• Did A McDonald's Employee Replace Happy Meal Toys with His Mixtape?

    A McDonald's employee in Chicago has reportedly been fired when it was found that he was replacing the toys in Happy Meals with copies of his mixtape. Music Times places extra emphasis on "reported" because the story hasn't appeared on too many reputable news organizations, although the hilarity behind it would certainly justify one. Regardless, it ended up on Power 105's blog and that's good enough for us.

  • Nielsen Reports Album Sales Down...Unless You're Taylor Swift or Drake

    Nielsen has released its midyear music sales report and things are looking about how you'd expect: Streaming is way up, overall album sales are down, and the vinyl trend continues. Taylor Swift and Drake are among the few performers that can feel good about moving entire albums at this point.

  • Diddy Not Facing Felony Charges from Attack on Son's UCLA Football Coach

    Sean "Diddy" Combs, the head of Bad Boy Entertainment, won't face felony charges stemming from his attack on a UCLA football coach two weeks ago. The Los Angeles County District Attorney has rejected the case. The former emcee was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of making terrorist threats and one count of battery.

  • Producer Destroyed Demos for Amy Winehouse 'Back To Black' Follow-Up

    The new documentary shining light on the life of Amy Winehouse has generated both raves and controversy, but there's at least one bit of news that nearly everyone can agree is good: The final demos that the vocalist created before her death have been destroyed, ensuring that Drake won't come along and try to release them.

  • Meek Mill Releases Album 'Dreams Worth More Than Money'

    Meek Mill has released his long-anticipated album Dreams Worth More Than Money today. The 14-track LP features some previously released singles like "All Eyes On You" with Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj and "Check." An album with this much hype is bound to have some big name features and Mill delivers with names like Drake, The Weeknd, Rick Ross, Diddy and his boo Nicki Minaj.

  • Dr. Dre, Elton John, Drake and More Performers Hosting Beats 1 Radio Shows

    Beats 1 Radio will be launching next week and Apple Music has already announced a slew of celebrity musicians who will host weekly radio segments on the service, including Dr. Dre, Elton John, Drake, Pharrell Williams, St. Vincent, Disclosure, Josh Homme (of Queens of The Stone Age) and Jaden Smith. Former BBC DJ Zane Lowe will be among the more experienced MC's working on the service, along with Ebro Darden of New York's Hot 97 radio station.

  • Tyga Surprise-Drops New Album; Lil Wayne Guests, Kylie Doesn't [LISTEN]

    Tyga became the latest rapper to drop an album by surprise, but we have to wonder if The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty is meant to remind people that he's an emcee...and not just Kylie Jenner's boyfriend. The drop came on June 23 and the album can currently be heard on Spotify exclusively.

  • Drake, Nicki Minaj Reportedly Leaving YMCMB Due To Birdman Says Lil Wayne

    The saga between Lil Wayne and Birdman had gone cold in recent weeks, but there appears to be a fresh development in the lawsuit that is tearing apart the hip-hop powerhouse label that has been so influential over the past two decades. According to new documents filed by Weezy, obtained by TMZ, the "Sorry For The Wait 2" rapper is claiming that Drake and Nicki Minaj are about to leave YMCMB as a result of Birdman's mismanagement of the label.
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