Beyoncé, Jay Z, and Drake lead the nominations for the BET Awards 2014. The superstars each score five nominations at the 14th annual ceremony, it was announced today. Queen Bey rules categories including Best Female R&B/Pop Artist, Best Collaboration for “Drunk in Love,” and Video of the Year for the latter and “Partition.” Her “On […]...
Lady Gaga’s “artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball” touched down at Madison Square Garden in New York last night. During the sold-out show, the pop superstar brought out T.I. to perform their ARTPOP collaboration “Jewels N’ Drugs” for the first time together. “Sold out @MadisonSquareGarden wit da homie @ladygaga finna #turnit #kingshit #aintshitlikeit #hustlegangovererrrrthang,”...
While her husband was onstage with Lady Gaga at Madison Square Garden, Tameka “Tiny” Harris was plotting some nasty revenge. The “Family Hustle” star drops her ladies remix to K Camp’s street anthem “Cut Her Off” featuring her hairstylist Shekinah. The BFFs fire back at the fellas and even make some violent threats. “It ain’t […]...
From Jay Z to Michael Jackson, Timbaland has had a hand in some of the biggest albums of the past year. Now the super-producer is finally ready to seize the moment with his long-awaited solo album. Opera Noir, which stands for black opera, will serve as his fourth album, he announced to REVOLT. “It’s a […]...
A day after releasing his new single “Drankin Patna,” T-Pain shakes up the strip club with his remix to “Up Down (Do This All Day)” featuring B.o.B, Kid Ink, and Lil Boosie, who steals the show with his sexually-explicit verse. T-Pain plans to drop a second remix to the Stoicville song. He previously told Rap-Up […]...
Can’t knock the hustle. Hit-Boy rounds up his HS87 crew and hits the streets of L.A. in the video for “Grindin’ My Whole Life.” The Cali-themed clip features appearances from Audio Push, N.No, B. Carr, BMac the Queen, Kent M$ney, and Hit-Boy’s own father, Big Hit. “It took me 14 yrs to get this video […]...
The Billboard Music Awards are about to get Ludacris. The rapper-turned-actor will preside as host of this weekend’s show. This will be Luda’s first time hosting a major awards show, but he will be able to draw from past experience. The “Party Girls” rapper got his start as DJ “Chris Lova Lova” on Atlanta’s Hot […]...
A week before its release, The Roots have made their entire 11th album available to stream via Pitchfork Advance. Questlove, Black Thought, and the rest of the legendary crew assemble 11 tracks, with appearances from Raheem DeVaughn, Dice Raw, and Patty Crash. “It’s another concept album in the spirit of Undun, but it’s not just […]...
With his breakout single “Yayo” taking over the streets and the airwaves, Yo Gotti protégé Snootie Wild drops the remix featuring Fabolous, Jadakiss, YG, and French Montana. Listen to the all-star posse cut below....
After teasing the song back in March, M.I.A. drops her Party Squad remix to Beyoncé’s ladies anthem “***Flawless” entitled “Baddygirl.” “Beyonce camp has not replied for months > SO HERE >,” she tweeted. Maya puts her own spin on Bey’s lyrics: “I woke up like this, I went to bed like this, we do everything […]...
Jennifer Lopez has been working her booty off. Between her judging gig on “American Idol,” executive role at NUVOtv, and finishing her 10th album, the multi-talented superstar visited her pal Angie Martinez on Hot 97 to discuss her new music, big booty, and the Solange/Jay Z scandal. J.Lo won’t speculate about the video of Solange […]...
As expected, 50 Cent debuts the visuals for his victorious anthem “Winners Circle” featuring Dreamchasers’ crooner Guordan Banks. The motivational clip, directed by Eif Rivera, stars boxer Ryan Martin as he trains for the big fight, while 50 plays the promoter. His album Animal Ambition drops June 3 featuring Trey Songz, Jadakiss, Yo Gotti, Prodigy, […]...
Trey Songz toasts to all things “Foreign” on his latest Trigga release. The R&B heartthrob sings the praises of the fine international women on the clapping club banger. “American, you know I had to cop that foreign,” he declares. His album arrives July 1. If you pre-order it on iTunes, you will receive “Na Na,” […]...
In between her tour dates, M.I.A. invaded “Late Night with Seth Meyers” on Monday to perform her latest single “Double Bubble Trouble.” With “1984 Is Now” projected behind her, the pop provocateur staged a futuristic set, complete with glow-in-the-dark drones, women toting guns, and some wild dancing. A video for the song, which is off […]...
Pour it up. Seven years after topping the charts with “Buy U a Drank,” T-Pain reworks the magic on his new single “Drankin Patna” off his upcoming album Stoicville: The Phoenix. The Tallahassee hitmaker throws back shots as he croons in Auto-Tune over the snapping beat. “‘Drankin Patna’ is basically when you meet that person […]...
Gucci Mane will be spending the next two-and-a-half years in a jail cell. The Brick Squad rapper will serve time in exchange for pleading guilty to gun possession. According to TMZ, Gucci pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon on Tuesday. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years, but […]...
DJ Tedsmooth gives Chris Brown’s “Loyal” the remix treatment with some help from The Lox. Jadakiss, Styles P, and Sheek Louch spit game to the ladies over a sample of Notorious B.I.G.’s Life After Death classic “I Got a Story to Tell.” After wrapping their “Trinity Tour” over the weekend, the trio is readying We […]...
Tyler, the Creator is adding some odd ink to his body. The Odd Future frontman, who has asthma, got a tattoo of an inhaler with wings on his left leg courtesy of artist Matt McCormick. “ILL REGRET THIS WHEN I STOP HAVING BABY LUNGS,” said Tyler of his “Guardian Angel Inhaler.” His other tattoos include […]...
Ne-Yo has worked with music’s biggest divas including Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, and Celine Dion. Now the R&B hitmaker teams up with Dionne Warwick on a remake of the legendary singer’s 1964 classic “A House Is Not a Home.” Their duet will appear on Warwick’s upcoming album Feels So Good, due July 1. In addition to […]...
Kelly Rowland is officially off the market. The “Motivation” singer reportedly tied the knot with her manager and best friend Tim Witherspoon in an intimate ceremony over the weekend. Sources confirm to Billboard that the wedding took place on Friday, May 9, in Costa Rica. “It was a quick, simple ceremony—only around 30 people,” a […]...