Missy Elliott says she was never informed about a posthumous Aaliyah album. The singer/rapper/producer has been silent while Drake, Timbaland, and members of Aaliyah’s family spoke out about the project—until now. Elliott responded to a fan’s tweet congratulating her on her involvement in the album with pure confusion. “I had no clue there was one, […]
The Drake/ Aaliyah story just keeps getting more confusing. One day after Drizzy’s interview from the OVO Fest, explaining his decision to put together an album of new Aaliyah songs hit the ‘Net, came word that he may not have been telling the whole truth, and now the story has changed—again. According to Aaliyah’s cousin Jomo Hankerson […]
The only thing that made more news than rumors of Drake executive producing a new Aaliyah album was talk of Timbaland and Missy Elliott feeling slighted by not being involved in said project. Well it turns out that the man born Timothy Mosley will be part of the late singer’s posthumous album and will we […]
Timbaland doesn’t want Drake to do an Aaliyah album—unless he and Missy Elliott are involved. The super producer spoke with Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club about the rumor that Drizzy is in talks to executive produce the album, and was pretty clear about all of the components that need to line up first. “I know […]
Rapper Lil JaXe is determined not to let his speech impediment hinder his rap dreams. The 13-year-old stutters, and has used rapping to help with his speech impediment. The Toronto native—born Jake Zeldin—endured taunting from classmates and even teachers. Ironically, the only time he stops stuttering is when he raps. “Rapping has really improved my […]
The boy wonder Justin Bieber is all grown up. In this video for “As Long As You Love Me,” off of his more mature album, Believe, Bieber’s tale of forbidden love is pretty harsh and gets kind of violent. Big Sean gets his cameo on in this video for this hit single and Bieber learns the hard […]
Last night in the famed 40/40 Club in New York City, Tity Two Necklaces played the majority of his debut album, Based On A T.R.U. Story for a select group of writers, bloggers, label heads, rappers and more. While the album was played at a loud and largely inaudible volume in terms of discerning lyrics, there was […]
Add another point to that 2 Chainz score board, because his “No Lie” single just went gold. The rapper announced the news on Twitter Thursday (July 26) , giving a shout out to Drizzy who’s featured on the track produced by Mike Will & Marz of Eardrummers.“Yo @Drake jus got word #NOLIE jus went GOLD today,thank god, thank you, […]
As a part of MTV’s Hip-Hop Preview week, Sway sat down with Rick Ross as he previewed his motion-picture based album, God Forgives, I Don’t. The album, which hits stores next week on July 31st, is Ross’ fifth studio album and features collaborations with Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Drake, Wale, Andre 3000 and more. “I knew approaching this […]
Justin Bieber, aka Shawty Mane, aka Bieber Da Gawd was right in his element last night as the feature performer at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards. The Gibson Amphitheater was the epicenter of Bieber Fever as the 18-year-old pop star took the stage and performed his hit single “Boyfriend.” Shortly after that, he was joined […]
Our peeps over at StyleBlazer hooked up a list called…wait for it…9 Of The Top Marshmallow Rappers of All Time (Drake & Common Had “Tofu” Beef, But They’re Just Huggable, Lovable Emcees!). The rappers they listed definitely have pillow soft tendencies, no shots. For instance, here is the entry on one, well, you should be […]
UPDATED: Explicit version added. You’re welcome. Bad Boy rapper French Montana recruited a bevy of “talent” for his video for “Pop That,” featuring Rick Ross, Drake and Lil’ Wayne. The theme is a pool party with a gang of chicks in bikinis and enough gratuitous shots of Ciroc to make it qualify as a liquor […]
