- NewsSoulja Boy Says New Album Almost Complete
Soulja Boy released a video yesterday (January 20) giving his fans an update on his upcoming third studio album, The DeAndre Way, and thanking them for supporting him throughout the past three years.
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According to Soulja Boy, the project is nearly complete and the first single will be hitting the radio soon. He also has plans to headline his own tour this year.
- NewsAkon Issues Apology To Sri Lanka's Buddhist Community
Akon has issued an apology in response to a series of protests in Sri Lanka inspired by one of his music videos. The Buddhist community in Sri Lanka protested his “Sexy Chick” video with pop singer David Guetta which depicts a pool party scene with girls dancing around a statue of Buddha.
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In His apology Akon said,
- NewsT.I. Releases Music Video for 'I'm Back'
The King of the South is officially back. After announcing that the release date of his first post-prison album 'Uncaged' has been pushed up, T.I. debuted the official music video for his first single 'I'm Back' via his website Monday (April 26).
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- NewsEminem Shoots Video For "Not Afraid"
Eminem shot the video for his new song “Not Afraid” on the streets of Newark, New Jersey today, as people from the city watched intently.
ByRose Lilah602 Views - NewsDrake's 'Fancy' Video Sets Out To 'Make Women Feel Special'
Hip-hop heartthrob Drake is keeping it all about the ladies in the video for his Swizz Beatz-produced single "Fancy." The Young Money MC enlisted Swizzy and T.I. for the Thank Me Later joint's clip, but even with all that hip-hop testosterone on set, Drizzy insisted that his latest clip is for his female fans.
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- NewsMegan Fox To Get Hot In Eminem & Rihanna's New Video
Megan Fox is apparently very close to starring in Eminem's new "Love The Way You Lie" video.
According to E Online she will play along side Dominic Monaghan (From the popular TV show "Lost")
ByRose Lilah583 Views - NewsEminem & Lady Gaga, Top VMA NominationsThe pop queen vies for a record 13 nods at the show, airing September 12...Eminem got 8 nods!!!
The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards will feature yet another epic battle: Lady Gaga leading the nominations, with 13, followed close behind by Eminem, who has eight nods. And on September 12 at 9:00 p.m ET, the pop diva and the Detroit MC will go head to head for the coveted Video of the Year Moonman.
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- NewsSnoop Dogg & Drake Featured on NBA 2K11 Soundtrack
Video game company 2K Sports has announced their latest installment in its basketball franchise, NBA 2K11, boasts some very special features.
ByRose Lilah557 Views - NewsKanye West 'Power' video: Rapper brings painting to life in highly-anticipated comeback music video
In a Michael Jackson-esque move, Kanye West turned the debut of his "Power" music video into a bona fide TV event. In addition to a high-profile "Jersey Shore" episode lead-in to ensure maximum viewership, the video was interrupted with mini-commercials roughly every fifteen seconds on MTV.
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- NewsRAEKWON Preps Gold Edition of 'OB4CL2'Heralded as one of the best hip-hop releases of 2009, Raekwon's 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2' is getting a golden facelift. The Chef is preparing a rerelease of the sequel to his seminal debut, grabbing guest verses from Game, Bun B, GZA and Inspectah Deck for six new tracks to be included on an iTunes-only package that also features bonus music videos for 'Catalina,' 'Canal Street,' 'Surgical Gloves,' 'New Wu,' 'House of Flying Daggers' and 'Have Mercy.'
- NewsLil Wayne Sued by Former Manager Over YouTube Video
Incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne is once again being sued by his former manager, Melissa Philipian.
ByRose Lilah270 Views - NewsB.o.B., Justin Bieber Added to List of VMA Performers
MTV has announced that teenage crooner Justin Bieber and genre-bending rapper B.o.B will be joining Kanye West and Drake as performers at the 2010 Video Music Awards.
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Both B.o.B and Bieber have enjoyed fairytale years. In addition to releasing a No.1 album and starring in his own Adidas sneaker commercial, Bobby Ray is up for five VMA nominations including Video of the Year and Best Male Video, while Bieber scored a platinum-selling No.1 album and is nominated for Best New Artist.
- NewsDrake Teases Lil Wayne Welcome Home Concert
Drake had a busy yesterday. In addition to premiering his new video for the Lil Wayne collaboration 'Miss Me,' Drizzy took to UStream, chatting with his fans, celebrating a million albums sold and a million Twitter followers and revealing an interesting piece of news for Wayne fans all over the world. On November 5, upon Weezy's departure from a reduced one-year prison sentence on weapons charges, the Young Money head honcho will throw a welcome back concert at an undisclosed location.
ByRose Lilah442 Views - NewsSoulja Boy Tell'em Plans 'Teenage Millionaire' Book [VIDEO]
Soulja Boy Tell'em has mastered the Internet and proven successful in the music industry, and now the "Pretty Boy Swag" rapper is set to try his hand at book publishing. The rapper plans to release a book called "Teenage Millionaire" in conjunction with his next album, The DeAndre Way, scheduled for release next month.
ByRose Lilah510 Views - NewsFabolous and Soulja Boy End Feud
""A brief feud between Fabolous and Soulja Boy, which started on Twitter, has been resolved on the radio waves of New York City.
DJ Clue of Power 105 in New York conducted a brief interview where the two men settled their differences.
The entire incident started after Soulja Boy was allegedly caught in a tryst with Kat Stack, who said the young rapper was snorting cocaine. The vixen also showed a plate of what seemed to be the illegal drug in an online video.
- NewsKeyshia Cole Bitter About No VMA Invite
The stars descended on Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre this past Sunday for the MTV Video Music Awards, but there's one artist who wasn't so pleased that her invite never came in the mail. Keyshia Cole, who recently gave birth to her first son, took to her Twitter account during the ceremony on Sunday night to address fans as to why she suspects MTV decided to exclude her from the event.
- NewsDrake Reveals First Song On New Mixtape (Video)
While Drake's R&B mixtape, It's Never Enough, might not drop in October, he does plan to put it out before the end of the year.
"I don't know if it'll be next month," he told MTV News on Saturday during his VMA rehearsal. "I'm hoping for Christmastime. I'd really love to get it out for Christmastime. Next month, I'll be on tour. I'm gonna really get to put the finishing touches on it in November and December. Because it's a mixtape, I don't have to wait for the production of it."
- NewsKanye West Breaks Silence On Prez Obama's "Jacka**" Remark
Controversial entertainer Kanye West has finally spoken about President Barack Obama informally labeling him a "jacka**" after his 2009 televised Video Music Awards fiasco last year.
ByRose Lilah201 Views - NewsSoulja Boy Says He Was Framed By Kat Stacks
Southern rapper Soulja Boy Tell Em has accused celebrity groupie Kat Stacks of framing him and accusing the 20 year-old of being a cocaine addict in a recently released video.
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- NewsWiz Khalifa Encourages Youth to Vote on Prop 19
Veteran rappers like Common, David Banner and Jay-Z have been encouraging young Americans to vote in the upcoming midterm election on Nov. 2, but young gun Wiz Khalifa makes the latest cameo in a video for the League of Young Voters Education Fund.
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- NewsWeezy Catchin Up On Things (Watchin His Video With Gucci)
Lil Wayne has been giving his fans glimpses of his first day of freedom with a series of pictures, and the latest shows the I Am Not a Human Being MC partaking in a little business and pleasure.
- NewsRick Ross Tells Young Jeezy To Fall Back, "You Played Yourself"
Tensions between Rick Ross and Young Jeezy may be heating up once again as the "Boss" has responded to footage showing his Def Jam labelmate taunting him in Miami.
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Speaking with radio personality Tim Westwood, Ross responded to Jeezy's video.
- NewsChris Brown Fires Back at Raz B Via Twitter
Days after Chris Brown announced the completion of his court-appointed domestic violence classes, the R&B singer is involved in a heated exchange with former B2K member Raz B via Twitter.
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Early Wednesday afternoon (Dec. 29), Raz B posted a series of tweets on the social networking site announcing his attraction towards CB's former flame, Rihanna. From YouTube videos of songs like Jamie Foxx's 'Infatuation' to promising to hold her "like a pillow," the controversial entertainer held nothing back when sharing his feelings for the 'Loud' songstress.
- NewsKanye West, Hype Williams Team Up for Kim Kardashian's Video
Apparently, Kim Kardashian is not satisfied being a curvy celebutante. The socialite has come a long way from her days as Ray J's co-star in their leaked sex tape and now, the Quick Trim spokesperson -- she also has her own fragrance and peddles lollipops, skincare products, Carl Jr. burgers, tanning lotion and a workout DVD series, to name a few -- is teaming with some of the best and brightest for her upcoming album.
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- NewsAmber Rose & Wiz Khalifa Hooking Up?
Video vixen Amber Rose and rapper Wiz Khalifa are the latest urban duo rumored to be more than friends after being spotted together last week in Los Angeles.
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Although neither artist has confirmed the speculation, both have invested ample time with one another over the past few weeks.
- NewsGame Rushed To Hospital W/ Bloody Injury, "I Cut My F*cking Hand Up"
West Coast rapper Game was rushed to a hospital this week after severely injuring his hand during the recording of a "Purp & Yellow" music video shoot in Los Angeles.
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Details on what went down landed online Saturday (January 15) morning.
- NewsKiD CuDi Announces New Mixtape & Album
KiD CuDi rejoined Twitter earlier today and took no time to reveal some info on his upcoming projects. A new rock album called Wizard, a mixtape called A Man Named Scott and the video for his Man On The Moon II single ‘Maniac’. Read.
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- NewsJ. Cole, Drake to Premiere 'In the Morning' Video on Feb. 14
All the ladies in the back: Scream! J. Cole is teaming up with Drake to make a video for their 'Friday Night Lights' collaboration 'In the Morning.' The video is actually set to drop on Feb. 14, so fans can think of it as the ultimate Valentine.
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- NewsWiz Khalifa Says Rolling Papers Is 'Totally Finished'
"The album is totally finished," he told MTV News last week on the set of his "Roll Up" video in Los Angeles. "We're putting, like, the last little bit of touches on it, and we're turning it in next week."
"Roll Up" is the follow-up to "Black and Yellow," and despite a number of tracks that have leaked online in recent weeks, Wiz said there won't be any more singles before the album — though the green-friendly lyricist has some tricks up his sleeves.
ByRose Lilah318 Views - NewsMan Arrested for Stealing Laptop From Lil Wayne Video Shoot
A South El Monte, Calif. man posing as a backup dancer was arrested Friday (Feb. 18), after stealing a laptop, a Louis Vuitton purse and various other valuables from the set of a Lil Wayne music video shoot.
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According to police, Marco Negrete, 20, took a laptop, purse, a wallet and tickets to the NBA All-Star game, sometime between 9PM and midnight Thursday night (Feb. 17), from a trailer at Citrus College in Glendora, Calif. The trailer was located on the set of the music shoot for Lil Wayne and Cape Town, South Africa singer Porcelain Black.
- NewsKanye’s ‘All Of The Lights’ Video Removed Over Epilepsy Fears
A few days ago, Epilepsy Action, a awareness organisation, contacted Youtube and asked them to take down the new music video for Kanye West’s ‘All of The Lights‘. According to them, there is so much flashing imagery in the clip that it could cause seizures among Epilepsy sufferers. Since there are no broadcasting regulations regarding flashing imagery online, officials at Epilepsy Action demanded that the clip be taken off Youtube especially when it doesn’t contain a warning at the start.
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- NewsLil Wayne to Debut '6 Foot 7 Foot' Video on Thursday
Two-and-a-half months after his epic '6 Foot 7 Foot' single dropped, Lil Wayne is finally debuting his music video for the Bangladesh-produced banger on Thursday (March 3) at 7:54 PM EST on MTV.
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The song is Wayne's first single since his release from Rikers Island prison in November, and the typically hyper-productive rapper has been keeping a uncharacteristically low profile since, only popping up on a handful of remixes and leaking a mixtape verse here and there.
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ByRose Lilah290 Views - NewsKanye West's 'Monster' Music Video Banned by MTV
Kanye West fans might have to pop open a new browser if they're looking to watch his video for 'Monster.' The clip, which leaked to the Internet in December, has been banned by MTV after feminist groups started a petition claiming that the video perpetuates violence against women and glamorizes misogyny.
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- NewsCould Shaq have saved the Notorious B.I.G.? (Video)What could have Shaq have done?ByHNHH Staff352 Views
- NewsUsher & Tameka Raymond Sex Tape Coming Soon?
What happens in the past doesn't always stay there. Usher, who divorced from his ex-wife Tameka Foster in 2009, is at the center of a brewing controversy after an unnamed owner of a sex tape featuring the two is shopping the steamy video to potential buyers and distributors.
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- NewsOdd Future 'Sign Themselves' to Their Own Record Label
The Odd Future crew has been courted by multiple record label honchos -- including Bad Boy's Sean "Diddy" Combs and SRC's Steve Rifkind -- for their services, even leading the collective to spoof the meetings in a Funny or Die video. But, after months of hype, OFWGKTA have decided to "sign themselves," their management tells The BoomBox.
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- NewsGame's 'Red Nation' Video Banned by MTV and BET
In early April, Game filmed the video for his new single 'Red Nation' in downtown Los Angeles, describing the shoot as "a real rebel scene," and just a month later, both MTV and BET have decided to ban the controversial video.
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Game took to Twitter to rant about the new ban on Monday night (May 9), writing, "So BET "BANNED" the #REDNation video !!!!! Said me & @liltunechi were too gang affiliated in it. Thoughts?"
- NewsGame 'R.E.D. Album' Receives Confirmed Release Date
After more than a year of delays, California rapper Game has revealed that his fourth effort, 'R.E.D. Album' has finally received a confirmed release date from Interscope Records boss Jimmy Iovine.
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The album was initially scheduled for a December 2009 release, but was pushed back time and time again, undergoing a variety of unexplained setbacks, lawsuits and delays, along with an ever-changing list of rumored guest stars, a banned music video and Game's recent detention at the Canadian border for alleged gang affiliations.
- NewsNas Confirms He's Working On A New Solo Album, Gives Props To Odd Future & Frank OceanByRose Lilah263 Views
- NewsDemand For Nicki Minaj Videos Soar; Rapper Sets Viewing Record
The demand for videos by Nicki Minaj has soared, as the rapper has set a new record for most single week video views, on Music Choice's Video on Demand service.
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The video for the Nicki's single "Super Bass" has received 1,436,807 views according to Rentrak, a media measurement and research company.
The number represents the largest ever recorded for a single week since Music Choice's Video on Demand launched in November of 2004, according to reps for Music Choice.
- NewsMachine Gun Kelly Announces Signing To Bad Boy & Interscope Records
MGK inks a deal with Diddy and Jimmy Iovine after years of staying on his grind.
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After years of building a buzz, Machine Gun Kelly has announced a partnership signing of his EST 19XX shingle to Bad Boy and Interscope Records. In a video that shows him signing the contract next to Sean "Diddy" Combs and Jimmy Iovine, the DX Next alum explains how he’s grown from being homeless in Cleveland, Ohio to rocking in front of thousands of people.
- NewsKanye West Says "People Look At Me Like I'm ADOLF HITLER"
Call him Air Fuhrer ... because this weekend, Kanye West compared himself to both Michael Jordan and Adolf Hitler during a performance in England.
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West was performing at the Big Chill music festival Saturday night ... when he went on one of his signature rants ... this time focusing on the hardships of being so painfully misunderstood (see video below).
"I walk through the hotel and I walk down the street, and people look at me like I'm f**king insane ... like I'm Hitler."
- NewsHype Williams To Direct Second Feature Film "Lust"
The famed Hip Hop music video director is hopping back in the director's chair for his first feature film since "Belly."
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Hype Williams is following his 1998 feature debut Belly with his second trip to the big screen. The director, who has filmed iconic videos for Kanye West, 2Pac, Busta Rhymes and more, will sit at the helm for Lust, described a “Fatal Attraction in reverse.”
- NewsJ. Cole: ‘Any Given Sunday #3′ (Ustream Session)
This week’s Any Given Sunday consisted of a Ustream session from J. Cole. He chatted with fans, played snippets of songs that didn’t make the album cut, talked about the the leaked ‘Work Out’ video and more. Parts 1 to 3 are below. Here are some highlights:
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- The ‘Work Out’ video was an unauthorized leak. The video was re-shot and will premiere on Monday, August 15th on 106 & Park.
- Will most probably release a new track sometime next week.
- NewsKreayshawn & Manager Address Rick Ross' Threats, "I'm Not Concerned w/ Any Of That"
West Coast rap newcomer Kreayshawn has further elaborated on her publicized feud with hip-hop superstar Rick Ross and said his recent XXL Magazine threats are a thing of the past.
Accompanied by her manager Stretch, Kreay said Ross' remarks likely came prior to their face-to-face confrontation at last month's Video Music Awards.
ByRose Lilah238 Views - NewsBeyoncé Plans To Launch Record Label & Boy Band
Whilst on a promo run for her new fragrance ‘Pulse’, Bey spoke to Associated Press and revealed some of the business ventures she hopes to explore in the future.
Balance. I am still working on balance and still growing. I am starting my company, my label. I want to create a boy band. I want to continue to produce and do documentaries and music videos. I eventually want to start directing for other artists. Once I know that I have my stuff together and I trust that, I can do it for other artists.
- NewsNicki Minaj Originally Wrote Rick Ross' "I'm A Boss" For Lil Wayne
The Young Money rapstress says she recorded the cut for Weezy but that he passed on it.
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While on the set of Birdman’s upcoming video for “Y.U. Mad,” Nicki Minaj revealed that Rick Ross’ recently released “I’m a Boss” was actually intended for Lil Wayne. Speaking with MTV News, the Harajuku Barbie spoke in the third person about the song’s trajectory and that it’s actually almost three years old.
- NewsWatch the Throne Tour Website Launched
The truest and most avid Jay-Z and Kanye fans will be glad to know that they can feel like they are actually a part of the ENTIRE Watch the Throne tour, which kicks off in Atlanta on Friday and includes 26 cities.
VOYR is providing an all-access pass with daily videos from the tour (five episodes a week).
ByRose Lilah282 Views - NewsBTS With B.o.B and Lil Wayne For "Strange Clouds"
Rolling Out was granted behind the scenes access to B.o.B and Lil Wayne's video shoot for the single "Strange Clouds", shot in Atlanta. They spoke with B.o.B on the single, collaborating with Lil Wayne and his next album. You can check out the interview and photos from the shoot below.
What is the concept behind the video?
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