
Drake' s relationship with the mysterious and iconic Illuminati, no matter how tangential or forced it may be, has been established in popular culture for some time. Now, that drama and intrigue has taken a grandiose, comic book-sized turn by becoming the inspiration for an actual Web comic (via AV Club ). Written by Sean T. Collins, and with art from Andrew White, The Hottest Chick In The Game sees Drizzy battle the hip-hop Illuminati as led by Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and Kanye West. The action takes place [...]

There's that awful moment where you look in your gym bag and realize you forgot your portable music player on the coffee table, and so as opposed to playing your "NEW GYM PLAYLIST 23 you just made, you're forced to listen to LAZER 103 FM through the gym's speakers with Disturbed or Sevendust or Taproot or Drowning Pool songs echoing off the glistening lats and delts of all the body-builders. I'm miffed because I don't like forgetting things, but I really don't mind schlock metal on the rare occasion I'm actually at the gym. Acquiescing to the mindset of gym-music [...]
The Throne's documentary leaked a while back prematurely but today the greenlight has been given for everyone to share the short documentary by Robert Lopuski online. This documentary just gives you a little insight to the environments and surroundings that helped them get into the zone during the creation of the album. It was cool [...]
MTV have announced the nominees for 20122s Video Music Awards. Frank Ocean's "Swim Good" was nominated in three categories, Best New Artist, Best Male Video, and Best Direction. M.I.A.'s epic "Bad Girls" clip is curiously ... read more

Did You Hear? :: In an interview with CBC Q, drug-free DJ deadmau5 admits he "sold out" with his first and only dubstep track. He even went on to talk about his infamous feud with Madonna , saying that the funky grandma 's messages regarding drug use "just really upset me". He also adds that though Madge's fan base went rabid on him, they're nothing compared to Britney Spears ' followers: "Britney's fans put up a [...]

The producers of Sunday night's (July 1) BET Awards made no mistake when they placed happy couples Beyonce and Jay-Z and Kanye West and Kim Kardashian next to each other on the Shrine Auditorium seating chart. Yeezy and Kim seem to have found true love, happily basking in the glow of their combined limelight ever since the rapper made a reference to the reality TV star in "Cold" , [...]

Kanye West and Jay-Z - Getty Kanye West infamously interrupted Taylor Swift 's acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards a few years ago in defense of Beyoncé 's "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" video - you know, "one of the greatest videos of all time!" Well, last night (July 1) at the 2012 BET Awards, he was given a taste of his own medicine. Ye went up to the podium with Jay-Z to accept the award for Video of the Year for their [...]
Last night, BET broadcasted their BET Awards, a ceremony that went down at L.A.'s the Shrine Auditorium and featured a star-studded performance lineup as folks like Kanye West and G.O.O.D Music, D'Angelo, Usher, Nicki Minaj and many more took the stage. Notably, Kanye & G.O.O.D. played " Mercy ," " Cold " and unveiled "New God Flow," D'Angelo did "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" and Mariah Carey and others floored the audience with a moving Whitney Houston tribute. Award-wise, the Throne and Beyoncé dominated. Watch videos of the performances below. Read More...
Stereogum Last night, BET broadcasted their BET Awards, a ceremony that went down at L.A.'s the Shrine Auditorium and featured a star-studded performance lineup as folks like Kanye West and G.O.O.D Music, D'Angelo, Usher, Nicki Minaj and many more took the stage. Notably, Kanye & G.O.O.D. played " Mercy ," " Cold " and unveiled "New God Flow," D'Angelo did "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" and Mariah Carey and others floored the audience with a moving Whitney Houston tribute. Award-wise, the Throne and Beyoncé dominated. Watch videos of [...]

Chris Brown carried on with the winning' streak he began last year at the BET Hip Hop Awards (and continued with the Grammys) by nabbing the Best Male R&B Artist and AOL Fandemonium statues at the 2012 BET Awards. Others who emerged triumphant from the Los Angeles event were Kanye West and Jay-Z — collectively known as The Throne — who were named Best Group and earned the Video Of The Year title for "Otis", and Jay's wife Beyonce , [...]

Double date alert, where everyone looks a hot mess double-alert ! The BEY , the KANYEsitonmeface , the WEST and the some-non-popper were jpeged front row at the BET Awards. Bai, the future Mrs. West.

Kanye West and Jay-Z - Getty Viewers of the 2012 BET Awards had to watch The Throne , separately known as Kanye West and Jay-Z , pick up two awards last night (July 1). The two rap kings won awards for Best Group and Video of the Year for their single, "Otis," from their chart-topping album Watch The Throne . Video: Kanye West And G.O.O.D. Music Open 2012 BET Awards Jay might need to watch his back, because he [...]

Beyonce not only braved the rain to see her hubby Jay-Z perform his headlining set at BBC Radio 12s Hackney Weekend, she enjoyed the fest like any other Hackney-goer. During his performance of "N*ggas In Paris" with his co-Throne captain Kanye West , he commanded the crowd to form a mosh pit, and Mrs. Carter was more than happy to oblige. Is there anything more delightful than watching Beyonce thrash around like a punk? We would have no issue watching this eleven times in a row [...]

Did You Hear? :: It's been over a year since Kanye West 's last solo concert, but it looks like Yeezy is following Beyoncé 's steps and headlining two Jay-Z-free concerts in Atlantic City this July. [ Neon Limelight ] :: Here's a new show to look out for: talk show host Glenn Beck plans on taking down Glee 's "horrifying" messages of homosexuality, tolerance and, you know, overall teenage empowerment by [...]
Frank Ocean has announced the release of his new album, Channel Orange, out July 17th through Def Jam. The smooth R&B of Frank Ocean could previously be heard in the Odd Future collective releases and Ocean’s own 2011 ULTRA mixtape. After scoring collaborations with Beyoncé , and Kanye West [...]

Did You Hear? :: Kanye West was robbed—and we're not talking about his lack of an Album of the Year nomination at this year's Grammys . The rapper's Los Angeles home was burglarized while the rapper was in England for the European leg of his Watch The Throne tour. At least West doesn't appear to be too attached to the place — this is the same home he put on the market after getting serious with Kim Kardashian . [ TMZ ] [...]

Instead of just waiting to find out whether or not "Climax" beat Beyonce 's two nominations - "Countdown" and "Love on Top" for Video of the Year at the 2012 BET Awards , Usher has signed on to perform at the award show . Chris Brown , who has three nominations including Best Male R&B Artist; Nicki Minaj , who's up for Best Female Hip Hop Artist; Big Sean , who's also up for three nods [...]
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For whatever reason, British rock journal NME has painstakingly compiled a list of the 100 Best Tracks Of The '00s, a good two-to-three years after many other sites and magazines did the same. Perhaps there's something to be said for letting the dust settle on a decade before tackling the raddest tunes it produced? At any rate, the publication singled out "Crazy In Love", the 2003 solo breakout smash from the world's most beautiful woman , Beyonce , as its top pick from the previous decade. [...]
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