Music

Despite rumors to the contrary, Nicki Minaj will not be participating in Simon Cowell’s upcoming “The X-Factor” as a judge. Cowell is said to have met with Minaj in Los Angeles last week to discuss her participation.

Before Pharrell & Chad formed The Neptunes, and even before L.A. Reid and Babyface got their break, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis were the go-to production team.  After being fired from The Time by Prince, the pair went on to create music for folks ranging from Janet Jackson to the new wave group Human League.

Lil Wayne‘s “If I Die Today” is the second single from Weezy’s upcoming album, The Carter IV. Rick Ross joins Wayne on the song.

Sugar Tongue Slim of the Money Making Jam Boys talks to Philadelphia Music Magazine about rapping verse poetry, his love for Philadelphia, the inspirations for his rhymes and his meeting with LA Reid back when Hova was at Def Jam. “Slim’s Sugar Shack” (Part I): an interview w/ emcee, STS from Philadelphia Music Magazine on […]

Nardwuar, a Canadian media personality, is known in the hip-hop community for his off beat interview tactics, but also his ability to find out the most mundane details about the subjects he interviews.   In his interview with Odd Future at SXSW last week, Nardwuar freaks out the group’s front man, Tyler, The Creator who is […]

Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa team up again for another ode to marijuana, “Thiz Weed Iz Mine.” The song appears on Snoop’s album Doggumentary, in stores on March 29th.

Sade‘s upcoming greatest hits collection, The Ultimate Collection, will feature many of Sade’s most well loved songs as well as a few new ones, including a remix of 2010’s “The Moon And Sky” featuring Jay-Z.

Nicki Minaj has chosen to postpone the release of her “Fly” music video which features Rihanna in order to let Rihanna’s current singles in rotation to reach their full potential.

While everyone is talking about the XXL Freshman class, they are ignoring one of the strongest forces in Hip-Hop, the fictitious group Monkey Gang who’s antics parody negativity in hip hop. According to WorldStarHipHop.com, by far the biggest hip hop website, Monkey Gang is more popular than anybody in XXL’s Freshman Class except for Lil […]

Chris Brown’s celeb friends show their support for the troubled pop star in his brand new music video for “Beautiful People.” The clip premiered yesterday evening, hours after Brown smashed a window in anger after an interview with “Good Morning America.”

Diggy Simmons brought out his dad Rev Run to perform one of his classics at the XXL freshman showcase at BB Kings Times Square NYC. Now if we can get Willow Smith and her dad to pull off the same thing next year that will be another must-see moment. Spotted at http://luxnyc.wordpress.com/ @BBKingBluesClub @LUX_NYC @diggy_simmons […]

Chris Brown has been invited back to appear on “Good Morning America” after smashing a window in his dressing room after an appearance on the show yesterday. Brown reportedly broke the window after being asked repeatedly about assaulting Rihanna in 2009.