Watch El-P & Nick Diamonds Play Letterman
| At this point, it's pretty expected for every big indie rock type to make the late-night rounds whenever a new record drops. But there's still a transgressive charge to seeing El-P, patron saint of ...

Rock the Bells 2012 Lineup Announced
| Andrea DomanickSee also: Our review of Rock the Bells 2011 | Last night Guerilla Union announced this year's Rock the Bells 2012 dates, headliners and lineup. | Beginning in 2010, the hip-hop festiv...

Beady Eye announce one-off UK gig
Beady Eye have announced plans to play a one-off gig next month. | The band will perform their only headline show in the UK this year at Warrington's Parr Hall on June 28. | The show will serve as a w...

Justin Bieber 'distracts boxer's daughter'
| Justin Bieber distracted a top boxer's daughter when he went to see the sportsman fight, says 50 Cent. | The teen sensation surprised many when he was spotted at Floyd Mayweather's bout against Migu...

Jay-Z supports gay marriage
| The support for gay marriage continues to happen in the recent weeks, and sometimes it can happen where you least expect it.  After the announcements from Vice President Joe Biden and President Bar...

Elisa Bray: Where's soul, reggae, rap, jazz, R'n'B, hip-hop and trip-hop on the Music is ...
| It was the moment when the east London rapper cemented his place in the pop mainstream and the nation’s hearts. His is the ultimate rap success story, having risen from an underground grime scene ...

The white album: celebration of British music hits sour note as black artists are overlooked
| The Prime Minister endorsed the first "Music Is GREAT" week, an industry-led initiative designed to boost sales of UK artists, when he named Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon as his favou...

Jay-Z Used Old Subway Signs For New Brooklyn Nets Logo
Black-and-white crest is 'a throwback to Brooklyn and what we're about,' Jay tells MTV News. | By Rob Markman (@RobMarkman) {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} More &r...

Justin Bieber Is Big Floyd Mayweather Fan, 50 Cent Says
Rapper tells MTV News about being at Mayweather's match against Miguel Cotto with the Biebs and Lil Wayne. | By Rob Markman (@RobMarkman) {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_...

Jay-Z Says Jay Electronica Album Is 'Really Close'
'Him as a lyricist is almost scary. He's scary good,' Jigga tells MTV News of his Roc Nation signee. | By Rob Markman (@RobMarkman) {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT}...

Trouble Does The Time On His 431 Days Mixtape
'This is one of my biggest mixtapes that I dropped in a long time,' host DJ Bigga Rankin tells Mixtape Daily. | By Rob Markman (@RobMarkman) , with reporting by FLX {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEMENT_SHA...

Jay-Z Supports Obama On Gay Marriage
Made in America festival curator says, 'What people do in their own homes is their business, and you can choose to love whoever you love.' | By Jocelyn Vena (@jocelyn1212) {ELEMENT_SHARES_COUNT} {ELEM...

Today’s Top 10: Biggest MMVA Winners (Of The 2000′s)
| The countdown to the 2012 MMVAs is officially on! Today’s we announced all the nominees in every category for this years awards and made a lot of artists and bands happy campers! On Today̵...

Alison and the Earthquakes plus Rhys Lewis & The Relics tickets and listings
Brighton based, show stopping, Alison and the Earthquakes perform for Floridita LIVE. Not one to miss! | Date: Thursday 17th May 2012 | Venue: Floridita » | Location: London » | Doors: 19:...

TOM HINGLEY (Inspiral Carpets) + Guests + FREE ENTRY listings
LIVE SATURDAY 19TH MAY Tom hingley was frontman for Inspiral carpets who were indie kings in Manchester for a decade in the Madchester era and he is now con | Date: Saturday 19th May 2012 | Venue: Sou...

TOM HINGLEY (Inspriral Carpets) + Guests + FREE ENTRY listings
LIVE SATURDAY 19TH MAY Tom hingley was frontman for Inspiral carpets who were indie kings in Manchester for a decade in the Madchester era and he is now con | Date: Saturday 19th May 2012 | Venue: Sou...

Death Grips - "Hustle Bones" Video
| Sacramento industrio-rap trio Death Grips, who recently canceled all of their upcoming live shows to work on a new album, have already made videos for a few of their tracks from The Money Store: "Ge...

HEALTH “Tears” (MP3)
| L.A. noiseniks HEALTH have been taking their sweet time making a follow-up to 2009′s Get Color, but for a good reason: they’ve been busy writing the score for Max Payne 3, which is out t...

Today’s Global “Occupy This Album” Release Summons the Ages for a Cause That’s Familiar Territory for Taj Weekes & Adowa
| NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today’s release of “Occupy This Album” may evoke memories for those who witnessed the social movements of the 1960s, but the 99-track, star-studded compilation (on s...

Death Grips “Hustle Bones” (Video)
| Doom rap crew Death Grips recently canned their North American tour in order to finish their next album, No Love. So, good and bad news for fans. Still, they have a brand new album out called The Mo...

Gossip Girl Ep 24: The Return of The Ring FASHION RECAP
| Hey Upper East Siders, Kim here, with your one and only source into the scandalous closets of Manhattan’s elite. Fashion repeats itself, and so do Gossip Girl’s story lines. The less than su...

DMX ‘The Weigh In’ (Mixtape)
| DMX readies us for his new full-length, Undisputed (out June 26th), with a free EP. The Weigh In features guest verses by Tyrese and production by Dr. Dre on a track also featuring Snoop Dogg. You c...

Nadia Buari's Dad Talks About Azonto
Alhaji Sidiku Buari, former President of Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) on Tuesday suggested that "Azonto," a popular freestyle Ghanaian dance, be infused into hiplife or highlife to retain its Gha...

Sneak Peek of Friday’s Season 11 Degrassi Finale!
| It’s difficult to believe that this Friday’s season finale of Degrassi is going to be even more shocking than last Friday’s episode (Fiona is leaving and what the what was that lit...

Album Of The Week: Killer Mike R.A.P. Music
| In the years I've been writing about music, I've done a whole ton of interviews - some great, some painfully awkward. But my favorite one happened a little more than four years ago at a Brazilian st...

Jay-Z Supports Gay Marriage
| Jay-Z revealed that he is a proponent of gay marriage during an interview with CNN yesterday.  | When asked what he thought about President Obama's recent endorsement of same-sex marriages, the hip...

The Tallest Man On Earth “1904″ (MP3)
| Swedish troubadour The Tallest Man On Earth returns on June 12th with a new album for Dead Oceans called There’s No Leaving Now. About the album, Kristian Matsson (aka, the Tallest Man) told R...

Jay-Z Supports Gay Marriage
| Jay-Z revealed that he is a proponent of gay marriage during an interview with CNN yesterday.  | When asked what he thought about President Obama's recent endorsement of same-sex marriages...

Kindness “House” (Video)
| Adam Bainbridge is really making the most of the music video as a medium. The latest from his debut album, World, You Need a Change of Mind, finds him schooling a young boy named Ramon on how to mak...

Fun – review
| XOYO, London 3 | "I am over 25 and can't make a name for myself," sang Fun's frontman Nate Ruess during the opening song of this show. "Some nights I break down and cry." Those lines sum u...

Jay-Z backs Obama's stance on same-sex marriage
| Since President Barack Obama’s historic declaration that he believes same-sex couples should be legally allowed to married, he has raised $15 million for his campaign and welcomed a flood of s...