• Drake, Blake Shelton, Wiz Khalifa and More Read Mean Tweets on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

    "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" aired its second installment of Mean Tweets Music Edition last night, Feb. 2, and it was pretty brutal. Twitter users hurled their best insults at artists like Wiz Khalifa, Drake and Blake Shelton. Also included in the segment were Katy Perry, Josh Groban and 5 Seconds of Summer. As always, the segment provided plenty of laughs at the expense of the celebrities.

  • Dame Dash Discusses Jay Z Vs. Funkmaster Flex Beef: HOV Too Corporate to Respond

    The Jay Z-Funkmaster Flex beef has cooled off somewhat, but that does not mean it has gone away entirely. There were some pretty serious accusations thrown out there by Funkmaster Flex, including that Jay Z does not let anybody play Dipset at the 40/40 Club and HOV had used an interview for his website "lifeandtimes.com" as a rouse to try and get information on building an app. Jay has not commented on the situation yet and probably will not for some time, if ever, as his former manager and business partner Dame Dash discussed the situation in a recent interview, saying that Jay was too corporate to respond.

  • Kanye West Receives Visionary Award at BET Honors, Jokes About Kim Kardashian During Speech [WATCH]

    Kanye West received the Visionary Award last night (Jan. 24) at this year's BET Honors ceremony. Dame Dash, who had some words for Yeezy back in July, introduced the rapper and presented him with the award. There was no bad blood to be had at the event and West accepted the award with a dynamite speech. Jay Z, Common, Kendrick Lamar and West's wife, Kim Kardashian, paid tribute to the artist in a video montage.

  • ESPN Counts Every Jay Z Athlete Shout Out; Michael Easily Dominates Competition...As Always (Kudos to Bo Outlaw)

    No genre incorporates pop culture as much as hip-hop and few genres of music embrace professional sports as much as hip-hop (shout out to '90s rockers representing Seattle and Los Angeles). Few rappers have catalogues as deep as Jay Z's, so ESPN decided to track down every reference made to an athlete across Jay's discography and graphed it out for viewers. No surprise that Michael Jordan is the most popular topic.

  • Jay Z Is Not Buying Hot 97: Funkmaster Flex Introduces Show On 'Hov 97'

    The rumor mill ran off the tracks the past few days with speculation that Jay Z joined a group of investors that included Carmelo Anthony (what else is he going to do now that the Knicks are so bad) to buy major New York City hip-hop radio station Hot 97 from its parent, Emmis Communications after he was attacked on air by popular and influential host and DJ Funkmaster Flex. This rumor, which came from homophobic gossip blog MediaTakeOut.com who vehemently defended their "rock solid source," has proven to be very false. We reached out for comment and a spokesperson for Emmis Communications, Kate Snedeker denied the story, stating plainly, "it is false."

  • Jon Stewart Rips Mike Huckabee Over Beyoncé Comments in New Book on 'The Daily Show' [WATCH]

    Jon Stewart went at it with former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on "The Daily Show" last night, Jan. 19. The discussion, which touched on the differences in city and country culture as well as Beyoncé, never got heated and was an extremely enjoyable seven minutes of television. Stewart, as always, was respectful and deliberate during his chat with the Fox News personality.

  • The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Announce New Album 'Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015,' Share Lead Single "Do The Get Down" [LISTEN]

    New York punk trio The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion have announced a new album titled Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015 (that's the cover up above), and have shared a music video for the album's lead single "Do The Get Down," which you can check out below. According to Pitchfork, the album is set for release on March 24 through Mom + Pop, and is a concept album about New York City, "a chronicle of grit and terror and love."

  • Is Jay-Z Trying to Buy Hot 97 After Funkmaster Flex Beef?

    Things are not well in the New York hip-hop family. Two of the biggest players in the community, Jay-Z and Funkmaster Flex, are at odds over actions reportedly taken by people at Jay-Z's site "Life + Times." There appears to be more at stake here, though. According to a report on "mediatakeout.com," citing a "rock-solid source," Jay-Z is a part of a group of investors that includes New York Knicks basketball star Carmelo Anthony who are currently in negotiations to buy Hot 97. According to the site, both sides are serious about getting the deal done. Hot 97 is the radio station where Funkmaster Flex has his own radio show.

  • Funkmaster Flex Verbally Attacks Jay-Z on Hot 97 — Twice

    Funkmaster Flex is not happy with Jay-Z. Fed up with recent misconduct revolving around Jay's Life+Times website, Flex has now ripped into the Brooklyn rapper twice on Hot 97 this week.The problem stems from an interview Flex did with L+T about an app he designed. Flex claims that one of Jay's reporters asked several questions about said app but did not use any of the material.Later, Jay released a similar app, which obviously ticked Flex off.Skip ahead to Jan. 15 when an L+T reporter emailed Flex requesting an interview about a Dipset reunion. That was when he decided to hop on Hot 97 and sound off.
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