• 5 Musical Misremberings: Vanilla Ice, Nicki Minaj and More Astonishing Misleading Music Stories a la Brian Williams

    Brian Williams has been having a bad last few weeks but you can't say he didn't have it coming: The NBC Nightly News host has taken a six month unpaid suspension with regard to a "misremembering" he reported, claiming to have been aboard a helicopter shot down by an RPG during his coverage of the Iraq war more than a decade previously. To what extent his story is false remains to be seen—was the helicopter right in front of him the one to actually be brought down, or was he more than half an hour behind?—but let it be known that we wasn't the first, nor probably the last celebrity, to tell a fat one. Here are but five musical performers who wove tall tales, some of which weren't figured out for quite a while.

  • Missy Elliott Pictured In Studio With Timbaland, Jack Ü Collaboration Teased [LISTEN]

    Following her Super Bowl collaboration with Katy Perry, Missy Elliott announced that she was heading back to the studio with her partner-in-crime and longtime producer Timbaland to cook up some new music. "We gonna get in and get some work done," she told Sway Calloway on his morning show. "I don't want to say too much because this day and time, boy, you say something, they will come back two weeks later like, 'Where your album at?!'" Now she has fans even more excited with photo evidence of her and Timbaland back in the studio.

  • Bobby Shmurda's Lawyer Gives Update On Bail Application As Rapper Remains Behind Bars

    Just when Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda's career seemed to be taking off, he and his GS9 crew were arrested outside of Quad Studios in New York City last December. They were later indicted on a variety of charges, including conspiracy, reckless endangerment, criminal possession of a weapon, and more. They now face a number of years in prison. Last month, Shmurda and his crew all plead not guilty in a Manhattan Supreme Court. Following the proceedings, Shmurda posted bail, but it was later withdrawn. For now, the rapper remains in jail, where he has been since his arrest. His only public appearances have been court appearances regarding indictments and bail applications. Complex caught up with Shmurda's lawyer Kenneth J. Montgomery to talk about the current status of the case.

  • Sam Smith, Joey Bada$$, Tove Lo Added to Hangout Festival 2015 Lineup

    Alabama's 2015 Hangout Festival already had a stacked lineup when it announced its lineup in January of the Foo Fighters, Grammy Award-winner Beck, Skrillex, My Morning Jacket, Paramore, Spoon, Major Lazer and others, but it got greedy and decided to add even more names to the lineup. The second wave of artists is not a lot of names, but Hangout makes it count, with four-time Grammy Award-winner Sam Smith leading the charge, flanked by Tove Lo and Joey Bada$$ at his side.

  • Taylor Swift Tops Billboard 200 Again, Fifth Harmony Shows Up, Bob Dylan and Diana Krall Cover, Nicki Minaj Sets Interesting Mark

    Taylor Swift and 1989 is at no. 1 in the Billboard 200 for the 11th time, tying Fearless for the performer's most weeks at the top of the charts with one album. The record shifted 108,000 equivalent units, a slight uptick from last week. 1989 is one of four albums that have spent at least ten weeks at no. 1 since 2010, the others being Fearless, the Frozen soundtrack as well as Adele's 21. Swift's album is followed this week by Now 53, the newest edition of the hits collection, at no. 2 with 99,000 units moved.

  • Skrillex Leaks He Will Headline Electric Forest 2015 Lineup

    Festivals either hate it or they secretly love it, but every year several artists leak on social media their inclusion in a festival lineup. It could be that they are just too excited and cannot hold it in anymore and just need to tell their fans, or it is just an honest mistake, but either way, once it is out there for any amount of time, somebody is going to see it. As everyone knows, the Internet is forever. Skrillex did just that yesterday, Feb. 10, on Twitter when he blurted out that he was going to headline Insomniac's Electric Forest in 2015.

  • Nick Jonas to Host 2015 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards on March 28 [VIDEO]

    Nick Jonas may be a little past his kid-friendly days. The former Jonas Brother has reinvented himself as a sultry R&B star with his hit single "Jealous," not to mention all those scandalous photos he's released over the last year. But, he's still that moppy-haired JoBro at heart. Yesterday (Feb. 10), the "Chains" singer announced that he will be hosting the 2015 Kids Choice Awards on Nickelodeon.
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