Lil Wayne's been active on Twitter for the last few days. While he's remained surprisingly silent on his recent canning by partner Mountain Dew, he has been giving his feelings about the NBA Playoffs. Read More »
Thomas Bangalter, one half of influential electro duo Daft Punk recently sat down with Billboard. In the interview he had a few choice words for EDM producers of the day and explained why you won't find any samples on their new album Random Access Memories. Read More »
In spite of numerous rumors that Daft Punk would tour in support of their new album Random Access Memories, the news coming out of the robots' camp is that that is simply not true. Read More »
It appears reports of the Rolling Stones slashing ticket prices for their 2013 tour may have been exaggerated...or maybe not.On Monday, we reported that premium tickets for the Staples Center opener of the Stones 50th anniversary tour were being "flexed," i.e. having their prices reduced to avoid playing to empty seats. Read More »
Choreographer Wade Robson has filed suit against the estate of Michael Jackson, seeking damages for alleged molestation that occurred when Robson was still a child. This is a different story than the one told by Robson during the King of Pop's high-profile 2005 molestation case. At that time Robson denied any inappropriate conduct from MJ. Read More »
PepsiCo, makers of Mountain Dew, have announced plans to meet with the family of Emmett Till and civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton today to discuss the recent controversy over former Dew spokesperson Lil Wayne's insensitive remarks toward Till in his verse on the remix of Future's "Karate Chop." PepsiCo has cut ties with Wayne in light of the controversy and is meeting with the family to address any concerns they may have. Read More »
Public Enemy hype man/ reality TV lothario Flavor Flav will stand trial against assault with a weapon and child endangerment charges on September 30 in Clark County District Court (Las Vegas), according to reports from Billboard. Read More »
Beyonce has announced a new song titled "Rise Up" for the soundtrack of 20th Century Fox's movie Epic. The song was written by pop songwriting savant Sia and produced by big time names Hit-Boy and Chase N Cashe. Read More »
Lil Wayne may be using his clout to get New Orleans rap icons Big Tymers back together for an album. He said as much in an interview with MTV. Weezy also talked the possibility of an old school Cash Money album featuring Drake during the chat. Listen below: Read More »
J. Cole is a master of buzz. As the June 25 release of his sophomore album Born Sinner edges nearer, he's coming up with more and more ways to get people excited. First, he dropped the track "Cole Summer." Then, he dropped a full EP of free music with Truly Yours 2. Now he's got a conceptual web series that documents all of the major influences on Cole's life and by extension, his second album. The Born Sinner web series consists of audio interviews with influential figures for Cole while a black and white slideshow of images plays. This week's subject is Cole's mother, Kay Cole, and the clip focuses on her being able to retire. Read More »
Jay-Z wasn't playing when he said he wanted to start a sports agency. Since starting up Roc Nation Sports as a division of CAA mostly focused on marketing, Jigga has lured away top names like Yankee Robinson Cano and New York Football Giant Victor Cruz. He has even been in talks to sign hockey wunderkind Seth Jones. Now it looks like Roc Nation will diversify even farther by signing Brazilian soccer star Neymar. Read More »
Everyone everywhere is collectively squee-ing for Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories which drops May 21. Even, Lego minifig creators.Jake Meier created the awesome Lego mini figurines above complete with turntables, record crates and of course, their iconic helmets. Read More »
While we have been covering every new development in the relationship and potential wedding troubles of Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth on the daily, it's easy to forget how this whole thing started: alleged infidelity on behalf of Liam with actress January Jones. Last night's Met Gala (with the ridiculous, bad PowerPoint presentation theme of Punk: From Chaos To Couture) was the first time the two ladies have been in the room together since the incident. Luckily, these lovely ladies didn't turn the hardcore inspired event into a slam-dancing, teeth-spitting mosh pit! Read More »