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News Billboard Issues New Chart Policy <p>Starting November 21st, Billboard will have a new policy for artists to make the charts, based on criticisim by critics and artists alike of it's current policies. For example, Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" debuted at number one, but was sold at a very discounted price. It's new policies are as follows:</p> <p>-Albums priced below $3.49 will not be eligible on the Billboard album charts during their first four weeks of release and will not count towards sales data presented by Nielsen SoundScan.</p> By Rose Lilah November 17, 2011
News J. Cole Takes Shots At Iggy Azalea, Eminem & Macklemore On "2014 Forest Hills Drive" Leak J. Cole apparently calls out several white rappers on the "2014 Forest Hills Drive" track "Fire Squad." By Rose Lilah December 03, 2014
Music King Yella Accuses Young M.A Of Using Ghostwriter King Yella accuses Young M.A of using a ghostwriter, which she vehemently denies. By hnhh December 27, 2016
Music Lil Wayne vs Birdman: J Prince Says He'll Make Cash Money Pay Lil Wayne and Birdman will soon settle their score to hear J Prince tell it. By hnhh April 13, 2017
News Wiz Khalifa Celebrates Opening For Steelers Game <p>Wiz Khalifa celebrates a personal victory as the Pittsburgh Steelers head to the Super Bowl after a crushing defeat of the New York Jets.<br /> <br /> As expected, Khalifa, a native of Pittsburgh, performed his hit record "Black and Yellow" for the home team.<br /> </p> <p><iframe height="345" frameborder="0" width="560" allowfullscreen="" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OkxwZdRh6c8" type="text/html" class="youtube-player" title="YouTube video player"></iframe></p> <p>He said he would celebrate in his own special way.</p> By Rose Lilah January 25, 2011
News Kanye West Reportedly Hit Studio With Skepta For "So Help Me God" Skepta and Kanye West have reportedly been hitting the studio together. By Rose Lilah March 03, 2015
News Travis Porter Announces Album Title & Release Date Travis Porter's album is set to be released on May 29th. By Rose Lilah March 22, 2012
News Nicki Minaj Fans Lineup For Fake College Concert <p>A handful of shady concert promoters have invoked the wrath of hip-hop princess Nicki Minaj, by planning a series of fake shows that claim to feature the in-demand rapper.</p> By Rose Lilah September 22, 2010
Music Bow Wow Defends His "Fan Chase" Video That The Internet Said Was Fake Bow Wow clears the air. By Matt F June 15, 2017
News Kanye West's Limited Edition Scarves Hit Stores Today <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theboombox.com/tag/KanyeWest/">Kanye West</a>'s <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.theboombox.com/2011/03/31/kanye-west-album-covers-to-grace-silk-scarves/">line of limited edition silk scarves</a>, which he has produced in collaboration with Parisian design duo Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amzalag of M/M, has finally arrived in stores in Paris today (May 9).<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah May 10, 2011
News Watch Common's "Sweet" Video <p>Common's latest music video, "Sweet", was premiered last night via Ustream <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.ustream.tv/thinkcommonlive" target="_blank">here</a>. To view this video you are asked to donate 1$, and all proceeds go to<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"> J/P HRO.</span> </p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">About J/P HRO:</span></p> By Rose Lilah November 15, 2011
Sneakers NOCTA x Nike Hot Step 2 “Black” Release Date Revealed Drake's new shoe drops very soon. By Ben Atkinson September 21, 2024