The trouble continues to mount for Chief Keef . The 17-year old rapper went to court on Monday (June 17) and pleaded guilty to speeding, walking out with an 18-month probation sentence, only to be arrested after the hearing, just four blocks away from the courthouse. Now, the rapper’s camp is saying the Chicago Police Department used “excessive force” when [...]

Singer-songwriter and Blaster Records recording artist Jared Ashley got perhaps the best early Father’s Day gift ever. He and his wife Taylor welcomed their first child, daughter Georgia McClain Ashley, in Nashville on Sunday, June 16. The newborn weighed seven pounds, two ounces and measured 19 inches. She is named Georgia in honor of her parents’ [...]

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Kanye West called upstart Travis Scott to Paris early to work on the Chicago MC’s much-anticipated Yeezus, a process the newbie calls a “turning point” for him. Before “Yeezy Season” officially began, Travis Scott explained that the snippets he’d heard of Kanye West ‘s Yeezus album were from the year 3,000. Now that the LP is complete and ready to drop, the [...]

Audiences have loved Spider-Man for more than 10 years already, but he’s set to embark on a series of new adventures that is nothing short of amazing. Sony Pictures announced Monday (June 17) that following the release of ” The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ” on May 2, 2014, the web-slinger will return to the screen two more times by [...]

With Hunter Hayes about to drop his new album, Encore, on Tuesday, fans might be wondering what inspired some of the album’s newer cuts like “I Want Crazy” and “Light Me Up.” Well, as it turns out, the road really amped up the 21-year-old to write the cuts that will keep his Hayniacs singing along all summer long. [...]

Drake has been tangled in one of hip-hop’s biggest feuds, but the Toronto rapper just wants to bury the hatchet before things get out of hand with Chris Brown . “I wish we could sit down, just like you and me are right now, and talk it out man-to-man. But that’s not going to happen,” Drake told GQ magazine in [...]

Even if you’re not familiar with Chris Stapleton by name, you’ve heard his music. The Grammy-nominated musician has had more than 170 song cuts by artists as diverse as Tim McGraw , Brad Paisley , Dierks Bentley and Adele, as well as co-writing with such luminaries as Vince Gill , Peter Frampton and Sheryl Crow . But fans are about to have a chance to [...]

Even if you’re not familiar with Chris Stapleton by name, you’ve heard his music. The Grammy-nominated musician has had more than 170 song cuts by artists as diverse as Tim McGraw , Brad Paisley , Dierks Bentley and Adele, as well as co-writing with such luminaries as Vince Gill , Peter Frampton and Sheryl Crow . But fans are about to have a chance to [...]

Jay-Z announced the title and release date of his 12th solo album — Magna Carta Holy Grail — during Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night because he was looking for maximum exposure. Judging from the album title and his tweets about the “new rules” being set around hip-hop album releases, Hov needed this message [...]

Mark it on your calendars: Miley Cyrus ‘ <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1708342/miley-cyrus-we-cant-stop.jhtml%22%3E"We Can't Stop" video drops in just two days. And from the looks of it, she’s getting wild in her latest clip. In an 8-second teaser she shared on Monday (June 17), Miley is alone in a pool before extras, clad in very little, jump in with her. The singer shot the video back in late [...]

We already know that Eminem is cooking up a new LP, but what said LP will sound like is anyone’s guess. Even those in the Shady camp have kept a tight lip about Em’s next masterpiece, but after playing coy, Alchemist confirmed what most already believe. “That’s my boss. I DJ for him and I’m not at liberty to [...]

Main Pick Headliner: Emilio Rojas Representing: Rochester, New York Mixtape: No Shame… No Regrets Real Spit: Emilio Rojas has consistently kept his name buzzing in rap’s underground and amongst some of the game’s heavy hitters, like Rick Ross and the beloved Chris Lighty . Rojas’ immense rap talent hasn’t translated into rap fame, but the Rochester, New York spitter remains undeterred on his latest release, No [...]

Nick Lachey has $1 million dollars to give away on his new NBC singing competition series, “The Winner Is.” That is, if you think you have the skills to take home all those bills… The summer series follows singers every week who must decide if they are good enough to stay in the competition and go for the [...]

Kree Harrison hasn’t been sitting around bored since placing second on ‘ American Idol ‘ in May. She recently released her first single, she debuted on the Grand Ole Opry (with help from Keith Urban ), and she even jumped up onstage with Wynonna Judd at a recent Nashville gig. But life wasn’t always so rosy for the 23-year-old rising country [...]

Paul Marotta, Getty Images Mick Jagger has spent 50 years as one of rock’s better-coiffed frontmen, with a head of hair that’s the envy of less tonsorially gifted men the world over — and now that ‘do can finally be yours. Well, a lock of it, anyway. How, you ask? It turns out that the Rolling Stones singer left a [...]

Editor’s note: Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo visited our New York City bureau to speak with All Songs Considered about the making of their new album, Random Access Memories , and share music by some of their [...]

Editor’s note: Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo visited our New York City bureau to speak with All Songs Considered about the making of their new album, Random Access Memories , and share music by some of their [...]