Month: December 2014

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Welcome Their Second Child

Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys welcome another baby boy…


Kendrick Lamar: “I’ve seen ghosts and UFOs – they still don’t believe me”

Rappers also reveals he’s “too cheap” to make it rain….


Ringo Starr to release new studio album

Ringo Starr has revealed he is to release a new album in 2015….


Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan featuring PeeWee Longway – Hold Us

Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan partner up again with a new banger titled “Hold Us.”…


Nicki Minaj Brings the Melodrama in Recently Uncovered High School Acting Footage

Years before her time atop the charts as rap’s reigning queen, Nicki Minaj was — like many of us — a high school student in search of her big break….


Apparently, Frank Ocean Is In The Studio Making Music With Lil B

We’re a little bit confused. Then again, we aren’t…


New Music Gear Monday: Eventide Mixing Link

If ever there was a Swiss Army Knife-like tool for the stage or studio, it’s the Eventide’s Mixing Link. It takes the form of a stompbox and contains a high quality mic amp with 65dB of gain and phantom power, an effects loop, headphone output and numerous signal routing and combination possibilities….


Craig Wayne Boyd’s ‘Baby’ Makes Chart History

Craig Wayne Boyd’s baby isn’t the only one sporting a smile this week….


Jessie J on Writing ‘Party in the U.S.A.’: ‘It Paid My Rent for 3 Years’

In an interview with Glamour UK, Jessie J revealed that the royalties she received for writing Miley Cyrus‘ enormous hit “Party In The U.S.A.” paid her rent “for, like, three years.”…


Azealia Banks calls for $100 trillion in slave reparations

  Azealia Banks has called for the descendents of slave traders to pay $100 trillion in reparations to African-Americans. Taking to Twitter on Friday (December 26), the rapper made a series of posts relating to reparations after sharing an article about the DeWolf family, who were prominent Rhode Island-based slave traders….