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Grammy Awards 2014 Nominations: Who Are The Notable Absentees On The Nominee's List
The 2014 Grammy Awards will take place in January 2014, with the full list of nominees being revealed over the weekend. Jay-Z was the most capped nominee, with nine nods in total, whilst Macklemore &...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 09 December 2013
Hip Hop Returns In A Big Way To This Year's Grammys, With Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar And Macklemore Topping The Nominees List
Hip hop artists don’t tend to have a great relationship with the Grammys, with people like Jay Z and Kanye West having openly boycotted the ceremony after being snubbed for awards. This year, however, is...
By Victoria Pavlova in Music / Festivals on 08 December 2013
Jay Z And Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Lead The Grammy Nominations, But There's Little Love For Justin Timberlake And Kanye West
The nominees for the 2014 Grammy Awards have been announced and after a year when hip-hop comebacks and newcomers have dominated the music scene, it is rap that leads the way in the Grammy nominations...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 07 December 2013
Kendrick Lamar Boycotted Gq Men Of The Year Over 'Offensive' Article
Rapper Kendrick Lamar refused to attend the Gq Men of the Year party and pick up his top rapper honour last week (ends15Nov13) over an "offensive" article.The hip-hop star was scheduled to attend the event...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 17 November 2013
Justin Timberlake To Perform At American Music Awards
Justin Timberlake will perform at the American Music Awards (AMA) 2013.The 32-year-old star will take to the stage on November 24 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles where he will perform for the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 12 November 2013
Lady Gaga To Perform At American Music Awards
Lady Gaga will perform at the American Music Awards next month.The 'Applause' singer will join Miley Cyrus in the line-up of stars who will take to the stage at the ceremony held at the Nokia...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 31 October 2013
Eminem Revisits Marshall Mathers Sound
Eminem's new album is a ''revisitation'' of his musical heyday.The rapper claims his eighth studio album, 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2', won't be a sequel to his 2000 third record - which he considers to...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 24 October 2013
Kanye West Postpones Vancouver Tour
Kanye West cancelled his Vancouver 'Yeezus' tour due to ''unforeseen circumstances.''The 36-year-old rapper - who is dating Kim Kardashian - pulled out of his gig in the Canadian city on Sunday night (21.10.13)...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 21 October 2013
Big Bet Winner Kendrick Lemar Places Drake In His Crosshairs
Well this was always going to happen wasn’t it? Kendrick Lemar – or K.Dot as he was previously known – has been slowly swelling his stock until it exploded on the hip hop stock market...
By Jack de Aguilar in Music / Festivals on 17 October 2013
Kendrick Lamar Scores Five Bet Hip Hop Awards
Kendrick Lamar reigned supreme at the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards, winning five categories and narrowly beating out Drake and Jay Z for the top prizes.The Don't Kill My Vibe hitmaker, who went into the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 16 October 2013
Kendrick Lamar Spits Fire At Drake (And Every Other Rapper) In Bet Hip-hop Awards Cypher [Listen]
Kendrick Lamar was always going to walk away from the 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards as one of the main talking points. Up for 11 awards and eventually leaving with four wins, not to mention the...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 16 October 2013
The Tracklist Form Eminem's Upcoming "Marshall Mathers Lp 2" Boasts Collaborations Gallore
Tis the season for album promotion and Eminem is the latest to join the hype team. The rapper teased his upcoming “Marshall Mathers LP 2” be releasing the much anticipated (hey, someone must have anticipated...
By Victoria Pavlova in Music / Festivals on 11 October 2013
Eminem Releases Marshall Mathers Lp 2 Tracklist
Eminem's 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2' features Rihanna and Kendrick Lamar.The 'Berzerk' rapper teams up with the Bajan singer on a new track called 'The Monster', following on from the success of their last collaboration,...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 11 October 2013
Eminem Reveals The Tracklist For 'The Marshal Mathers Lp 2'
Eminem released the full details of his 16-track line-up for his upcoming album, The Marshal Mathers LP 2. The follow-up to 2010's chart-topping Recovery will be released next month, and in a bid to produce...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 11 October 2013
Kendrick Lamar Takes Another Dig At Drake?
Kendrick Lamar appears to brand Drake a ''fake'' in a new rap set to air at the 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards. The 'Drank' hitmaker sounds like he's taking a dig at the Canadian rapper, calling...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 03 October 2013
Breakaway Comes To Dallas Tomorrow With The Return Of Empire Of The Sun
Breakaway Festival will very soon arrive in Texas bringing music of all genres to the 21,000 capacity FC Dallas Stadium this weekend (September 21st 2013).Aussie glam-pop twosome Empire of the Sun will headline the event...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 20 September 2013
Get Ready For The Second Half Of London's 2013 Star-filled Itunes Festival
We're almost halfway through an incredible 30-day iTunes Festival with some legendary shows still to come from the likes of Elton John, Justin Timberlake and Katy Perry.One of London's most fabulous concert venues, The Roundhouse,...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 11 September 2013
Kanye West Takes "Yeezus" To The People With 23 North American Tour Dates
With all of Kanye West’s recent success around the release of Yeezus, there was one thing conspicuously missing – an album tour. Of course, West is a new dad, having welcomed baby North with Kim...
By Victoria Pavlova in Music / Festivals on 06 September 2013
Kanye West Announces First Solo Tour In 5 Years, And He's Taking Kendrick Lamar Along For The Ride
Kanye West is hitting the road, and he's bringing hip-hop's brightest new thing Kendrick Lamar with him, later this year; the first time he's been out on tour to support his solo material since 2008....
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 06 September 2013
Music Midtown Festival Continues To Grow After Successful Rebirth
It looks like Atlanta's Music Midtown festival is on its way back up as 2013 brings us the biggest line-up since its return from a six year hiatus.We are back to where we started with...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 05 September 2013
Kendrick Lamar Was Surprised At Control Verse Impact - Rapper Speaks Out
Kendrick Lamar got exactly what he wanted when he spat the now-infamous incendiary verse on Big Sean’s ‘Control.’ He told his fellow rappers – some of which he works with – that he’s out to...
By Jack de Aguilar in Music / Festivals on 30 August 2013
Ludacris And Kendrick Lamar Blasted Over Lyrics
Rappers Ludacris and Kendrick Lamar have been slammed by a U.S. sheriff ahead of their gig at a Florida University.Law enforcement officer Mike Scott has sent an email to the president of Florida Gulf University,...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 August 2013
Austin City Limits 2013 Set To Return With A Stunningly Diverse New Line-up
Austin City Limits Music Festival is set to hit Texas for its twelfth year, bringing with it two weekends of fabulous live music and family fun.The festival organisers first decided to spread the fun out...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 30 August 2013
Kendrick Lamar Defends 'King Of New York' Lyric
Kendrick Lamar has defended his decision to brand himself the 'King of New York' in a new song after it prompted derision from hip-hop heavyweights Jay Z and Sean '' Combs.The rapper made the controversial...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 August 2013
Kendrick Lamar Contemplates 'Dumbing Down' Lyrics Following 'Control' Fallout
When Kendrick Lamar spat fire on his guest spot for the Big Sean track 'Control,' his challenge to today's hip-hop heavy-weights to up their game and try and keep up with him was taken the...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 30 August 2013
Kendrick Lamar's "Control" Verse Wasn't A Jab At The Kings Of New York
Kendrick Lamar has no beef with any of the “kings of New York” and that wasn’t even what his somewhat controversial verse on Big Sean’s Control was even about, the rapper himself says in an...
By Victoria Pavlova in Music / Festivals on 29 August 2013
Eminem To Surprise Fans With Album
Eminem wants to surprise fans with his new album.Slaughterhouse members Royce Da 5' 9'' and Joell Ortiz - who are signed to the rapper's own Shady Records label - believe the 'Not Afraid' hitmaker is...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 24 August 2013
Kendrick Lamar Up For 14 Bet Hip-hop Awards
Kendrick Lamar has been nominated for 14 BET (Black Entertainment Television) Hip-Hop Awards.The 'Don't Kill My Vibe' singer - who took home the Best New Artist and Best Male Hip-Hop Artist awards at the main...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 August 2013
Kendrick Lamar 'Control' Rap: The Best Responses From The Hip-hop World
Big Sean's new track 'Control' was only released on Tuesday but already the rap world is up in arms over guest rapper Kendrick Lamar's 3 minute verse in which he boasts, disses and namechecks other...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 15 August 2013
Hip-hop's Sleeping Giant Awoken By Kendrick Lamar. What Took You So Long?
Kendrick Lamar turned heads in the hip-hop world this week following the premiere of a new track by Big Sean - Control - featuring the Compton rapper.It was the instant classic verse from Lamar that...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 15 August 2013
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