Desiree Copeland

Courts: Janet Jackson, CBS Wrongly Fined for Nipplegate 2004 [Washington Post]

Alicia Keys Donates Instruments To Alma Mater [Rap Radar]

Nicki Minaj Responds To Assault Allegations [The Urban Daily] Read the rest of this entry »

Heather Nikole

Beyonce Accused of Plagiarism Again [The Fader]

NBAers React to Cancellations [Slam]

Jack White Covers U2′s “Love Is Blindness” [The Nashvillest] Read the rest of this entry »

In a matter of nights, Taylor Swift upped her urban acceptance a few notches with her choice of guests at two consecutive as her Speak Now tour hit Atlanta’s Phillips Arena. On Saturday night, the country darling was joined by Usher for a quick performance of his hit “Yeah,” which was followed by T.I. stopping through for a quick rendition of “Live Of Your Life” to cap Sunday’s set. Read the rest of this entry »

Nadine Velazquez

Leona Lewis Settles ‘Collide’ Rights Dispute with Producer Avicii [Billboard]

The Best and Worst of WWE Summerslam 2011 [With Leather]

High Minded: A Tasting Tour of the Munchies [Good]

Diddy Buys Cassie Breast Implants? [TUD] Read the rest of this entry »

Nikki J

10 Online Resources for Free, Legal Music [Mashable]

Magic’s Gilbert Arenas Served Court Papers At A Game [ESPN]

Trina Wears Revealing Dress On Stage [TUD]

John Kerry Breaks With Obama On Afghanistan [HuffPo] Read the rest of this entry »

Kanye West did not “spawn” Taylor Swift, regardless of the bullshit he’s now selling. Try and try as I might, I can’t get other Negroes to comprehend the magnitude of Swift’s career straight because they weren’t aware of her prior to the MTV fiasco. Her 2008 album sold six million copies without any help from the Chicagoan.

Now, she’s gone and done it again Read the rest of this entry »

Sarah Shea

The 25 Sexiest Women Of Rock [GQ]

A History Of Ringtone Rap One Hit Wonders [Complex]

Seven Items To Leave Behind When You Move [Uproxx]

The 9 Most Sexual Cereal Names [TUD] Read the rest of this entry »

To be a person whose work hinges around music and pop culture, I’ve never been able to sit through award shows. In recovery, they tell addicts to avoid triggers and I think award shows may be a linchpin for me, spectacles that I just can’t sit through long enough without feeling like socking my TV set. Plus, there’s no way I could watch the VMAs, not with the first full day of NFL action still going on while the show as airing. Read the rest of this entry »

As record sales keep slumping for bigger acts and concert money becomes more essential to funding artists’ lavish livelihoods, curiosity leads one to ponder how much our favorite acts pull in per show. Can reliable ticket-buyers cover a debut dud? Is a concert check worthy of the sleepless grind? Do bottles of Ace line the dressing room when Jay-Z comes into town? How about home-fried hookers when Uncle Luke makes the rounds? Read the rest of this entry »

Ladies & Gents, Edelyn Collado

John Wall Isn’t Having Fun At Kentucky [Rumors & Rants]

Maino’s Balancing Act [Rap Radar]

How to Fall 35,000 Feet—And Survive [Popular Mechanics]

Taylor Swift Shocked To Win Award For Best SurprisedFace [Jezebel]

The Most Inappropriately Sexxxy School in the USA [Gawker]

The Sixers Dancers Also Did Maxim [Epic Carnival] Read the rest of this entry »

Somewhere in an international area code, Kanye and Amber are lounging in outlandish haute couture pajamas, passing a bottle of Cisco back and forth and giggling @ these pics. Such an unfortunate incident. How do minor tragedy always seem to happen to this bird @ awards shows? *Chappelle shrug*

I guess the flipside is she won so many that she had too many to carry. Stuntin’ on the competition and dropping one is nothing.

Seems like we’ve been here before, Grammys.

The award show is teetering on the edge of exploitation. Follow me here. The Grammy head honchos know where their bread is buttered. They know that Hip-Hop is at the forefront of the musical landscape, so their headline performance (for the second year in a row, mind you) comes from Hip-Hop artists. Yet, where is the music represented in the awards? No album of the year nominations and most of the category’s awards were given out off-camera. Read the rest of this entry »

Tammy Torres, Throw It In The Bag

Understanding Lazy Eye, Other Parts of Kristen Bell [Cracked]

Women Who Make You Slowly Remove Your Finger From the Remote [TBL]

Court Considers Juvenile Life Sentences [AOL]

Let’s Bail Out the Pot Dealers [Time]

Canibus Flips Out On Invasion Radio And Refuses To Freestyle [Vlad TV] Read the rest of this entry »

Taylor Swift can’t catch a break on camera. First, Kanye. Now, Ellen Degenres pulls her card by pranking her last week as a part of her show’s Halloween spooks & pranks. Bish got straight weak in the knees & collapsed. Read the rest of this entry »

Maria, Maria-aaaaa!

Project Retweet: Why It Will Change Twitter for the Better [Mashable]

Lawsuit: Debt Collector Harassment Contributed To Man’s Death [Consumerists]

6 Insane Dog Behaviors Explained by Evolution [Cracked]

Lord Finesse Remembers Roc Raida [TPPS]

Top Giants Prospect Arrested For Murder in D.R. [SbB]

Which Came First?: Take Me With You [Soul Sides]

Ultimate X-Men Comic Collection [Mexican Taint]

The Best Of Fall Hip-Hop [NPR]

One Week Later: The Taylor & Kanye Melee [Broken Cool]

Fake Therapist Fired For Offering “Vagina Massages” [BoH]

The Next Spot: Killer Mike’s I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind II [PoW]

Entire BBC x The Blueprint 3 Jay-Z tees [WooHa]