with guest spots by Jagged Edge, YG, Wiz Khalifa and R. Kelly, who appears on a record called "Actress."
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