Posted 5/5/13 11:11 am EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
For Chris Brown, the age-old saying applies: If you can’t love the one you want, love the one you’re with. Or something like that. While Rihanna’s cake, cake, cake, is in New York City for her Diamonds World Tour, birthday boy Breezy stepped out to look for something sweet elsewhere, in Hollywood. Read More...
Posted 5/5/13 8:00 am EST by Nadeska Alexis in Music News
By Nadeska Alexis, with reporting by Rob Markman
Lil Wayne and the Miami Heat players (not counting his boy LeBron) aren't exactly on the best of terms after he told them how he really felt back in February, but that doesn't affect Weezy's opinions on their athletic abilities. On Saturday (May 4) the sports fanatic told MTV News that the defending champions are more than likely keeping their crown this year. Read More...
Posted 5/3/13 5:04 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
G FrSH… Well, his name pretty much says it all. The self-proclaimed “flashy African” is a British-bred rapper of Nigerian heritage, one who is far from humble when it comes to talking about his mula. The Tinie Tempah-collaborator rocks his jewels (fit for Gucci Mane) and imported high fashion garments with pride – and he lets you know it, too. But his aim is simple: motivate the hustler, regardless of how they get it in. G FrSH’s flow is laid-back, which works well with his gruff voice, and his wordplay is laudable. Listen and learn… Read More...
Posted 5/3/13 4:45 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
It's official. Mac Miller's sophomore album Watching Movies with the Sound Off will arrive on June 18, and the Pittsburgh rapper wants his fans to have... no expectations for the project. That's right, no expectations at all. Read the full story at MTV News or hear Mac explain in the video above.
Posted 5/3/13 4:04 pm EST by Nadeska Alexis in Music News
President Obama has always been transparent about his affinity for hip-hop, but there was no more brazen display of his passion for the culture than when he entered Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Dinner to DJ Khaled's 2010 anthem "All I Do Is Win." For Khaled, that moment was certainly a milestone. Hear Khaled's reaction in the video above or read the full story at MTV News.
Posted 5/3/13 3:45 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
Hip-hop producer and MPC maestro Abraham Orellana, better known as AraabMUZIK, is "currently alive and well" as he recovers in a local hospital after being shot Wednesday during an attempted robbery in his native Providence, Rhode Island. Read the full story at MTV News.
Posted 5/3/13 3:25 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
So, wait a minute...Lil Wayne actually is engaged? Was he trying to fake us out last year by denying that he wasn't? During his appearance on the debut of "The Show With Vinny" on Thursday night, Weezy mentioned his longtime girlfriend Dhea Sodano, explaining that she too is Italian, except that he introduced her as his "fiancee." Read More...
Posted 5/3/13 3:07 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
Don’t let anyone fool you, it’s always that first mulit-million dollar building that’s the hardest to erect. Now that the Barclays Center is up and running in Brooklyn, Jay-Z is on to the next. Warren Buffet's hip-hop protege is part of a group seeking to renovate Nassau Memorial Coliseum just outside New York City proper. Read More...
Posted 5/3/13 2:03 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Carolyn Amurao
Lil Wayne was the very first guest on Vinny Guadagnino’s new television series, “The Show with Vinny,” a sort of hybrid reality/talk show which premiered on MTV Thursday night (May 2). The Young Money rapper visited the “Jersey Shore” castmate’s Staten Island home to talk about tattoos, his clothing line, and skateboarding. But Vinny’s interview didn’t start until his mother served up an Italian meal and tried to figure out what gumbo is. Read More...
Posted 5/3/13 1:00 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
Now that the shock of Kris Kross’ Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly’s tragic death is leveling off, people want answers. The Fulton County Medical Examiner completed an autopsy of the multi-platinum-selling artist Thursday (May 2), but it will be three weeks after the toxicology report is complete before the official cause of death will be determined, a county rep told MTV News. Read More...
