Fresh off his Summer Jam apperance, Wiz returned to Hot 97′s morning show. He spoke on his performance,   28 Grams, Blacc Hollywood, and revealed that Nas will be featured on his “We Dem Boyz” remix. Hol’ up?! [RapRadar]

Movie and music piracy thrives online in part because crafty website operators receive advertising dollars from major companies like Comcast, Ford and McDonald’s. That’s the conclusion of several recent reports that shed light on Internet piracy’s funding sources. Content thieves attract visitors with the promise of free downloads and streams of the latest hit movies,…

Peter Sunde, the co-founder of file-sharing site Pirate Bay who has been on the run from authorities for over two years, was tracked down by police in Sweden and arrested this past weekend. Sunde and three other members of the Pirate Bay were sentenced to a year-long prison sentence in 2012 after being convicted of…

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s film Sabotage quietly hit movie theaters in March, racking up negative reviews and $10 million at the U.S. box office – half its $35 million budget – before limping out of multiplexes. In most cases of box office bombs, you can blame a poor marketing strategy for the film’s failure. In the case…

Calibrating your ears before you mix is an essential part of the preparation process for most engineers. Playing a few CDs or files that you know sound great gets you in tune with your speakers and environment. It’s also great to switch back to those songs every so often during a mix just to make…

“The Message” showcases the influence of hip-hop over the span of 40 years. The four part narrative explores the factors behind its longevity and covers decades of musical history born from the streets of the South Bronx in the late 70’s to the digital revolution of the internet. Narrated by Joe Budden, “The Message” features…

Apple’s integration of song identification service Shazam was among a host of new features introduced along with two new operating systems at its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 2. But company executives onstage never mentioned newly acquired headphone vendor Beats Electronics or streaming service operator Beats Music, even as they introduced hip-hop producer and Beats…

Quickstrike. Nearly six months after Wale’s infamous spaz out, he and the folks at Complex have buried the hatchet. Bonding over their love for kicks, he and editor Joe La Puma hit LeBron James’ sneaker store down in Miami. During their conversation, Wale gave his thoughts on the current sneaker culture and brands not respecting…

We all thought G-Unit was over but 50 Cent brought it back, well at least for a night. During his Hot 97 Summer Jam performance 50 brought out, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and Young Buck. 50 Cent later went on to perform his old Ja Rule diss, “I Smell P****.” Check Ja Rule’s reaction below….

Reps for both parties are pouring cold water on reports that Trent Reznor has stepped down from his position as Chief Creative Officer for Beats Music. USA Today has published a feature in which the Nine Inch Nails frontman is said to have “reportedly left the company” he had been working at since at least…