More than just a marketing coup, Kanye West’s defection from Nike — where he helped design the coveted Air Yeezy sneaker — to Adidas in December signaled a redoubling of the 64-year-old publicly traded German brand’s fashion-focused strategy for sneaker dominance. Although Adidas ranks as the world’s No. 2 sports-apparel manufacturer, it has long played…

The rallying cry of many musicians today is “Do It Yourself” or DIY, meaning that it’s now possible to do so much of the grunt work necessary to make it without the help of a record label. For instance, you don’t need a label to act as a bank to supply money for recording any…

GoPro & The Weeknd cordially invite you on the Kiss Land tour bus, to the party & the after party, on an unforgettable night when he sold out the O2 Arena in London for the first time….

YG says he has a label situation brewing that will involve DJ Mustard and Ty Dolla $ign. “Me, Mustard and Ty got a label,” YG says in an interview with Houston, Texas radio station 93.7. “We got a little situation going on. We got a situation that’s about to occur. Pushaz Ink the label. Ty…

Diddy recently spoke at IMS Engage for the International Music Summit in Hollywood, California. “People pay a lot of money to be entertained,” Diddy said at the event, as per Billboard. “You have to take the audience on a journey. You can’t just push buttons.”…

RZA has responded to some of the allegations lobbied by Raekwon in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, clarifying certain statements and reiterating that Wu-Tang Clan “need him” on the upcoming album A Better Tomorrow. “We can call it arguing or we can call it building,” RZA told New York radio station Hot 97. “What we’re…

he developers at Retronyms have kicked off a series of weekly video previews on the development of iMPC Pro – a new music production center app that they are creating in partnership with Akai Pro.  In the first video, Retronym’s J.P. takes a look at Flux Link – a performance control in iMPC Pro that lets…

Elliott’s still on the eft coast and this time, he catches up with Freddie Gibbs. He discusses Piñata, Madlib’s production style, Indiana, engagment, Jeezy and everything else between. Walk with ‘em. [Rap Radar]

Once in a while you meet a leader who stands out–even in a room filled with skilled, experienced, successful people. She isn’t just remarkably charismatic. He isn’t just remarkably likeable. You can tell, in an instant, they simply think and act and lead differently than most people. But those rare individuals don’t become outstanding leaders…

Forty years of practice has made songwriting harder, not easier, for Tom Petty. “As life goes by, you get a little more carefree or distracted by other things and you have to really police yourself – I do – into sitting down and doing something that pleases me,” the 63-year-old rocker said. “Plus, I’m trying…