Pusha T stepped into the “RapFix Live” realm Thursday (August 22) to speak publicly about being named by Kendrick Lamar in the young Compton’s rapper’s frenzied “Control” verse. Having previously tweeted about it, Pusha told host Sway that he felt Kendrick’s comments were designed to maintain the “sport” element of hip-hop. He … Read more
On his VMA-nominated “Started From the Bottom” Drake boasted: “I could turn your boy into the man” and on the cover to his upcoming album Nothing was the Same Drizzy illustrates that very lyric — literally. It was a busy Wednesday (August 21) for Drake, who announced on Twitter that he will … Read more
Multiplatinum producer Scott Storch has a warning for all of the celebrities: make sure your security team is “right” or you’ll get robbed for your bejeweled chains and watches like he did. “It’s a setup thing,” Storch said during his visit to the special set of “RapFix Live” Wednesday (August 21) at … Read more
When Big Sean signed with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music, the Detroit kid got a very special signing bonus. “For me, when I got my first chain, Kanye gave me my first Jesus piece,” he told Sway on Wednesday (August 21) in the kick-off to MTV’s four days of livestreaming leading up to … Read more
Over the past three decades, there has been the odd installment of the MTV Video Music Awards where an underdog shocks the world by winning Video of the Year … think Panic! at the Disco in 2006, or Jamiroquai in 1997. Though it’s safe to say that won’t happen at this year’s … Read more
Ariana Grande is just days away from taking the stage during the VMA pre-show this Sunday. So, is the VMA pre-show performer feeling some jitters before this weekend? “I’m so nervous and excited, but I get nervous. Super nerve-racking. I mean it’s just such an honor. I’m so excited though,” she told … Read more
It doesn’t seem like that long ago that “Star Trek Into Darkness” was one of J.J. Abrams’ trademark mysteries wrapped up in an enigma. Of course we know all about the secrets of the sci-fi sequel and who certain distinguished British actors were playing and how they might relate to previous sequels … Read more
If every good superhero needs a villain, Kick-Ass finally has one. In “Kick-Ass 2,” Christopher Mintz-Plasse makes a profound transformation from the would-be hero, Red Mist, into the title character’s fiercest adversary, The Motherf—er, and his journey was a complicated one. “In the first [movie], he’s this kid who doesn’t understand who … Read more
Ever since Kendrick Lamar dropped his fiery bars on Big Sean’s “Control,” there has been an explosion of rap responses. None of the MCs that Kendrick namedropped in his verse have released any related music. So while Drake, J. Cole, Meek Mill and A$AP Rocky have been respectively quiet, plenty of other … Read more
What looked to be a pretty routine hospital visit on Thursday has turned life threatening for former B2K singer Raz-B. The 28-year old was hit in the face with a glass bottle yesterday while trying to stop a fight that broke out at a club he was performing at in China. He … Read more
Lee Daniels, director of the Oscar-nominated “Precious” and most recently “The Paperboy,” returns to theaters this weekend with “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey. Loosely based on the real-life story of Eugene Allen, who worked as a White House butler under eight different presidents, the film follows Whitaker’s … Read more
“Kick-Ass 2” doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to violence and language, just like its comic book source material by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. The foul-mouthed follow-up to 2010’s “Kick-Ass” finds the titular hero, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, struggling to up his hero game as more and more costumed … Read more
If every good superhero needs a villain, Kick-Ass finally has one. In “Kick-Ass 2,” Christopher Mintz-Plasse makes a profound transformation from the would-be hero, Red Mist, into the title character’s fiercest adversary, The Motherf—er, and his journey was a complicated one. “In the first [movie], he’s this kid who doesn’t understand who … Read more
Ever since Kendrick Lamar dropped his fiery bars on Big Sean’s “Control,” there has been an explosion of rap responses. None of the MCs that Kendrick namedropped in his verse have released any related music. So while Drake, J. Cole, Meek Mill and A$AP Rocky have been respectively quiet, plenty of other … Read more
What looked to be a pretty routine hospital visit on Thursday has turned life threatening for former B2K singer Raz-B. The 28-year old was hit in the face with a glass bottle yesterday while trying to stop a fight that broke out at a club he was performing at in China. He … Read more
