• Kanye West To Tour North America In 2015, According To Rihanna's Charity Auction

    Although Kanye West hasn’t officially announced any plans regarding the release of his eagerly anticipated new album, it was revealed today that the superstar rapper will be embarking on a North American tour in 2015 in support of the album. According to Spin, the announcement was made rather inconspicuously through the website of Rihanna’s charity auction, which includes a prize titled “Kanye West Tour Experience” and states that Yeezy will be touring North America in 2015.
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty to Release Autobiography and Career-Spanning Box Set in 2015

    Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty just wrapped up a big Canadian tour in November that had him revisiting a pivotal year for his career -- 1969. It's been 45 years since he and his band dropped 'Bayou County,' 'Green River' and 'Willy and the Poor Boys,' three records that redefined music at the time. Fogerty is gearing up to bring that tour stateside, as well as penning an autobiography and compiling an extensive career-spanning box set. The New Year looks to be a busy one for Fogerty.
  • Run The Jewels Shares Trippy Music Video For "Oh My Darling (Don't Cry)" [WATCH]

    El-P and Killer Mike continue their reign of terror with the release of the new Run The Jewels music video, "Oh My Darling (Don't Cry)," which you can check out here. The Timothy Saccenti-directed clip finds the duo rapping while standing back to back in a dark room with some flashing red and green lights. There are some occasional shots of naked women every once in a while, so this clip is a bit NSFW.
  • Hard Releases Day Of The Dead Aftermovie With Cameos From deadmau5, Calvin Harris, Zedd & More [WATCH]

    Los Angeles's Day Of The Dead took place over Halloween weekend on Saturday, Nov. 1 and Sunday Nov. 2. Produced by Hard Events, the festival broke ground at the Pomona Fairplex, just outside of Los Angeles. Like other festivals that have preceded it, Hard Day Of The Dead has released its scintillating aftermovie featuring cameos from its laundry list of performers like Zedd, Calvin Harris, deadmau5, Bassnectar, Diplo, Eric Prydz and others. The festival had its largest lineup to date, with music lasting 11 hours on over five different stages.
  • Meek Mill Released from Jail a Month Early: 'Believe It' Rapper Will Spend Christmas at Home

    Meek Mill will be home for the holidays. The "Believe It" rapper is being sent home today, Dec. 2, after being sentenced to three to six months in jail for violating his probation in July. He will be out a month early, Fox Philadelphia reports, with his original release date set for Jan. 11.According to the news outlet, Mill, aka Robert Williams, will not be allowed to travel outside Philly until he completes community service and anger management courses.Although he was originally denied early parole, Mill completed three programs while locked up that helped his early release. The prison sentence stemmed from a 2009 drug and gun incident.
  • Mary J. Blige Shares Powerful Music Video for 'Whole Damn Year' from Latest Album 'The London Sessions' [WATCH]

    Mary J. Blige has shared the music video for her latest single "Whole Damn Year," which you can check out below. The dramatic video tackles issues of domestic abuse and follows various characters who are physically and emotionally suffering at the hands of their loved ones. It is pretty powerful, and it complements the song's message and minimalist production quite well.You can check out the music video for Mary J. Blige's "Whole Damn Year" here:"Whole Damn Year" is the third single to be shared from Mary J. Blige's latest album "The London Sessions," following "Therapy" and "Right Now" featuring Disclosure. "The London Sessions" was released Nov. 24 and is Blige's 13th studio album overall, her second of 2014 following her soundtrack to the film "Think Like a Man Too" from June.
  • Doomtree Announces 2015 Album 'All Hands,' New Track 'Gray Duck' [LISTEN]

    Doomtree disappointed fans earlier this year when they announced this December would mark the final Doomtree Blowout, but the Minneapolis-based septet gave supporters plenty of reasons to cheer Tuesday, Dec. 2, when they announced a new album and a national tour.Oh, and the hip-hop veterans dropped a brand new song: "Gray Duck."Check it out:The group — made up of Dessa, P.O.S., Mike Mictlan, Cecil Otter, Lazerbeak, Paper Tiger and Sims — will release "All Hands" Jan. 27, 2015.
  • PC DAW FL Studio Coming to Macs Next Year

    Mac fans rejoice! DAW — Digital Audio Workstation — FL Studio is officially coming to your device next year, via "Resident Advisor." Formerly known as "Fruity Loops," FL Studio has been the preferred DAW for PC users for years, while Mac users have produced with the software Logic. Though Macs have the capability to go into "Boot camp" mode and allocate some hard drive space to PC software, speed is at a premium when producing a track with potentially more than a hundred channels. Now the news that FL Studio is being released for Macs will have producers ecstatic that they have a choice of music software.In a statement released on "Attack Magazine," the company behind FL Studio, Image-Line, explained the reason behind the adaptation for FL Studio 12 and why it took so long to make the change. A Mac OS X compiler for Delphi, the language the programming code FL Studio is written in, only recently appeared.