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Ashanti & LL Cool J's Daughter Samaria Twerk Together At Pajama Party [WATCH]
Following Amber Rose and Blac Chyna's Instagram double twerkfest, R&B singer Ashanti and LL Cool J's 18-year-old daughter, Samaria, posted a twerking video of their own taken at a pajama party. The duo wore matching onesies with one dollar bills printed on the fabric. -
T-Pain Plays 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction', Reveals Stage Name Origins, Real Birth Year, And More [WATCH]
T-Pain jumped back into the spotlight this year after proving he didn't need the help of Auto-Tune to sing. He has changed his focus from making hits to making personal music, and with that comes the release of his upcoming album Stoicville: The Phoenix, which is due out in 2015. Although he's been a player in the music industry for some time now, The Boombox sat him down to play a round of Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? -
Chief Keef Drops New Song "Young Black Bruce Lee" Feat. Production From Young Chop [LISTEN]
Right after dropping his new track "Kill Him," Chief Keef came back with more new music. Sosa brings fans his second Young Chop-produced track in 24 hours with "Young Black Bruce Lee." No word yet on where this track will appear, but the Chicago rapper has a number of projects in the works, so it could really end up on anything. -
Big Sean, E-40 Perform "IDFWU" With Backing From The Roots on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' [WATCH]
Last night, Big Sean stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon along with Bay Area rapper E-40 to perform their hit "I Don't F-k With You" with backing from in-house band The Roots. The evening's guests also included comedian Jerry Seinfeld and One Direction. -
Logic Explains Frank Sinatra’s Influence On His Career, Alter Ego, And RattPack Movement [WATCH]
Maryland rapper Logic has been gaining a lot of attention since being named in XXL's Top 10 Freshman list in 2013. He continued getting praise following debut album, Under Pressure, which was released earlier this fall. But all this success didn't happen over night. In a new interview on The Boombox's "16 Bars" series he talks about building a following and cites Frank Sinatra as a major influence on his career and alter ego. -
John Legend & Common Share "Glory" Lyric Video Ahead Of 'Selma' Release [WATCH]
John Legend and Common recently collaborated on a song called "Glory," which will be featured in the upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. film, Selma. The song features some socially conscious guest verses from Common, who references the recent unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. The lyric video for the track has now arrived. -
Dr. Luke Produces Birthday Card From Kesha As Evidence In Defamation Lawsuit
Dr. Luke and Kesha are currently wrapped up in a defamation suit, but it appears their relationship wasn't always tumultuous. The producer has handed over a birthday card from Kesha as evidence for the court. The 27-year-old singer is also suing the producer for sexual assault, battery and forced drug use. -
Wale Drops New Song "Loyalty" Ahead Of 'Festivus' Release, Pusha T Calls Him Out On Twitter [LISTEN]
Wale is set to drop his and A-Trak's Festivus mixtape today and has shared a new joint ahead of its release following the release of his song "The Chess Match" over the weekend. Titled "Loyalty" the track also features Dew Baby and Fat Trel. Spanning almost six minutes, each rapper takes his time on each verse. -
The Weeknd Drops New Song "Earned It" For 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Soundtrack [LISTEN]
Following Beyoncé's reworking of her hit "Crazy In Love," for the film, The Weeknd adds his sultry brand of R&B to the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack. Titled "Earned It," the slow jam sees the Canadian crooner serenading and praising his lover. -
Kendrick Lamar's TDE Label Announces Free Holiday Concert, Toy Giveaway In Los Angeles Projects Today
Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) is giving back this holiday season with the gift of music (and more)! The label — home to Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, SZA, and Isaiah Rashad — has partnered with Nickerson Garden Projects to donate toys, shoes, and more along with a free concert today (Dec. 23) starting at noon. The even is free and open to the public, so if you're in the Los Angeles area, head there between 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. -
Tyga Calls Out TMZ For Fabricating Story Involving His Son King Cairo And Baby Mama Blac Chyna
Earlier today, TMZ published a story about Tyga thinking his baby mamma Blac Chyna was "unfit to properly care for their child because she twerks and parties to much," "seems more interested in hitting the clubs than parenting their 2-year-old son King Cairo," and "has lost her focus on caring for the little boy" because she's "more interested in making a spectacle of herself ... twerking day and night when there's a camera in sight." They claim Tyga "lost it when he saw the double twerk" video of her and Amber Rose and decided to "file legal docs asking for primary custody." Tyga has now responded, claiming the whole report was made up. He's also not too happy about them involving his son in their gossip. -
Kanye West, Kim Kardashian Featured Balmain's 2015 Spring/Summer Menswear Campaign [PHOTOS]
Kim Kardashian attempted to "break the internet" last month, and now her husband Kanye West wants a turn. The reality TV star and the Yeezus rapper teamed up for a campaign with haute couture brand Balmain for their spring/summer 2015 menswear collection. The fashion designer's creative director Oliver Rousteing announced the campaign by posting a few shots from their fashion shoot with Mario Sorrenti to his Instagram with the caption, "#itsallaboutlove." Pascal Dangin served as art director. -
Madonna Talks 'Rebel Heart' Leak, Grammy Award Performance, "Living For Love," Working With Diplo, And More
Following the leak of more than 10 unreleased demo recordings, Madonna and her team have been working day-in and day-out to try to recover the stolen songs. The songs were from sessions for her upcoming 13th studio album, which at the time had yet to be announced and is still unfinished. To combat the damage of the stolen work, Madonna sped up the official release of new music. She announced that her new album, Rebel Heart, would drop March 10 through Interscope Records and made six of its tracks immediately available for purchase. Among them was the Diplo-produced "Living For Love," the album's lead single, which according to Billboard wasn't supposed to premiere until Valentines Day. -
Wiz Khalifa Drops "You And Your Friends" Video Featuring Ty Dollar $ign, Snoop Dogg [WATCH]
A few days ago, Wiz Khalifa teased the video for his DJ Mustard-produced club banger "You And Your Friends" off his latest album Blacc Hollywood, which was nominated by the Grammys for Best Rap Album. The intro clip he teased featured Khalifa smoking a blunt inside a marijuana grow house while talking on the phone to Ty Dolla $ign who is in his car, trying to flirt his way out of a ticket with two female cops. The full video, however, has a different theme. -
Risa Binder Spreads Holiday Cheer In New Video For Title Track Off 'Nashville' EP [EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE]
Columbia, Maryland native Risa Binder developed her sound in New York by way of Los Angeles, but her latest EP celebrates what she learned when she moved to Nashville. -
Red Bull 20 Before 15: iLOVEMAKONNEN, Ezra Koenig, Despot Team Up On "Down 4 So Long (Remix)" [LISTEN]
Red Bull's 20 Before 15 series comes to and end with a final song from an unlikely crew made up of breakout star iLOVEMAKONNEN, Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, and underground Queens rapper Despot. The collaboration, recorded at Red Bull Sounds Studios in New York, is a remix of Makonnen's track "Down 4 So Long," which was released as a one-off earlier this year. -
Fabolous Drops New Song "I Don't F--k With Christmas" With Funny Or Die [WATCH]
Fabolous just dropped a new song called "I Don't F**k With Christmas." The rapper goes full Grinch on his collaboration with Funny or Die. Merry Christmas? More like Merry Diss-mas! Not even Santa and his reindeer are safe from Fabolous' wrath, and all he has to say for the elves is "go f**k yourselves. I don't like ya'll neither." -
Chief Keef Drops New Song "Granny" Off Upcoming 'Bang 3' [LISTEN]
Chief Keef has given fans another taste of his upcoming album Bang 3 with the official version of the song "Granny," which has been floating around on the Internet in different forms for a while. Considering the rapper is no longer 18 years old, it's safe to say the track is a bit dated. However, now that Keef has broken up with Interscope, we might see more tracks soon. -
T.I., The Game, Tech N9ne, RZA, And More Sign On For 'One Shot' Rap Competition As Celebrity Judges [WATCH]
Earlier this fall, Crooked I (KXNG CROOKED) and Sway Calloway announced they were starting a new competition for aspiring rappers called One Shot. Since the competition was announced, other celebrities have signed on as guest judges including T.I., The Game, DJ Khaled, RZA, Twista, Tech N9Ne, Scarface, E-40, Charlamagne Tha God, Joell Ortiz, and DJ Drama. -
Nicki Minaj Might Leak Song Featuring Entire Verse From Alter-Ego Roman Zolanski [WATCH]
Nicki Minaj stopped by BET talk show The Real earlier this week for a game of Rapid-Fire, in which each of the five hostesses asks her a question. The episode will air today (Dec. 19). The first question The Pinkprint femcee was asked was about her many musical alter-egos. Minaj said Roman, whom she killed off in February, remains her favorite. Fans of her crazy male alter-ego will be happy to hear that she might leak a track called "Dem Boys," which contains an entire rap verse from Mr. Zolanski. The song was a cut that didn't make her latest album. -
Azealia Banks Ebro In The Morning Interview: "212" Femcee Talks Iggy Azalea, T.I. Beef, Cultural Appropriation, New Album, And More
Azealia Banks has had an interesting career trajectory. She got major recognition after Diplo discovered her music and her hit "212" put her name in the ring. Around the same time, Iggy Azalea came up and there was confusion around the similarities in their name. Then issues arose with her label, and her music moved into the background. However, she wasn't silent, and her passionate and at time abrasive opinions became the only reason she was making headlines. -
Joan Jett Opening For The Who's 50th Anniversary Tour In North America [FULL SCHEDULE]
Following the announcement of their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will be hitting the road to open for The Who on their 50th anniversary tour in North America. -
Chris Brown, Tyga Drop "Ayo" Ahead Of 'Fan of A Fan 2' Release [LISTEN]
Chris Brown and Tyga have finally shared material off their long overdue Fan of A Fan 2. The new song "Ayo" was produced by Nic Nac ("Loyal") and features a bouncy, club-ready beat with Breezy rapping about his stint in rehab ("Rehabilitation just had me worried about f**king") and Tyga shouting out all the badass ladies in the room. They also have lines about being bougie, liking girls with real hair, having shiny chains, motorboating, having sexual relations with Ice-T's wife CoCo, OutKast's album Stankonia, and Prince's leading lady, Apollonia. -
Nicki Minaj Says Kendrick Lamar's Animated Voices Remind Her Of Her Own, Twitter Reacts
While hitting the press circuit in support of her new album The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj has repeatedly mentioned the lack of respect she gets in the industry as a woman and how she is always having to prove herself despite her success and her status as the queen of mainstream hip-hop. In a new interview with Rap Radar's Elliot Wilson for is CRWN interview series, Minaj brought up the fact that no one took her crazy voices seriously but that they respect it when Kendrick Lamar does them. -
Toronto Raptors 2014 Drake Night: Rapper Confirms New Mixtape, Announces Players, Jokes With ESPN Announcers [WATCH]
Last night (Dec. 17) the Toronto Raptors celebrated their biggest fan Drake for his second annual Drake Night. The OVO rapper took over the building and announced the players as the entered the court to face the Brooklyn Nets. -
'Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of' Documentary Trailer Has Arrived [WATCH]
Backstreet's back, all right! Earlier this month we reported that a new documentary called Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of was in the works about the famous boy band. Now the trailer has arrived. -
Ryan Adams, Johnny Depp Team Up for New 'No Shadow' 7-Inch
Ryan Adams has announced a new 7" called No Shadow as part of his Pax-Am Singles Series. The track, due out January 13, will feature Johnny Depp, who seems to be getting more press on his music this year than his acting, which is kind of cool. -
Britney Spears Shows Off Hot New Body On Cover Of Women's Health Magazine, Talks Fitness Routine, Weight Struggle
Britney Spears was known for having a killer body in the late '90s and early 2000s. But as she got older, keeping in shape became more of a struggle. She was constantly being judged on her body and pressured to lose weight, but after years of trial and error, she has finally found a routine that works for her. And she didn't just buy that body. She had to work, b*tch. She now looks better than ever on the cover of Women's Health. For those who think this is just Photoshop magic, the pop star proves her body is the real deal in a behind the scenes video of the shoot. -
Big Sean Breakfast Club Interview: Detroit Rapper Talks "I Don't F**k With You," Ariana Grande, Eminem Collaboration, And More [WATCH]
While in New York, Big Sean stopped by Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club to catch up with Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee and DJ Envy. They chatted about the success of his latest hit "I Don't F**k With You," his first Eminem collaboration "Detroit Vs. Everybody," his relationship with Ariana Grande, and some details on his upcoming album. However, he dodged a lot of their other questions by simply responding, "You think so?" Check out what he had to say below. -
Alicia Keys Shares Unreleased Song "Somewhere In The City" Ahead Of Second Child's Birth, Upcoming Album [LISTEN]
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats are expecting their second child by New Years and just celebrated their baby shower over the weekend. Just in time for the holidays, Keys dug into her archives to bring us an outtake from her 2012 album Girl On Fire called "Somewhere In The City" as part of her "12 Days of Christmas" giveaway. The full song was never officially released, though it was featured during the end credits of her documentary, Keep A Child Alive With Alicia Keys.
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