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*Flo Rida, Cee Lo Green, and B.o.B. have come together for one of the biggest music tours of the summer. “R You on the List” is going to be hot and is the first headlining concert tour for Flo Rida. “This tour is going to be off the hook,” Flo Rida said. “I’m excited to [...]
*Showtime is on the verge of adopting a new music series produced and hosted by Grammy Award winner John Legend. The untitled show, according to Deadline, will feature top artists from all over the music spectrum who will perform original music and unique collaborations in front of a live studio audience. Fans are in for [...]
*YouTube’s roll-out of original content continues with a number of new channels to launch in the near future. “The Warner Sound,” due later this month, promises “exclusive access to superstars, celebrities and breaking talent” along with artist interviews, rare films from the Warner vaults, live events, animated series, scripted comedy and “experimental concepts.” The channel [...]
*Four years ago, Barack Obama and his Hollywood donors were serenaded by superstar Stevie Wonder on the lawn of Oprah Winfrey’s Montecito estate. But when President Obama comes to Los Angeles on Monday for two fundraisers, the faithful gathering at the House of Blues will have to content themselves with musical selections by rapper and [...]
*With a 20th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart, Bruno Mars’ “Just the Way You Are” becomes the longest-reigning debut single in the list’s almost 50-year history. The song dethrone’s Colbie Caillat’s debut single “Bubbly” (2008) and Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” (2006), each of which spent 19 weeks at No. 1. “Way” [...]
*Last year at the BET Awards, Chris Brown broke down during his “Man in the Mirror” tribute to Michael Jackson. This year, he’ll return as the top contender at the award show with six nominations. The singer is up for best male R&B artist, viewer’s choice and video of the year for “Look at Me [...]
*The NAACP is being called on the carpet by critics who question the inclusion of rappers in tonight’s Image Awards ceremony. Jay-Z, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Diddy and Dirty Money, B.o.B. and others are set to perform, present or have been nominated to be honored in a variety of categories — including music, film, television [...]
*Charlie Wilson, Macy Gray, B.o.B. and Cee Lo Green are among the headliners for this year’s Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, according to an announcement from organizers Thursday. The 35th annual festival will be held April 29 to May 1 at a scenic park along the Mississippi River. It’s part of the month-long Memphis [...]
*B.o.B. may have been calling himself a good community member when he lent his talent to a flight of passengers along a recent Delta flight to Los Angeles. After being introduced by a flight attendant, the rapper performed his oh so appropriate Grammy nominated track, “Airplanes” accompanied by the actual track queued up on a [...]
*Following their old-school throwback Grammy performance, Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae are teaming for a North American co-headlining tour. Dubbed Hooligans in Wondaland, the trek will take place in May and June, with British singer/rapper Plan B set to open on select dates, according to Billboard. Before they embark on the joint road trip, both [...]
*Thanks to the rare southern snowstorm that hit Atlanta last weekend, B.o.B. ended up rapping about his beloved Atlanta Falcons playing the Green Bay Packers in a Pepsi commercial for this weekend’s NFL playoffs. “Yeah, it was crazy, man,” B.o.B told Billboard during a break from a recording session. “You know Atlanta is not too [...]
*An hour-long concert held in Los Angeles was the place to be Wednesday night when two time Grammy winner LL Cool J and a host of other performers revealed the 2011 Grammy nominees. Eminem leads the nods with 10, including album of the year. The Recording Academy also gave accolades to Cee Lo’s “F*** You,” [...]
*R. Kelly has been tapped to kick off the second annual Soul Train Awards when the show premieres on BET and Centric next month, RTT News reports. As previously reported, Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson are set as hosts for the ceremony to take place on Wednesday, Nov. 10 at the Cobb Energy Performing [...]
*President Obama addressed a Democratic National Committee youth rally in Washington last night to remind young supporters to get out to the polls this November. “I’m back here today just in case you’ve forgotten what it feels like to change the country,” Obama said to the sold-out crowd of 3,000 at DAR Constitution Hall. “It [...]
*Singer Bruno Mars, whose vocals are heard on B.o.B.’s breakout single “Nothin’ on You,” has reportedly been arrested in Las Vegas on suspicion of possessing narcotics. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the 23-year-old crooner was taken into custody in the early hours of Sunday morning at the Hard Rock. The publication reports that Mars [...]
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