• Dr. Dre Has a New Protégé: Justin Mohrle

    In a lengthy profile, "D Magazine" examines Garland, Texas, rapper Justin Mohrle, a 23-year-old white kid who is being billed as Dr. Dre's new protégé. The young talent was handed off to Dre by rapper The D.O.C. after the former Death Row artist heard his demo. Now Mohrle is being molded by the same man who helped push Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, The Game and many others to superstardom, not to mention creating one of the most recognizable company's in music with Beats Electronics. Yeah, the kid knows he is in good hands.
  • Eminem Refutes Report of New Album 'Roots' Releasing in 2015

    Eminem has had a monster past two years, releasing a record setting studio album and growing his label Shadyville Records into one of the most well respected imprints in hip-hop. It appears that Marshall Mathers is potentially going to keep the momentum up and release another album in 2015. It would reportedly be titled Roots and is expected to feature the likes of Dr. Dre and Xzibit.
  • Monster Products Sue Beats By Dre for Allegedly Scamming Company Out of Potential $100 Million-Plus Payout from Apple Deal

    Dr. Dre might be the hip-hop billionaire and his name might be on the product line Beats by Dre, but he's not actually capable of designing and building headphones all by himself. The original line of Beats headphones were produced by Monster, best known originally for its high-quality line of audio cables. Now that company and its CEO, Noel Lee, are suing the Beats Audio company for allegedly using shady dealings to cut Monster out of the equation conveniently before being bought up by Apple for a huge amount.
  • 8 Albums With Misleading Titles

    Though an album title shouldn't tell you explicitly what kind of music you're in for (where's the fun in that?), a title does have a subtle influence over how we hear an album, or how we expect it to fit into the artist's career arc. These eight albums, however, went with titles that ended up being misleading for either one of these reasons.
  • Dr. Dreidel: Dr. Dre & Hanukkah Collide in a Dreidel

    Dr. Dre hasn't been involved in making music for years, yet he has become one of the most successful members of the music industry. His headphone brand, Beats By Dre has become the largest brand of headphones in the world and in selling Beats to Apple he earned close to $500 million from the deal, as reported by Forbes. As a ubiquitous figure in the music industry it isn't surprising to see him become an icon for all. Now an enterprising artist has taken the likeness of the former NWA member and added his face to a dreidel for the holiday season, specifically Hanukkah, naming it the Dr. Dreidel.
  • 8 Artists Who Are Taking Too Long To Release New Albums

    This has been a pretty exciting couple of days for fans of both Modest Mouse and D'Angelo, with both artists announcing their first new albums in quite some time (Modest Mouse's last album came out in 2007, while D'Angelo's was 2000). Now that these two artists have finally decided to release some new music, here are eight more artists that have been taking far too long to put out new albums.
  • Highest Paid Musicians 2014: Dr. Dre Tops The List (Duh) but Beyoncé, One Direction and Justin Bieber Make Bank as Well

    Hip-hop might be the genre that puts the most emphasis on dollars earned but we'd be kidding ourselves if big acts from every scene had their eyes on their wallets. And so do we as fans...just Google an act and see "net worth" doesn't come up as a popular search term. Forbes released its annual list of the Top 30 highest earning musicians from the previous year and you probably guessed who took the top spot: Dr. Dre.
  • Label Splits Far More Intense Than Current Lil wayne Drama: Dr. Dre and Death Row, The Game and G-Unit and More

    Depending on how much faith you put in social media, it seems Lil Wayne is hellbent to get away from Cash Money Records due to the label allegedly refusing to release his Tha Carter V. Depending on how much faith you put in statements from management, it seems that Weezy won't be jumping ship. We're more inclined to believe the latter...after all, Cash Money kind of owns Wayne's personal label Young Money. Regardless, there have been uglier splits than this is the history of hip-hop. Here are a few of the most dramatic:
  • Nicki Minaj Drops 'Bed of Lies' Feat. Skylar Grey: New 'Pink Print' Track's a Slow Burner [LISTEN]

    Nicki Minaj shared her next single, "Bed of Lies," from her upcoming album "The Pink Print." The slow burner features singer-songwriter Skylar Grey on piano as well as taking the vocal duties during the chorus. Minaj and Grey premiered the song live at the 2014 MTV EMAs a week ago, and now the track is available to stream online or download from iTunes. The song marks the first time Grey and Minaj have joined forces. It sounds like Minaj is working through some stuff on the track, seemingly rapping about an ex-lover. "I just figured if you saw me, if you looked in my eyes," she raps. "You'd remember our connection and be freed from the lies / I just figured I was something that you couldn't replace / But there was just a blank stare and I couldn't relate." Listen to the emotional anthem below, via "MTV News."
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