• Barack Obama Won't Force Kanye West to Release 'Swish,' Despite Petition

    The government has once ignored the demands of its constituency as Barack Obama has refused to force Kanye West to release his new album, believed to be titled 'Swish.' In all seriousness, a petition at the We The People site, which allows citizens to gather attention to causes via digital petitions, raised 100,000 signatures in support of forcing of forcing the rapper/producer to release his new album.

  • Family Guy's Peterpalooza Packs Snoop Dogg, Deadmau5, Weird Al, More

    Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane is bringing the biggest music event to Rhode Island since the Newport Folk Festival, including performances from Deadmau5, Snoop Dogg, Weird Al Yankovic and more. Unfortunately, this revelry won't take place in real life but you can certainly check it out via the Family Guy: Quest For Stuff app.

  • New Indictment Says PeeWee Roscoe Told Lil Wayne He Would "Spray His Bus"

    A new indictment has revealed more (alleged) details of the April shooting at Lil Wayne's tour bus in Atlanta. Former Rich Gang affiliate Jimmy Winfrey, aka PeeWee Roscoe, is currently incarcerated for the bus shooting and he's now been charged with "terroristic threats" for allegedly telling Wayne he'd "spray his bus." An indictment last month named Birdman and Young Thug as co-conspirators in the plot to kill Wayne, though neither man has yet been charged.

  • Tiesto, Chinese Pop Star Jane Zhang Reimagine 'Change Your World'

    Tiësto is dipping into the massive Chinese music market by teaming up with Chinese pop star Jane Zhang to reimagine his new single 'Change Your World' that originally appeared on "Club Life Vol. 4: New York." The original features the male vocals of Nashville based singer, musician Morgan Karr. Karr has been left behind as Zhang steps in to sing new verses and a slightly different chorus.

  • 5 Songs You Didn't Know Violated Copyright: Johnny Cash, Radiohead and More

    Music samples and their legality has been a hot-button issue in music news this year: First, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were forced to pay the estate of Marvin Gaye over similarities between their smash hit "Blurred Lines" and his "Got To Give It Up," and now Jay Z and Timbaland will head to court to establish whether they properly licensed an Egyptian music sample found on "Big Pimpin'." Although courts have seen more action from those whose copyrights have been infringed recently, it's hardly a new phenomenon. Here are five hits from years past that were busted for being a little too close to another song for comfort. It's important to note just little listeners today remember the lawsuits.

  • Arty New Album 'Glorious,' Release Date, Tour Announced

    Russian producer, DJ Arty in a series of Tweets today (Aug. 12) the details that fans have been dying to hear for the past year - the title and release date for his debut artist album Glorious. The "Stronger" producer has been talking up the project for months, ever since he was signed to Insomniac's new record label, but the full length has not surfaced. Now they can start the countdown to Oct. 9 when Glorious will see its full release in the midst of a two-month tour that takes him through Europe, the United States and Canada.

  • JoJo To Release Three New Singles This Month, a 'Tringle'

    JoJo’s dropping three new singles at the same time? Get out. Right now. It’s been almost 10 years since the songbird’s last album The High Road. And while she’s kept fans busy with a bevy of mixtapes and singles it was obvious she was gearing up for the real comeback last month when she tweeted
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