When hip-hop fans first heard Kendrick Lamar‘s electric verse on Big Sean’s “Control,” there was a collective gasp. Eager rappers hit the studio in response, but not Drake. “[I] went about my day, went and got dinner and kept it moving,” Drizzy told Billboard magazine in their latest issue of the verse … Read more
Mark Ronson, who has produced for musicians like Adele, Lil Wayne, Nas, Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse, lent his producing talents to Paul McCartney‘s new, very Beatles-esque single “New,” which dropped late Wednesday ahead of the October 15 album by the same name. In a funny twist of fate, however, one missed … Read more
Rico Love is a master at putting himself in other people’s shoes. The producer/songwriter has made a lasting impression penning hits for Beyoncé, Usher, Trey Songz and Diddy, but now Rico is ready to embark on a new mission as he sings, raps, writes and produces on his debut EP Discrete Luxury. … Read more
From the opening frames of Jay Z’s “Holy Grail” video, you notice something is amiss. Rather than seeing Justin Timberlake belt out his A cappella intro, the viewer instead gets Hov delivering a verse. His performance plays out over a series of nightmarish images — serpents, shadows, silhouettes shafts of light — … Read more
Juicy J knows how to party, but not every waking moment in the electric rapper’s life is a turnt-up twerk-a-thon. Take, for instance, the time Juice worked with Katy Perry on “Dark Horse,” an upcoming song from her Prism album. “I just did something with Katy Perry, man. That song is amazing,” … Read more
The word “twerk” is definitely having the best week ever. After Miley Cyrus gyrated across the 2013 MTV Video Awards stage and shook her money-maker on Robin Thicke, America has become even more obsessed with the dance. On Wednesday (August 28), Oxford Dictionaries Online added “twerk” in its latest edition and while … Read more
Can Ariana Grande‘s recent musical success rub off on her “Victorious” co-stars as well? Leon Thomas sure hopes so. Fans of the Nickelodeon show will remember the 20-year-old Brooklyn native as musical prodigy Andre Harris, but Thomas is ready to embark on a serious musical journey now that he has signed on … Read more
The boys of One Direction have accomplished a lot in 2013: their second headlining tour, a 3-D documentary and a Moonman for Song of the Summer at the VMAs. Now, they’re ready to check another thing off their list. The follow-up to their widely successful 2012 album, Take Me Home, will reportedly … Read more
Ryan Raddon, better known as Kaskade, has been nominated for Grammys, has sold out the Staples Center and had 12 top 10 singles, but he still isn’t satisfied. For his eighth studio album, he laid down his own vocals on the title track for the first time ever. MTV News caught up … Read more
‘NSYNC‘s long-awaited reunion at the VMAs had fans, including A-listers like Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga, screaming with delight. For almost a decade, the five members held different opinions about whether they would ever grace the stage together again. But with one phone call from Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award winner Justin … Read more
Katy Perry was ready to rumble when she released her new single, “Roar,” but her battle wasn’t against any other artists, it was against her toughest opponent, herself. “I started the record in November, but things were really flowing by the spring and it’s a song about standing up for yourself,” Perry … Read more
When we saw that Lady Gaga gave One Direction a little pep talk Sunday night at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, there were a ton of questions on our minds. Did 1D see her butt? How can we meet her? But perhaps the most pressing question we had: What was Mother … Read more
The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards provided us with plenty of memorable on-screen moments — Miley, we’re looking at you — but, as is often the case with a show this massive, some of the best moments actually happen off camera, when the stars let their guard down and prove that, yes, … Read more
Since it came at the tail end of his epic, career-spanning Video Music Awards performance — and subsequent ‘NSync reunion (!!!) — it’s kind of difficult to remember that Justin Timberlake also won the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at Sunday night’s show. Which is saying something, considering it’s the VMAs’ highest … Read more
The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards brought out the biggest stars in the business … and one of the biggest audiences in the show’s history. Sunday night’s show garnered a total audience of 10.1 million viewers — a 66-percent increase over last year’s show — making it cable’s top-rated entertainment telecast of … Read more