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News First Week Sales Projections For Chris Brown's "X" Chris Brown will likely break the 100k mark with his new album "X." By Rose Lilah September 16, 2014
News N.W.A Biopic Casting Call Criticized As Racist, Company Apologizes A casting company is in hot water for posting a racist casting call for the N.W.A movie "Straight Outta Compton." By Rose Lilah July 22, 2014
Beef Mally Mall Helped Orchestrate Drake & Chris Brown Truce, Says Rihanna Wasn't Mentioned Mally Mall explains how the Drake and Chris Brown beef was squashed. By Trevor Smith July 20, 2014
News Clear Channel's "On The Verge" Strategy Helped Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" Top Charts Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" was part of Clear Channel's "On The Verge" program, requiring 840 stations to play the song at least 150 times. By Trevor Smith July 16, 2014
News Jay Z, Roc-A-Fella Records Sued By Chauncey Mahan Again A former Roc-A-Fella Records sound engineer claims that he deserves co-ownership of some of the label's flagship records. By Lloyd Jaffe July 09, 2014
News Alicia Keys Talks About Working With Pharrell & Kendrick Lamar On Upcoming Spider-Man Soundtrack Alicia Keys parts with a few words about her upcoming collaboration with Pharrell and Kendrick Lamar on the upcoming title track to the soundtrack for "The Amazing Spider-Man 2." By hnhh March 14, 2014
News Ice Cube Helps Charity & Gets His Name On A Goodyear Blimp Ice Cube fundraises with Goodyear and A Place Called Home, and finally gets his name on a Goodyear blimp. By Rose Lilah January 21, 2014
News Frank Ocean Sued By Chipotle [Update: Ocean Cuts A Check, Writes "Fuck Off" On It] Frank Ocean was payed over 200 grand to provide vocals for Chipotle's new ad campaign, however he never did. Now Chipotle is seeking some good ol' fashioned legal recompense. By hnhh March 10, 2014
News Nicki Minaj Says Goodbye To American Idol Nicki Minaj confirmed today that she will no longer be a part of American Idol. By Kevin Goddard May 30, 2013
News Busta Rhymes Reveals "Year Of The Dragon" Is Free Release, Lists Features Busta Rhymes' upcoming project "Year Of The Dragon" will actually be a free album released by Google. By Rose Lilah July 26, 2012
News Rumors Circulating Regarding Freddie Gibbs Leaving Young Jeezy's CTE Freddie Gibbs may no longer be a part of Young Jeezy's CTE World label. By Rose Lilah December 10, 2012
Music Wale Announces Plans To Drop Out Of Broccoli City Festival: "Respect Is Why" Despite rumors that he was dropping out of the festival due to headlining concerns, Wale clarifies that has nothing to do with his decision. By Erika Marie February 01, 2022