When it comes to Blue Ivy Carter, Oprah Winfrey is not the godmother. On Wednesday rumors began to swirl that Jay-Z and wifey Beyoncé bestowed gave Winfrey the honor and chose Hov’s homie Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith as the baby’s godfather. Still no word on whether or not Ty Ty will be Blue Ivy’s godfather, but when it comes to Oprah’s relationship with the baby the rumor is not true says the media queen’s bestie Gayle King. Read more...

Tags Beyonce, blue ivy carter, Gayle King, Jay-Z, Oprah Winfrey

By Sowmya Krishnamurthy

How's OVOXOA$AP for hip-hop's next acronym? NYC sensation A$AP Rocky headlined his first international show last night at The Opera House in Toronto, Canada. The Harlem pretty boy brought out Drake as a guest star. Clad in a fur-lined puffy down jacket, Drizzy introduced Rocky to his frenzied hometown crowd, telling them, "I'd like to welcome you to the greatest city in the motherf---ing world!" and then jumped into the bouncy track "The Motto." Rocky responded to the brotherly love, with "I'd like to thank my brother A$AP Drizzy for coming out!" This is a bromance coming full circle for the two. Read more...

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By Gil Kaufman

Rihanna has raised a lot of eyebrows this week with her latest body modification: a tattoo that reads "Thug Life", in honor of late hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur. While 'Pac had the words emblazoned across his abdomen, Rihanna opted to write them across her knuckles in what appears to be glow-in-the-dark ink.

Say what you will about whether the pop princess is living the kind of rising-up-from-the-streets life Shakur was honoring by splashing the name of his crew across his stomach, but she joins a long list of musicians who've used body art to pay homage to fallen homeys or musical inspirations.

When hip-hip hookmaster Nate Dogg died last year, his old friend and collaborator Snoop Dogg had an image of Nate's face with the legend "All Doggs Go to Heaven" written on his arm as a remembrance of the G-funk singer. And while Faith Evans once proudly bore a heart-shaped tattoo that read "B.I.G." in honor of her then-husband Biggie Smalls. (After the couple split, however, she added some ink so it read "B.I.G. FAYE.")

Read more at MTVNews.com

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(Tyga, Young Jeezy, T.I. on 'Rack City (remix) video set')

By Sowmya Krishnamurthy

Tyga released the much-anticipated "Rack City (Remix)" today featuring a veritable who's who of hip-hop with Wale, Meek Mill, Fabolous, Jeezy, and T.I., all adding their own two cents to the infectious strip club anthem. MTV recently caught up with Tyga and the boys in Atlanta earlier this month at the music video shoot for the track to talk about the buzzy cut. Tyga explained how happy he was to have rappers he looks up to like Jeezy and T.I. contributing to his break-out. Read more...

Tags Careless World: Rise of the Last King, Fabolous, Meek Mill, rack city, rack city remix, T.I., Tyga, Wale, Young Jeezy

By Tamara Palmer

Before he was known strictly by his middle name, Aubrey Drake Graham was known to millions of North American teenagers as Jimmy Brooks, the wheelchair-bound former basketball player who occasionally rapped awkwardly on Canadian television series "Degrassi: The Next Generation," from 2001 to 2009. And while he recently admitted to Rolling Stone that he’s typically offered roles playing rappers or athletes, he’s hoping and preparing for a chance at his dream role: President Barack Obama. Read more...

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By Rob Markman

D’Angelo back? On Thursday the R&B/soul singer performed his first show in over a decade when he rocked in Stockholm, Sweden to kick off his current European tour. Fans all across the world got to enjoy a bit of the performance as footage quickly appeared on YouTube yesterday. The “Brown Sugar” singer was all smiles as he rocked “Chicken Grease” from his 2000 sophomore album Voodoo. Read more...

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By Rob Markman

Everyone involved in the creation of "Red Tails" will tell you that it was no easy feat to get the movie into theaters, but now that struggle is being rewarded. The film debuted at #2 in the box offices and Ne-Yo believes that all of the hard work paid off. "I feel like we definitely did what we set out to do, which was make sure these incredible men, the Tuskegee Airmen, got the recognition that they deserved for the incredible things that they did for this country," Ne-Yo told MTV News of the George Lucas-produced film on Wednesday. Read more...

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By Nadeska Alexis

In the last installation of this story, Drake paid a visit to the tattoo artist responsible for inking “DRAKE” across a fan’s forehead—to “give him a warning”—and now the two have finally put their differences behind them. The tattoo artist tweeted the reconciliation so all could see, and meanwhile, Complex tracked down a fan who tattooed a picture of the fan with the Drake forehead tattoo on her arm. Get it? Neither do we. Read more...

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On Wednesday (January 25) Rihanna documented her visit to a Los Angeles tattoo parlor with a series of Twitter photos, which revealed that she’d (supposedly) gotten the words “Thug Life” inked across her knuckles, as a tribute to Tupac. As to be expected, the new ink work triggered plenty of reactions from her 12 million-plus Twitter followers and the 23-year-old fired back with another series of tweets. Read more...

Tags mark mahoney, Rihanna, tattoo, thug life, Tupac

John Legend is featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming film "Think Like a Man," and he teams up with Ludacris for the single "Tonight (Best You Ever Had"), which will also reportedly appear on his forthcoming album. Stream the song below. "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" will be available on iTunes on January 31st. Read more...

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