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  • iLoveMakonnen Performed 'Tuesday' on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' [WATCH]

    Drake label OVO signee Makonnen Sheran, professionally known as iLoveMakonnen, made his television debut last night, Dec. 9, coincidently or not on a Tuesday, to perform his smash single "Tuesday." Accompanied by The Roots but not Drake, iLoveMakonnen crooned through the Grammy-nominated single with his unique, slightly raspy delivery for the audience on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." ILoveMakonnen gets into the Christmas spirit by wearing a Santa hat for his performance and bathing the stage in red light, via "Complex."The performance comes on the heels of the announcement that "Tuesday" was nominated for Best Rap Performance alongside Drake in their remix of "Tuesday." The Atlanta singer/rapper is now 25 and has been tabbed by many publications as an artist to watch out for following his EP "I Love Makonnen.""Tuesday" has inspired other remixes, including an unofficial one from "Mr. Steal Your Girl" Trey Songz and Chris Brown. It has become a club smash, notably on Tuesdays, and another song that has become a pop-culture phrase.While the track may actually speak to the struggle that many may face working graveyard shifts on the weekend just to make ends meet, "Tuesday" has also come to represent the everyday partygoers who hit the clubs every night.

  • Cam'ron Emojis Are Here: U Mad?

    It is not enough to just be a regular person who exists in real life. The next step to be as ubiquitous as possible and permeate as many facets of life is to become an emoji. Lil B has his own app where you can send the most basic messages possible, including multiple ways to ask your friends and acquaintances for money. Now Cam'ron has been blessed with his own collection of emojis, including the iconic "U Mad" moment. Cam'ron has already become a popular meme with this moment trolling Bill O'Reilly, so the next logical step was to become an emoji and expand on his repertoire, via "Pitchfork."You can download all 20 emojis through the Hi-Art iOS and Android apps, though you will need to update to iOS 8 for Apple users, which the author is holding out on doing with his 4S. Earlier this year, Hi-Art released Ghostface Killa emojis, with some popular selections including "C.R.E.A.M." spelled out in dollar bills. Nothing says I love you like a Cam'ron emoji wearing a surgical mask.

  • Diddy Reportedly Fought Drake Over '0 to 100/The Catch Up' Beat

    News emerged over the past few days that Diddy punched Drake and hospitalized him, but nobody actually knew why the Ciroc brand ambassador and Toronto's finest decided to get into an altercation that ended in fisticuffs and Drake in the hospital.Now there is a new report out by "TMZ" that attempts to clarify the situation. According to unnamed sources, the two got into it over Drake's song "0 to 100/The Catch Up" because Diddy says the beat was also given to him. The track "0 to 100/The Catch Up" was nominated for two Grammys this year in Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song.The source details that Boi-1da had given Drake and Diddy the song to use, but Diddy sat on the song while Drake was eager to use the beat and record it, so he did it on his own and apparently this made Puff angry.

  • Above & Beyond Releases #ABGT100 Recap, Taking You Behind the Scenes at Madison Square Garden [WATCH]

    Above & Beyond has released the aftermovie for the landmark performance at Madison Square Garden Oct. 18. A celebration of the 100th episode of their rebranded radio show "Group Therapy" and 550th episode overall, #ABGT100 was a six-hour extravaganza that featured three of their preferred label mates: Mat Zo, Andrew Bayer and ilan Bluestone. The aftermovie does not show many clips from the night because they recorded the video and audio for their set and put it online, but follows the trance super-trio in the lead-up to the actual show.We follow them as they go around New York, taking care of many different media engagements before ending up in Times Square at night, where they premiered the video for the lead single "We're All We Need" featuring Zoë Johnston from their upcoming artist album "We Are All We Need." The aftermovie includes a preview of a new song with Zoë Johnston made appropriately just for the occasion, titled "Fly to New York."

  • Nicki Minaj Premieres 'Big Daddy' Featuring Meek Mill On Philadelphia Radio [LISTEN]

    Nicki Minaj has previewed "Big Daddy" from her upcoming highly anticipated artist album The Pinkprint featuring Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill. The "Anaconda" rapper decided to premiere the song on Power 99, a hip-hop radio station in Philadelphia. The decision to play the song on Philadelphia radio must have been influenced by Meek Mill's recent stint in jail and his release only a week ago. He was unable to play a homecoming gig recently due to his jail time, so this acts as small payback to his local fans

  • J. Cole Releases 'Apparently' Music Video [WATCH]

    J. Cole officially released his third artist album "2014 Forest Hills Drive" yesterday, Dec. 9. Though the album leaked last week, the full retrospective look into the "Fire Squad" is now available to all. He has released the music video for the 11th track on the album, titled "Apparently." Cole takes a more minimalistic approach to his video: Instead of bringing out nice cars and scantily dressed women, he kept with the down-to-earth and grounded theme of the album that focuses on family and his childhood, via "Complex."Cole keeps the personal theme of the album and the track in the video, rapping in front of grainy projections of home movies taken at his childhood home in Fayetteville, North Carolina, at 2014 Forest Hills Drive. It remains minimal with a small lighting fixture standing in for a chorus before Cole returns to his projector background of abstract imagery, similar to an iTunes visualizer.The first verse from "Apparently" hits home right away with Cole's theme of family and the home he grew up in:

  • Action Bronson Throws Out TV, Xbox & More Into Santa Ana Crowd Last Night [WATCH]

    Action Bronson is an eccentric man on and off the stage. Off of it, he hosts his food tasting (devouring) show with Munchies where he samples the various foods of the world while he is on the road. When Bronson is on stage performing he does not hold back -- delivering each lyric with razor sharp precision and using his large figure to create a dominating presence on stage. With the holiday season in full swing, he decided to play Santa at a show in Santa Ana, California and throw out some very nice gifts to fans in the crowd. Some of those gifts include flat screen TVs, an Xbox One and a Playstation console gaming console

  • Darude 'Sandstorm' Back in Charts Thanks to Peking Duk at Stereosonic

    Everyone has heard it. Whether or not you like electronic music or not, you know Darude "Sandstorm." For better or for worse, it has been one of the most iconic songs in electronic music since it was first released 15 years ago. "Sandstorm" has also become the butt of just about every music joke on the nether regions of the internet -- a testament to its popularity. It got over during the past ten days when Peking Duk did a sit down with Sandstorm at Stereosonic Sydney and the video of the ensuing madness with tens of thousands going wild went viral.

  • One Direction '18' Remix Previewed By Nicky Romero On Dutch TV [WATCH]

    One Direction recently went on Dutch TV to promote their new artist album 1D and after an interview with host Humberto Tan on RLT Late Night. They discuss a whole range of topics including their upcoming tour, success and Four, but also get a special surprise from Dutch DJ/producer Nicky Romero. The host had apparently asked Romero to pick out a song on the album of his liking and make a special edit of it just for show. Nicky Romero chose "18" and played the single remix for them on TV.

  • Kaskade Premieres Ridiculous 'A Little More' Video With John Dahlbäck & Sansa [WATCH]

    Kaskade, otherwise known as Ryan Raddon, has released the music video for his latest single, "A Little More," featuring a pair of Scandinavians -- producer / DJ John Dahlbäck and Finnish singer Sansa. The video finds a lone vacationer who believes he is on his way to his beloved Hawaii (as evidenced by the touristy "I Love Hawaii" shirt) ends up somewhere very, very far away from the warm and easy-going Hawaii islands. Instead his flight takes him to a cold place where people do not respond to his many "Alohas" and his attire of Hawaiian shirts and shorts leave him grossly under equipped for the weather.

  • Electric Daisy Carnival Mexico Announces 2015 Lineup Headlined by Jack Ü, Tiësto, Sasha, David Guetta and More

    Insomniac's Electric Daisy Carnival is one of the biggest dance music festival franchises in the world. The flagship festival EDC Las Vegas started in Los Angeles and has since moved to Las Vegas, but Insomniac began to grow the brand in the past five years to the East Coast, creating outposts in New York and Orlando and then spreading internationally. One of these international destinations has taken root in Mexico City, and Insomniac has announced the lineup for the second-annual edition of the festival. Habitual headliners like Tiësto, David Guetta, Laidback Luke, Dillon Francis and Sasha will all join the party, with a large cast of DJs to round out the lineup, including Diplo and Skrillex's side project Jack Ü, which Diplo announced the appearance of last month in an interview with DJ Whoo Kid.The lineup includes a variety of DJs from a wide swath of genres. Some of the acts heading to Mexico in the spring include Tommy Trash, Grum, Dubfire, Arty, GTA, Oliver Heldens, Orjan Nilsen, Claude VonStroke, Andrew Rayel and more, via "Mixmag." The festival will take place over two days, Feb. 28 to March 1. As it is in Las Vegas, EDC Mexico will be situated on a racetrack, this time closer to the city than in Las Vegas at the Autodrome Hermanos Rodriguez.

  • Have Chief Keef and Migos Squashed Their Beef?

    It would appear that the year-long beef between Chief Keef's GBE crew and Migos has been put to bed. An Instagram picture posted late last night, Dec. 8, was of him and Migos together and seemingly in good spirits. The duo have been trading jabs online through music and in real life for the better part of a year now, so it is good to see what was becoming an explosive beef is now apparently settled, via radio.com.In addition to the Chief Keef Instagram post, Migos posted the same picture on their Twitter account with the simple caption "Miglo." "Miglo" mashes together "Migos" and "Glory" from GBE, which stands for "Glory Boys Entertainment." This seems pretty definitive that they are putting past differences behind them and trying to move forward.Miglo pic.twitter.com/wn2nn6tifT — MIGOS™ (@MigosATL) December 9, 2014Even more proof of reconciliation comes from GBE member Tadoe, also featured in the other pic, who posted on his Instagram a different picture then that of Chief Keef and Migos. It is in the same place as the previous picture and shows the group members, including Migos later on in the night, still in good spirits and plenty of party supplies on hand.

  • Lorde Admits She Likes to 'Trawl the Inorganics'

    One of the biggest teen stars in the world, Lorde is about as recognizable as any major musician worldwide. At 18, however, she is barely out of high school and still in the prime of her youth. With that youth comes some odd tendencies that one might expect from a teenager regardless of whether or not they are in the spotlight 24/7. In an interview with "Stella" — the British newspaper "The Telegraph's" weekly edition — the "Royals" star reveals that she likes to go sifting through other people's trash for useful items.The interview also goes on to discuss "Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1" and her first time in contact with Jennifer Lawrence, who on the set "totally fanned out" when she saw Lorde.She also discusses how she handles her image as a teenage girl pop star and why she eschews the red carpet, but the most interesting caveat is how she takes part in a New Zealand recycling/reuse initiative where each year everyone clears out old junk they are no longer using, like cabinets, cloths, TVs, etc., and puts them out on the street for others to take.It is then shipped off to a landfill, but before that people go through other people's trash and potentially find their own treasures. One of those individuals trawling the trash is Lorde.Lorde describes her passion for going out on the hunt:"See, I'm boring because my favorite thing to do is trawl the inorganics. Do you have inorganics here?"

  • Rae Sremmurd Release 'Throw Sum Mo' Featuring Nicki Minaj & Young Thug From Sremmlife [LISTEN]

    With the release of their debut LP Sremmlife set for release in under a month on Jan. 6 via Eardruma/Interscope, Swae Lee and Slim Jimmy, known professionally as Rae Sremmurd have released the third single "Throw Sum Mo" from their debut studio effort. The "No Flex Zone" rappers tab one of the hottest artists in the world right now, "Anaconda" rapper Nicki Minaj and Young Thug to assist on the track with Mike WILL Made-It producing, as he did for the full album.

  • Jack Ü (Diplo & Skrillex) Release New Mashup 'Cinema / Get Free'

    Jack Ü have been everywhere lately. Diplo & Skrillex have taken their media tour down under to Australia and New Zealand as they do a flurry of festival shows during the hot summer months of the Southern Hemisphere. They are now giving away a new free track, albeit just a mashup, but still something free from the hard drives from two of the biggest in the genre. Jack Ü have released for free their new mashup of Skrillex's remix of Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go "Cinema" and the Andy C rendition of Major Lazer & The Dirty Projectors "Get Free."

  • New York Times Napster Documentary Illustrates How Company Changed Music Industry Forever [WATCH]

    The music industry suffered a shock it was never able to recover from when Napster opened the flood gates of peer to peer file sharing that allowed users to download music from each other's hard drives without have to pay for it. The service was eventually shut down in 2001 after three years of explosive growth up to over 70 million users, the impact it had on the music business and the psyche of the modern digital age consumer has been incalculable. A New York Times short documentary catalogs the rise and fall of Napster, from its inception in a Northeastern dorm room, to its final shuttering at the hands of record labels and US courts and the lasting impact a small start up had on consumers and music.

  • John Legend and Chrissy Teigen Hired Food Trucks for Eric Garner Protests

    Many artists have taken to social media to express their outrage at the decisions by two juries in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City to not indict two police officers in the killings of two unarmed black men: Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Some have written or repurposed songs to protest the current state of affairs in the United States between the African-American community and the police. Even a few have gone out and joined the protests themselves, like J Cole and Macklemore.But John Legend and his wife, model Chrissy Teigen, have decided to use his resources to put their money where their mouths are and fund the protests taking place in New York City, via "Billboard."In an idealistic world, protestors could subsist on camaraderie and high hopes. But in the real world, they must be given food and water in addition to any other materials that may fend off police countermeasures like an LRAD or tear gas. The couple decided to hire food trucks to head down to Union Square to give out free food before protestors headed out on their march for the night.

  • Seth Rogen Says Kanye West Rapped His Entire New Album To Him

    Rolling Stone recently say down with actor, Seth Rogan to discuss his new film "The Interview," which has caused due to its comedic portrayal of North Korea and the country's reaction to the film. The RS interview turns from current events regarding the film and asks Rogan about an odd run in he had with Kanye West. According to the interview, Seth Rogan had a chance to hear Kanye's album in full, just not as you would normally expect it.

  • Resident Advisor Releases Top 100 DJs Poll; The Anti-DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll

    When it comes to DJ polls, there are two very different opposite rankings for the top DJs in the world. The most controversial one, the DJ Mag Top 100, relies on fan voting to rank the top DJs in the world, which predictably has main stage heavyweights like Hardwell, Tiesto, Avicii, Armin van Buuren, Martin Garrix and others top the list. In a very different twist of events, Resident Advisor, a standard for underground dance music, has its own opinion on which the top DJs in the world are. German Steffan Berkhahn, label owner of Berlin based Innervisions Recordings and professionally known as Dixon, topped the poll for a second straight year, while others like Seth Troxler, Richie Hawtin, Tale Of Us and others trailed not far behind.

  • Madeon Releases 'You're On' Ft. Kyan; Reveals Album Details [REVIEW]

    Madeon's highly anticipated new single "You're On" featuring the vocals of Los Angeles based musician and singer Kyan has been released on iTunes via Sony. He was silent over the past month and a half since his latest release "Imperium," leading fans to wonder where the quiet French producer had gone. He then surprised his fans with an Instagram photo revealing the cover art for "You're On" with the release date in cryptic fashion. He previewed a short 15-second clip a few days later to give fans a short teaser of what was to come today. Now the full track is out on iTunes.

  • Jay Electronica Responds to Ferguson and Eric Garner Decisions: 'Don't Tell Me About Black-on-Black Crime'

    In light of the recent grand jury decisions in Ferguson, Missouri, and Staten Island not to indict two white police officers for the killings of two black men, protests have erupted across the United States and sporadically around the world. The issue of police brutality and mistreatment of minorities vs. whites by law enforcement is at the forefront of the nation's conscious.While some commentators have steered the commentary toward black-on-black crime and the violence in poor urban neighborhoods, New Orleans native Jay Electronica wholeheartedly disagrees with this notion, saying among other things in a series of tweets that "We live in a criminal nation, founded by rapists, mass murderers and robbers. So don't tell me about 'black on black' crime."Read the expletive-laden series of tweets below, via "Pigeons and Planes."

  • Trey Songz Covers Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas' [LISTEN]

    It has been 20 years since Mariah Carey's iconic "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was released — can you believe it? — and the song still has not gotten old. It has been covered and remixed by everyone from Shania Twain to Michael Bublé to Lady Antebellum to the "Glee" cast. Now, R&B crooner Trey Songz is feeling festive and has decided to do an official cover for "All I Want for Christmas."Trey Songz keeps the original spirit of Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff's work, but adds his own upbeat feel to the track that will have fans snapping along to his catchy rework, via missinfo.tv. The cover is available for download on iTunes via Atlantic Recordings. He has been working primarily alongside his new partner in crime Chris Brown, but on this cover he flies solo to provide his fans with a jovial new Christmas cover for their holiday playlists.

  • Miley Cyrus Performs New Song 'The Twinkle Song' at Art Basel [WATCH]

    Art Basel was not just a time for studio artists to show off their pieces. It was also a week for performance artists and musicians like Drake to show off their wild side for the sake of art and step outside their normal comfort zone. This is a perfect breeding ground for someone like the eccentric Miley Cyrus to perform a new song called "The Twinkle Song" she just wrote about her friend's just-deceased cat, via "Billboard."Cyrus stands on stage in a sparkling silver and purple wig and a silver, trimmed-down leotard performing the song for the first time outside of her own living room."I've never played by myself on a stage before and you've never played a song that I've only played in my living room before, so I'm a little nervous," Cyrus explained.Before sitting down in front of the piano on stage, she explained the inspiration behind the song. She had been having dreams about her friend's cat dying the night it did tragically died. She said, "I feel like her cat kind of told me what I was supposed to say to get her through it ... It was more therapy to me than anything."

  • Grammy-Nominated ZHU Does First-Ever In-Studio Interview with Triple J [LISTEN]

    One of the most mysterious artists in the world, ZHU just had his first in-studio interview in Australia on "Triple J" in the morning. Joining the Stereosonic tour across Australia, Steven Zhu, better known as the Los Angeles-based producer ZHU, stopped in somewhere near the Triple J studios to chat with the Matt & Alex on "Triple J" breakfast.The "Faded" producer has kept his identity shrouded in mystery and even went so far as to do the interview in another room away from interviewers Matt & Alex. The interview focuses on the ZHU image and how he is able to stay anonymous, the reasoning behind it and his music.

  • Ludacris Previews John Legend Collab 'In My Life'; Quincy Jones Approves [LISTEN]

    Ludacris is just more than a week away until the release of his upcoming EP "Burning Bridges" and has taken to Instagram to preview some new material from the EP. A long time coming from the Atlanta rapper, Ludacris gets set to drop a new EP ahead of his upcoming album "Ludaversal," slated for release March 31.In a series of six Instagram clips, Christopher Bridges — hence the name Burning Bridges — better known as Ludacris, teases "In My Life" in two different settings. The first is Luda sitting in a room alongside John Legend, playing the instrumental that sounds like a throwback Timbaland beat, before putting Ludacris apparently in the home of Quincy Jones to play the jazz legend a section of "In My Life" that mentions Jones.

  • Drake Plays Surprise DJ Set at Art Basel Miami

    Art Basel week is a week of Art expositions in various forms from the abstract modern to the more traditional, but it is also an opportunity for the rich and famous to party together in Miami. Those who clamor down to the white Miami beaches range from famous pop stars of all types to TV celebrities and everyone in between. Many of them make guest appearances at parties throughout the city and proceed to become the life of the party. Drake made an appearance at the final night of PPP Muzik Mansion three-night bender of parties on the shore and hopped on the decks for a surprise DJ set.

  • Are Selena Gomez and Zedd Making Music Together?

    Selena Gomez confirmed earlier in the week that she was in the studio recording the follow-up to her 2014 greatest hits album "For You." The "The Heart Wants What It Wants" singer wrote she would be recording for the next four months, even in hotel rooms, via "Billboard." The former Disney star posted a few more pictures on her Instagram of her in the studio with various producers and songwriters, including German hit producer Zedd.Though the post is not definitive for a collaboration, it shows them meeting in a studio. This could have just been a chance encounter in a Los Angeles studio, but with Selena Gomez recording a new album right now, it would make sense for these two hit makers to create something together.

  • Diplo and Skrillex (Jack Ü), RL Grime, What So Not and Carmada Take Over Triple J Mix-Up [LISTEN]

    Last night, Australian radio might have gotten its biggest collection of mixes ever on air. With the Stereosonic tour in its final weekend, Aussie radio station Triple J was able to tab four of the biggest touring artists — Skrillex, Diplo, RL Grime and What So Not — along with local up-and-coming act Carmada to join the program to spin a back-to-back-to-back-to-back, three-hour mix. The first 80 minutes saw Skrillex and Diplo take over the decks live as Jack Ü before turning over to a short session from Carmada. RL Grime took over the airwaves next with the aid of Skrillex and their airtime spilled over into What So Not's mix in the last hour of the show.Diplo and Skrillex were just on Triple J the day before to discuss their Jack Ü project and what they had coming up when they mentioned this mix. They said they had no idea what they were going to play, yet they still deliver another outstanding frenetic mix filled with tunes from each artist, their labels and some exclusives as well, via "Dancing Astronaut."

  • Above & Beyond Debut 'All Over the World' with Pete Tong on BBC Radio One [LISTEN]

    As Above & Beyond ready their upcoming album "We Are All We Need," the U.K. trance super-trio are dishing out radio premieres of new singles from themselves. Calling upon MBE BBC Radio One legend Pete Tong, Jono, Paavo & Tony premiered their often-requested ID "All Over the World" from their Madison Square Garden show, featuring the vocals from newfound vocal collaborator Alex Vargas.Set to be their next single, "All Over the World" has the anthemic stylings of their previous single "Blue Sky Action" and continues their shift toward more club- and larger-room-oriented tracks.

  • Kaskade Launches New Label Arkade

    American dance music icon Ryan Raddon, better known as Kaskade has launched his own label Arkade. He launched the label with his own single "A Little More" alongside Swedish DJ / producer John Dahlbäck and Finnish songstress Sansa. He recently released the single "I Just Want You" from his first newly signed talent, Fairchild, signaling a shift away from his own music and towards fostering the growth of other artists. Now Kaskade has penned a note on Tumblr to we give us a fuller picture of what the "Atmosphere" producer is looking to do with his label as a creative outlet for himself and for new talent
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