Bobby Ray a.k.a. B.o.B links up with 2 Chainz a.k.a. Tity Boi for his next single titled "Headband." The track is produced by hot beat maker of the moment DJ Mustard. Full song coming soon.
Funkmaster Flex went all out on his new mixtape, Who You Mad At? Me Or Yourself? The popular Hot 97 DJ recruited some of the hottest rappers in the game for this project.
Lloyd Banks, Slaughterhouse, Fabolous, The Lox, Uncle Murda, Childish Gambino, Action Bronson, A$AP Rocky, Busta Rhymes, Future, J. Cole, Cam'Ron, Lil Wayne, Maino, Troy Ave, Mac Miller, Joey Bada$$, Young Jeezy, 2 Chainz, Juicy J, Lil Reese, Ne-Yo, Swizz Beatz and many more contributed songs
Lloyd Banks a.k.a. The Punch Line King contributes one of the hottest tracks to Funkmaster Flex's new mixtape, Who You Mad At? Me Or Yourself? The G-Unit emcee teams with producer Stoopid Beats for "Get Involved"
XXL Freshman Class member Logic is looking to make 2013 the year he makes his mark. The Baltimore, Maryland emcee just signed a deal with Def Jam Records.
Before his major label debut drops, Logic will be releasing a new mixtape titled Young Sinatra: Welcome To Forever’ on May 7th.
Check out his freestyle over Outlast's "Ms Jackson" instrumental
Jay-Z is honored by Time magazine as he lands on the cover of their annual issue of The 100 Most Inlfuetial People In the World issue. The 42-year old rapper/business mogul continues to raise the bar by making one power move after the other.
Jay Z embodies so much of what makes New York New York. A kid from a tough neighborhood who grows up in public housing, overcomes lots of bad influences on the street, never lets go of his dream, makes it to the top — and then keeps going, pursuing new outlets for his creativity and ambition. When no one would sign him to a record contract, he created his own label and built a music empire — before going on to design clothing lines, open sports bars and, most recently, represent professional athletes. He’s an artist-entrepreneur who stands at the center of culture and commerce in 21st century America, and his influence stretches across races, religions and regions. He’s never forgotten his roots — “Empire State of Mind” was a love song to our city — and as a co-owner of the NBA Nets, he helped bring a major league sports team back to Brooklyn, not far from his old neighborhood. In nearly everything he’s tried, he’s found success. (He even put a ring on Beyoncé.) And in doing so, he’s proved that the American Dream is alive and well.
Dipset Capo Jim Jones is back with another one of his slick Revamp music videos. This time Jim remixes "Hello Love" by newly signed Cash Money Records artist, T.Rone.
Rita Ora is living out her dreams. The Kosovo born, British raised singer is signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation label and is getting ready to release her self-titled debut album in the U.S. soon.
She looks lovely on the cover of Elle Magazine's "Women In Music" issue. Check out an excerpt from her cover story as well as photos from her shoot with Thomas Whiteside.
On never allowing her record label to dictate her style: "That should never be allowed! It’s like somebody telling you what to sing."
On scoring that red Marchesa gown she wore to the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards: "I went up to [Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman] and said, 'Hi, I'm Rita. Nice to meet you. I need to wear your dress.' She was like, 'What dress?' They've got 10 million dresses. I said, 'Look, I have your dress as the screen saver on my phone. This red dress needs to be on my body.'"
On her childhood idols, the Spice Girls: "I just remember watching them – not even meeting them – and I was completely mesmerized. It feels great to meet someone who is not human, but is."
On her 2009 "big break" with artist Jay-Z who signed her to his label: "I didn't think in a million years that I'd fly to New York to meet one of the biggest music moguls of our time."
With a new album on the way and a couple of hit records already under his belt, things are looking up for Houston emcee Kirko Bangz. Today he's next up to the mic for his 2013 XXL Freshman freestyle. Check him out below.
Duffle Bag Ransom is gearing up to release a brand new mixtape titled The Alternative. Before it drops he's released a new music video for "His Shoes." You have to check it out. It's a deep song, with real meaning.
Kendrick Lamar has finally found time to shoot an official music video for "B*tch, Don't Kill My Vibe," off his his stellar album, good kid, m.A.A.d city.
K. Dot was joined on the set by comedian/actor Mike Epps and Juicy J.
Mobb Deep's Prodigy a.k.a. Banana Clip P and Heltah Skeltah's Sean Price a.k.a Ruck recently linked up for an epic freestyle session at the Boiler Room in New York City. Peep it below.
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have officially blown up with their album, The Heist. The duo deliver their new official music video for "Can't Hold Us" featuring Ray Dalton.
Jay-Z's new song "Open Letter" has stirred up more trouble than the rapper probably intended.
“Obama said, ‘Chill you’re going to get me impeached’ / You don’t need this s**t anyway, chill with me on the beach," Jay raps in the song.
Some took the lyrics to mean President Obama had prior knowledge of the trip that was supposedly approved by the Treasury Department for educational purposes.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney denied those allegations last week during a press conference.
The questions continued this morning on Today as Savannah Guthrie asked Obama about the trip during an interview.
“I wasn’t familiar that they were taking the trip,” the president said. “My understanding is I think they went through a group that organizes these educational trips down to Cuba. You know, this is not something the White House was involved with. We’ve got better things to do.”
Former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes has taken exception to Complex questioning the video she released on Monday via Twitter.
In a headline titled: "Amanda Bynes Either Needs Help, Or Is Trolling Us All," Complex wonders if the actress has really gone insane or is just putting on an elaborate act.
"So, real talk: Does Bynes need serious help, or is this some intricate, faux public breakdown, Joaquin Phoenix-style?" Tanya Ghahremani wrote.
In the video, Amanda is seen posing in the mirror, making weird faces while listening to music.
Bynes shot back at Complex and even criticized Kid Cudi, her former boyfriend's looks.
@ComplexMag Stop acting like I'm doing something wrong. I'm obsessed with myself on twitter. Also, my video last night was perfection. I'm so sick of the articles u write about me. I want every fake article deleted. Ur dick whipped by my ugly ex @ducidni who's looks and talent have always been questionable to me, him being the ugly duckling that he is and all. U quote him non stop, then take professional shots of him for ur covers, his best photos aren't shit compared to mine at my best. The photo u chose of Aubrey for her cover is awful. You make people look bad, stop acting like you know anything about what men like. I don't stop getting follwed or hit on every place I go. I'm not trying to sing, but if I did (I got offered an Interscope record deal right after I filmed Hairspray which you might know if you sat down and did a normal interview. I still might take them up on their offer) get the facts as opposed to talking shit. My music is going to be sicker then whatever the fuck kind of music Scott tries to do. Stop writing articles without speaking to me first.
@ducidni is Cudi's Twitter name.
Peep the video below and let us know what you think of Amanda's antics.
Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with Rocko for an exclusive interview.
Rocko says he never had squares in his circle, talks putting Jack Thriller one of his music videos, his opinion of Gucci Mane going at Yo Gotti and Young Jeezy, his baby momma Monica moving on to Shannon Brown, the hit single "U.O.E.N.O." featuring Wiz Khalifa and Future & much more!
STAR ask is DMX is the proud father of a gay son, rapper Coolio bringing home an alleged crack smoker, Love & Hip Hop NY the reunion re-cap, the campaign to send Lauryn Hill to prison, DJ Aliaz fighting with callers again and white domestic terrorist being responsible for the Boston marathon bombings.
Radio legend Troi Torain (STAR) always delivers hard-hitting objective truth. As a culture critic he is vicious, as a businessman he is relentless, as a luminary he is un-matched.
Considered radio pioneers by many, Star & Buc Wild have set precedents on the urban landscape and were recently inducted into News One's "Top 20 Black Radio Jockeys Of All Time."
Star & Buc Wild made the national stage on MTV (1999) but it was their radio show on New York's Hot 97 (2000 - 2003) that secured their place in Hip-Hop history.
Star & Buc Wild's resume includes The Source magazine, MTV Networks, Hot 97, Power 104.1, Power 105.1, Pulse 87, Hip-Hop Weekly magazine, Vladtv, Thisis50, 100.3 The Beat and shot97.com and VH1 (Reality Television).
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Robert Downey Jr. is paid quite handsomely for his movie roles. He's the kind of bankable actor major studios want in their movies to assure fans line up at the theaters. He recently confirmed that he was paid an astounding $50 million to star as Iron Man in 2012's blockbuster The Avengers.
"Isn't that crazy?" he told GQ. "They're so pissed. I can't believe it. I'm what's known as 'a strategic cost.' "
To put that figure into perspective we have to look at the salaries of the other actors for their roles in the film.
Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Chris Evans (Captain America), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) and Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk) made between $2 million-$3 million.
Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) and Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) made between $4 million and $6 million, which means Downey Jr. made double their combined salaries.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film has grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide, which is great for Disney and Marvel Studios, but is any actor worth what Downey Jr. was paid?
Let us know what you think in the comment section below.
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