Posted 6/12/13 5:38 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Henna Kathiya
The stars were aligned Tuesday evening (June 11) at Cipriani in New York, as celebs put on their best suits to attend the Samsung Hope for Children Gala. Rick Ross was there to show support for John Legend, who’s work with the Show Me Campaign has provided education for those afflicted by poverty. Read More...
Posted 6/12/13 3:12 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
Kanye West didn’t just get introspective in his rare interview with the New York Times, the self-proclaimed “35-year-old 5-year-old” rapper also got reverential by paying homage to a laundry list of different cultural pioneers he respects. From cartoon/fantasy king Walt Disney to trailblazing NBA Commissioner David Stern, to Dead Prez and Mos Def, the legendary Quincy Jones and Fiona Apple producer Jon Brion, Yeezus gladly tips his hat to the visionaries and innovators that he holds in high regard. See a cheat sheet of his shout outs below. Read More...
Posted 6/12/13 2:03 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
Freddie Gibbs speaks his mind freely, but when he first split from Young Jeezy's CTE label last year, he may have been holding back just a little bit. Now Gangsta Gibbs is ready to let it all out. "I believed in what CTE was and what Jeezy was doin'. I messed with it, that was the music I was vibin' to and I wanted to add to it," he said, of what initially attracted him to the Snowman's label back in April 2011. But now things have taken a turn for the worst. Read the full story at MTV News, or hear him explain in the clip above.
Posted 6/12/13 2:01 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Sowmya Krishnamurthy
Lil Wayne sat down with late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday night (June 11) for a revealing interview about his health and career. Read More...
Posted 6/12/13 12:51 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
While initial reports indicated that 2 Chainz was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday after police found marijuana on him while he was trying to board a plane, an official report on the incident indicates he might be in bigger trouble. Read the full story at MTV News.
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Posted 6/12/13 12:21 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
After getting name dropped by Kanye West in a New York Times interview on Tuesday, J-Kwon’s Pusha T diss, “Pushing The Odds,” (which he dropped a few weeks ago) became a hot topic on the Internet. Read More...
Posted 6/12/13 9:00 am EST by MTV News in Music News
Though Mac Miller is currently out promoting his new album Watching Movies With the Sound Off, we strongly recommend that you watch this week's episode of "RapFix Live" with the volume on high. Mac will be stopping to kick it on the "RFL" couch on Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET on MTV Jams and RapFix.MTV.com along with Prodigy and Alchemist.
Catch Mac Miller, Prodigy, Alchemist, Statik Selektah and Emilio Rojas on "RapFix Live" Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET on RapFix.MTV.com and on MTV Jams. Be sure to join the Twitter conversation using the hashtag #RapFixLive. Send your questions for the artists to @MTVRapFix!
Posted 6/11/13 4:00 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Andrew Christina
When it comes to hit songs, it makes perfect sense that a Nickelodeon TV star and a Pittsburgh rapper would join forces to create a Platinum hit. Wait, what? Well, that’s exactly what happened this week when Ariana Grande’s “The Way,” featuring Mac Miller, went platinum, meaning that the song has sold over 1,000,000 copies. Read More...
Posted 6/11/13 3:00 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Henna Kathiya
She’s already sort of got beef with Rihanna and is determined to record with Drake, so it was only a matter of time before Amanda Bynes got offered a record deal, right? After expressing on Twitter (she expresses a lot of things on Twitter) that she wanted to be a rapper, the former Nickelodeon starlet finally got what she wanted. Read More...
Posted 6/11/13 1:30 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Rachel Samples
Kelly Rowland gave a killer performance of her new track “Gone” with Wiz Khalifa on Monday night's (June 10) episode of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Read More...
