• Credit Card Companies Taking Over as Biggest Corporate Sponsors for Musicians According to Report; American Express and Citi Buy Up

    There was a time, only a few years ago, when beverage companies were the industry that musicians aimed to get a hold on. Pepsi's role as the Super Bowl halftime show sponsor still reflects the role of soda and beer in music advertising. According to a great new report from Billboard, credit card companies and the banks they affiliate with may have taken the advantage.

  • Grammy-Nominated ZHU Does First-Ever In-Studio Interview with Triple J [LISTEN]

    One of the most mysterious artists in the world, ZHU just had his first in-studio interview in Australia on "Triple J" in the morning. Joining the Stereosonic tour across Australia, Steven Zhu, better known as the Los Angeles-based producer ZHU, stopped in somewhere near the Triple J studios to chat with the Matt & Alex on "Triple J" breakfast.The "Faded" producer has kept his identity shrouded in mystery and even went so far as to do the interview in another room away from interviewers Matt & Alex. The interview focuses on the ZHU image and how he is able to stay anonymous, the reasoning behind it and his music.

  • Chris Brown Apologizes to Karrueche Tran, Model's Instagram Disabled After Reported to be Fake

    This past weekend was full of drama between Chris Brown and ex-flame Karrueche Tran. It all started Friday (Dec. 5) when Brown announced that he was single in front of a huge concert crowd in Los Angeles. The following day, the pair got into it on social media with Tran spouting off some encouraging words to her fans and Brown accusing her of having threesomes and going on dates with Drake. Now the "Loyal" singer is apologizing, which is nice because it all seemed to be a little too much a little too fast.

  • A$AP Ferg, Cara Delevingne Walk-Off Sparks "Dope Walk" Movement From Fans [WATCH]

    Last month A$AP Ferg dropped his Ferg Forever mixtape, but one song in particular, the Stelios-produced track "Dope Walk," is making headlines because of a reference Ferg makes to model Cara Delevingne. "I'm on my gangster lean like a dope fiend / My walk's meaner than Cara Delevingne's / "Check out my walk because it's so amazing / Nothing like Bobby Shmurda's but I congratulate him / More like a gangsta lean, let's get this picture painted," Ferg raps on the braggadocious verse.

  • Bob Geldof and Band Aid 30: Media Can't Help but Wonder Where Paul McCartney's At

    You won't hear any complaints regarding a lack of talent on Band Aid 30, the new charity all-star band assembled by Bob Geldof to record "Do They Know It's Christmas" to raise funds for combatting Ebola in Africa: One Direction, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Ellie Goulding, Ed Sheeran...plenty have shown up and plenty have downloaded the single accordingly. One question still gets posed frequently to the Band Aid honcho however: Where's Paul McCartney? The former Beatle and still massive solo performer took part in the original recording during 1984 and came back for the 20th anniversary during 2004 (albeit skipping the smaller Band Aid II during 1989).

  • Ghostface Killah 'DOOMSTARKS': New Album Due in 2015

    Ghostface Killah and MF Doom's long-awaited collaboration "DOOMSTARKS" is due in 2015, according to GK. The 44-year-old rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member recently spoke with fans in a Reddit AMA session that featured several brief answers.Here are some of the highlights:Is DOOMSTARKS ever coming?Yes its coming out 2015.How long do you think you'll continue to release new music? I loved the singles off of 36 Seasons!For as long as God wants me to.What is your favorite memory of ODB [Ol Dirty Bastard]?The time he came to the Hotel with 50 Girls.Who are your favorite new school rappers?Drake, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Uncle Murder, Rich Homie Quan, Young Thug, School Boy Q, Uncle Murder, Meek Mil, Kendrick, A$AP Rocky, ASAP MOB & Troy AveWhat's your opinion on the new Wu album? Meth has called it "RZA's Album" and it generally seems like there's some problems within the Clan, so it would be cool to get your view on the album itself and the whole situation.Yeah it is Rza album because I didn't hear it until it came out.What do you think the best verse you've ever spit is?I got to many verses n I dont even know.How do you feel about Action Bronson?He is Cool.You get the gist. Ghostface was on Reddit to promote his new album "36 Seasons," which drops Tuesday, Dec. 9.

  • Battles Between Talent and Management Rising on The K-Pop Scene: Girls Generation, Block B and BAP Cases Cited

    Not everything is as pretty in the Korean music industry as we might be led to believe. As K-Pop continues to grow in the United States it's easy to forget that the consumer trends in South Korea are similar to those in the United States: record sales have started to dwindle. As entertainment promoters and labels try to find the next way to draw profit, relationships between those organizations and the artists representing them have started to fray, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The story focuses on Jessica Jung's departure from Girls Generation during September but also examines a litany of other established K-Pop acts.

  • Nicki Minaj, Trey Songz to Kick Off 'The Pinkprint' Tour in UK in Spring 2015

    Nicki Minaj will be bringing The Pinkprint on tour in the new year. Following the release of her latest single, "All Things Go," and a slot as the musical guest (and frequent sketch guest) this weekend on Saturday Night Live, today (Dec. 8), Minaj announced her first round of The Pinkprint Tour dates. Beginning March 28, 2015, the "Only" rapper and Trey Songz will tackle the United Kingdom before presumably going around the world.
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