• Riot Fest 2015 Announces Lineups for Chicago, Denver & Toronto: Modest Mouse, Snoop Dogg, Iggy Pop & More

    Riot Fest celebrated its 10th anniversary last year with a stacked lineup and a handful of bands playing their breakout albums in full. But Riot Fest is not about to let itself peak, and now its 2015 lineup has been revealed. Yesterday (May 27), it was announced that No Doubt, Modest Mouse, Wu-Tang Clan, Pixies, Snoop Dogg, Iggy Pop and more have been announced as the main headliners for the now-rooted festivals in Denver, Chicago and Toronto

  • Wade Robson Molestation Complaint Against Michael Jackson Thrown Out

    The final decade-plus of Michael Jackson's life often found his incredible record as a performer overshadowed by more uncomfortable tidbits, such as the many allegations of inappropriate behavior around children. At least one of those cases has been kept out of court, if not entirely disproven, as Wade Robson's claims were dismissed by a Los Angeles Court.

  • ASAP Rocky Talks 'A.L.L.A,' Rita Ora "Better Things" Reference, Yams Death

    The music community has been buzzing over A$AP Rocky's sophomore full-length album At.Long.Last.A$AP, which he released a week early on Monday. The LP features the likes of Kanye West, Juicy J, UGK and Lil Wayne and has been met with very favorable reviews thus far. The "LSD" rapper has been doing a lot of press lately to push the album and yesterday he appeared on Hot 97 with Ebro In The Morning for an interview. They discussed a wide variety of topics including the hot button issue of Rocky's very sexual reference of Rita Ora in the track "Better Things," the death of A$AP Yams and of course the album A.L.L.A.

  • Did Tyler, The Creator Just Announce 'Odd Future' Had Broken Up?

    Enigmatic rapper, Tyler, The Creator's collective Odd Future may be finished. The group claims an alumni of various members and associated acts like Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean an of course Tyler. It has been seen as one of the most influential movements in hip-hop, creating a niche counterculture within the genre and opening doors for young artists. However that legacy may all be in the past now according to a series of tweets sent out tonight by the Cherry Bomb rapper, who appeared to have stated that OFWGKTA was finished.

  • Twenty One Pilots Top Billboard 200, Taylor Swift Recovers Big Time Post-Awards

    Yet another new performer to top the Billboard 200 as Twenty One Pilots takes the top spot with Blurryface, which sold more than 147,000 equivalent units. That makes the Columbus, OH-based alt group the seventh act to top the charts for the first time during 2015 (including bigger bands such as Kendrick Lamar and Imagine Dragons).

  • Watch Kendrick Lamar Perform "These Walls" From 'To Pimp a Butterfly' on Ellen

    Kendrick Lamar has been pretty quiet since the release of his critically acclaimed album To Pimp A Butterfly. He has done some radio and TV spots in the wake of the LP, but he saved most of it in the months leading up to its release to hype the album. In the wake of his new "Bad Blood" remix with Taylor Swift, which saw the star-studded music video premiere during the Billboard Music Awards, K.Dot is doing a little more press, including a rare TV spot on daytime TV with Ellen, Swift's demographic. He took the opportunity to perform one of his funkier tracks "These Walls" on the program and then sit down for an interview.

  • UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Praises Tomorrowland "Dignity"

    Tomorrowland is one of the most global festivals in the world. Individuals from over 214 countries requested tickets in 2014, the highest number ever for a music festival according to the Huffington Post. Attendees are known for bringing their flags to the event and representing their country in harmony with the tens of thousands of other people surrounding them. That ability to unite people from many different races, ethnicities, religions and nationalities under one common purpose - music - has caught the eye of the United Nations and its Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon who has praised the festival's efforts for "dignity."

  • Nas, J.Cole, Wale, Raekwon Headline One Love Hip-Hop Festival

    Labor Day Weekend in Calgary is about to get a whole lot better for hip-hop fans. Organizers for a brand new festival in the area, One Love Music Festival have announced the lineup, which will include an array of hip-hop legends and some of the hottest acts currently going in the genre. Among those tabbed to perform at the one-day festival will be Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon, east coast icon, Nas, 2014 Forest Hills Drive rapper J. Cole, DMV rapper Wale and others.

  • Paul McCartney Was Almost on 'Friends' as Ross' Father-In-Law

    Paul McCartney already has a pretty long resume, from his work with The Beatles to Wings to spending "FourFiveSeconds" with Kanye West and Rihanna. But, Sir Paul almost had another talent to add to his ever-growing list: one of the Friends. In a new interview, the casting director Leslie Litt revealed she wanted the legendary singer to play the father of Ross' ill-fated wife Emily Watham.
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