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Suge Knight was shot multiple times at Chris Brown's party on Sunday morning, and Brown was pretty upset. -
Drake Reportedly Challenges Murda Mook to Rap Battle, Even as Lil Wayne 'Ain't F----n' with Mook'
Murda Mook is having a heck of a year when it comes to mainstream publicity. The emcee, best known for his prowess in the field of battle rap, came out on top in the premiere event against Loaded Lux at Total Slaughter, a battle rap event sponsored by Shady Records in New York City. The rapper has been looking to battle a more mainstream opponent, more as a method of making a quick buck than being challenged (we're just saying...mainstream rappers aren't necessarily any good at battling). So who's willing to take up the challenge? According to HipHopDX and Mook's Instagram, the answer is Drake. -
Eminem 'Shady XV': New Album Details Released Along With Single 'Guts Over Fear' [LISTEN]
Are we getting all-new material just a year after The Marshall Mathers LP 2 was released? A 15th anniversary reissue of The Slim Shady LP? The answer: A little of both. -
'Rave of Thrones' Featuring DJ Kristian 'Hodor' Nairn Coming to U.S. for First Time for New York City Show
Hodor has one of the lowest vocabularies in the Game of Thrones series, so perhaps it's for the best that he's an electronic dance musician...not much wordplay required. Actor Kristian "Hodor" Nairn, who plays the friendly giant on the HBO series, has adapted his most famous role into an EDM show titled "Rave of Thrones," which he'll be bringing from Australia—where he played a series of club shows—to the United States for the first time on October 10. -
'Rising Star' ABC Recap and Review: Jesse Kinch Wins Over Austin French with Rousing The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival Covers
After 10 episodes of varying quality, tons of money invested into a wall and judges Kesha, Brad Paisley and Ludacris and a sea of musical talent, ABC's latest experiment for the musical reality competition Rising Star came to an end last night (Aug, 24). -
Prince Announces Release Dates for Two Albums: One Solo and One with Band 3rd Eye Girl
Everyone knew that new albums were on the horizon from Prince, but the music icon caught fans by surprise when announced that he would release two records on September 29. One, Art Official Age, will be from Prince alone while Plectrum Electrum will be the debut album from his band 3rd Eye Girl (NME's report). -
Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker: Blink-182’s Reading Festival Performance Was Filled With Music And Toilet Humor
Looks like Blink-182 may have aged a bit, but it doesn’t mean the Enema of the State trio has matured at all … which we’re happy about. The group played both the Reading and Leeds Festivals this past weekend and reportedly ended the former performance just last night (Aug. 24) with some pyrotechnics and some good, old-fashioned toilet humor, according to NME. -
G-Unit Drops Secret EP 'The Beauty of Independence' Following the MTV Video Music Awards
One of the bigger headlines of the music night was actually occurring away from the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. At midnight (technically Monday we suppose) hip-hop supergroup G-Unit dropped six new songs on an EP titled The Beauty of Independence. It's the group first release since 2008's T.O.S: Terminate On Sight. -
Steve Lowenthal Talks New Book 'Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey'
"This is not rock 'n' roll. It's not pop music. It's not folk music; it's this sort of transcendental guitar music," Steve Lowenthal emphatically tells me over the phone. And, indeed, his new book, Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, details the style (and story) of perhaps this country's most influential "American primitive" guitarist. -
VMAs 2014: Lorde First Woman Ever to Win Best Rock Video Award for Hit 'Royals'
Amid all the shenanigans that typically occur during the MTV Video Music Awards, some actual history was made as well: Lorde became the first female performer ever to win the Best Rock Video award at the ceremony. Yes, ever. -
Talib Kweli Reflects on Don Lemon, CNN And Ferguson
Long known as a highly intellectual hip-hop mind, Kweli and his politics might be controversial to some, but his point of view is typically fascinating regardless of party lines. -
VMAs 2014: Beyonce Performs New Album Medley, Accepts Video Vanguard Award from Jay Z, Blue Ivy [WATCH]
Not everyone can perform an entire album's worth of material during an award show, and not many would really even try... but we all know by now that Beyoncé is not any normal being. On Sunday (Aug. 24), the Queen Bey received the Video Vanguard Award at the 2014 MTV VMAs and ushered it all in by being ***Flawless and slaying all 14 tracks from her Dec. 2013 album Beyoncé.
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