Drake was the headliner on the 1st day of the OpenAir Frauenfeld Festival in Zurich, Switzerland on Friday, June 6th. The YMCMB rapper performed many of his big hits including "Headlines," "The Motto," "Best I Ever Had" and more.
While performing "Take Care," Drizzy gave a special birthday shout out to 50 Cent.
Timbaland and Ne-Yo released a behind the scenes look at this video earlier today. Here goes the final product. This clip is promoting the movie Step Up Revolution, which opens July 27th.
BET has a really good thing going with their new Backroom Freestyle series. The latest to step up to the mic is none other than super producer/rapper Swizz Beatz who shows he shouldn't be slept on when it comes to spitting bars.
The Slaughterhouse gang of Royce Da 5'9, Joe Budden, Crooked I and Joell Ortiz stopped by the L.A. Leakers show while out on the West Coast recently and let loose a nearly six minute freestyle. The group is preparing to release their Shady Records debut album welcome to: Our House on August 28th.
Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa released a preview of this video on Tuesday, now here's the full version. The song is off of the Mac & Devin Go to High Schoolsoundtrack.
The war of words between New York City radio stations Power 105.1 and Hot 97 continues. Earlier today Power 105.1 on air personality Charlamagne Tha God released a new viral video attacking Funkmaster Flex... again. In the video titled "What If Funkmaster Flex Told the Truth," Charlamagne airs Flex out for alleged incidents of violence against women.
Flex acknowledges the video on his Twitter and asks his fans to tune in tonight.
It looks like this one will be going on for a while. Peep Charlamagne's video below.
Livio is back with "Jealous," his second single off S.S.D.D. Still set to drop on July 20, this Funk Daddy-produced track features a unique younger E-40 sample and Livio spitting some clever lines while speaking to the jealous/envious types.
Flo Rida thrilled The Today Show’s Summer Concert series crowd this morning by rapping his way through several of his hit records. The Florida rapper performed "Good Feeling," "Wild Ones," "Whistle" and "I Cry." for the enthusiastic crowd at Rockefeller Plaza.
Rihanna covers Harper's Bazaar's new 'Great Style Issue.' The singer opens about her love life, backlash from the "Birthday Cake" remix, issues she has with her body and more. Check out an excerpt from the interview with the publication below.
Rihanna doesn't fancy herself a rebel, at least when it comes to love. For Bazaar's August cover story she opens up to Laura Brown over Italian food, and admits to being "rebellious through my music, through my fashion, tattoos, and my hair. I have been conservative in my love life… it's pretty much nonexistent. If I come across someone who I find really cool, I'll hang out. But the minute I find that we’re getting too close I just—I don't let people in." However, the 24-year-old still racks up the drama in the tabloids with her infamous ex, Chris Brown. While she wanted to choose someone “shocking” to collaborate on the remix of her song "Birthday Cake," she says she had no idea of the backlash it would cause. "The fans could have said, 'We don’t want anything to do with it,'" she says. But she makes one concession: "I understood that people had every right to be concerned about it. But I didn't see it that way because I'm in a different place." Rihanna tells Bazaar that she has yet to open up again in relationships, after being so badly hurt in the past. "When I was in love, I fell so hard. I was really, really, really in love. The way it made me feel was priceless. And in a blink of an eye my whole life changed. Everything that I knew was different. I never thought I'd feel that pain in my life. I'm afraid of feeling that again." Although she may be cautious in love, Rihanna continues to push the boundaries of personal style—the singer has recently stunned in everything from lowcut Armani dresses to slouchy Stella McCartney jumpsuits. At her shoot for Harper's Bazaar, shot by Camilla Akrans, Rihanna glows in gowns by Tom Ford and Calvin Klein. And her body? Sleeker than ever. "I don't know if there's something going on with my body right now, but I’m eating everything in life!" she laughs. "I miss my ass. It just went away! I need a butt. I have an idea of one, but it's not living up to its full potential right now." There is no doubt that Rihanna is living up to her potential—she has her prized "swagger" in spades. But despite all she has achieved, she is far from done. "I'm still in denial that I've proved that, so I have to continue," she says. "I will not lose."
To read more of the interview pick up a copy of the August issue of Harper's Bazaar, on newsstands July 17
Super producer Timbaland recruits Ne-Yo for "Hands In the Air." The song is featured on the Step Up Revolution soundtrack. The movie hits theaters July 27th.
Black Hippy member Puff Daddy aka Schoolboy Q sat down with Ashley Outrageous recently to talk about a wide variety of topics recently. The two discussed what fans can expect on his upcoming album, how his song with 50 Cent, "Can I Speak To You" came about and more.
At the end of the conversation Schoolboy shows off his juggling skills.
There must be something about old school Snoop Dogg beats Prodigy likes because this is the second freestyle I've from him and his protege' Boogz Boogetz in the last week over classic Doggfather music.
This freestyle was over "The Shiznit" for Invasion Radio.
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