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The 2013 O Music Awards nominations are out. And reading the list will handily remind you that you are one of the olds. Unless you're not one of the olds, in which case, you'll probably hashtag the eff out of these nominations. Because the awards celebrate "the best in digital music," so of course they act like the trendy cousin and drop a bunch of inside jokes that the Grammys and Billboard Music Awards don't get but laugh at anyway. Case in point: there are categories called Our Favorite Musical Cat, Fan Army FTW and Too Much Ass For TV. We [...]

Drake  is throwing a music festival in Toronto this summer, because Canada, right? The 4th annual OVO Fest (named after his October's Very Own label) kicks off August 4 at Toronto's Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, with tickets going on sale this Friday (May 24) at 10am — and now he's fleshing out the line-up, adding  Frank Ocean  and  James Blake  to the roster. (They're both performing on August 4, while Drake will be hitting the stage with "special guests" on August 5. Last year's guests included  Nicki Minaj  and  Snoop Lion , so they'll probably be pretty good this [...]

Last night (April 29) marked the 17th (!) annual Webby Awards, and it was quite a night for some of pop music's big names. Frank Ocean was named Person of the Year for last year's Tumblr post about his sexuality and his interaction with fans via Tumblr and Twitter. As for Artist of the Year , that went to Grimes , and there's arguably nobody better at making music feel like the Internet, all chaotically swirling and hypnotizing. The electro-pop enigma is one of Web music's biggest success stories, and she recently broke [...]

Time Magazine has unveiled the tenth annual Time 100, its list of the hundred most influential people in the world. And this year's crop shows that, while the music industry may be collapsing, it still holds plenty of capital! Justin Timberlake and Beyonce both made the cut under the "Icon" category, while Bey's husband Jay-Z made the list as a "Titan" — as did Justin Bieber 's manager, Scooter Braun . Christina Aguilera , Frank Ocean  and Miguel were all included in the "Artist" section. [...]

Did You Hear? :: One Direction 's Harry Styles was spotted heading to the studio alone, and immediately rumors circulated that he was embarking on a solo career. Well, his rep says he was in the studio working on new 1D material: "Harry is not recording solo material. All of the band are working on tracks for their third album[...] The boys sometimes work up ideas separately." Good news all around! [ Daily Mail ] :: Tyler, the Creator and Frank Ocean wrote [...]

On Monday, April 1, after he premiered his new single "Fine China," Chris Brown visited TODAY to discuss his new album X and relationships with his fans, fellow artists and the media. He said that while his year of domestic violence counseling helped him understand the impact of his 2009 assault on Rihanna , other sources of criticism will not deter him. "The nation's going to have their opinions," Brown said to TODAY 's Matt Lauer. "Anything I do, whether it be walk[ing] down on [...]

Did You Hear? :: The rumor that  Kanye West 's next album would be called  I Am God turned out to be false. But it looks like the album will, in fact, have a song called "I Am A God." This according to an unnamed G.O.O.D. Music source as well as a tweet from West collaborator Malik Yusef . [ Huffington Post ] :: We thought Robin Thicke , T.I. and Pharrell seemed to be having a little too much fun [...]

Frank Ocean has been sued by a producer-songwriter who says he is not fully credited for his contributions to the Grammy-winning channel ORANGE . According to the lawsuit filed March 6, Micah Otano wrote a song called "Daylight" with producer Malay - only for Malay to copy "Daylight," rename the song "Lost" and then take all production credit. channel ORANGE credits Otano as a songwriter, but not as a producer. According to his Twitter profile , [...]

We saw all the big-name arrivals across the pond at the BRIT Awards, but now for the actual hardware! Last year Adele and Ed Sheeran cleaned up , and this year it was another male-female duo dominating, with Emeli Sande and Ben Howard both winning two awards. "This is a dream, really," Sande said when accepting her Album of the Year prize. Otherwise, the Brits renewed their undying love for Lana Del Rey by giving her another trophy this year. Adele and Coldplay also [...]

Frank Ocean  is in England for the BRIT Awards, and Tuesday (February 19) he spoke to BBC Radio 12s Zane Lowe  and spilled a bunch of details about his  channel ORANGE follow-up, including the fact that he's "like 10, 11 songs into this next thing." Ocean has already hit the studio with super-producer Pharrell  — who was credited on "Sweet Life" — and Odd Future cohort Tyler, the Creator , Miley Cyrus -style . He also revealed he'll be linking up with Danger Mouse when he returns [...]

It's quite possible that President Obama and his wife Michelle have the best taste in music in the history of the First Couple. We know Obama's fandom spans from Jay-Z to Al Green to Bruce Springsteen , but in Michelle Obama 's new interview with People , we learn that the FLOTUS is no slouch in the music department, either. She predicts  Frank Ocean 's channel ORANGE  will win Album of the Year ("He's a young, innovative performer with a soulful sound"). She [...]

Staying up-to-date with the latest examples of Chris Brown 's unsavory behavior is an exhausting and soul-crushing endeavor, one which is about to get much #darker. There was a beautiful, fleeting moment over the weekend when Frank Ocean said he wouldn't press charges against Brown and we all thought that we could go back to ignoring Breezy for a few weeks until he again decided to punch someone or throw something or compare himself to Jesus on the cross. We should've known better. Regarding that fight with Ocean, the most significant [...]

West Coast   producer Michael Uzowuru says he was present during the Frank Ocean - Chris Brown fight on January 27, and in a blog post detailing the brawl says Breezy tried to "beat the living shit out of" Ocean. According to Uzowuru's account, the incident was indeed spurred by a parking spot dispute. Uzowuru says he arrived at the studio with Ocean and a third man named Chito, and a space that was clearly reserved for Frank was taken. The front desk told them it belonged to Brown, who showed up [...]

Frank Ocean states that he will not press charges against Chris Brown , following the January 27 brawl between the R&B singers and their respective crews at a studio in West Hollywood. Frank wrote on his blog : "As a child I thought if someone jumped me it would result in me murdering or mutilating a man. But as a man I am not a killer. I'm an artist and a modern person. I'll choose sanity. No criminal charges. No civil lawsuit." He then joined [...]

It appears that Frank Ocean will not press charges against Chris Brown after Brown reportedly jumped Ocean in West Hollywood several days ago over a parking spot and subsequently punched [...] The post Frank Ocean Wants "Peace," Won't Press Charges Against Chris Brown appeared first on The Smoking Section .

John Mayer chatted with Rolling Stone for an interview that ran the gamut, and while it clearly wasn't an interview with that controversial John Mayer of yore who was subservient to his id, it was still a fascinating read. Mayer talked about everything from his throat surgery to his unpredictable relationship with Katy Perry to his diminishing sales. But the best part, for us, was how he absolutely gushed about his pal Frank Ocean . "Frank is such an [...]

Lost in all the hubbub about Frank Ocean 's scuffle with Chris Brown is that it led to Ocean unofficially revealing that he'd be performing at the Grammys , despite being absent from the most recent lineup announcement at the time. If you'll recall, after the fight Ocean tweeted: "cut my finger now I can't play w two hands at the grammys." And now, the Grammy cabal has confirmed that the singer — who's up for Best New Artist and Album of [...]

Welcome to today's edition of What Horrible Things Is  Chris Brown Doing Now? , a new daily feature that's basically an inevitability given how frequently Chris Brown does horrible things. In the wake of yesterday's (January 28) news that Chris Brown had gotten into a brawl with  Frank Ocean   in the parking lot of a Los Angeles recording studio, there are several new wrinkles emerging in the tale. Let's explore! Item! TMZ is now reporting that the brawl began because Brown tried to [...]

Chris Brown took to Instagram (as if there were any other possibility) to indirectly address his brawl with Frank Ocean that occurred Sunday night (January 27) at a recording studio. Breezy posted the above photo from the studio, with the accompanying message: "Working on my album. Not working on negativity. Focus on feeding ya family. Bullshit will forever be in the shadows." Oh how we'd LOVE for Chris Brown's bullshit to forever be in the shadows. That would make everyone very happy! Here's the thing, [...]

Hey, Breezy! In terms of redemption tactics, this probably isn't the way to go: Kind-hearted, sensitive sonic innovator/national treasure  Frank Ocean   says he got "jumped" by consistently unlikable person  Chris Brown   and his crew late last night at a Los Angeles recording studio following an argument over a parking space, that quintessentially Los Angeles point of contention. The police refer to Ocean as the "victim" and Ocean later tweeted that he "got jumped by chris and a couple guys," but — surprise! — Brown's side of the story is completely different. [...]