• Ty Dolla $ign Talks Debut 'Free TC' Album to Be Released in Spring 2015

    In October, Ty Dolla $ign first broke news of his debut album "Free TC," and now he is unveiling more deets on the release. According to a recent interview, the album will drop in spring 2015 with features from R. Kelly and more. According to "Rap-Up," "Free TC" is slated for a March or April release. Appropriately named after his brother who is locked up, Ty says his long-awaited debut represents more than just an album. "It's for a purpose," he said. "He's locked up for something that he didn't do. It's many people out here that get injustice, as you've seen Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, everything that's happening on the news right now. It has a purpose. It's gonna be the biggest album of 2015." The "Paranoid" crooner is pulling out all the stops for his debut with guest spots by Jagged Edge, YG, Wiz Khalifa and R. Kelly, who appears on a record called "Actress."

  • R. Kelly Shares New Track "Back Up" Featuring Shawnna [LISTEN]

    R&B legend R. Kelly has shared a cool new track titled "Back Up," featuring a guest verse from fellow Chicago native Shawnna, which you can check out here. Other than the chorus hook, the song sees Kelly taking a break from singing to try his hand at rapping, and he's not bad, but the real draw of this track is the weird production, which lays a sinister, moaning beat underneath the verses.

  • Rick Ross Shares Video for 'Hood Billionaire' Track [WATCH]

    Rick Ross's most recent studio album, "Hood Billionaire," was released yesterday, Nov. 24, and today the Florida rapper has shared the music video for the album's title track, which you can check out below. Not that much happens in the video: Ross raps at the camera, flaunts some cash in a dark room and is occasionally interrupted by a few quick shots of the streets — it is not clear what streets exactly — as well as some real-life footage of Ross sitting courtside at a Miami Heat game. But what makes the video unusual is that is it peculiarly bookended by short promos for "Hood Billionaire" and the upcoming fourth installment of Maybach Records's Self Made compilation series, as well as some shout-outs to rappers Stalley, Meek Mill and even some advertisements for Wing Stop and Luc Belaire wine. It feels like you are watching the video in a movie theater — a crappy movie theater, but still. Since this is not a particularly hooky track — or even a star-studded one, since Ross appears on his own — it seems as if this video was made as more of an advertisement for the album as a whole rather than just for this one song. You can check out Rick Ross's music video for "Hood Billionaire" here:

  • Timbaland Reacts to Lifetime's Aaliyah Biopic, Calling Film 'Bulls--t' Via Social Media [WATCH]

    Lifetime's Aaliyah biopic premiered last night, Nov. 15, and so far no one has been impressed by it. "Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B" has actually been catching a fair amount of flak from artists and fans alike. Producer and Aaliyah friend Timbaland took to his social media accounts to voice his displeasure with the movie. Timbaland's Instagram is littered with memes throwing shade at the biopic. He even posted a video, "Billboard" points out, where he talks about his problems with the film. "I think everyone [sic] musician portrayed in this Aaliyah movie should sue the hell out Lifetime movie for failure of accurate casting," he said in the video. "A lot of people keep asking me if I'm watching that bullshit. Evidently not," Timbaland added in another post. "No way. Not Timbo. People, thanks for the comments tonight on that bullshit Aaliyah movie. They have felt Timbo's wrath tonight, baby, and that's it."

  • WATCH: Rick Ross, R. Kelly Party with Money in the "Keep Doin' That" Music Video

    Rick Ross and R. Kelly may be singing about "doing that rich b***h" in their new Hood Billionaire single "Keep Doin' That," but in the song's new music video it seems as though the hip-hop superstars are the rich b***hes themselves. Today (Oct. 27), Ross and Kelly released the opulent new music video for "Keep Doin' That," featuring plenty of furs, video vixens and fast cars.

  • 7 Musicians with Tax Problems

    Happy tax day! If you feel stressed out and miserable that you waited until the last minute to do your taxes (if that's the case, stop reading this and get back to your taxes), don't feel so bad; even the rich and famous are awful at paying the IRS. Here are seven musicians that have run into trouble with Uncle Sam.

  • R. Kelly Announces 'White Panties' Album

    R. Kelly announced he would be releasing a follow-up to his 2013 album, and he promised it would be lighter fare (you'll see what we did there). Few details were given regarding White Panties, but the title is enough for us to guess it will be in line with his last release, Black Panties. R. Kelly...you rascal.

  • 'Frozen' Soundtrack Tops Billboard 200 for Second Week

    This week served as another chance for 2013's biggest hits to spend another week in the Billboard Top 10 as only one new release managed to crack into the upper ranks of album sales. The albums that stuck around managed to make some marks however.
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