Posted 5/9/13 4:00 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Rob Markman
Pusha T thrilled rap fans when he dropped his lyrically brash "Numbers on the Boards" and for the track’s video the Clipse MC takes his unapologetic rap fest a level higher with a gritty visual and cameos by Kanye West and Chief Keef. Read More...
Posted 5/9/13 1:07 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Sowmya Krishnamurthy
Kendrick Lamar sat down with unlikely interviewer--Erykah Badu, for a chat and opened up about his career success and influences in a feature for Interview magazine. Read More...
Posted 5/9/13 12:52 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By James Montgomery
Earlier this week, Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges. As you'd probably expect, Hill had plenty to say at her sentencing hearing, telling judge Madeline Cox Arleo that she had earned nearly $600 million — for other people — over the course of her career, yet was forced to live "a life of sacrifice" and went on to compare her situation to slavery. And perhaps her words worked: after all, she was facing as much as three years behind bars. Read More...
Posted 5/9/13 11:46 am EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
Look out Donald Trump, you’re not the only one that can rattle off the phrase, “you’re fired!” Turns out, Naughty by Nature’s Treach has no qualms about owning Trump’s signature line, using Twitter to “fire” longtime partner in rhyme Vin Rock. If that wasn’t enough, the "O.P.P." MC even released an incendiary diss track, “Tall Midget" on Wednesday (May 8) after Vinnie responded to his tweet saying, “You can’t Fire the Owner.” Read More...
Posted 5/9/13 10:47 am EST by MTV News in Music News
Lil Wayne piqued the interest of die-hard Cash Money fans last week when he casually mentioned that the YMCMB camp will be working on a new Big Tymers LP with Drake. But everyone wants to know: Will Mannie Fresh be involved? "No. Nah. Not at all," Birdman confirmed when he appeared on a special episode of "RapFix Live" in Miami on Wednesday (May 8). Read the full story at MTV News or hear Weezy and Stunna explain in the clip above.
Posted 5/8/13 8:00 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
Who’s bad? Michael Jackson, if famed choreographer Wade Robson is to be believed. Robson, who has helped music’s biggest acts choreograph their music video and live performances and has appeared on TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance,” is suing the King of Pop’s estate for “childhood sexual abuse” four years after the late icon’s death and eight years after testifying in Jackson’s molestation trial that the Thriller singer never touched him inappropriately. Omarion has some thoughts on the matter. Read More...
Posted 5/8/13 7:00 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Chelsey Wilkins
Rappers continue to dabble in more than just music. Snoop Lion, formerly known as Snoop Dogg, has decided to diversify his portfolio by teaming up with Upper Playground, 99centbrains, and Cashmere Agency to release his very own photo application, Snoopify. Read More...
Posted 5/8/13 11:00 am EST by MTV News in Music News
After he drops his sophomore album Watching Movies With The Sound Off on June 18, Mac Miller hits the road on the 38-city Space Migration Tour. See dates after the jump. Read More...
Posted 5/8/13 7:30 am EST by MTV News in Music News
Ja Rule was released from a New York prison on Tuesday (May 7) after serving almost two years on charges of illegal gun possession and federal tax evasion. It was good news for Rule, 36, (born Jeffrey Atkins), who is finally able to see some light at the end of a long legal tunnel. Read the full story at MTV News.
Posted 5/7/13 4:45 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb with reporting by James Montgomery
Diehard fans of the classic novel, “The Great Gatsby,” were understandably perplexed when the movie trailers for the Baz Luhrmann-directed film adaptation started rolling out replete with A-list actors, lavish set design, big-budget cinematography and “No Church in the Wild,” a song by Jay-Z and Kanye West, playing in the background. Exactly how did that happen? Read More...
