• J. Cole Performs Ferguson Protest Song 'Be Free' on 'Late Show with David Letterman'

    J. Cole released his third studio album, "2014 Forest Hills Drive," Tuesday, Dec. 9, and went on the "Late Show with David Letterman" to perform "Be Free," which is not on the album. Cole's commentary on Ferguson and tribute to Michael Brown, he used the stage to make his voice heard on the current issues facing the African-American community. His performance captured the sentimentality of "Be Free," as Cole delivered each word with poise and emotion. A simple performance with little fanfare, Cole stood on stage moving little but still showed his time-tested charisma, while a keyboardist played the simple and moving instrumental in the background, reported "Complex." He even wrote a new verse for the occasion and elicited a positive reaction from Letterman, who invited him back anytime."Be Free" has been the No. 1 trending song, according to "Billboard," since it came out. Cole has been one of the few artists who have been using his status to protest the grand jury decisions in Ferguson and New York City, writing a song and going out on the streets and protesting.

  • U.S. Government in Cuba: Reports Indicate We Manipulated Hip-Hop Stars to Subconsciously Foment a Revolution against Raul Castro

    A lot of news has been made recently of probably illegal activity carried out by the United States government at its Guantanamo Bay stronghold. More documents released this week show that the U.S. was involved in other shady operations on the island...these ones using Cuban music stars to help undermine the Cuban government. The information suggests that the United States Agency for International Development hired Rajko Bozic to pick up acts such as Cuban rapper Aldo and Los Aldeanos to foment a revolution among the youth.

  • Croatia Rocks Festival 2015 Lineup: First Phase Announced, Including Rudimental, Clean Bandit and More

    Croatia Rocks will be making its debut this summer on the European vacation hotspot of Croatia. Having just announced its arrival to the Dalmatian coast last month, the festival has unveiled the first set of artists who will be performing next summer over five days, from July 19 to 23. Big-name acts like Rudimental, Clean Bandit, Fatboy Slim and Wilkinson will headline the festival, with plenty more in tow like Karma Kid and Doorly, according to "Mixmag."Joining these five will be live acts Jungle, Kate Tempest, Anushka and Kwabs, while B.Traits, Mak & Pasteman, Monki, Jaymo & Andy George, Friend Within, Lxury, Blonde, Zane Lowe, Shy FX, Waze & Odyssey and others will all handle things behind the DJ booth. You can see the full Phase 1 lineup on the festival website.The festival, which takes place on Zrce Beach on the Island of Pag, is the Croatian outpost of the longstanding Ibiza festival Ibiza Rocks. It throws parties weekly at the Ibiza Rocks hotel in the western enclave of San Antonio that have hosted some of the finest up-and-coming and established U.K acts like Disclosure, Gorgon City, Karma Kid and Fatboy Slim.

  • André 3000's OutKast Reunion Jumpsuits Being Made Into T-Shirt Line; Still No Word on New Music [WATCH]

    André 3000's jumpsuits from the recent OutKast reunion tour already spawned an art show, and now the rapper announced that the messages will be made into a T-shirt line as well. Those jumpsuits seem to be the only positive 3000 took from his recent jaunt with Big Boi — he has been critical of himself and the tour ever since the end of the trek. Oh, well — on to the next thing."You'll be able to see that really soon because people have been asking me," he says in the video below, "XXL" reported.It is actually a good idea, since the suits featured some pretty thought-provoking slogans like "Have you stopped growing?," "Life is short take more baths" and "Thinking deeply about shallow sh#t.""The response was great," he said about the fans and their response to the messages. "It was to start a conversation and that's what it's done. People started to make up their own messages. I saw so many people with black suits on. I was like, 'Oh, This is cool.'"The rapper explained that the concept grew out of having to perform old songs and not being able to say anything new on them.

  • Fabolous Releases Video for 'Lituation' After Announcing 'The Young OG Project' Release Date [WATCH]

    Fabolous kicked off December with some good news. He signed a deal with Roc Nation and announced the release date for his forthcoming album "The Young OG Project." The New York rapper just offered up the first glimpse of the project with a video for a track called "Lituation."In the visual directed by Gerald Victor, Fab creates the film "King of New York" as he takes on the role of Christopher Walken. Things get pretty heavy after Fab catches a body. He is forced to dip off with a bad yellow bone riding shotgun."You can come into a situation and it can be [calm] and you can turn it up and get it a little lit," Fab told MTV when asked to explain the song's title. "It's a very aggressive New York street record and I wanted to start with that just to get the feel, and get you there first, [then] the rest of the album will take you different places."

  • J. Cole's '2014 Forest Hills Drive' Set To Be Third Consecutive No. 1

    Even with very little promotion around the album, J Cole's 2014 Forest Hills Drive has been the talk of the music industry over the past couple weeks. How Cole is able to authentically reconnect with his childhood and tell a nostalgic story of his past has resonated with fans new and old for what could be his greatest work to date. That critical acclaim and buzz is translating into sales, according to a report from Billboard. According to industry forecasters, Cole could sell over 300,000 copies of 2014 Forest Hills Drive in the first week. This would catapult him to the top of the overall album charts.

  • deadmau5 Returns Disposable Camera Sent By Fan With Amazing Pictures

    Deadmau5 can be a bit of a Grinch sometimes, but when it comes to his fans he is always Santa Claus. In strange turn of events a fan decided to do something creative and bold and send deadmau5 a disposable camera to see what would happen. Deadmau5 posted the new address for his compound outside of Toronto a little while back and has probably been receiving loads of fan mail, but this was an opportunity he could not pass up on.
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