SPIN.com's Best of the Week
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Samini Visits Project Fame West Africa
The mentoring and excitement at this year's edition of MTN Project Fame West Africa (PFWA) will know no limits as another international African music star spends an entire weekend inside the academy w...
Ciara Pushes the Envelope on 'Basic Instincts'
| After 2009 album "Fantasy Ride" failed to meet expectations -- selling a meager 195,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan -- following the success of 2006's "Ciara: The Evo...
Mike Posner proves he's the cool one now
| Recent college graduate Mike Posner, 22, spent as much time writing hooks as hitting the books at Duke University. Now, thanks to a song he crafted two years ago, he's crowding in on Katy Perry and ...
Tick...tick...tick...
| Consider yourself warned. A bomb from South America is set to go off in Cambridge. | In this case, the explosion will be musical. Your only danger will be missing the explosion that is Bomba Estereo...
Clubs picks of the week
Home-clubber. Illustration: Jon & Mick/moderntoss.com The Big Ten Inch, London | Despite sounding like a night dedicated to Carry On-style family-friendly smut and constant calls of "oo-er missus" com...
Dizzee Rascal: Fight to the top
| He may have put his bad-boy days behind him, but he still knows how to operate, both on the street and in the music business 'Where I come from, fighting settles a lot of things. It's taken a lot of...
July 26-31: T.I. and BET Star Girlfriend Wed
| THE LATEST | Chelsea Clinton and her investment banker husband aren't the only ones getting hitched this weekend. T.I., 29, has traded in his player's card, wedding longtime girlfriend, singer, and ...
T.I. And Tiny Wed In Miami
| Chelsea Clinton and her investment banker husband aren't the only ones who got married this weekend. T.I., 29, traded in his player's card, wedding longtime girlfriend, singer, and reality show star...
Top Pop, R&B and Hip-Hop Artists and Producers Come Together to Celebrate the Music of Multi-Grammy Winning Producer, Arranger and Composer Quincy Jones on New Album 'Q: Soul Bossa Nostra'
Artists And Producers Including Usher, Ludacris, Akon, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, T-Pain, Robin Thicke, LL Cool J, John Legend, Snoop Dogg, Wyclef Jean, Q-Tip, Talib Kwe...
Africa.com Launches Weekly Music Contest 'Africa.com TOP 20'
Former Goldman Sachs Exec Teresa Clarke Appeals to Global On-Line Music Audience | , March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The newly re-launched on-line portal to information about all 53 countries o...
BMI Singer/Songwriter Christy Angeletti Completes New Album Produced by Robert Metzgar
Christy Angeletti has completed her latest 12 song album project with veteran hitmaker & Legends Hall Of Fame producer Robert Metzgar in Nashville. The project which spanned an entire ye...
Ludacris' New Album THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES Debuts at #1 Soundscan - His 5th #1 Debut Album!
'HOW LOW' #1 URBAN RADIO HIT SINGLE CERTIFIED RIAA PLATINUM - NEW SINGLE IS 'MY CHICK BAD' FEATURING NICKI MINAJ | Ludacris TV dates to watch: | -- March 26th: NBC's Tonight Show With Ja...
Wolf Trap Welcomes Steve Miller Band, REO Speedwagon, Rodrigo y Gabriela, and the Academy Award Winner for Best Original Song Among Its 13 Newly Added 2010 Shows; Tickets Available for Members Today
| Download image | Latest Additions Cater to Lovers of Classic Rock, Arena Rock, Indie, and Pop with Several Debuts, Highly Anticipated Reunions, and the Artist Responsible for this Year's Best...
Lupe Fiasco to Headline B.O.M.B. Fest 2010 in Connecticut
B.O.M.B. Fest 2010, produced by Bring Our Music Back Inc. heads to the Durham Fairgrounds where four stages will hold national and local acts for a ten-hour music festival on Sunday, May...
Coming This Summer to an Amphitheater Near You... Unity Tour 2010
311 & The Offspring with Special Guests Pepper | , March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Two great American rock bands are set to tour together for the first time ever. This summer, 311 and The...
The Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation Brings PIANO SLAM: Volume 2, Featuring Miami Area Classical Music, Poetry, Rap 'Mash-Up' to the Arsht Center, May 12, 2010
| , March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation will host their 2nd annual PIANO SLAM, a two-piano classical music and rap poetry concert at the John S. and James L....
Sing-Along to the Jackson 5's Biggest Hits With New J Is For Jackson 5 Album From Universal Music Family
Collection Features Karaoke Bonus Versions Of "I Want You Back," "The Love You Save," "I'll Be There" and "Mama's Pearl" | , March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jackson 5 were fun to listen to ...
Platinum-Selling Pop Sensation Justin Bieber Scores #1 Album in the Nation With MY WORLD 2.0
Bieber Becomes the Youngest Male Solo Artist in SoundScan History to Score Two Simultaneous Albums in the Top Five | Justin Bieber to Perform on Saturday Night Live on April 10th | , Mar...
John Mayer's 'Battle Studies World Tour' Extends to Summer
SPECIAL GUESTS TO INCLUDE TRAIN, OWL CITY & THE AVETT BROTHERS | Hometown Show In Hartford, CT On Sale 4/16; Majority of Markets On Sale 4/17 at LiveNation.com | , March 31 /PRNewswire/ ...
WorldStarHipHop.com Secures Position As #1 Hip-Hop Website In The World
Leading Hip-Hop Site Reaches An Astonishing 1 Million Unique Daily Visitors | , March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Hip-hop website WorldStarHipHop.com has officially become the leading site for hi...
Hip Hop Hall of Fame Museum Responds to Urban City Leaders Requests to Expand the 'History of Hip Hop Tour' from 10 to 20 Cities Utilizing the Pepsi RefreshEverything.com鈥檚 fan Voting Campaign from May 1-30!
Creator/TV Producer J.T. Thompson is nationally known for his commitment to "Stopping the Violence and Youth Programs", sets to release the Run DMC w/Jam Master Jay Induction Clip on Wor...
Wiz Khalifa Announces He's Signing To Atlantic Records On 'RapFix Live'
| Pittsburgh MC admits Rick Ross' own label offer was 'a huge honor' and opens up about Twitter, tattoos and more on our live stream sit-down. | by Mawuse Ziegbe, with reporting by Sway Calloway | Wiz...
Chace Crawford Talks About Working With 50 Cent On 'Twelve'
| 'He's a bear. He's good. He's an interesting guy,' Crawford says of his co-star. | by Jocelyn Vena | Chace Crawford and 50 Cent are teaming up. No, the "Gossip Girl" star isn't kickstarting his hip-...
Goodie Mob's Khujo Talks About His Jail Ordeal
| 'I was thinking about Tip, Wayne, Boosie,' the recently released Atlanta MC tells MTV News of serving erroneous sentence; GM partner Cee-Lo also weighs in. | by Shaheem Reid | Khujo Goodie can crack...
Black Eyed Peas Rock 'Good Morning America'
| Group celebrates 'I Gotta Feeling' breaking digital-download record. | by Chris MacAllister | NEW YORK — "Good Morning America" drew its biggest crowd to its Summer Concert Series in Central P...
Lil B Is Taking The Net By Storm, One Freestyle At A Time
| 'I made about 155 MySpace pages' and 1,500 songs, the self-described 'based god' tells Mixtape Daily. | by Steven Roberts | Fire Starter: Lil B | Hip-Hop has always been filled with eccentric, over-...
FreeTulsa! music festival begins in Tulsa
BY MATT CARNEY Oklahoman Leave a comment | TULSA — Faces are melting on Main Street in north Tulsa this weekend, and not just from the six stages worth of indie music at Free...
Wiz Khalifa Was Working On Atlantic Deal 'For A Minute'
| Khalifa tells 'RapFix Live' that although he won't sign to Rick Ross' Maybach Music, there's 'gonna be work done' with the Miami MC. | by Mawuse Ziegbe | Last year, Wiz Khalifa parted ways with Warn...
Wiz Khalifa Was Working On Atlantic Deal 'For A Minute'
| Last year, Wiz Khalifa parted ways with Warner Bros. and hit the independent scene hard. This year, after selling out shows and boosting his Taylor Gang following with the standout mixtape Kush & OJ...
Rapper Bun B remembers deceased friends "Right Now"
Rappers have a propensity for christening themselves with royal titles to promote their standing in hip-hop (e.g., King of the South, Prince of Rap). But for Bun B, the less-regal handle Trill OG was ...
