• The 7 Highest Music Incomes of The Last 5 Years; Dr. Dre, One Direction and More

    Forbes released its annual Celebrity 100 list this week, a feature that ranks celebrities of all stripes—music, film, sports—by how socially active they are and how much they bring in. Although a number of factors add up to the final ranking, we all know that net worth is the most interesting aspect of the chart. This year's musical champ was Katy Perry, who brought in $135 million over the last 12 months, trailing only boxers Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao overall. Music Times is looking back over the last five years and finding out what seven musicians had the biggest paydays during that span.

  • Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris top Jay Z and Beyoncé for Highest-Paid Couples

    Forbes is shaking up its annual Celebrity 100 list, which lists the wealthiest members of the entertainment industry, shifting it so that participants are ranked by their annual income only, and not their net worths. Three couples managed to land both members in the Top 100, and all three were musical beaus: Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris, Jay Z and Beyoncé, as well as Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert.

  • Sean Hannity: Why Can You Buy Rap Albums, Not The Confederate Flag

    Sean Hannity, infamous radio host and TV presenter during the opinion hour of Fox News and radio decided to add his two cents to the recent debate about whether or not it was right for state governments to have the confederate flag fly above their capitol buildings.

  • Lil Wayne's 'Deal' with Jay Z Just TIDAL Promotion; No Roc-A-Fella

    Lil Wayne announced over the weekend that he had "signed a deal" with Jay Z, which had many predicting that Weezy's next chapter would be with Roc-A-Fella Records, once the current Cash Money lawsuit fiasco blows over. Alas, the rapper's manager clarified the comments on Sunday, noting that Wayne had signed a deal with Jay's TIDAL streaming service...in other words, something the world already knew.

  • Lil Wayne Announces Deal With Jay Z Following Cash Money Lawsuit

    For the past several months, publically the lawsuit between Birdman's Cash Money Records and Lil Wayne has been pretty quiet beyond a some sparing of words. However last night we may have seen a major development in what has been a very toxic situation for Weezy's career. Last night at legacy Bay Area hip-hop radio station 106 KMEL's annual Summer Jam, Lil Wayne performed and during his set he took the time to make a very special career-related announcement. Details are very scarce, but according to an Instagram video from the night, Weezy announced to the crowd that he had signed a deal with Jay Z, more specifically saying "I just signed a deal with my motherf*ckin idol Jay Z."

  • Hot 97's Summer Jam 2015: Trey Songz, Wiz Khalifa, Dej Loaf, Ty Dolla $ign & Omarion Take Over MetLife Stadium [PHOTOS]

    With little sunlight left in the sky, Omarion opened Hot 97's annual concert Summer Jam around 6:30 p.m. and as a spotty crowd arrive, the former B2K member- turned-Love and Hip Hop Hollywood reality star warmed the crowd up to his old and new hits with MMG. Although, still mellow, the crowd quickly turned their moods way up once he began performing "Post To Be" and decided to play Jhene Aiko's verse just for his female fans, who burst out her signature line, "Eat the booty like groceries" before ending his set with his newest single, "I'm that N*gga."

  • Jay Z's Made in America Festival Leaves L.A. for NYC in 2015

    Music fans in Los Angeles are going to have to travel quite some way if they want to go to Jay Z's Made in America festival this year. Though in 2014, the Budweiser-sponsored concert series went bi-coastal, for its fourth year, Made in America is scrapping its L.A. date and heading to Hova's hometown of New York City for some free shows.

  • Glastonbury Organizer Emily Eavis Recieved Death Threats After Kanye West Booking

    Glastonbury took a lot of flack from a group of rock loving, hip-hop hating fans when the world famous festival decided to book Kanye West as one of the headliners on the Pyramid stage. Within the first 48 hours, over 50,000 people signed a petition to have the "All Day" rapper replaced by a rock headliner. To date, over 134,000 people have signed that petition. However, the anger at the booking was not just reserved to a change.com petition, it apparently went much further then that. According to Glastonbury organizer, Emily Eavis, who has been the most vocal defender of the booking and supporter of Kanye West from the festival, she has received death threats because of it.

  • The Charts and Afghanistan 2001: Alicia Keys, Jay Z and Nickelback

    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. It features the rise of Alicia Keys, Jay Z and Nickelback.

  • Jamie xx Reportedly Doesn't Clear Persuasions Sample...Except He Totally Did

    In an age where similarities between songs can be the cause of multimillion-dollar lawsuits, you better make damn sure you get your samples cleared. The most recent case of alleged, or at least suggested, foul play was Jamie xx's "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)," which features a prominent sample of The Persuasions' 1972 hit "Good Times." Last week band member/manager Jimmy Hayes stated that the sample hadn't been cleared...but he was wrong.
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