Porn Star Jada Fire Announces Retirement [News One]

M.I.A.’s Middle Finger: A Synthetic Scandal [Warming Glow]

3 Reasons Why Rocawear Should Die A Slow And Painful Death [Hello Beautiful] Read the rest of this entry »

In case you were on refreshment refill run and missed it, Madonna performed a gladiator-influenced set during the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show. Enough about that. Monday morning’s water cooler talk will likely center around M.I.A.’s one-finger salute to the television audience Read the rest of this entry »

Before being abruptly taken down by meanies over at Interscope when we originally posted the mp3, most folks were chewing on Madonna’s latest piece of bubblegum, “Gimmie All Your Luvin.” Now that the Material Girl has unveiled a football-themed visual for the song, though, we can see the two new femme fatales added to the final mix are obviously why Madge was none too happy Read the rest of this entry »

Chris Brown Named World’s Worst Dressed Man By GQ Magazine [HuffPost]

Will Amazon Kill Publishing? [The Atlantic]

Top 10: Dunks On Kendrick Perkins (A History Of Abuse) [RTNY] Read the rest of this entry »

Pitchfork gets to call “first” on the latest new material from M.I.A., “Bad Girls,” produced by Danja but it’s not much of a new drop at all since an early version of the tune was included on the singer’s 2010 Vicki Leekx mixtape. Read the rest of this entry »

Kasey

Chris Brown & Rihanna Hook Up Online [TMZ]

Diplo Claims M.I.A Knows ‘Nothing’ About Politics [Spinner]

ABC Cancels Crappy Shows, Picks Up New Ones [Warming Glow]

Anti-LeBron Billboard Erected in Chicago [THD] Read the rest of this entry »

M.I.A. is a woman of the people and seemingly never content. Instead of coasting out the year and decade quietly, the rebel-rousing rockstar decides to deliver one more piece of music for fans, a new mix partially inspired by WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange. Read the rest of this entry »

The sensual, sexy side of M.I.A.’s duality comes out to play for “XXXO.” The mouth that usually causes her to catch so much flack is instead an asset in this Hype Williams-directed clip. Read the rest of this entry »

Jasmine

Style File: In Defense of Aretha Franklin [Crunk & Disorderly]

‘Breaking Bad’ As A Sitcom [Warming Glow]

Nasty Girls: When Good Child Stars Go Bad [Complex]

7 Awkward Places to Bump Into Your Ex [The BVX] Read the rest of this entry »

With only a few shorts weeks until /\/\/\Y/\ hits stores, M.I.A. is “Steppin’ Up” and debuting another chune from the album. As an extra, there’s Jay-Z’s added appearance to the original single “XXXO.” Read the rest of this entry »

Mz. Summer Breeze

The 25 Greatest Timbaland Songs Of All Time [Complex]

Thor Has Concept Art Now Too [FilmDrunk]

Former NBA Player Moves Forward With Racism Suit Against Atlanta Bar [The BVX]

The Iron Sheik Wants To F*** Your A** And Make You Humble [With Leather]

Rick Ross & The Art Of Nigganomics [The Spizzy]

Nail In the Coffin: The Best and Worst of Hollywood Vampires [Uproxx]

NYT Issues Correction For Lynn Hirschberg’s M.I.A. Story [The Daily Swarm]

Best Made Pocket Axe [Uncrate]

9th Wonder Introduces It’s A Wonderful World Music Group [The Digger's Union]

Clark Atlanta Panthers 59Fifty [New Era Captalk]

ESSO – Honey Mag Interview [Herfection]

Cameron Diaz Knows The Secret To Staying Young…A Lot Of Sex [F-Listed]

The 20 Greatest Music-Video Cameos of All Time [Paste]

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It’s apparent that journalist Lynn Hirschberg got under M.I.A.’s skin. First she called the writer out on Twitter, going so far as to post Hirchberg’s cell phone number on Twitter. Seems like she’s not stopping there because I’m assuming “Haters” – with lines like “Why the hell would journalists be thick as shit?” – is taking aim @ the scribe for what’s been widely deemed as an unflattering portrayal of Ms. Arulpragasam in a recent NY Times Mag profile (get the skinny here). Read the rest of this entry »

Fresh of her first official Mother’s Day and coinciding MILF induction ceremony, the ultra radical M.I.A. has chunked up the deuce to her maternity leave and dropped the first official single off her much-anticipated and still untitled album. Industrial, menacing and ready for club destruction, “XXXO” is 100-plus-proof shot of high-octane musical enslavement, which is nowhere near as original as “Paper Planes,” but has way more potential to blow. Read the rest of this entry »

Brittany Smith

Google Earth Meets Grand Theft Auto [Double Viking]

High-Speed Footage of Sh-t Blowing Up [Uproxx]

Gucci Mane Camp Sued Again for Missed Shows [The Urban Daily]

DJ Premier Says “We Are Still Gang Starr” [HHDX]

Six Guys Every Man Needs in His Posse [Gunaxin] Read the rest of this entry »

Right on the heels of having just released the song itself, M.I.A. comes with a video for “Born Free.” Clocking in @ nine minutes, it’s explicit & graphic, the perfect embodiment of the raucous & rebellion of the song itself. Not only has the song grown on me, it’s given me dreadful feeling that the apocalypse is coming. Read the rest of this entry »