• Kanye West Apologizes to Beck After Grammys Rant, Announces Collaboration with Taylor Swift on 'Ryan Seacrest'

    Just days after he stormed the Grammys stage as Beck accepted his Album of the Year award for Morning Phase, it's time for Kanye West's 2015 apology tour. Today (Feb. 11), the "Only One" rapper appeared on Ryan Seacrest's radio show for a variety of promotional reasons and to clear the air that there is no big Kanye/Beck feud. Oh, and West is also set to start recording new music with his other former awards show rival, Taylor Swift.

  • 5 Active Underground Hip-Hop Supergroups That AREN'T Run The Jewels: Hail Mary Mallon, Deltron 3030 and More

    The Run The Jewels craze has gotten out of hand. The gun-and-fist logo is showing up everywhere, from Instagram to the cover of Howard The Duck comics. Seriously though: Supergroups among underground hip-hop groups aren't a new thing. Run The Jewels just happens to be the one that has gotten everyone's attention at every magazine. Deservedly so. But we advise you check out some other off-the-wall acts in existence (or hopefully still in existence) that are well worth your time.

  • Miguel New Album: RCA Records President Reveals Working Title, Release Date & More

    Following the release of his three-track EP, nwa.hollywooddreams.coffee, Miguel hasn't spoken much about the new music he is working on. However, President of Urban Music at RCA Records and ByStorm Entertainment CEO, Mark Pitts, has revealed that the follow up to his breakout album Kaleidoscope Dream might be coming as soon as this spring.

  • Film Focused on Frankie Knuckles and The Warehouse in the Offing

    2014 saw dance music lose one of its greats. Frankie Knuckles, known as the godfather of house music, died unexpectedly at 59 March 31. Now a movie, titled "The Warehouse," is being made about him and the place that inspired the house music movement -- the club The Warehouse in Chicago, which gave the genre its name.

  • Spice Girls Leak Four New Songs From The 'Forever' Era [LISTEN]

    The Spice Girls haven't released new music since their 2007 greatest hits album, which spawned the single "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" that only managed to peak at No. 90 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their last album of all original material was 2000's Forever. Now four previously unreleased demos from those sessions have leaked, "A Day In Your Life," "If It's Lovin' On Your Mind," "Pain Proof," and "Right Back At Ya."

  • Michael McDonald Sounds Off on Kanye West and Beck Grammys Controversy

    It seems as though everyone has an opinion on the Beck and Kanye West Grammys controversy. Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Michael McDonald, who has worked with acts like The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan -- Coachella anyone? -- is the latest musical mind to add his thoughts on the subject.

  • 5 Musical Misremberings: Vanilla Ice, Nicki Minaj and More Astonishing Misleading Music Stories a la Brian Williams

    Brian Williams has been having a bad last few weeks but you can't say he didn't have it coming: The NBC Nightly News host has taken a six month unpaid suspension with regard to a "misremembering" he reported, claiming to have been aboard a helicopter shot down by an RPG during his coverage of the Iraq war more than a decade previously. To what extent his story is false remains to be seen—was the helicopter right in front of him the one to actually be brought down, or was he more than half an hour behind?—but let it be known that we wasn't the first, nor probably the last celebrity, to tell a fat one. Here are but five musical performers who wove tall tales, some of which weren't figured out for quite a while.

  • Missy Elliott Pictured In Studio With Timbaland, Jack Ü Collaboration Teased [LISTEN]

    Following her Super Bowl collaboration with Katy Perry, Missy Elliott announced that she was heading back to the studio with her partner-in-crime and longtime producer Timbaland to cook up some new music. "We gonna get in and get some work done," she told Sway Calloway on his morning show. "I don't want to say too much because this day and time, boy, you say something, they will come back two weeks later like, 'Where your album at?!'" Now she has fans even more excited with photo evidence of her and Timbaland back in the studio.

  • Bobby Shmurda's Lawyer Gives Update On Bail Application As Rapper Remains Behind Bars

    Just when Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda's career seemed to be taking off, he and his GS9 crew were arrested outside of Quad Studios in New York City last December. They were later indicted on a variety of charges, including conspiracy, reckless endangerment, criminal possession of a weapon, and more. They now face a number of years in prison. Last month, Shmurda and his crew all plead not guilty in a Manhattan Supreme Court. Following the proceedings, Shmurda posted bail, but it was later withdrawn. For now, the rapper remains in jail, where he has been since his arrest. His only public appearances have been court appearances regarding indictments and bail applications. Complex caught up with Shmurda's lawyer Kenneth J. Montgomery to talk about the current status of the case.

  • Sam Smith, Joey Bada$$, Tove Lo Added to Hangout Festival 2015 Lineup

    Alabama's 2015 Hangout Festival already had a stacked lineup when it announced its lineup in January of the Foo Fighters, Grammy Award-winner Beck, Skrillex, My Morning Jacket, Paramore, Spoon, Major Lazer and others, but it got greedy and decided to add even more names to the lineup. The second wave of artists is not a lot of names, but Hangout makes it count, with four-time Grammy Award-winner Sam Smith leading the charge, flanked by Tove Lo and Joey Bada$$ at his side.

  • Taylor Swift Tops Billboard 200 Again, Fifth Harmony Shows Up, Bob Dylan and Diana Krall Cover, Nicki Minaj Sets Interesting Mark

    Taylor Swift and 1989 is at no. 1 in the Billboard 200 for the 11th time, tying Fearless for the performer's most weeks at the top of the charts with one album. The record shifted 108,000 equivalent units, a slight uptick from last week. 1989 is one of four albums that have spent at least ten weeks at no. 1 since 2010, the others being Fearless, the Frozen soundtrack as well as Adele's 21. Swift's album is followed this week by Now 53, the newest edition of the hits collection, at no. 2 with 99,000 units moved.
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