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  • Pusha T Explains Why He Told Lil Wayne to Join G.O.O.D. Music: Says Cash Money Rapper Should Collab with Kanye West

    Despite his past beef with the Cash Money rapper, Pusha T invited Lil Wayne to join G.O.O.D. Music after the "Believe Me" rhymer took to Twitter to express his dismay with the label. During a recent interview, Push explained the gesture and suggested Wayne should work with Kanye West.The folks at "GQ" caught up with Pusha T to discuss his collaboration with Adidas when Lil'Wayne's name was thrown into the mix. He was asked if he actually wanted Wayne to join the label, and he offered up an interesting response."I don't know. I just like the fact that I'm a prophet because of my song 'Exodus,'" he said.Released in 2012, Push uses the track to throw shade and mocks what he calls the New Orleans rapper's career self-sabotage:"It came out two years ago! People should just call me 'The Prophet.' You know what? Wayne on G.O.O.D. Music ... Well 'Ye actually likes Wayne, so they could probably make some good music together. But who knows."

  • 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 Doesn't Disappoint With New Album '2014 Forest Hills Drive,' May Have Biggest Hip-Hop Sales Week [ROUND-UP REVIEW]

    Last month, J. Cole officially announced the iTunes preorder for his "2014 Forest Hills Drive" album and fans had been anticipating its release ever since. The album ended up leaking before its official release and fans contemplated whether or not to listen early. Buzz surrounding a track called "Fire Squad," where Cole calls out Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Macklemore and Iggy Azalea for appropriating black culture, made the album hard to resist. Whether fans decided to take a listen early or wait for the official drop, all can agree the North Carolina rapper did not disappoint. It has been reported that the album may have the biggest hip-hop sales week of the year.

  • Popular Atlanta Strip Club DJ Arrested for Hiring Best Friend to Murder his Wife

    A popular Atlanta strip club DJ has been arrested for hiring his best friend to murder his wife. Andre Jason Pugh, known as DJ Awesome throughout the city and at Oynx adult entertainment venue, has been charged in a murder-for-hire plot. Pugh allegedly hired his childhood friend, Adrian Harley, to kill his wife and then make it look like an attempted robbery-gone-wrong.

  • Cam Newton Car Accident: Panthers Quarterback Rolled Over, Teammates Tweet Support

    Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was involved in a two-car wreck in Charlotte, North Carolina, Tuesday morning, Dec. 9, when his large Dodge truck collided with a Buick sedan, according to the Charlotte Observer.From the report: Newton, lying prone in black workout clothes, was treated on a sidewalk along the bridge for at least 20 minutes before a Medic ambulance took him away.A witness told the Observer that Newton was “in pain,” while a newer report from ESPN's Ed Werder says that the 25-year-old did not suffer any major injuries, only bruises and scrapes.Here are a couple post-incident photos, via Getty:Teammates and players from around the league shared their support for Newton on Twitter:

  • John Coltrane Documentary Coming from 'The U.S. Vs. John Lennon' Director

    Once you tackle John Lennon and Brian Wilson's lives in documentary films, it is tough to find subjects as interesting or important. But director/writer/producer John Scheinfeld ("The U.S. Vs. John Lennon," "Beautiful Dreamer") has been working on a new project featuring John Coltrane, the legendary saxophonist who died in 1967."He was an artist whose work resonated with fans from all walks of life — the architect Frank Gehry, Clint Eastwood, Bono, Philip Glass, Alicia Keys, Bill Clinton — and that fascinated me. What is it about this music that touches people so deeply?" Scheinfeld said, via "The Hollywood Reporter."The director's goal was not to glorify Coltrane, but to humanize him.

  • Nicki Minaj, NBA Star John Wall Pay Tribute to 6-Year-Old Fan Miyah

    Miyah Telemaque-Nelson, 6, died Monday, Dec. 8, after a lengthy battle with cancer, and her death made ripples in the pop world and the sports community. The young girl had befriended Nicki Minaj and Washington Wizards star John Wall over the past year.“I can't believe this little angel is gone,” Minaj wrote on Instagram. “When I met her she was recovering. Sending love to her mother and family and John. This is heartbreaking. She was so full of life. #RIPMiyah”NBA standout Wall had also spent a lot of time with the young girl. He’d been writing her name on his shoes all season and spoken to her via FaceTime just two weeks ago, according to CSN Washington. A moment of silence was held for Telemaque-Nelson before the Wizards’s game against the Boston Celtics Monday night, and Wall wrote “RIP Miyah” on his sneakers.

  • J. Cole Talks Rough Childhood On '2014 Forest Hills Drive'

    Rap heads know the story of 2014 Forest Drive by now. It's the house J. Cole grew up in as a teenager in Fayetteville, N.C., and the one he just re-purchased this summer. But the 29-year-old rapper recently offered up some interesting new details from his upbringing.

  • J. Cole Eminem Diss: Trick Trick Responds To 'Fire Squad'

    It was the diss heard 'round the rap community last week when J. Cole's "Fire Squad" leaked to the public. The new cut calls out Justin Timberlake, Iggy Azalea, Eminem and Macklemore for making careers in primarily black genres.

  • 2015 Rise Above Fest Will Feature Seether, Godsmack, Slash, More to Promote Suicide Awareness

    Next May will mark the third edition of Seether's Rise Above Fest, which raises money for suicide awareness. The first two go-rounds were solid — the group raised roughly $70,000 total for the cause — but this spring is sure to be the biggest spectacle yet in Bangor, Maine.The group has already recruited Godsmack, Slash and Papa Roach, among others."It seems to be picking up a lot more steam, to a point where it's certainly bigger than we were thinking it was ever going to become," Seether's Shaun Morgan told "Billboard."The site reports Morgan was inspired to start the festival after his brother succumbed to depression and committed suicide in 2007."I think there's going to be a lot more turnout, even, just judging by the bands who are going to be on the bill," Morgan said. "They're certainly of a very high caliber and a very high standard — not that the ones before weren't, but we're getting big names involved now, so that's really kind of exciting."

  • The Killers, Jimmy Kimmel Discuss Secrets of Viral Christmas Hit 'Joel the Lump of Coal'

    The Killers have been doing Christmas songs for nine years, but none of them have captivated the nation quite like "Joel the Lump of Coal," their newly released Christmas anthem co-written by Jimmy Kimmel. Apparently, the late-night host is longtime pals with Killers singer Brandon Flowers, and two recently sat down with "Entertainment Weekly" to discuss their new hit."I don't know if Brandon even knew this, but I wrote a lot of Christmas songs when I worked at KROQ, the radio station here in Los Angeles," Kimmel said. "So I was very excited when Brandon called and asked if I wanted to be involved in directing the video for it. I said I'd really like to help write the song, and then we talked about what we would do, and we wanted to write something that was kind of like 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,' and we just happened upon a lump of coal named Joel."The song is a lengthy tale about — you guessed it — a lump of coal named Joel who lives at the North Pole with Santa Claus. The little piece of anthracite becomes horrified when he realizes he is going to a naughty kid's house, but everything turns out OK in the end.

  • John Fogerty Responds to CCR Lawsuit, Still Playing 'All My Songs'

    The John Fogerty/Creedence Clearwater Revisited legal battle took another turn Tuesday morning, Dec. 9, when Fogerty released a press statement denouncing his former bandmates's intentions to thwart him of CCR-related glory.On Monday, Dec. 8, we reported that, for the first time in the nearly 20-year lawsuit history between the two parties, Fogerty was the one being sued.A new suit by drummer Douglas Clifford, bassist Stuart Cook and late rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty's wife Patricia is seeking financial punishment for Fogerty, who has been allegedly besmirching the group's Creedence Clearwater Revisited name and advertising his own shows with the CCR label despite contractually agreeing not to.Here was Fogerty's full response Tuesday, via radio.com:"I was driving my daughter to school yesterday and I was surprised to learn I was being sued by my former band mates who call themselves Creedence Clearwater Revisited."The people who come to my shows know they will hear me sing and play the songs I wrote and recorded over the past four decades of my career. Every night we play live, I'm thrilled to see all of those fans singing along to the songs that have touched them. I am at a wonderful place in my life. I am playing the music that I love and wrote, with full joy and having my son Shane joining along side of me-it doesn't get much better than that."No lawyers, lawsuits, or angry ex-band members will stop me ever again from singing my songs. I am going to continue to tour and play all my songs every single night I am out on the road."Rockin' all over the world!"John Fogerty"

  • Jake Owen Cut His Hair Because His Mom Told Him To

    Jake Owen is the cool, beach-country guy with the cool songs and the cool guitars and all that stuff. But you know what is not cool anymore? His hair. The 33-year-old's scalp recently got the respite it sorely needed after years of hauling Owen's wildebeest mane around."I don't even know what the back looks like!" he told KMLE after getting a haircut. "I'll tell you what the weirdest thing for me is, is seeing my neck. I've never seen that before, you know?"At first, Owen blamed the cut on his significant other."I don't know, man," Owen said. "My wife, she wanted a different man."But it did not take him long to reveal the truth."It gets long, and my mom's always like, 'You need to cut your hair,'" Owen said. "It wasn't like I was going to trim it, I was going to just drastically do it."Perhaps the move was also made as part of Owen's recent commitment to be more badass.

  • Johnny Marr Cancels Remainder of U.S. Tour Dates Due to Family Illness

    Johnny Marr rarely misses shows — as evidenced earlier this year when he played a round of gigs with a broken hand — but one of his close family members has been stricken with an illness, so Marr regretfully informed fans that he would be canceling 10 forthcoming shows."I'm really disappointed to not be able to play the shows," he said in a Facebook post. "The touring has been so enjoyable for me and the band and the audiences have been great everywhere. If it was about just me being unwell I would've found a way to continue as I did when I broke my hand earlier in the year, but to not be there for one of my family is not right. Thank you to everyone for the kind messages. See you soon. Johnny. x"The page notes that tickets can be refunded at the point of purchase and Marr will work to reschedule.

  • Joanna Newsom Working on New Album, Discusses Ferguson and New York

    Joanna Newsom is not someone who can be easily placed categorically, but we will give it a shot. The Californian folk singer/songwriter/harpist/actress is in Paul Thomas Anderson's forthcoming film "Inherent Vice," but she recently told Dazed she is working on fresh tunes."I'm working on something new — I should hopefully have a little more news soon," Newsom said, via Stereogum. "I've been working hard for a lot of those five years on a new idea.""Vice" is a 1970s-set picture that deals with race issues, and Newsom used it as a bridge to current events."I think the film drums up a sense that dark forces are at work behind the scenes, and that's a fear that many people I know struggle with, particularly in the States right now," she said. "There's an incredible sense of — at the risk of sounding melodramatic — a conspiracy. I mean, right now, what's happening in Ferguson and in New York is terrible: terrible cases of cops murdering people and getting away with it. The words 'civil rights violation' come up a lot in this film, and I think that that applies more today than it has for decades."
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