Amy Winehouse

If only Sir Mix-a-Lot rapped, "I like big books and I cannot lie," perhaps there would be a literacy craze that rivals his ode to booty. Summertime may have more people hitting the beach and exploring adventurous activities, but bringing a good book along for the ride makes the experience that much more eye-opening.

Yasiin Bey speaks on Amy Winehouse's legacy, her ups and downs and the critics bashing her on the four-year anniversary of her death.

The first glimpse of 'Amy,' a documentary about Amy Winehouse's life, is here and it's one clip that you need to see.

Don't look now but UK artists are changing the face of American hip-hop, pop and R&B.

The 2014 Grammy Awards are just around the corner. The "biggest night in music" honors the best of the best, but hip-hop and R&B have traditionally been overlooked by the awards the show. This year, artists like Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West have multiple nominations and look to be front runners in several categories, but it wasn't always like that. Ba...

Don Emmert, Getty Images CRISTINA JALERU, Associated Press: Various Artists, "Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby" (Interscope Records) "The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain." Daisy Buchanan from "The Great Gatsby" gets to be reincarnated on the film's soundtrack under the guise of artists such as Beyonce, Lana Del Rey, Sia and

Music fans are anxious to get a listen to the full version of Beyonce's cover of Amy Winehouse's "Back To Black," off The Great Gatsby soundtrack. But the anticipation is much ado about nothing, according to Winehouse's dad Mitch. "I don't think she brings anything to it,' he tells the Daily Mail...

Jay-Z and Beyonce were a pretty big deal in Cuba today. The power couple were spotted celebrating their five year anniversary at a restaurant in Havana, where police had to step in to keep the crowd under control. So crazy in love. Meanwhile, Amy Winehouse's father Mitch thinks that Beyonce should pay £100,000 to the Amy Winehouse Foundation for covering her song "Back to Black" on The

20-year-old Kenneth Casilla, aka Rich Mafia, is the latest Miami rapper to fall victim to gun violence. Casilla was shot to death last week in an apartment complex parking lot in Little Haiti. Wiz Khalifa is reportedly suing a concert promoter for $1 million for damaging his credibility by canceling a December concert at George Mason University in Virginia...

Alicia Keys has announced the dates for her 24-city Set the World on Fire tour, featuring support by Miguel. The tour kicks off April 18. Nas is already hard at work on his followup to 2012 hit Life is Good. "I'm in the zone right now and I feel real good about where I'm at, so I gotta take advantage of it," he told Angie Martinez...