• Kanye West Mad at 'Grossly Over-Censored' Billboard Music Performance

    Kanye West closed the Billboard Music Awards this weekend with a medley of hits but audiences at home didn't get to hear much at all due to the ceremonies overexcited censors. Or at least the rapper commented Tuesday that his set, which included "All Day" and "Black Skinhead," was handled with undue caution.

  • BBMAs 2015: Nicki Minaj, David Guetta Perform 'Hey Mama,' 'The Night is Still Young'

    After other dup performances like Chris Brown and Pitbull, Wiz Khalifa and Fall Out Boy and Faith Hill and Little Big Town, the BBMAs 2015 did not hold back two of the biggest pop stars in the world performing their hit single "Hey Mama." Fifth Harmony introduced Nicki Minaj and David Guetta as Nicki came out to perform one track on her own, before heading out to a different section of the stage to join the French DJ.

  • BBMAs 2015: Van Halen Delivers Rowdy Performance of 'Panama'

    After the world premiere of Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" video featuring the two new verses from Kendrick Lamar, the "Blank Space" singer introduced "one of the greatest rock bands in the world, Van Halen." The legendary rock group with David Lee Roth in tow launched into a rowdy rendition of their classic track, "Panama." The Billboard Music Awards (BBMA) are generally all about chart-topping artists like Wiz Khalifa and Kanye West, but they decided to open up the show with an act who once graced the top of charts decades ago, but remain a band with relevance today.

  • Metallica, Nicki Minaj, More Headlining 2015 X Games in Austin, TX

    Metallica has been announced as the headliner for the 2015 X Games Super Stage, playing on a bill that features Nicki Minaj, Talib Kweli, Kid Ink, the Glitch Mob, Pennywise, Deltron 3030 and Joywave. The news was revealed during an interview between the band and skateboarding icon Tony Hawk.

  • Shazam Reveals Hit Prediction Data: Is Omi's 'Cheerleader' Next?

    Predicting what songs will be a hit can be an inexact science. Sometimes some songs seemingly come out of nowhere to become summer hits like Nico & Vinz "Am I Wrong" or the Robin Schulz remix of Mr. Probz "Waves." Staying ahead of trends and knowing which artists are set to break through, while also paying attention to those already established hit-makers is key, but with music becoming more data driven, we are able to predict with more accuracy the probability of the next big song. One of the main predictors in the music industry is Shazam, since a user Shazaming a song is a strong sign of interest in that one track. Cait O'Riordan, VP of product, Music and Platforms at Shazam spoke at the Strata Hadoop World 2015 Conference in London to discuss how the platform predicts a song's success and showed that the next one might Omi's single "Cheerleader."

  • Nicki Minaj Confirmed For 'Barbershop 3' Role Alongside Common, Ice Cube, Eve & More

    The Barbershop franchise is back after 10 years. Following the 2005 spin-off Beauty Shop, a third Barbershop film is in the making, and Nicki Minaj has been confirmed as one of its actors alongside Common, Ice Cube, Eve, Regina Hall and Cedric The Entertainer. The Pinkprint femcee will play the part of Draya, "the sassy new hairdresser of the beauty shop portion of the barbershop," Variety reports.

  • Coachella Tweets Drop 83 Percent During Weekend Two (Because of Nicki Minaj and DMX?)

    Coachella's second weekend featured a massive drop off in social media mentions, despite being an easy sell-out, like the first weekend. Billboard reports that while 3.5 million tweets mentioned Coachella directly during the event's first rendition the previous weekend (with Nicki Minaj and AC/DC driving traffic), only 600,000 mentions went out over the past weekend. What's the story?
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