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News Tyga’s “Careless World” Album Pulled From Stores <p>Tyga seems to be having the worst luck with releasing his album “Careless World”. After several pushbacks, the album was finally set to be released on February 21st. Now it seems that stores, such as Best Buy and iTunes, are pulling the album because of an unauthorized Martin Luther King speech being used. The MLK speech can be found on the album’s first track ‘Careless World’. From what we can see, the label is going to resolve the issue and hopefully have the album in stores in 2 weeks.</p> By Rose Lilah February 19, 2012
News Nicki Minaj Covers Paper <p>Nicki Minaj covers the magazine <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.papermag.com/" target="_blank">Paper</a>, changing it up with green hair on the cover, but she rocks her pink hair for the rest of the shoot. Peep some photos below and excerpts from the interview.</p> By Rose Lilah February 10, 2012
News Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci" Ghostwriter Says He Hasn’t Received Royalties <p>Speak, a rapper-turned-ghostwriter from Moreno Valley, California, who co-wrote Kreayshawn’s hit single “Gucci Gucci,” among others, says he still hasn’t seen any royalties for his work.</p> By Rose Lilah November 02, 2011
News 50 Cent PSA #2 <p>50 Cent has another PSA, this time he supports Occupy Wall Street and discourages people from buying from companies which don't give back and as well shows his frustration with big banks, politicians and businesses. Check out the entire PSA below:</p> By Rose Lilah October 29, 2011
News Lil' Kim Announces Release Of Five-Track EP <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">Kimmy Blanco takes to Twitter to reveal the upcoming release of a handful of tracks.</p> <p>Lil' Kim has announced the release of an upcoming five-track EP, set to impact around the holidays.</p> <p>Taking to Twitter to reveal the project, Kimmy Blanco broke news of the release yesterday. "#TeamLilKim For the Holidays I'm releasing a 5 song EP for yall as a preview of what's to come in 2012 & so on 4rm Lil' Kim :) !!!!!"</p> By Rose Lilah November 26, 2011
News Juvenile Talks New Album, "Power" & More <p>Juvenile is baaackk and he spoke to Billboard's The Juice about his upcoming album ("Rejuvenation" Dec. 13th!), his latest single "Power" & more.</p> <p>Check out some excerpts below.</p> <p>On The Sample for "Power"<strong>:<br /> </strong></p> <p>That was Manny's idea. A lot of cats hate on me for that but that was a classic. It's kind of amazing the way he took that from there and made it like this. I needed something to send to Rick Ross. That was something that he referenced to me.</p> <p>On His Relationship with Mannie:</p> By Rose Lilah November 22, 2011
Reviews Review: Ludacris' "1.21 Gigawatts" <p>Ludacris is back in the game and reminding us who thafuck he is with his new mixtape “1.21 Gigawatts (Back To The First Time).”</p> <p>Ludacris goes in on this mixtape with the flow we've expected to hear from him ever since “Phat Rabbit”. I'm sure this mixtape will please his fans as a far as flow goes. The content is nothing we haven't heard before, that is to say, it's pretty typical. But this entire mixtape isn't Ludacris doing anything drastically different-- I mean, the title alone is a pretty good indication that he's trying to get back to his roots.</p> By Rose Lilah November 17, 2011
News Royce Da 5'9 Explains "Hi Rihanna" Line, Says "It's Cool To Be Lyrical Again" <p>Detroit's own, Royce went to 106 & Park to explain his "Hi Rihanna" line from the BET Awards cypher and talked about how "it's cool to be lyrical again."<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah October 13, 2011
News Nas Loses 'Lost Tapes 2' Forever, "The Timing For It Is Gone" <embed width="512" height="319" base="." allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="configParams=id%3D1663903%26vid%3D652650%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A652650" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:652650"></embed> By Rose Lilah May 17, 2011
News Nas Confirms Studio Time With Odd Future's Frank Ocean <p>As the star of Odd Future continues to rise, individual members of the group are getting shine in their own right. The latest involves OFWGKTA singer Frank Ocean, who is reportedly working with Nas on new music. The Queenbridge emcee announced the news via Twitter but failed to give any other information on the collaboration. "In the studio with my little n---- @frank_ocean," he tweeted last Friday.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah April 27, 2011
Music Nicci Gilbert Issues Public Apology To Tory Lanez Following Stabbing Incident Nicci Gilbert from the 1990s R&B group Brownstone apologizes to Tory Lanez for "jumping on the bandwagon." By Devin Morton May 28, 2025
Viral DJ Akademiks Calls Out Google For Listing His Net Worth At A Shocking One Billion Dollars DJ Akademiks joked that Google's wildly exaggerated assessment of his net worth is why people have sued him over the years. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2025