Theo Spielberg
Hip-Hop Rocks: Rappers Get Into the Groove of Indie Rock — Listen
In the last several years, an abundance of hip-hop artists have begun to sample their indie contemporaries. Perhaps it's because the hip-hop community is only so large, and its compulsively collaborative spirit could only stretch so far before it dried up the well...
John Legend, ‘Jimmy Fallon': Singer Covers Springsteen’s ‘Dancing in the Dark’ — Video
Bruce Springsteen Week continues on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.' Following a Kenny Chesney cover of 'I'm on Fire' and a performance by the man himself, John Legend and the Roots took the stage last night to perform a cover of 'Dancing in the Dark,' Spinner reports...
Limp Bizkit, Cash Money Records: Fred Durst & Crew Sign With Rap Label
Fred Durst, where have you been? Have you been plagued by a series of days where you don't want to wake up?
Apparently his nu-metal rap-rock outfit Limp Bizkit has recently inked a deal with Cash Money Records, as reported by Noisecreep...
‘Safe House’ Trailer: Jay-Z, Kanye West’s ‘No Church in the Wild’ Plays
Like Kanye West once famously observed, "No one man should have all that power." So the movie and music industries have sagely chosen to divide the power among three modern giants: Denzel Washington, Jay-Z and West himself.
When these three guys are harnessed in the same moment on-screen, they create a force so powerful that it drives audiences to the theaters in droves...
Earl Sweatshirt Returns, Releases New Song, ‘Home’
Ironically, Earl Sweatshirt was one of the most visible members of OFWGKTA when the group catapulted to fame a year ago, simply because he was fully off the radar at the time.
His absence was well chronicled -- most notably by the New Yorker -- and while Tyler the Creator was off being a lunatic, and Frank Ocean was chillin' with Jay-Z and Kanye West, rumor had it that Earl's mother had sent him o
Obama’s ‘Let’s Stay Together’ Leads to Huge Sales Increase for Al Green
Calling all musicians! Here is a great, outside-the-box sales technique: Get President Barack Obama to slip in a couple lines of your song during one of his speeches.
As Spinner reports, last week, Obama delivered several lines from Al Green's classic 'Let's Stay Together' at a fundraising event in Harlem, and the song has now enjoyed a 490 percent sales increase after the video of the President/c
NAACP Image Awards 2012: Adele, Chris Brown Nominated
As Spinner.com reports, last year, 2011, will forever be known as the time that everybody went friggin' nuts for Adele. The singer has spent a record 16 weeks at the top of the charts, tying the record for the 'Titanic' soundtrack -- her heart will go on, and on, and on, and on -- adding to a long list of accolades far to lengthy to name right now...
Etta James Leukemia Diagnosis Is Incurable
Soul, gospel and blues legend Etta James has been pronounced terminally ill by her live-in doctor, our colleagues at The Huffington Post report. James, who is best known for her classic rendition of 'At Last,' was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year, and the illness was declared incurable by her physician two weeks ago...
Doug E. Fresh’s Son Arrested for Drunk Driving
Doug E. Fresh apparently made waves in the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on Thursday (Dec. 15), according to DNAinfo. The old school rapper wasn't there to face disciplinary action on his own behalf, but rather to perform his duty as a father...
The Hit Squad Reunion Planned for 2012, Erick Sermon In
Hip-hop collective the Hit Squad are gearing up for a reunion on Feb. 24 at the Best Buy Theater, Brooklyn Vegan reports.
The group, which was comprised of EPMD members Erick Sermon and Parish Smith, and rappers like Redman, K-Solo, Keith Murray and Das EFX, was active between the years of 1990 and 1993...