Posted 5/24/13 12:20 pm EST by MTV News in Music News, Uncategorized
By Maurice Bobb
Ice Cube may be a Hollywood mover and shaker these days with his litany of hit television shows and movies, but he could never completely abandon his musical roots. The West Coast hip-hop legend is back with a new lyric video for “The Big Show,” from his upcoming tenth studio album, Everythang's Corrupt. Read More...
Posted 5/24/13 11:38 am EST by MTV News in Music News
By Jocelyn Vena
Nicki Minaj is hard at work on her debut acting role in the Cameron Diaz flick, “The Other Woman.” And the feisty MC was spotted on the NYC set on Thursday, making her way around the Big Apple in a black wig with bangs and bathrobe. Read More...
Posted 5/24/13 11:24 am EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
2 Chainz took to Twitter Thursday (May 23) night to announce to the world that he’s putting all “features on hault” to focus his energies on his yet untitled new album, which now has an official release date: September 10. Read More...
Posted 5/24/13 9:00 am EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
Ray J’s pay as a typecast reality show “star” must not be what it should be because, at this point, he could use a big fat reality check. During a visit to BET’s "106 & Park" on Wednesday (May 22), the For the Love of Ray J crooner brought out Kim Kardashian’s doppelgänger, the same woman who plays his love interest in the video for his controversial song, “I Hit It First.” Read More...
Posted 5/23/13 10:14 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Rob Markman
Chief Keef is no stranger to criticism. Whether it’s for his brash and violent lyrics or ongoing legal woes, you have to figure the 17-year old Chicago rap star has heard it all. Still, that doesn’t mean that Sosa was just going to let a Katy Perry jab zip passed without addressing it. Read More...
Posted 5/23/13 4:56 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
Good things come to those who wait, but is five years too long? Birdman and Rick Ross are hoping that’s not the case as fans will finally hear their joint mixtape, The H: The Lost Album Vol. 1, which was has been in the making since 2008. The DJ Khaled-hosted project dropped Thursday (May 23) and is available for free download at DattPiff.com. Read More...
Posted 5/23/13 3:45 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Henna Kathiya
Releasing an album and judging a reality show was never supposed to be easy. Kelly Rowland is juggling her workload to make her newly minted role as an “X Factor” judge work with her tour dates. The joint tour with The Dream was supposed to kick off this Friday (May 24) in Kansas City but now the tour will kick off May 25 in Little Rock, Arizona. Read More...
Posted 5/23/13 2:55 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
If all good things must come to an end, it stands to reason that all bad things must come to an end, too…eventually. There’s been numerous examples of the former, but for the latter, the most recent example is the ending of the incendiary beef between hip-hop stalwarts 50 Cent and Fat Joe, who stopped by "Rap Fix Live" Wednesday (May 22) to speak about how Chris Lighty’s untimely passing led to a truce between he and the G-Unit general. Read More...
Posted 5/23/13 2:07 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Sowmya Krishnamurthy
All eyes are on Soulja Boy...literally. The rapper's red Bentley was impounded by police after being snapped by a secret network of cameras in LA, shares TMZ. The news site reports that a motorcyclist T-boned a red Bentley in Hollywood and was seriously injured on January 9. The Bentley fled the scene. Read More...
Posted 5/23/13 12:38 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
Legal issues notwithstanding, life has to go on as planned, so it’s back to the music for Gucci Mane, who released his new LP, Trap House III, Thursday (May 23) on his Bandcamp page. Read More...
