The Grammy Awards have gone seven years without an official host, until this year. LL Cool J will do the honor of hosting the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, which will air on Feb. 12 from Los Angeles.

LL Cool J has hosted "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" since its inception in December 2008, and this will be…

Are Rihanna and Chris Brown keeping a secret relationship? A new report suggests that the pop star and singer/rapper, who ended their relationship after Brown assaulted Rihanna in early 2009, have been privately hooking up for nearly a year.

According to Us Weekly, multiple sources have confirmed that the pair have been casually meeting up, even though Brown is…

You know the protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has gone mainstream when the headline of the Drudge Report on Wednesday morning reads, "Hands Off the Internet!"

Numerous Internet companies engaged in a "blackout" protest Wednesday against two anti-piracy bills, SOPA and its counterpart in the Senate, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). The bills are…

Music publications this week are reporting that Jay-Z has penned a poem swearing off the use of the word "bitch," in honor of his newborn daughter Blue Ivy Carter.

The first publication to report the poem's existence, Rolling Out, cites no publication source for the poem and could not be reached for comment. Sources close to the rapper have declined to…

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In the 1950s, it was not uncommon for a band to make money off an ancient bit of technology known colloquially as an "album." People bought "albums" in exchange for money that was divided mostly between the store, the label, the distributor, and the band, which included not only the artists, but also producers and lawyers.

In the following 60 years, music hasn't died, but the old business model quite nearly did. People still buy solid, non-digital…

J. Cole is no longer at the top of the Rap/Hip Hop charts this week, but who's at #1? Murs and Ski Beatz rocket their way onto the charts, while Styles P holds a Top 100 spot.

Lil Wayne re-claimed the top of the Hip Hop charts, after three weeks of J. Cole's tenure. Additionally,…

After a string of broken release dates, Jeezy announces yet another new date for "TM103."

Young Jeezy has announced another release date for his oft-delayed album Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition, which is now set to impact stores on December 20th.

At the end of a promotional clip for the LP, Jeezy…

B.o.B is apparently really feeling his latest single with Lil Wayne, "Strange Clouds." Either that or he just expects big things to come of it (I do, too). Otherwise, I doubt dude would decide to use the same name for his sophomore album and follow-up to the supremely disappointing The Adventure of Bobby Ray. We're still pulling for…

Ah, strip clubs. It doesn't matter if you are a perpetual horn dog, a dude who swears he don't trick off money, or even a curious and adventurous woman, at some point in your adult life you'll end up in a titty bar, shake joint, or gentlemen's club. Surely, strip clubs are not everybody's cup of tea, and we're not here to dissect…

College is as much about youthful ignorance as it about education and personal growth.

Following in the footsteps-or missteps-of campuses such as UC Irvine, The Berkeley College Republicans at UC Berkeley hosted a “Diversity Bake Sale” yesterday.…

Today, J. Cole’s debut album Cole World: The Sidelines Story finally hit stores. It’s been a long journey for the man born Jermaine Lamarr Cole, as chronicled in our online cover story and…