• Interview: Joshua Radin Shares Love Letters with his New Album 'Onward and Sideways'

    Initially, 2014 and 2015 were going to be easy years for Radin. After releasing five albums in seven years and touring relentlessly, he was ready to take a break. But that was until inspiration - and love - struck. Shortly after embarking on this holiday, Radin met and fell in love with a woman in Stockholm, Sweden. Though, she was hesitant to begin a relationship so he decided to woo her the best way he knew how: by writing love songs.

  • Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan Share New Track "M.O.M. (Mind On Money)" [LISTEN]

    Atlanta rappers Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan have teamed up once again for a new track titled "M.O.M. (Mind On Money)," which you can check out below. If that title is any indication, the track is about money and how much these two love it (you know, hip-hop stuff). Though Thug and Quan's delivery is typically difficult to digest and inexplicably Autotuned, the beat itself is pretty nice.

  • J. Cole Will Appear On Wale's 'The Album About Nothing' Following '2014 Forest Hills Drive'

    Washington DC rapper Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, better known as Wale, has been a very busy man lately. He just released a new mixtape, Festivus, based on the strong affinity and connection he has with the 1990s sitcom Seinfeld and is gearing up for the album follow up The Album About Nothing to his 2008 mixtape, The Mixtape About Nothing. He recently sat down with HotNewHipHop to discuss the album and confirmed the rumors that 2014 Forest Hills Drive rapper, J Cole would in fact be featured on the full length LP.

  • Hear Deadmau5' '5 Years Of Mau5' Guatemala Live Set [LISTEN]

    We have been very lucky in these past few months because normally, deadmau5 live sets released onto the web are exceedingly rare. Some intrepid soul recorded his entire set with Eric Prydz at Hard Day of The Dead and then his set from The Knockdown Center in Queens, New York City was live streamed as part of the Honda Summer concert series to promote his 5 Years Of Mau5 compilation. Joel Zimmerman continues the touring in support of the two-disc remix compilation as he spent the New Year in Central and South America playing shows in Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia and Guatemala. His set in Guatemala was recorded and has been made available for fans on the internet.

  • Eminem Sued By Hot Stylz Over "Rap God" Lyrics [LISTEN]

    Eminem may be a rap god, but somebody thinks he borrowed some of that title from them. According to TMZ, Raymond Jones from the Chicago rap trio, Hotstylz is suing Marshall Mathers and his label, Aftermath Entertainment for $8 million for the alleged use of a sample from their song "Lookin Boy" featuring Yung Joc in Eminem's "Rap God."

  • Sting's 'The Last Ship' Coming to an End on Broadway: Producers Pull the Plug on Shipyard Musical

    Sting's first try at Broadway, "The Last Ship," will come to an end Jan. 24 after a four-month run. The former Police frontman composed the music for the play, eventually joining the cast to help boost ticket sales. But even the singer's involvement onstage was not enough to save the production. Poor sales during the holiday rush contributed to the show's demise, "The New York Times" reports."We have been bewildered and saddened by our inability to sustain an audience for this musical that we deeply love," the producers wrote in a statement. "There are no easy explanations."According to the "Times," the show cost $15 million to bring to Broadway and $625,000 to keep it going each week. Ticket sales were steady when the show opened in October, but they doubled last month when Sting joined the cast as the shipyard foreman. Most musicals were breaking records last week, a peak time for Broadway with tourists flooding the streets of New York for the holidays. "The Last Ship," on the other hand, underperformed.

  • Cameron Diaz & Benji Madden Got Married Last Night

    Following their engagement last month, Benji Madden (Good Charlotte, The Madden Brothers) and actress Cameron Diaz have officially tied the knot. They wed last night (Jan. 5) at Diaz's Beverly Hills home.

  • Man Accused of Murdering Father in Maine Brings Up Slayer at Hearing, Ruled Not Competent to Stand Trial [WATCH]

    A man charged with brutally murdering his father and cutting up his remains was recently ruled incompetent to stand trial in Maine. During a hearing yesterday, Jan. 5, Leroy Smith III told the judge that the band Slayer had once been present in 2011 when he had a gun pointed at his head. His statement had nothing to do with the May 2014 slaying and Smith was subsequently ruled unfit to stand trial, centralmaine.com reports.Smith described a bizarre scenario during his hearing despite the judge telling him that if he spoke he would be removed from the courtroom."With my case, they're telling me that my story is delusional grandiose of proceedings that happened, and they're not investigating it," he said."The fact of the matter [is that] in 2011 I had a gun pointed to my head and was sworn to keep secret of what I am. And they refused investigating any persons that are responsible. The whole entire music group Slayer was there. I was told then that what they did was too overboard. I sent them a message on Facebook and that Jeff Hanneman, the guitarist, takes his own life. He took his own life May 5 of 2013."Founding guitarist Hanneman died May 3, 2013, from liver failure.

  • Stone Temple Pilots Singer Scott Weiland Announces Album Release Date, Solo Tour [FULL SCHEDULE]

    Former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has announced the release date of his upcoming album "Blaster" as well as a string of tour dates in support of the album beginning in late February. According to an interview with "Rolling Stone," "Blaster" is set for release March 31 through Softdrive Records and will be Weiland's first album with his new backing band The Wildabouts. The tour in support of "Blaster" kicks off Feb. 22 in Scottsdale, Arizona, and finishes March 14 in Boston, though Weiland will be appearing at several festivals between March and May as well."Blaster" will be Weiland's third solo album overall, his first since 2008's "'Happy' in Galoshes," as well as his first since being fired from the Stone Temple Pilots in 2013 — he was ultimately replaced by Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington."'"Happy" in Galoshes' was an experimental art record, for the most part," Weiland tells "Rolling Stone." "'Blaster' is definitely a band sound: a stripped down, furry sound with a lot of space between the notes. But it's tight and to-the-point while keeping that garage rock vibe to it."
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