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Michelle Obama Gets Down To New Lil Jon And DJ Snake Parody "Turnip For What" [WATCH]
Lil Jon and DJ Snake in the (White) House! On Vine yesterday, actor and Barack Obama impersonator Iman Crosson asked First Lady Michelle Obama, "How many calories do you burn every time you 'turn up'?!" The First Lady, who is known for her health-conscious initiatives, took the question and turned it into a pun suited for 2014. She changed "turn up" to "turnip" because she's cool like that, and rocked out to "Turn Down for What." -
'Gilmore Girls' Band Hep Alien Reunites For One Night Only To Play White Stripes Cover [PHOTO]
In honor of Gilmore Girls coming to Netflix, Lane Kim's (Keiko Agena) fictional covers band Hep Alien had a real-life reunion. Agena, John Cabrera (Brian Fuller), and Todd Lowe (Zack Van Gerbig) took on a cover of The White Stripes' "Fell In Love With A Girl" earlier this month in L.A. -
Black Flag's Greg Ginn Accused of Child Abuse By Ex-Wife, Who Says Their Daughters "Live In Constant Fear" Of Their Father
Black Flag co-founder Greg Ginn has been accused of child abuse by his ex-wife, who is seeking to remove his access to their daughters. According to court documents, on Oct. 10 Marina Ginn filed a Motion to Modify Parent Child Relationship and a Request for Emergency Hearing on Temporary Orders in Williamson County, Texas District Court, Consequence of Sound reports. -
T.I. Performs 'Paperwork' Tracks "No Mediocre," "About The Money," Reads "Texts From Your Mom" On Jimmy Kimmel Live! [WATCH]
T.I. stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night in support of his upcoming ninth studio album, Paperwork, due out October 21 via Grand Hustle Records/Columbia Records. He hit the outdoor Hollywood stage to perform his hits "No Mediocre" and "About the Money." He also participated in a new segment called "Texts From Your Mom," where he read actual texts that people have received from their mothers. -
Eliot Lipp Talks New Album 'Watch The Shadows,' Classical Music, Brooklyn Labels, The Pretty Lights Keepin' It Crew Tour, And More [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW]
Eliot Lipp, a Brooklyn-based DJ/producer who is on the Pretty Lights Music label, dropped his latest album, Watch The Shadows, today (Oct. 14). With more than a decade making electronic music, this latest effort shows Lipp bringing a more "human" element to his sound while trying out new genres and styles. Music Times chatted with Lipp about the process behind making Watch The Shadows, the role classical music played, the influence Brooklyn has had on his evolving sound, and the story behind the Pretty Lights Keeping It Crew Tour, which features Lipp and labelmates Michal Menert, SuperVision, and Paul Basic collaborating on stage together. Watch The Shadows is available now as a free download and on iTunes. -
Meiko Returns With Dark, Electro-Tinged Third Album, 'Dear You,' [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW]
Alt-pop singer-songwriter Meiko returns with her highly anticipated third album, Dear You, tomorrow (Oct. 14) via Fantasy/Concord Records. You may recognize her voice from a variety of TV and film projects including Grey's Anatomy and Pretty Little Liars. Dear You is the follow-up to 2012's The Bright Side, but trades in Meiko's cheerful pop for something darker and electro-tinged. Ahead of its release, we chatted with Meiko about the inspiration behind the album, what she has planned for her tour, defining moments in her career, and which TV show she'd love to feature her music. -
Alicia Keys, David Byrne, Angel Haze To Perform At Keep A Child Alive's Black Ball Charity Event
Alicia Keys and David Byrne are among the acts set to take the stage at Keep A Child Alive's 11th annual Black Ball event, a yearly gala that offers first-time musical collaborations. This year's edition will take place on Oct. 30 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, Billboard reports. -
Lorde, Jaden Smith, And Austin Mahone Among TIME's 25 Most Influential Teens Of 2014
If the fact that she was recently parodied on two episodes of South Park wasn't enough proof that Lorde is a pretty influential cultural icon, TIME just listed the "Yellow Flicker Beat" singer among their second annual list of the 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014. They mention her two Grammy Award wins, her MTV VMA win, her inclusion on the Hunger Games soundtrack, the success of her debut album Pure Heroine, and her fight to promote healthy body image as reasons for her influence on the world this year. -
'Ghostbusters' Theme Gets Marshmallow-Scented Vinyl Reissue For 30th Anniversary
In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the 1984 cult comedy, Ray Parker, Jr.'s classic Ghostbusters theme was reissued for Record Store Day in April on glow-in-the-dark vinyl. On October 21, the single will once again be re-released, but this time on 12-inch white vinyl housed in a marshmallow-scented puffy gatefold jacket in honor of the film's villain, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Rolling Stone reports. -
Chris Brown Calls Ebola "Form Of Population Control," Then Says He'll Shut Up About It After Backlash
Chris Brown is getting called out for comments he made on the ongoing Ebola crisis. Around 3 a.m. on October 13, the "Loyal" singer took to Twitter to reveal to his 13.7 million followers that he thinks the Ebola crisis might be a population control conspiracy. -
G-Unit Drops New Song "All About The Drug Money" Ahead Of 'The Beast Is G-Unit' Release [LISTEN]
G-Unit is prepping the release of the follow-up to The Beauty of Independence and has dropped a new track titled "All About The Drug Money," a remix of Troy Ave's "All About the Money." Tony Yayo, Kidd Kidd, and Young Buck rep their crew and rap about pushing product over a minimal beat and piano keys. Buck handles the hook. -
Composer Hans Zimmer Says He'll Be Working On Johnny Marr's Next Album
Johnny Marr and film composer Hans Zimmer will be teaming up again for Marr's next album, NME reports. The two previously worked on the soundtracks for Inception and Spider-Man 2 but have never recorded an album together. -
Ben Harper To Reunite With Backing Band The Innocent Criminals In 2015, Announces San Francisco Shows [SCHEDULE]
Ben Harper has announced the return of the backing band he used throughout much of his career, The Innocent Criminals. The singer-songwriter made the announcement in a video on YouTube that showed footage of him and the backing band throughout the years, which ends with a message "2015 Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals." -
Schoolboy Q’s Mom Recites Explicit Lyrics From "Collard Greens," Addresses Line About Smoking Weed With Him On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' [WATCH]
Jimmy Kimmel presented a new round of "Words From You Mother," a hilarious segment where Kimmel asks rappers' moms to recite their children's lyrics. In the past, we've seen Wiz Khalifa's mom, Big Sean's mom, T.I.'s mom, YG's mom, and Mac Miller's mom. Now Schoolboy Q's mother take the stage. She took on the explicit lyrics from the third verse of her son's hit "Collard Greens" off his most recent album Oxymoron. -
Taylor Swift Talks Embracing Single Life, Focusing On Music, Family, And Friends
Taylor Swift has been making the rounds on the press circuit in support of her upcoming fifth studio album, 1989. Her latest appearance is on the cover of PEOPLE's 40th Anniversary issue. In the interview, the 24-year-old talks about loving the single life and focusing on her career. -
Rich Homie Quan Drops "Blah Blah Blah" Video [WATCH]
Although Rich Homie Quan has been putting out new material and working on his new record, he revisited 2013's I Promise I Will Never Stop Going In yesterday and released a video for the track "Blah Blah Blah," which features production from Izzie the Producer. Quan's fellow Rich Gang members Birdman and Young Thug make cameos in the clip, though they don't contribute to the track. -
Blake Shelton On Taylor Swift's Move Into Pop: "If Anyone Can Do It, It's Taylor" [WATCH]
Blake Shelton and Taylor Swift have spent some time together recently with Swift appearing as an advisor on the seventh season of The Voice. Both artists got their start in country music, but Shelton think's Swift made the right decision to call her new album what it was, a pop album. -
Sam Smith, Bleachers, Chvrches, And More To Perform At VH1 'You Oughta Know Live In Concert' [LINEUP]
VH1 has chosen the 2014 class of You Oughta Know artists and will bring them together for an epic festival-style show on Nov. 13 at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. The second annual You Oughta Know Live in Concert will feature two hours of performances from A Great Big World, Aloe Blacc, American Authors, Bleachers, CHVURCHES, Echosmith, KONGOS, Mary Lambert, Tove Lo, Vance Joy, and Sam Smith. -
Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" Could've Been Beyoncé's
Meghan Trainor self-love single "All About That Bass" remains the No. 1 song in the country, more than 12 weeks after it entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Although its success has given Trainor the attention she previously didn't receive behind the scenes as a songwriter, she has revealed that the song was originally shopped around to artists including Beyoncé. -
Elliott Smith's Unreleased Track "Ocean" Surfaces As 'Heaven Adores You' Documentary Hits Festival Circuit [LISTEN]
A previously unheard track from the late Elliott Smith has surfaced, written when the singer was only 14 years old. Titled "Ocean," the track was discovered during the making of Heaven Adores You, a Nickolas Rossi-directed documentary about Smith that features archival footage and unreleased music. The track premiered on Portland Radio Project when the film's producer and longtime Smith associate Kevin Moyer stopped by for an interview (listen to the song at the 32-minute mark). -
Ariana Grande, Big Sean Kiss On Roller Coaster, Confirm Dating Rumors [PHOTO]
Ariana Grande and Big Sean appear to have made their relationship official. Their method of taking it public was a little bizarre, but nonetheless, they've given fans what they wanted. As MTV points out, the "Right There" collaborators were on the Revenge of the Mummy ride at Universal Studios in Hollywood when they smooched for the camera as everyone else on the ride screamed in terror. -
Justin Bieber Shaves His Dirty Mustache (Again) [PHOTO]
Humanity, rejoice! Justin Bieber's mustache is gone. Yep, that patchy, light blonde, dirty 'stache is no more according to a photo he posted this mornign on Shots, the new selfie app he has stock in, with the caption "Shaved the monster." -
Johnny Cash Honored In Folsom With $3.8 Million Pedestrian Overpass
Johnny Cash's iconic album At Folsom Prison was released more than 45 years ago, but now the California city is honoring the late singer by naming a pedestrian overpass after him. Over the weekend, the first section of what will be The Johnny Cash Trail and Overpass was unveiled. -
Colbie Caillat Performs "Smelly Cat," "Try" At 'Friends' Pop-Up Store In Manhattan [WATCH]
Fans of the long-running show Friends, who were willing to wait a few hours in line to see a replica of the show’s fictional “Central Perk” coffee shop, got a special surprise from singer-songwriter Colbie Calliat this weekend. -
Drake Presents "Hood Grammys" On Instagram: Bobby Shmurda, Rich Gang, And ILoveMakonnen Among Winners
The Grammys are notorious for snubbing hip-hop artists. Even the winners in hip-hop categories don't seem to acknowledge the best artists in the genre. Although we won't know who will be snubbed at the the 57th Annual Grammy Awards for another few months, Drake has handed out his own hip-hop awards on Instagram: The #HoodGrammys. Among the winners were Bobby Shmurda, Rich Gang, and ILoveMakonnen. -
John Digweed Talks New Album 'The Traveler,' Working With Author John Twelve Hawks, The Next Generation Of DJs, And More [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW]
John Digweed and his longtime collaborator Nick Muir teamed up with bestselling science fiction author John Twelve Hawks on a new album called The Traveler. The album is named after the first book in Hawks' The Fourth Realm trilogy. -
Fiona Apple's New Song "Container" To Be Featured On Showtime's 'The Affair' [WATCH]
Showtime series The Affair will feature new music from Fiona Apple. The previously unreleased song, called "Container," will accompany the title sequence of the show. According to Pitchfork, the storyline inspired the song, which tells of a woman who died, screaming into a canyon, and how those echoes caused an avalanche that killed a man whose widow ultimately "met you daddy and they made you." -
Jay Z, Jay Electronica And No I.D. Working In Studio Together [PHOTO]
Both Jay Z and Jay Electronica are working on their solo projects and have revealed that No I.D. might be behind at least one of them. Electronica shared an Instagram photo (see below) of Jay Z and No I.D. working at their Mac computers together. It's not certain if he is the one who snapped the photo, but it's likely. The caption for the post says, "from Russia w Love. #butNotReallyRussiaTho." -
Usher Is In Love With A Stripper On Juicy J-Assisted "I Don't Mind" [LISTEN]
Usher finds himself in love with a stripper on his latest Dr. Luke-produced track featuring Juicy J, "I Don't Mind." The song originally leaked back in June, but now it has officially dropped. -
Diane Ward Explores Romantic Delusions On Latest Single "Satellite" [EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE]
South Florida singer-songwriter Diane Ward was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011. At the time, she had already begun production on her upcoming release, Beautiful Ways. Although she had already written the songs prior to receiving the diagnosis, her emotional delivery on the album is a product of her battle with the disease. Today she shares her latest single "Satellite" exclusively with Music Times.
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