Steve Baltin

Pitbull may be a rap artist, but the dude is a rock star. He embraces the life and attitude that come with that title. As would be expected from other reports, when the BoomBox meets with the Miami native at Hollywood's trendy W Hotel to discuss his new album, 'Planet Pit,' he is nattily dressed as always, there is a gorgeous, stylish woman sitting in the room with him and, while he is always frie

After belting out her new tracks live in AOL Music's Beverly Hills studios, the multi-talented Jennifer Hudson sat down to talk about everything from recording her deeply personal new album 'I Remember Me', to working with the inspirational Alicia Keys, to how she's handling the media attention surrounding her new image after a dramatic 80-pound weight loss...

Los Angeles Clippers rookie Blake Griffin has plenty of moves. He's been a one-man highlight reel this season, dominating ESPN 'SportsCenter' and viral sports sites with his jaw-dropping dunks, but Cali Swag District -- the four-man operation behind the 'Teach Me How to Dougie' dance craze -- believe they can teach Griffin some additional moves, when they perform at the Rookie All-Star Game this w

Common will release his ninth studio album, 'The Dreamer, The Believer,' in 2011, and he tells TheBoomBox it will pair him with one of hip-hop's elite. "I have a remix already for a song I have called 'Ghetto Dreams.' It has Nas on it," Common reveals...

After the 'Grammy Nominations Concert Live!' at Los Angeles' Club Nokia last night, some of the nominees gathered in the back to meet with the press and discuss their nods. One of those was Best R&B Album and Best R&B Female Vocal Performance nominee Monica, who admitted to the gathered throng she was in disbelief at the honor. "I'm s...

Of all of this year's Grammy nominations one of the most surprising was Cee Lo Green making it into the prestigious Record and Song of the Year categories for his hit, 'F--- You,' or the song otherwise known as 'Forget You,' as the Grammy committee addresses it for censorship reasons...

Will.I.Am and Nicki Minaj hit a Los Angeles soundstage this past weekend to film the video for 'Check It Out,' which the two first premiered at the MTV Music Video Awards pre-show. The track will appear on Minaj's debut album 'Pink Friday,' due in November...

When rarely Eminem performs live -- only two other U.S. shows are scheduled for the Detroit rapper in 2010 -- it's an event in and of itself. But, as headliner for Activision's E3 video game conference kick-off party at L.A.'s Staples Center last night, there was no denying the Detroit rapper would bring it...

The Boombox ran into Guerilla Union head Chang Weisberg this weekend in Los Angeles and he promised a "stupid" announcement this week for Rock the Bells, the traveling hip-hip music festival that promises classic hip-hop albums in their entirety from its lineup this year...