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Drake Surprises Fans And Allegedly Disses Jay Z With “Draft Day”

“Oh wait, sidebar..left some beat at the end so that all of you fuck niggas could loop it and get your lies off.” Drake is like hip-hop’s Santa Claus the way he waits until half the world is asleep to surprise fans with new material. You never know when he is going to bless us […]

Machine Gun Kelly And DJ Whoo Kid Collaborate On “State Of Mind”

Machine Gun Kelly has spent the better part of the past several months working on new material and performing wherever there is a crowd looking to get hype. This morning, out of nowhere, the kid from Cleveland shares a new track created in collaboration with DJ Whoo Kid that is bound to take your day […]

Quvenzhané Wallis Shines In First ‘Annie’ Trailer

I never wanted to see Annie remade. It’s not because I love the original film so much I feel it could never be topped, or that I have some passion for the Broadway version, but I was just not sure the story and music would work with audiences today. Then Jay Z said he was […]

Watch Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon Perform History of Rap Part 5

If you’re like me, then you’ve watched the four episodes of Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon performing the history of rap way too many times. Good news: now there’s a new one to memorize. Last night Justin Timberlake went on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to do a reprise of their History of Rap series. Pay […]

M.I.A Leaving Roc Nation

In a tweet wishing her followers a happy new year, M.I.A also included another piece of information: she’s leaving Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by Jay Z. The English rapper has been signed to Roc Nation since May of 2012. Earlier this year, the company pulled a trailer for an M.I.A documentary from YouTube. […]

See the 20 Most Pirated Musicians of 2013

This year was big for music, and, as always, a big loss in terms of sales. According to to new statistics released from music analytics firm Musicmetric, Daft Punk, Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, and Drake were a few of the musicians to see their music illegally downloaded the most in 2013. Bruno Mars and Rihanna came […]

Rick Ross Debuts “The Devil Is A Lie” Featuring Jay Z

Maybach Music Group CEO Rick Ross may have pushed his long-awaited new album Mastermind back to 2014, but he’s still looking out for fans with the unannounced release of his Jay Z collaborative single, “The Devil Is A Lie.” Teased since October, “The Devil Is A Lie” pairs two of hip-hop’s finest against a hard-hitting […]

Beyoncé Releases Videos For “Drunk In Love” And “XO”

As you may have heard, Beyoncé dropped a surprise album on Thursday night. It’s self-titled, contains 14 tracks and 17 videos, and has been, by all accounts, an instant success. Reactions and reviews have been rapturous, and the sales numbers have been impressive. Beyoncé was already a pop superstar. After this, we need to consider a […]

Beyonce Emerges Without Warning; Drops Album On iTunes

Remember that time Beyonce put out a record tonight. Surprised? Yea, so is everyone else. The album is self-titled and features familiar favorites Drake, Frank Ocean, hubby Jay-Z, and kid Blue Ivy. There is a whopping 14 songs and 17 accompanying videos on the release. Quite the undertaking for a secret project. Of course this […]

Hear DJ Earworm’s Mashup of the Top 25 Songs From 2013

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s that time of the year. DJ Earworm has once again taken on the challenge of mixing the top 25 songs of the year into one know-it-all song. And, as usual, it sounds pretty good. Clocking in around five minutes, the mashup features samples from Lorde, Daft Punk, Eminem, Katy Perry, Macklemore […]

Jay-Z Ranks His Own Discography From Best To Worst

Jay-Z, newly enlightened vegan, has decided to rank his own discography from best to worst. What prompted him to do so? We’re not really sure, but nonetheless the short annotations he provided for each album is entertaining enough to check out the list. It’s not every day that we see musicians critique their own work, […]

Kanye West Wants To Release A New Album By Summer 2014

Just when you thought Yeezus season was winding down… Kanye West is currently touring the country on the Yeezus tour, and every so often he visits a radio station or other media outlet for rare, sometimes unplanned interviews. No one says no to Kanye, or should we say the numbers Kanye can pull, and every […]