R&B star Chico Debarge is back after a five-year hiatus with a new CD called, ‘Addiction.’
The 15-track set captures in song the life of the Detroit-born crooner, who doesn’t shy away from talking about his battles with drug abuse, being incarcerated and troubled relationships.
“The topic matter is very important because this is very edgy and [...]
Instead of scrambling to dismiss Jay-Z’s claims on “Death of AutoTune,” the technology’s creator Antares Audio is using the superstar’s stance for product advertisement. Dubbed the “next generation” of professional pitch correction, Antares Audio has created Auto-Tune Evo.
The new technology immediately deciphers the pitch of any inputted information, and finds the closest match in the [...]
Quincy Jones, founder of the original Vibe Magazine, may end up buying the assets of the now defunct business.
A noted music industry veteran and producer, Jones founded the magazine in 1992 and turned it over to new owners in 2006.
Tuesday, June 30, Vibe closed its doors due to financial troubles. Former Editor in [...]
Most people see Father’s Day as a time to tell their dad how much they love and appreciate him. For rapper Bow Wow, it was a chance to put his absentee father on blast. The 22-year-old took to his Twitter page to express his thoughts on his absentee father.
“As bad as I wanna’ say FU [...]
The top spot on this week’s Billboard album chart belongs to Chrisette Michele. Never heard of her? Neither have many other people because Michele has scored the lowest first-week sales total in Nielsen SoundScan’s 18-year history.
Her second album, Epiphany, only sold 83,000 copies in its initial week of sales. Only two other albums have debuted [...]
With his latest CD, LL Cool J is readying his exit and preparing for his future at the same time.
“Exit 13″ is his 13th CD and final official album for Def Jam records, which has been his label home for 23 years. But LL is hardly about to leave the music industry, despite his [...]
The son of hip-hop icon Dr. Dre died at his home this weekend.
“Dr. Dre is mourning the loss of his son Andre Young Jr. Please respect his family’s grief and privacy at this time,” rep Lori Earl tells E! News.
The 20-year-old Andre was found unresponsive by his mother Saturday morning, after a night out with [...]
Back in the day, before you could shrug your shoulders at an overtly suggestive song such as Lil’ Wayne’s ‘Lollipop,’ Luther ‘Luke’ Campbell was hip-hop’s Hugh Heffner. A former member of 2 Live Crew, Luke helped pave the way for freedom of lyrical expression by challenging the American justice system. Now removed from his bad [...]
The Nappy Roots, the southern soulful Hip Hop crew from the Bluegrass State better known as Kentucky is here to make a return. The strong-bonded friends had their share of ups and downs since their initiation into this hit and miss music industry. The cost of fame didn’t cost them their loyalty and to this [...]
Coldplay’s new album is already living the life.
“Viva La Vida” will debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 album chart with over 720,000 copies sold in its first week, the second-best opening week of 2008, according to the trade magazine’s Web site. Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter III” was the top album debut of [...]
Kanye West sold almost a million copies of his latest album during its first week in U.S. stores, winning a much-hyped sales race with rival rapper 50 Cent and providing the ailing record industry with a rare piece of good news.
According to sales data issued on Tuesday by tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan, West’s “Graduation” sold [...]
U.S. pop star Prince plans to sue YouTube and other major Web sites for unauthorized use of his music in a bid to “reclaim his art on the Internet.”
The man behind hit songs “Purple Rain,” “1999″ and “When Doves Cry” said on Thursday that YouTube could not argue it had no control over which videos [...]
Kanye West blames MTV for Britney Spears‘ less than stellar performance at the Video Music Awards. “Man, they were just trying to get ratings, and they knew she wasn’t ready and they exploited her,” the 29-year-old rapper said Tuesday on Sirius Satellite Radio’s “The Morning Mash Up.”
The network made a “bad move” by having the [...]
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