Rap Genius launched its first mobile app today, Genius, described by the company as “your pocket guide to human culture.” The app will allow users to search Rap Genius, scan songs in the users’ iTunes Library and match with annotated lyrics, and as the site describes, “hold your phone up to music playing around you,…

Introducing the MakeNoise Teleplexer Module (First Look) from Richard Devine on Vimeo. The Make Noise TELEPLEXER is a telegraph style multiplexer. It is used for manual distribution, adding and subtracting of signals. The user interface is inspired by telegraphy as the user taps the tips of patch cables (patched at one end to a source)…

Sara Bareilles has fired manager Jordan Feldstein, who also counts Maroon 5 and Robin Thicke as clients, sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter. The singer, who performed with Carole King at the Grammys, went home empty handed after being nominated for album of the year (for “The Blessed Unrest”) and pop solo performance (for “Brave”)….

At the beginning of the 2014 Grammy Awards show, it seemed that one story would dominate the night. , the Seattle duo whose highly accessible take on hip-hop became last year’s indie-to-mainstream success story, took home three awards during the ceremony’s pre-telecast portion. This predictable event incensed many longtime hip-hop fans, who view Macklemore’s rise…

This year I thought I’d change things up a bit and give out some awards out for products I liked at the Winter NAMM show. These are products that really stood out to me either as something I would personally want to use or something that’s innovative. In this inaugural year of the Bobby O…

J. Cole celebrates his 29th birthday with a huge announcement. Just moments before hitting the stage at The Theater at Madison Square Garden for his “What Dreams May Come True Tour,” the Roc Nation MC has announced his Dreamville imprint has signed a partnership with Interscope Records….

A record company that accuses a Vietnamese entertainment portal of making its songs available for free download has filed suit in an American court against the U.S- venture capital firm which invested in the website, seeking millions in damages for copyright violations. The complaint filed last week in Boston points to a possible vulnerability for…

Pete Seeger, “a tireless campaigner for his own vision of a utopia marked by peace and togetherness,” died Monday at the age of 94. As former NPR broadcaster Paul Brown adds in , Seeger’s tools “were his songs, his voice, his enthusiasm and his musical instruments.”  The songs he’ll be long remembered for include “If…

Q brought is radio run over to Shade 45 with Whoo Kid. He spoke on Oxymoron covers, working with Raekwon, the controversial headline in Black Hippy’s XXL cover, “Man Of The Year” video, upcoming tour and more. [Rap Radar]

While Thugger has been buzzing for a while here in Atlanta the rest of the states have finally caught on to the Young Thug wave. Complex recently caught up with Thug and he discloses joint projects with Rich Homie Quan and possibly Chief Keef, already having songs recorded with Kanye West, and the rumored Freebandz…