Get your money, Chance. Ever since Acid Rap blew up the hip-hop blogosphere last year, Chicago youngster Chance The Rapper has proven he's less than discerning about who he teams up with. Sure, there's his collabs with James Blake and Childish Gambino, but have you seen his work with Justin Bieber? The latest mainstream act to grab a verse from Chance is walking silly haircut and dubstep producer Skrillex. Read More »
Kanye West's Red October Air Yeezy 2's went on sale yesterday without any advance warning from Nike. Still, the long-awaited shoes sold out in a manner of minutes. Read More »
Azealia Banks has re-started her beef with Lady Gaga, throwing shade at Mother Monster in the pages of Galore magazine, Read More »
Queen's 1981 compilation Greatest Hits II just became the first album to break six million copies sold in the UK. 124,000 copies in the album's 30-plus year lifespan were sold digitally, while the rest came from physical sales. Read More »
There is no denying that the house band can help make or break a late-night show. Think of the impact Paul Shaffer has on Letterman (or try and imagine Fallon's schtick without The Roots). It seems that Seth Meyers fully understands this because he's chosen to bring on double-threat comedian/musician Fred Armisen as his bandleader when he takes Fallon's post later this month. Read More »
I can already hear thousands of teenagers rapidly tweeting their fawning admiration of this cover from rising Brit singer Foxes. Read More »
As one of the upper echelon members of YMCMB, Drake is likely to know of any major moves that are coming down the pipeline. The Nothing Was The Same singer got our antennas up recently when he tweeted out a seeming announcement that some new music from Lil' Wayne was on the way. Read More »
I've never been the biggest St. Vincent fan, but if she continues to carry on in full-on Talking Heads mode, she may just win me over. The "Digital Witness" singer premiered three tracks from her upcoming self-titled album during a live performance at Diane von Furstenberg's New York Fashion Week show. Read More »
The George Zimmerman/DMX fight that was probably never going to happen in the first place and was recently "cancelled" is now "back on." Read More »
Blondie recently turned down an offer to perform at the Sochi Winter Olympics in the most public way imaginable. They tweeted a picture of the proposed contract with the words "PASS. HUMAN RIGHTS" scrawled on it. Read More »
Lana Del Rey's Ultraviolence will drop on May 1, if LDR herself is to be believed. Read More »
Kanye is such a cultural institution at this point that it's hard to remember a time when no one knew his name. However, it was just 10 years ago today that The College Dropout was released. Read More »
In case you haven't heard, Mizzou player and top 10 defensive-end prospect Michael Sam came out as gay to several news outlets. In the high likelihood that Sam is drafted into the NFL, he will become the first openly gay professional football player in the history of the sport. Read More »