The first photo of Bruno Mars, Questlove, Will.i.am, & Nicki Minaj on the upcoming Cleveland Show can be seen above. Hah, it's always funny to see these big names as cartoon characters.
The premise is that Cleveland discovers a secret hip-hop society fronted by Kanye West. Bruno Mars, Questlove, will.i.am, and Nicki Minaj are seen wearing cloaks as part of the secret group that controls pop culture.
Hmm, what do you think of this concept? The episode airs on October 21st.
Kanye West pressed the reset button on his Twitter today as his timeline now only reads this tribute to Steve Jobs, who passed one year ago today.
WE LOST STEVE A YEAR AGO TODAY. HE IS ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRING AND INFLUENTIAL HUMAN BEINGS OF OUR EXISTENCE ALONG WITH MICHAEL JACKSON, WALT DISNEY, AND DR. KING. LET’S BE THANKFUL FOR HIS LIFE AND RESPECT HIS LEGACY BY NEVER COMPROMISING ON OUR FUTURE."
I got to talk with the beautiful, StarShell at The Gibson Ampitheater in Los Angeles.
StarShell was definitely one of the nicest people I have ever interviewed. If I were to describe her in a few words, it would be a good heart with talent. There really should be more people like her in this world.
Check out the interview where we talk about her connection with Kanye (she co-penned "Love Lockdown"), her most memorable birthday, the upcoming debut album and more!
RZA talked with MTV News at the BET Hip Hop Awards and goes into some detail about how Kanye West approached a new song "White Dress" off the upcoming soundtrack for The Man With The Iron Fists. 40 bars a la Ghostface from 'Ye. Officially anticipating this one to a high degree.
A label called TufAmerica is suing Kanye West over the sample usage of Eddie Bo's “Hook & Sling” on two songs off of his 2010 album, "Who Will Survive In America” and "Lost in The World." The suit recognizes that Roc-a-Fella Records and Universal Music Group spent $62,500 to clear the sample but didn't "enter into written license agreements that accounted for their multiple other uses” of "Hook & Sling".
First off, damn. Those sample clearances aren't cheap. Second, I think this has the making of some sort of settlement due to the last fact above. And third, this story just made me dust off my MBDTF Samples. Some great tunes for any time.
