Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Crash Radio With ‘Thrift Shop’
Macklemore and his producer partner Ryan Lewis call their own shots. During the past year, the Seattle-based hip-hop duo independently skyrocketed to fame on the strength of rigorous touring,...
View ArticleTrinidad James: ‘I Don’t Think I’ve Made It’
Trinidad James is the proverbial hip-hop overnight success story. In a matter of months, the 25-year-old neophyte went from slinging streetwear at a boutique in his hometown of Atlanta to inking a...
View ArticleKid Cudi Blasts Label Again: ‘Where’s My F**kin Spins???’
Nearly one year after Kid Cudi slammed Universal Republic on Twitter for shipping what he considered to be a low number of physical copies of his psych-rock “WZRD” album, the Cleveland rapper has once...
View ArticleBeyonce to Sing at Obama’s Inauguration
Beyonce will perform the National Anthem at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration later this month, a major honor for the singer who four years ago crooned Etta James’ “At Last” at one of the...
View ArticleBeyonce Covers GQ’s ‘Sexiest’ Issue: Photo
Add one more accomplishment to Beyonce‘s busy 2013: the cover of GQ magazine. GQ releases the “real version” of their February issue, which Beyoncé covers. Yesterday (Jan. 8), an Instagram photo of...
View ArticleTLC’s T-Boz Talks Reality Show & Career
For TLC singer T-Boz, it has been a rocky road since the 2002 death of Lisa ” Left Eye” Lopes. She has faced foreclosure, filed twice for bankruptcy and dealt with an abusive marriage that ended in...
View ArticleAzealia Banks Posts Sales Gains Following Twitter Feuds
The ongoing feud between Azealia Banks and Angel Haze (which then morphed into a larger spat between Banks and Perez Hilton over the weekend) has sparked sales gains for Banks over the past week. The...
View Article50 Cent on Headphone Line, Teaming with Timbaland at CES 2013
50 Cent‘s first foray into headphones didn’t go well. In fact, it was something of a disaster. A 2010 investment in Sleek Audio failed to materialize any headphones, but it did spawn a lawsuit. It...
View ArticleThe Roots & Elvis Costello Team Up for Album in 2013
Since becoming the house band on NBC’s “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” in 2009, the Roots have backed everyone from Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon to Bon Iver and Carly Rae Jepsen. And now, another...
View ArticleWhitney Houston’s Billboard Chart Records
To honor the late, great Whitney Houston on the second anniversary of her passing on Feb. 11, 2012, here’s a look back at the many chart achievements that the gifted vocalist accomplished. REMEMBERING...
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