• Hip-Hop Rules Spotify, Thanks to Drake, Kendrick, and Wiz Khalifa

    If you were streaming music during 2014, there's a decent chance you were listening to hip-hop, as a Buzzfeed report indicates that the genre was the most popular on the audio service last year. Reports indicate that more than 29 percent of music streamed via Spotify came from a rapper, thanks to Drake, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole and more.

  • Amber Rose Disses Kanye West—Claims Travi$ Scott Writes His Raps

    Celebrity, model and Instagram powerhouse, Amber Rose decided to get herself back in the news recently when she made a rather bold statement about Kanye West and his artistic integrity. At an appearance at Supper Club in Los Angeles, Rose got fed up with the DJs song choices and called him out for playing some music from her ex-boyfriend - Kanye West. She says that they might as well play some Travi$ Scott because Scott writes Kanye's songs according to Amber.

  • ASAP Rocky 'Everyday' Feat. Rod Stewart, Miguel, Mark Ronson Drops At Red Bull Music Academy Talk

    Last month, A$AP Rocky sat down at the Red Bull Music Academy in London to talk about his new album At.Long.Last.A$AP (or A.L.L.A.) and last night he came back for another conversation with the Academy, this time in New York City at the Madiba Harlem Theater. During the talk, he shared a new song called "Everyday," which samples Rod Stewart's "In A Broken Dream" and features vocals from Miguel and production from Mark Ronson. He also confirmed that the album would be dropping June 2.

  • B.B. King's Family Clashes with Manager Over Control of Legend's Affairs

    B.B. King's continued health issues have opened the door to a more uncomfortable series of event's in the blues legend's life regarding his family's struggles with longtime manager Laverne Toney over control of the guitarist's care and property. Three of his children—Patty King, Rita Washington and Karen Williams—filed for control of their father's care, alleging elder abuse and theft on the part of Toney, although a Las Vegas court ruled that there was no proof of abuse to justify handing over control of his affairs.

  • Will Britney Spears Premiere 'Pretty Girls' Live Upon Vegas Return Tonight?

    Britney Spears announced last week that she'd have to cancel several of her Las Vegas residency shows as the result of an ankle injury suffered while performing, but it looks like that decision was premature: The pop star revealed that she'll be back at the Planet Hollywood Resort tonight, Friday May 8.

  • Mystery Woman in Pulp's 'Common People' Married to Greek Finance Minister?

    Pulp's alt-classic "Common People" has always left people wondering if frontman Jarvis Cocker was inspired by true events when he wrote the tale of a girl who came from money that asked him to teach her about life outside the bourgeois. A Greek newspaper says that the answer is yes, and that the woman is Danae Stratou, the wife of Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.

  • Groove Parade Canceled After 20 Years: Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin Set To Perform

    Music festivals are a place where people go to enjoy great artists and forget the worries from the real world around them. However those same issues sometimes afflict music festivals in ways that can be disastrous. Spanish house and techno festival Groove Parade had to cancel the 2015 edition of its festival after 20 straight years. The festival was slated to have big name acts like Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin and Laurent Garnier head to Northern Spain.

  • Jonah Hill Interviews Action Bronson — Talk Making Movies, Music

    Action Bronson is one of the most eccentric men in a genre - hip-hop - packed with colorful characters. His personality is just as important as his music and he has created his cooking show F*ck That's Delicious as a result, some of the best music videos in the genre, while also developing a dominating social media presence. His music has earned him some pretty interesting fans along the way including Mario Batali and Jonah Hill, who sits down with the Mr. Wonderful rapper for a one-on-one interview for Interview Magazine.

  • Spotify Reportedly Entering Web Video Business — Competing with YouTube?

    As streaming services become more and more ubiquitous across society, the more their moves will have an impact on the music industry and the tech world at large. Swedish streaming giant, Spotify, is reportedly plotting a move into the crowded web video business. According to reports, Spotify has been reaching out to several different media players about potential partnerships. Some of these companies specialize in creating content for YouTube and are looking to acquire content and co-create original video series.

  • Aphex Twin Deletes Cryptic Soundcloud Page, Uploads Demos to YouTube

    Aphex Twin always like to keeps thing interesting. Today without warning, Richard D. James decided to delete all of the demos he had uploaded to his cryptic soundcloud account, "user48736353001." The page is still live, but currently has no public music on, which could mean he deleted everything or made them all private. There is one message for the fans - "I AM NOT RICHARD" and links to YouTube playlist where the over 200 songs are now housed.

  • Chief Keef, Jeremih, Yung Berg In Studio Making "Hit Records"

    When Chief Keef announced his upcoming album, 'Tha Cozart,' he revealed that he has 300,000 songs. They may not all be done, but that is a pretty staggering number of tracks for one artist who can't even drink legally in the United States. It appears that he is adding some more songs to that tally. According to social media posts last night, Sosa is working in the studio with Jeremih and Yung Berg in the studio starting "hit records." Also joining them are noted producers Red Café and Hitmaka, who will give something from these three a higher level of production.
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