• YouTube Subscription Service Music Key to Launch Today

    YouTube's new subscription music service, Music Key, is set to launch today, Nov. 17. The service will allow paying customers access to licensed music videos without the hassle of advertisements. Users will even be able to watch music videos without an Internet connection.MTV News points out that, like Spotify's pay model, users will pay a monthly fee of $7.99 — $9.99 after the promotional offer expires — for the service.It has been a long road for YouTube's streaming experiment, the company has been working on the project for more than a year. Many of the major labels signed licensing agreements early on with the music video giant, but indie labels were not as eager. Trade organizations representing the indies said that the deal was unfair because they were being offered less money than the major labels.Last week, the two parties reached an agreement, giving YouTube the last piece of the puzzle.

  • Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas Economic Impact Near $1 Billion For Clark County

    The dance music community has come under fire over the past few years in the United States for a spate of drug related deaths and arrests. Insomniac Events, one the largest electronic dance music event promotors in North America has decided to go on the public relations offensive. Insomniac has commissioned a study by Beacon Economics, an economic research and analytics firm based in California, to provide data on the economic impact that Insomniac's flagship festival Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas has had on Las Vegas and surrounding area.

  • Chase Rice Releases 'Gonna Wanna Tonight' Lyric Video [WATCH]

    Chase Rice dropped his third album, "Ignite the Night," in August and second single "Gonna Wanna Tonight" now has a lyric video.The 28-year-old North Carolina native — and "Survivor: Nicaragua" alumnus — released the clip this weekend with a full music video expected in the coming weeks.Check it out:Kenny Chesney recently invited Rice to be part of his Big Revival Tour.

  • Chance the Rapper, Big Sean Perform 'IDFWU' in Los Angeles [WATCH]

    Red Bull Sound Select 30 Days in LA is a gift that keeps on giving.After hosting a Run the Jewels set that featured Zack de la Rocha and Travis Barker earlier this week, the SoCal music series served as the backdrop for a Chance the Rapper/Big Sean "IDFWU" team-up Saturday night, Nov. 15.Check out the fan-shot vid below:Back in September, Sean announced his signing to Roc Nation. To commemorate the deal, he released four new songs, including "IDFWU."

  • Is J Cole Releasing An Album Next Month?

    The rumor mill is spinning in full force around an upcoming J Cole album due to an apparent leak from Amazon. As pointed out by MissInfo.TV, Amazon put onto its store an apparent LP for J Cole, "2014 Forest Hills Drive," which, according to the pre-sale order, is slated for release Dec. 9. The intrigue continues from there: "2014 Forest Hills Drive" is an address in J Cole's hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and, according to Vibe, he recently purchased the home.The alleged album does not appear on iTunes, however. Also, with the Amazon pre-order there is conspicuously no album art attached to the CD, which lends itself to the belief that this was not supposed to be uploaded now.There is more evidence to back up the theory on this album. According to reports, a now-deleted Instagram post shows J Cole's engineer Juro Davis in the studio "as he finishes up the last few mixes for J Cole's 3rd studio."

  • Taylor Swift Surprises Young Fan with Present in Connecticut

    Taylor Swift has been reaping the benefits of her near-record-setting first two-week album sales for "1989," and now right before the holiday season she has decided to give back to one lucky fan. The "Blank Space" singer paid a surprise visit to a fan in North Haven, Connecticut, with some gifts for her son. According to "Billboard," Stephanie Barnett and Swift met on social media years ago and stayed in touch. Now Taylor Swift decided to make the relationship more personal by paying a visit to the mom and her 2-year old son, Leyton.According to "NBC Connecticut," Taylor Swift came bearing gifts for Leyton, including a toddler-sized Mercedes.

  • Preview David Guetta, Afrojack and Nicki Minaj's Upcoming Single 'Hey Mama' from 'Listen' [LISTEN]

    With just eight days until the release of his sixth artist album "Listen," David Guetta has unveiled one of the most high-profile collaborations on the album with Afrojack and Nicki Minaj. The 1 minute 30 second preview for "Hey Mama" gives us a taste of what we should expect from the three frequent collaborators, via "Capital FM." David Guetta and Nicki Minaj have had success on previous Guetta albums with tracks like "Turn Me On" and "Where Them Girls At" alongside Flo Rida.Though Afrojack was not listed in the initial batch of collaborators on the album tracklist, it is not surprising to see his name on this album with how strong a relationship he has with David Guetta. "Hey Mama" has the pitched up dutch electro sound you expect from Afrojack, but catered to a pop audience that allows Nicki Minaj's vocals to flow over it and should make this one another big hit for Guetta.He recently spoke to "Rolling Stone" about the making of the album and the process of writing the songs.
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