Hype Williams

BET Hip-Hop Awards 2012 Nominations: Rick Ross Gets Trampled by Kanye West

And the nominees are ... Kanye West, a handful of other MCs, and seven websites. During 106 and Park last night, actor-comedian Mike Epps announced that he'd be reprising his role as host of BET's annual Hip-Hop Awards, airing October 9, and revealed some of this year's nominees. Yeezy was nomin ... More >>

DJ Khaled, Kanye, Rozay, and Kim K's Video Clusterf#$%: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown

See also "DJ Khaled's 'I'm On One': Five Reasons Why It Was 2011's Most Miami-Tastic Music Video." DJ Khaled keeps making hits and filling them out with his bestest friends. In fact, he's turning 'em out so fast that we just got a two-for-one special. Maybe Khaled saved some cash by hiring Hype Wi ... More >>

Nicki Minaj's Top Seven NSFW Moments

In the summer of 2010, Nicki Minaj told Interview Magazine that, from the beginning, she was thinking like a role model. "I made a conscious decision to try to tone down the sexiness," she said. "I want people -- especially young girls -- to know that in life, nothing is going to be based on sex ap ... More >>

YMCMB Movie: Five Rules for Joining Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, and Birdman's Rich Gang

The Young Money Cash Money Billionaires run every kind of racket. They got the rap game on lock. They got those drank endorsements. They even got that fashion shit. And now they're making movies. In a recent interview with XXL, Birdman confessed there's a blockbuster in the works starring the whol ... More >>

Top Ten Seizure-Inducing Music Videos

Music videos are the ultimate promotional tool. Sometimes they tell a story. Sometimes they bring the concert into our homes. And sometimes they just slam us in the face with superfast editing and more erratic, bright lights than is medically advisable. Everyone knows the best vids come with a sur ... More >>

Five Band Name Trends That Totally Suck

In our day, you had to walk 15 goddamn miles in the snow to name your band. ​We'd say kids these don't know how to name their bands properly, but kids (and, really, we mean grown men, sometimes zillionaires) have been coming up with crappy band names for quite some time now. And it's only going t ... More >>

Video: M.I.A. "XXXO"

No gingers were harmed in the making of M.I.A. "XXXO" video.​If the "Born Free" video and the subsequent PR nightmare leading up to the release of /\/\/\Y/\ hurt M.I.A.'s chances at mainstream popularity, the newly released video for "XXXO" might help fix that.The track itself is sort of a sleeper ... More >>

Missy's Recipe for Fun

Missy Elliott is both the strangest and brightest star in MTV's galaxy

Miami vs. Orlando Electronic Dubya

DJ Sandee sounds off New Times asks DJs what they would say to President George W. Bush if they were to see him face to face

Hip-Hop Goes Back to the Streets