The Studio

Sony broke major bread with U.K. recording artist, Adele.  The British songstress reportedly signed a whopping £90 million ($130 million USD) recording contract, making it groundbreaking for the entire...

Soulja Boy might have jumped the gun last month when he announced that he inked a $400 million deal. Many wondered which company offered Soulja Boy the deal and a breakdown of what it was comprised of. Well,...

Just one month before his death in 1996, Tupac Shakur purchased a brand new, fully-equipped American Motors Hummer H1. The Hummer was recently auctioned off by RR Auction in Boston, MA and sold for...

Puff Daddy and the Bad Boy Family hit the "Today" show stage on Friday morning (May 20). The family performed all Bad Boy's greatest hits including "Coming Home," "I Need A Girl," and "Mo Money Mo...

Rapper Iggy Azalea is being threatened by her former music producer with a lawsuit for $1.5 million. Jon Jon Traxx is claiming that Azalea finessed him to get in the rap industry and didn't bother paying...

There's a petition floating around that suggests that non-commercially released music be considered for Grammy nominations. So far, 23,648 supporters seem to think so. Per the Change.org .... Ridiculously...

By: Alex Ro, contributing intern (@alexrolive) Former member of the all-girl R&B group OMG Girlz, Zonnique Pullins sits down with Stacks Magazine to talk everything from her calling up T.I. for...

What a great way to make things better! 50 Cent was recently scrutinized after he posted a video of him taunting a young man inside an airport. 19-year-old Andrew Farrell didn't really understand what was...

A driver is suing rap vet Busta Rhymes for $40,000. He claims that he suffered emotional pain while chauffeuring Busta Rhymes around New York City. The 57-year-old David Jones claims that he worked for...

Wiz Khalifa‘s Taylor Gang Ent latest signee, Sosamann, has released his Sauce Eskobar mixtape online. The Houston-based rapper gives fans a high energy 15-track project with features from Wiz Khalifa,...

It's that time of year again! Forbes released their annual list of Hip-Hop's richest artists. Drake, surprisingly, landed in the no. 5 spot with a net worth of $60 million. Historically in the top five,...

Kanye West appeared on the Steve Harvey Morning Show with a few things on his mind: The Life of Pablo, Yeezy's, and his impact on the future. As he prepares for second solo tour, The Life of Pablo,...

Birdman sat down with Ebro and Laura, of Hot 97, to set the record straight about the incident that occurred at The Breakfast Club. Since his infamous two-minute interview, Birdman's persona and...

Afeni Shakur, the mother of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur, has passed away at the age of 69. According to reports, Shakur died after a possible cardiac arrest suffered on Monday night (May 2). San Francisco's...

Soulja Boy just inked a deal that surpasses any other 25-year-old hip-hop artist. On April 30, Soulja Boy shared his excitement on Twitter with the words "$400 million deal confirmed. I still think they low...

Drake latest album, Views, is projected to sell 800,000 copies in its first week. And, that's just in North America. Some are projecting that Drake could pull in over one million copies globally, in the first...

Young Scooter released his Street Lottery 3 mixtape today. Hosted by DJ Swamp Izzo, the 16-track project boasts features from Future, Young  Thug, Akon, Boosie, Kodack Black and others.  Street...

The new album from Drake is finally here. Views From The 6, to now Views, is Drake's fourth studio album and is being released on OVO Sound/Young Money Ent/Republic Records. The Canadian emcee's project...

Congrats to Beyonce on her sixth #1 album. Lemonade has reached the top of Billboard's Top 200 chart, as well as, on iTunes.  Lemonade is projected to sell approx. 500,000 to 600,000 copies in the first...

You got to respect Beyonce's singing ability. You have to respect her work ethic. You most definitely must respect her business acumen. However, her music's ability to show depth has always been questionable...

As did with Michael Jackson and so many other greats, Prince record sales has skyrocketed since his untimely death. According to Billboard, The Very Best of Prince and the Purple Rain soundtrack have both...

The world is still in a state of shock about the untimely death of music icon, Prince Rogers Nelson. His death came unexpectedly in his Paisley Park studio complex located in Minneapolis. The cause of death is...

Birdman shut down Charlmagne, DJ Envy, and Angela Yee's show this morning. What seemed like a potential sit-down to discuss Birdman's career, future projects, and clarify details of his ongoing legal...

Happy 4/20!! Rihanna just released her video for "Needed Me," which is the third single off of her ANTI album. The video was directed by Harmony Korine and is one of the popular songs off of the...

The 2016 Essence Festival is right around the corner. The event, which is from June 30 to July 3, is the largest consumer live event in the nation with 550,000 people attending annually. For those who plan to...

  What is this all about Beyoncé? Is the album dropping soon? Last week, King Bey released a snippet of what looks like a music video. The visual is titled "Lemonade" and HBO have now put out...

Hip-Hop and R&B enthusiasts filled Terminal West on Tuesday, April 5 in Atlanta, GA.  The music rights organization, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), hosted its annual BMI Urban Showcase. This year's event...

Rapper/songwriter, Consequence, and his son Caiden released a new track, "Heir to the Throne."  The father and son duo pick up from where they left off in "That Dude," which is the first song released with...

Future is pissed off at the pending $15 million defamation lawsuit filed by his former fiance, Ciara. As many of us know, Future's disgust of Ciara was made known publicly on Twitter and in interviews....

No Genre's B.o.B is seeing the fruits of his labor in the form of platinum certifications.  B.o.B 2010 single “Airplanes” featuring Hayley Williams is now quintuple platinum, with a tally of more than...