Music

It seems as though newly minted Rastafarian, Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Doggy Dogg), has picked up more than a newfound appreciation for the work of Haile Selassie in service of Jah Rastafari. If the one-time West Coast gangsta’s Twitter is any indication (not to mention his endorsement of Obama), the…

Somebody isn’t paying the piper, and he’s getting on MTV and bitching about it on red carpets. French Montana’s big pool party hit “Pop That,” featuring verses from Miami resident rappers Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, and Drake, seems to owe a lot of its success to a well-chopped sample from…

Oy vey, what are you supposed to get a 36-year-old, 300-pound MC for his bar mitzvah? Do you go the quarter-pound of OG Kush route? Or the subtly extravagant iPad sleeve made of purebred dachshund fur route? And what’s the difference between a Black Bar Mitzvah and a standard run-of-the-mill…

Even though 2006 inductees Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols might think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is “a piss stain” that charges too much for dinner and a gala, there are plenty of “music industry people” (i.e. not gaping A-holes) who’d be happy to grab a decent…

It’s a sad state of affairs when Rihanna and Chris Brown are sucking face and playing grab ass inside New York City’s Griffin nightclub. TMZ reports that Breezy and RiRi spent the better part of Monday night and early Tuesday morning “all over each other.” The former couple was allegedly…

All is not well on the set of American Idol. More evidence that Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey despise one another was revealed last night after a video of the two Idol judges bickering like two drunk Hialeah chongas at an Ale House was leaked onto the Internet. According to…

What the hell is wrong with you, America? Look at you, sitting there covered in Cheeto dust, hearts pumping pure Coca-Cola, and you’re making fun of this nation’s beautiful pop tarts because they happen to put on 25 pounds? We here at Crossfade are tired of these finger-pointing, gut-busting shenanigans…