While the news of Bradley Manning being transgender isn't exactly new (it was brought up several times during his Wikileaks case), today Manning went whole hog and made the announcement that she wishes to live as a female named Chelsea Manning from now on. Read More »
After announcing that his new album Nothing Was The Same would be pushed back a week to September 24, YMCMB artist Drake revealed the cover art for his new album in a series of Instagram posts. Read More »
While "Crooked Smile" may be about embracing imperfection, J. Cole is not satisfied with anything less than the best for the single's music video. The Born Sinner rapper revealed to Miss Info that the video is being pushed back and re-shot. Read More »
Last week we brought you the news that Robin Thicke, Pharrell and T.I. were filing suit against the Marvin Gaye estate to preemptively strike down any legal action the family might take against "Blurred Lines," their Billboard chart-dominating hit that pays homage to Gaye's "Got To Give It Up." If Gaye's son Marvin Gaye III's comments are any indication the plan backfired. MG3 seems to have every intention of filing a countersuit against Thicke, et. al. Read More »
Prepare your heartstrings, angsty teens, Blink 182 have a new album coming in 2014. Bassist Mark Hoppus revealed that the band's first album since 2009's Neighborhoods will drop "late spring/early summer" of next year in an interview with Kerrang!. Read More »
Sorry, 1D-ers. Zayn Malik is officially off the market as his engagement to Perrie Thomas has been confirmed. Thomas was spotted flaunting her new rock when the Little Mix singer attended the premiere of One Direction's This Is Us and Zayn's reps have confirmed that the couple are, in fact. engaged. Read More »
While Miley Cyrus continues to argue that everything is just hunky-dory with her relationship, it seems her other half -Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth- is drifting away. Read More »
Great news or greatest news? Aretha Franklin says that her recentlt flagging health is almost back to normal and that, once she is back up to 100%, we should expect some new music from the Queen of Soul. Read More »
Sup Pop's tumblr continues to be a wealth of Internet news. First, there was that awesome Virginia Tech letter requesting a personal message from Nirvana (and the label's hilarious dress-up response). Then, there was the news of the In Utero re-release. Now, someone at Sub Pop has dug up some old but rather significant paperwork. The label posted Nirvana's original $600 contract yesterday. Read More »
Right now, Earl Simmons is probably wondering why police are always trying to get at him (,dog). DMX was arrested last night (August 20) in South Carolina on charges of marijuana possession. You can see the stop in question below, courtesy TMZ: Read More »
Ron Howard made a documentary about Jay Z's 2012 Budweiser Made In America festival. No, we are not kidding. The acclaimed director and probable candidate for whitest man alive (I mean, he played Richie f**king Cunningham) says his documentary about the Philly Fest will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Read More »
It seems that having Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj on the same stage just wasn't enough ego for FOX producers. According to Us Weekly, Kanye West was offered a judge's slot on Season 13 of the flagging singing competition. The Yeezus rapper reportedly turned down the offer fearing it would harm his reputation as an artist. Read More »
While ASAP Rocky made it clear that there was no point in responding to Kendrick Lamar's "Control" verse, apparently Trap Lord ASAP Ferg didn't hear him (in spite of the fact that he was sitting right next to him when he said it). As such, we now have Ferg's response to "Control," which he dropped on Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 radio show. Check it out below: Read More »