Caitlin Carter

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  • Kanye West To Receive Visionary Award, Usher To Receive Musical Arts Award At 2015 BET Honors

    Although he's been telling us this all along, Kanye West's genius is officially getting the recognition it deserves. Yeezus will receive the Visionary Award next month at the 2015 BET Honors. According to Billboard, Ye will be one of five luminaries, including Usher, actress Phylicia Rashad, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, and John W. Thompson, honored at the eighth annual ceremony hosted by Wayne Brady.

  • Kendrick Lamar Partners With Reebok For Short Film Featuring New Ventilator OG Sneakers [WATCH]

    Fans are chomping at the bit for Kendrick Lamar's sophomore album to be released. Earlier this week, a rumored tracklist for the record was confirmed as fake by TDE CEO Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith. Although no new details or music have surfaced, you can get your fill of K. Dot today through one of his other projects. Lamar teamed up with Reebok to debut their new Ventilator OG sneaker, which commemorates the 25th anniversary of their Ventilator line. As part of the partnership, Lamar is featured in a short film directed by Anthony Mandler (Jay Z, Rihanna) called "Kendrick - I am."

  • 50 Cent Reaches Out To Floyd Mayweather Following Earl Hayes’ Death, Calls Boxer His "Little Brother" Despite Past Beefs

    50 Cent's friendship with Floyd Mayweather goes back more than a decade. Things started going downhill in 2012 after their joint promotions company The Money Team tore them apart - Mayweather backed out of it and left Fiddy with a $2 million loss. They had appeared to have patched things up until this summer when 50 bullied Mayweather on Instagram by challenging him to read a page from Harry Potter without messing it up, and there have been a few back-and-forth comments since then. While Fiddy might not have the best relationship right now with Mayweather, he still reached out to him following the tragic murder-suicide that Mayweather was a reported witness to.

  • Modest Mouse Teases New Music On Instagram With Photo Of Vinyl Record Labeled, Side A: Lampshades On Fire [LISTEN]

    Modest Mouse launched their official Instagram page today by posting an image of a vinyl record labeled "Side A: 'Lampshades on Fire'." This is sparked rumors of new material from the group, which would be their first new music since 2009's No One's First and You're Next. As Pitchfork points out, the band has been playing a song believed to have the title "Lampshades on Fire" live since 2011, so it's possible that they are finally getting around to recording it.

  • Rumored Tracklist For New Kendrick Lamar Album Confirmed As Fake By TDE CEO

    Likely the most highly anticipated album in recent memory, Kendrick Lamar's follow-up to the critically acclaimed good kid m.A.A.d city has everyone buzzing and hungry for any information or piece of the effort they can get their hands (or ears) on. Although he's been plugging the album during his press appearances, he hasn't revealed many specific details. So when a rumored tracklist for the effort surfaced online, fans were dying to confirm its validity.

  • T-Pain Tells Larry King He's Done Trying To Make Hits And Isn't A Fan Of His Own Chart-Toppers [WATCH]

    T-Pain has been opening up recently about his life since the rise and fall of the Auto-Tune trend he sparked in the mid-2000s. Last month he performed "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')," "Up Down (Do This All Day)," and "Drankin' Patna," sans Auto-Tune on a segment of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert, proving to his doubters that his voice doesn't actually need help from the pitch-correction software. In a new interview with Larry King, T-Pain says he is finished trying to make chart-toppers.

  • San Fermin Announce New Album 'Jackrabbit,' Share New Single "Parasite" [LISTEN]

    San Fermin, the brainchild of composer and songwriter Ellis Ludwig-Leone, released its self-titled debut album in September of 2013 after Ludwig-Leone spent two months locked up at the Banff Centre, a secluded retreat for composers, tucked away in the Canadian mountains. He later assembled a group of highly trained musicians to record and perform his work, and by the time the album came out, he had already finished work on the sequel. However, after experience life on the road and performing his music in a live setting, he decided to rewrite the record. The result is the upcoming album Jackrabbit, which is due out in the spring. Along with the announcement, the band premiered their lead single "Parasites."

  • Sam Smith Sings "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" Following Grammy Nominations [LISTEN]

    2014 has been a landmark year for Sam Smith, and as of last week, he is officially a six-time Grammy nominee. With the holiday's soon approaching, he chose to sing a stripped-down cover of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," which was made famous by Judy Garland in the 1994 musical Meet Me In St. Louis. Smith stays faithful to the original against sparse chords on a grand piano with his voice angelic as always. The song is now available on iTunes.

  • Father John Misty Shares Trippy Video For New Song "Chateau Lobby #4 (in C For Two Virgins)" Ahead Of New Album [WATCH]

    Last month, former Fleet Foxes drummer Josh Tillman announced his second Father John Misty album, I Love You, Honeybear. The follow-up to 2012's Fear Fun, the effort is due out Feb. 10 via Sub Pop. Tillman performed a cut from the album, "Bored in the USA," along with a 22-piece string orchestra section on The Late Show With David Letterman, and now he's released another cut from the album, titled "Chateau Lobby #4 (in C For Two Virgins)," accompanied by a trippy video that he directed and his filmmaker wife Emma shot on an iPad.

  • Chris Rock On The Breakfast Club: 'Top Five' Comedian Talks Upcoming Film, Bill Cosby, Eric Garner/Mike Brown, DJ Envy Beef, And More

    Chris Rock stopped by Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club this morning to promote the upcoming movie he wrote, directed and stars in called Top Five, which is due out in theaters on Dec. 12. Rock took the time to chat about the film, Love and Hip Hop Atlanta's Karlie Red's role in Top Five, the Bill Cosby controversy, what it means to be relevant, the state of Hollywood, the potential of a post-racial society, why he loves 12 Years A Slave, his beef with DJ Envy, why he only listens to music on his iPod, and more. Here's some of what he had to say:

  • 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.

  • J. Cole Contemplates Success On A Late Night Bike Ride In '2014 Forest Hills Drive (Intro)' Video [WATCH]

    Following the leak of his latest album 2014 Forest Hills Drive yesterday, J. Cole has shared a video for the opening track "Intro." The clip shows Cole riding around New York City on his bike, reflecting on how his life was much simpler back when money and success were just a dreams. The contemplative track features calming piano, jazzy horns, and Cole's soulful crooning. It's good to see the Fayetteville rapper hasn't let fame go to his head.
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