• Beats Pill XL Recalled by Apple as Potential Burn and Fire Hazard

    Apple seems to have inherited a problematic piece of machinery, as it issued a recall for Beats Pill XL speakers after it was reported that the audio equipment could potentially cause burns and fire hazards. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission cited eight cases where the battery of a Pill overheated, in some cases causing burns to the user and in other cases damaging the surface it was laying upon.

  • The Charts and The Gulf War: Mariah Carey, MC Hammer and Aerosmith

    Memorial Day 2015 bears a special significance for two reasons: More importantly, it's the first time in 14 years that the holiday has been celebrated with no American troops involved in a "major ground war," and it's also the 25th anniversary of the first invasion of Iraq during the Gulf War. We at Music Times can do little but throw out our thanks to those who have served and those who currently serve in the United States military, but we wanted to check out what the Billboard charts looked like on both dates, August 2, 1991 and October 7, 2001, the dates when Americans last became embroiled in foreign combat.

  • Jay Z, Diddy & Dr. Dre Top Forbes Hip-Hop Cash Kings List: Who Rounds Out Top 5?

    Forbes has unveiled its cash kings list for the richest men in hip-hop and the numbers continue to grow at a remarkable rate. Dr. Dre clocked in as the wealthiest man in the genre last year when word began to spread about the sale of Beats to Apple for a whopping $3.2 billion. That number was later revised down to $3 billion and he went on to declare he was hip-hop's first billionaire. However, with his 25% stake in the company and after taxes, he "only" accrued a $500 million windfall. That left the door open for a rise in revenue from 2014's second place artist, Diddy, who has risen to the number one spot in the 2015 hip-hop cash kings list. Jay Z, 50 Cent and Cash Money's Birdman round out the rest of the list.

  • Bryan Price: Lil Jon, Eminem, Dr. Dre and 5 Other Rappers Try to Outcurse Cincinnati Reds Manager

    Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price was having a bad week and he let the world know it by dropping the f-bomb 77 times during an epic rant on Monday afternoon. The rant was around 5:30 long, which comes out to about 14 f*cks a minute. Compare that with 50 Cent's early track "F*ck You," which comes in at about 14.25 f*cks a minute. Here's how Price's rant compares to the most profane hip-hop songs of all time, from Eminem to Dr. Dre and Lil Jon.

  • 5 Surprising Hip-Hop Ghostwriters: Will Smith, Dr. Dre and Jim Jones Had Curious Helpers with These Hits

    The hot news in hip-hop today is the rumor that Compton rapper Skeme may have ghostwritten songs for Iggy Azalea, including "Fancy," the no. 4 song of 2014. This news probably surprises no one, despite denials from the performer herself and mentor T.I. that anyone else had a hand in crafting her hits. And if anyone is that shocked or appalled by the news...perhaps they should check out the history of hip-hop. You'll be surprised at how many songs are actually written by the least likely of performers. Here are just a few examples.

  • Kanye West, Dr. Dre, Timbaland Producing The Game's 'The Documentary 2'; Album Due Out This Summer

    The Game offered a few details about his upcoming album 'The Documentary 2' yesterday, March 11, on Power 106's 'The Cruz Show.' The rapper said he is about 90 percent done with the effort, which is due out sometime this summer. Producers for the album include Kanye West, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz as well as Dr. Dre, who The Game is waiting for to get back from vacation to finish the album.

  • 50 Cent Claims Suge Knight Wanted to Kill Dr. Dre in the 1990s to Keep Tupac Shakur on Death Row Records

    So 50 Cent stopped by 'The Breakfast Club' earlier this week to talk about everything G-Unit, but the conversation ended up shifting a bit. The rapper shed some light on his strained relationship with Dr. Dre, saying he no longer considers himself friends with the Beats Electronics co-founder. He also shared a story about Suge Knight from the 1990s. The "In Da Club" rapper explained that when there were rumblings of Tupac Shakur wanting to leave Death Row Records, Knight started to think about how he could get more money for the iconic artist to stay, 'HipHopDX' noted. Like kill him.

  • Watch Eminem 'Not Afraid: The Shady Records Story' Documentary Featuring Dr. Dre, 50 Cent and Others

    2014 marked the 15th anniversary of Eminem's label Shady Records. Eminem and his longtime manager Paul Rosenberg celebrated the milestone with the release of the compilation 'Shady XV' that features the likes of 50 Cent, Yelawolf, Royce Da 5'9" and others. Now 'Complex' has created a 32-minute documentary -- 'Not Afraid: The Shady Records Story' -- on the history of the label, from its inception until what it has become today, from its glory days in the early 2000s to its more scaled back form today with artists like Yelawolf, Slaughterhouse and Royce Da 5'9" on the roster. The film sits with a variety of guests who have been crucial to the development of the label and Eminem as an artist over this career, notably Rosenberg, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, whose album 'Get Rich or Die Trying' was released through Shady Records.
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