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...
Posted 5/23/13 11:01 am EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
There’s already fifty-leven remixes on the Internet of Rocko’s controversial yet catchy tune, "U.O.E.N.O.," so why not one more? This time around, Black Hippy put their stamp on the track and knocked it out of the park. Read More...
Posted 5/23/13 10:35 am EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
Jay-Z’s becoming quite the collector of sports acronyms. First, his Roc Nation Sports signed Robinson Cano of the MLB, then it was Skylar Diggins of the WNBA and now, in his latest chess move, Hov has signed Geno Smith of the NFL. Read More...
Posted 5/22/13 9:42 pm EST by MTV News in Music News, RapFix Live
For Action Bronson, Logic, Travi$ Scott and Dizzy Wright it was their individual rhymes and unique styles which helped to build such dedicated fan bases. On Wednesday (May 22) the four XXL Freshmen closed "RapFix Live" with a unforgettable freestyle cypher while DJ Drama supplied the beats and French Montana, Fat Joe and Sway Calloway looked on.
Posted 5/22/13 6:08 pm EST by MTV News in Music News
By Maurice Bobb
If Atlanta rapper B.o.B. had his way, Sergio Garcia, the Spanish golfer who made racist comments about Tiger Woods at the European Tour’s gala awards dinner, would lose major endorsements for his transgressions, just like Rick Ross and Lil Wayne did for theirs. Read More...
