See also “Fashion Freakouts at the MTV VMAs 2012” — plus “MTV Video Music Awards 2012’s Big Winners and Even Bigger Losers.” Last night, America’s pop culture elite came together in Los Angeles to celebrate almost 30 years of Moonmen. It was the 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards, and…
Black Star’s Mos Def and Talib Kweli said it best when they sang, “It’s kind of dangerous to be an MC.” There’s just too much violence in hop-hop. So much in fact that it might make bleeding heart Lupe Fiasco hang up his hat for good. He threatened to retire…
Forbes released its latest list of haha-they-have-more-money-than-you musicians. And this time, we’re talkin’ the 20 richest rappers in the game.
Calvin Harris at LIV Nightclub September 7
See also “Lady Gaga Stinks Like FAME” and “World’s Most Powerful Women in Pop: From Gaga to J.Lo.” Lady Gaga has been straight pissing people off with her latest tour, the Born This Way Ball. She canceled her trip to Indonesia, landed amid some serious protesters in the Philippines and…
ASAP Mob’s first official video is here, and they’re feeling hella zombified. The just more than 4-minute clip lends some dark visuals to the track “Bath Salt” featuring New York’s Flatbush ZOMBIES, so that’s like a big up to our own crazed, drug-fueled city of sin. It’s creepy and it’s…
See also “Nicki Minaj Not Registered to Vote,” “Obama on Nicki Minaj’s Romney Endorsement,” and “Nicki Minaj Admits Romney Endorsement Was Total Bullshit.” Hold up … Nicki Minaj is a Republican now? Everyone’s up in arms because of a new verse that the eccentric rhymestress slurred on Lil Wayne’s new…
See also “Ten Best Female Rappers Ever.” Missy Elliott kept threatening to unleash new material on the world this Labor Day. And she delivered, right here at our very own Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Her longtime buddy and production partner Timbaland was in the building to perform and premiere his new…
President Obama has way more than 99 problems. But trying to cop a sick musical endorsement ain’t one. While Mitt Romney and the Republicans flooded Tampa with whatever the fuck a Welsh cake is and refused to give awesome people high fives, President Obama made a totally hip appearance at…
The French horn doesn’t get enough love, man. It’s really a beautiful instrument. But it’s been all but forgotten in our modern uhntz-uhntz-ing age. And it almost never gets you laid in band class. Damn, trumpets get all the ass. Two brothers from Brooklyn learned this the hard way. They…
Kanye West and 2 Chainz are two ballin’ motherfuckers. And in their most recent music video, they’re bossin’ on more big booties than Sir Mix-a-Lot in the ’90s. The strange, surreal scene portrayed in “Birthday Song” is half suburban kiddie party, half evening at King of Diamonds. It’s directed by…
Let me see you dutty wine to the bassline, girl. Bitches all over the world are going to drop it low when Italy’s massive electro monster Congorock drops his new track with dancehall superstar Sean Paul at the end of September. The track called “Bless Di Nation” will coincide with…
See also “Labor Day 2012: Nine Best Rap Parties, From Timbaland to Trick Daddy and Strippers.” It’s Labor Day weekend, y’all. You could spend your free time maxin’ and relaxin’ by the pool. Or you could spend it getting white-boy wasted, fist-pumping your way into blackout oblivion. We think that…
At exactly 46 minutes past midnight on Monday, King of Diamonds, Miami’s most baller big-booty strip club, gave notice via Twitter that “DJKHALED gon have #KOD TURNT THE FUCK UP TONIGHT!!!!” And turnt the fuck up the place certainly was. Judging from Dazed One’s video recap of Khaled’s Kiss the…
Calvin Harris has been a busy little boy. His massive hit “Feel So Close” landed him his first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 12, and he penned a lucrative endorsement deal with Pepsi Max to feature his smash “Let’s Go” with Ne-Yo. Riding that wave, he just…
Poor little Michael Jackson. He was a weirdo. But on his 54th birthday, we ask ourselves, “Was the King of Pop ever really happy?” Maybe when he was dancing. Or hugging loyal fans. Or riding his totally awesome ferris wheel. But we can almost guarantee he wouldn’t be happy with…
Joel “Deadmau5” Zimmerman is a go-big-or-go-home kind of guy. When he opens his mouth, he’s not going to sugar-coat his opinion. And when he opens his wallet, he’ll spare no expense to provide fans with the ultimate audio-visual experience. That’s why he didn’t hesitate to drop a guap on his…
Ask any raver in the world and they’ll tell you all about how “I’m totally in it for the music, bro.” But contrary to that theory, next-level, mind-blowing visuals are an increasingly important aspect of the electronic dance music scene. Some of the best and most beloved DJs from all…
Labor Day is a magical day. It’s a day for us, the common working-class people, to sit back, relax, and be celebrated. And what do we, the common folk, like to do on our days off? We like to blow all our hard-earned cash on expensive baller parties. That’s why…
The rap game is tough. Some might say it’s no place for a lady. But those people would be chauvinistic douche popsicles. The truth is it takes a tough lady to top the charts. At the top, it doesn’t matter if you’re sexy. You’re judged by the content of your…
Fuck a bitch named Isaac. Tonight, DJ Khaled’s gonna make it rain hundies and platinum hits all over King of Diamonds. And he so serious. According to the official hype, “the whole world will be in the building” for the Miami-based hip-hop heavyweight as he pops bottles in honor of…
See also “The 15 Richest Musicians” — plus “Ten Richest DJs.” Somebody give it up to the good doctor. It’s been more than a decade since the D-R-E released an album, but he’s far from falling off the game. In fact, he’s still the most lucrative musical house-hold name in…
