Just as quickly as the Internet can denounce Beyonce and Jay Z’s On the Run Tour as an impending flop, Forbes uses some actual data to refute that claim. The tour is on track to sell 1 million tickets, which would result in around $100 million in grosses. That figure isn’t all that gigantic, comparatively, […]
About a month ago Brooklyn rapper Mr Muthafuckin’ eXquire released a song online about signing with a major record label and then getting dropped having accomplished exactly nothing The song was called “I Ain’t Even Fuck Rihanna” and the key line was “My stupid ass sold his soul/and didn’t even… Source
Almost two weeks after a six-vehicle accident on the New Jersey Turnpike left Tracy Morgan hospitalized and in critical condition, he has been transferred to a rehab facility. In a statement, Morgan’s rep, Lewis Kay, told The Hollywood Reporter: “Tracy has been transferred to an undisclosed rehab center, where he is expected to remain for […]
Schoolboy Q was temporarily detained – but not arrested – by Denver police following a Thursday night shooting that injured three people The Denver Post reports The incident took place in the parking lot of the Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Morrison Colorado where a concert featuring Schoolboy Nas and Flying Lotus had… Source
There must have been magic in that Hooters parking lot. A block away from the convention center, scattered across a series of trailers baking in the L.A. sun, lay an exhibition that showed how electronic entertainment goes beyond the spectacle that dominates our attention. Braving the mid-afternoon heat to see Devolver’s games was worth getting […]
When revered hip-hop producer J Dilla passed away from complications from lupus in 2006 he left behind not only an expansive catalog of released productions but a trove of beats that have never been heard Dilla’s mom Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey has helped to oversee her son’s posthumous legacy and… Source
Last week, The Guardian published a controversial interview with Lana Del Rey in which she told reporter Tim Jonze, “I wish I were dead already.” Now, in a series of tweets that have since been deleted, Del Rey wrote that she “regrets trusting” the British outlet. MTV took a screenshot of the tweets before Del […]
The Ed O’Bannon vs. NCAA trial will decide whether the NCAA must pay college athletes for its use of their likenesses in television broadcasts, video games and other consumer products. Source
Funnyman Ray Stevens is perhaps best known for bouncing between novelty hits (“The Streak”) and “straight” tunes (“Everything Is Beautiful”) both of which topped the pop survey in the Seventies He also recorded a series of comic country tunes (including “Would Jesus Wear a Rolex” and “Mississippi Squirrel Revival”) throughout… Source
Andy Murray will start the defense of his Wimbledon title against David Goffin of Belgium and could face top-seeded Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Source
