• Jay Z, TIDAL Allegedly Not Artist Friendly According to New Lawsuit

    Despite advertising just how artist friendly the streaming music service TIDAL is, a new lawsuit alleges the exact opposite. Jay Z and his Spotify competitor are being sued by music publishing company Yesh Music, LLC and The American Dollar band member John Emanuele for unlawfully streaming the band's tracks, which were all under copyright. If this lawsuit goes to trial, the main selling point of TIDAL would be highly contested.

  • Rihanna's 'ANTI' Album Goes Platinum Thanks to Advance Purchases

    Rihanna's new album, 'ANTI,' has already officially gone platinum thanks to advance purchases! RIAA has deemed the album a certified platinum album since Samsung purchased one million copies of the album in advance. Samsung purchased those copies so they could give them away for free to Samsung phone holders.

  • Jay Z Lawsuit Rumors: Tidal Mogul Sued by Fragrance Company Over Barneys Cologne Promotions?

    If you don't remember Jay Z's cologne that was released with Barneys three years ago called GOLD JAY Z, you might agree with a lawsuit claiming that Mr. Beyoncé did not promote the product enough. The company that produced the fragrance, Perfumania Holdings Inc., is allegedly suing Jay Z, real name Shawn Carter, for $18 million due to a huge drop in product revenue last year.

  • Rapper Fabolous Uses Photos to Address President Obama’s Impact on Hip-Hop

    As President Obama finishes up the last few months of his historical time in office, many look to the future and wonder who will be the next leader of the free world, while others look to the past eight years and Obama's time in office. One such person is rapper Fabolous, who has dedicated his last few Instagram posts to the man that he insists has been the only president in history to embrace the hip-hop culture and champion the artists who create music for the masses.

  • HBO Spotlights J.Cole's 2014 Tour With 'Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming'

    Rapper J. Cole went on tour in 2014, and thanks to HBO, fans got a firsthand look at where the "Crooked Smile" lyricist was born and bred. J. Cole "Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming" is a 90-minute special that shows us around Cole's hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina, filmed during the rapper's stop there while on tour promoting his third studio album, '2014 Forest Hills Drive.'

  • L.A. Reid Talks New Memoir and How He Almost Underestimated Rihanna

    Epic Records chairman and CEO L.A. Reid's upcoming memoir, "Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who's Next," is sure to have tons of juicy bits about the world that Reid has existed in and helped curate for the past almost 50 years. According to the description, the memoir promises to depict the record exec's "struggles, his success and the celebrated artists that made him a legend." One such artist is Rihanna, the young girl with the "laser eyes" that he met through Jay Z when she was 17 years old. Reid was the chairman of Island Def Jam at the time.
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