Celebrating yesterday's born day of the late and great rap icon The Notorious B.I.G., Melanie Fiona reinterprets Biggie's timeless Ready To Die jam "One More Chance." The Canadian songstress uses a built-in microphone and GarageBand to support her vocals. The visual also marks the latest in her series of cover versions, which encompasses renditions of Wale’s “Bad” and Drake’s “Started From The Bottom.” Enjoy!
On the heels of his great marketing initiative, J. Cole paid a visit to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform his Miguel-powered single "Power Trip." Obviously the North Carolina rhymesayer received some great instrumental and vocal assistance by the legendary Roots crew. In case you haven't heard so far, Jermaine's sophomore album Born Sinner coincides with Kanye West's sixth solo album Yeezus on June 18.
Music royalty blessed the stage at the Billboard Music Awards tonight. From Madonna to Celine Dion, the three-hour show was full of superstars including the one-and-only the night's special guest performer Prince. Erykah Badu and Janelle Monáe honored the legendary performer with the Icon Award before he closed with his classic “Let’s Go Crazy.” Other notable acts to grace the stage included Bruno Mars, Chris Brown, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and many more. One of the more talked about moments of the night came during Miguel's set, when the singer attempted to leap over audience members, and accidentally landed upon one unfortunate onlooker. Check out a few of the performances down below and stay tuned as more become available.
Bruno Mars - Treasure
Chris Brown - Fine China
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop
Taylor Swift - 22
Justin Bieber - Take You
Pitbull & Christina Aguilera - Feel This Moment
Miguel - Adorn
Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne - High School
Prince Closing Performance
He did not disappoint. With Yeezy season being in full effect, Kanye West brought his new music in the shape of Yeezus-cut "Black Skinhead" to the musical stage of the Saturday Night Live finale. Wearing a black-studded leather jacket and the upcoming all-red Nike Air Yeezy 2′s, Kanye screamed his lyrics with a live band in support. The song features a sample of Marilyn Manson’s Beautiful People”. He was accompanied by an impressive barrage of found imagery which deviated between rottweilers and price tags, including the phrase “Not For Sale."
He did not disappoint. With Yeezy season being in full effect, Kanye West brought his new music in the shape of Yeezus cuts "Black Skinhead" -- which features a sample of Marilyn Manson’s Beautiful People" -- and the globally projected "New Slaves" to the musical stage of the Saturday Night Live finale. For the former, he was clad in a black-studded leather jacket and the upcoming all-red Nike Air Yeezy 2′s, screaming his lyrics with a live band in support. He was accompanied by an impressive barrage of imagery which alternated between Doberman Pinschers and price tags, including the phrase “Not For Sale."
While on Showoff Radio, Talib Kweli kicks off a quick cypher over the Hit Boy-produced instrumental for "1 Train." He then passes it to Chance the Rapper who uses his sporadic humorous rhymes to liven things up even more. Cory Mo proceeds to end the freestyle with some bars of his own. One of the risks of actually going off the top of the dome is that sometimes you don't actually catch the flow. Even if that may be partially the case in this freestyle, you must respect the efforts of someone that puts themselves out there in the moment for better or worse instead of being so conscious of their image that they hide behind writtens. Which do you prefer in a freestyle: off the top or written?
There's a reason why Sway introduces Wayne Brady as the bar for if an artist should freestyle or spit a written on Sway In The Morning. Brady can actually freestyle. He's a master of improvisation, so it shouldn't come as a huge surprise. Sway gives topics for Brady to talk about including Obama, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Jason Collins, and hip hop. Do you think Brady's freestyle is a pass or fail?
It was bit of a surprise when Diddy went on Twitter two days ago to announce that he'd become a series regular on the British drama "Downton Abbey." With all his business ventures, where would he find the time? Well, it appears his part as Lord Wilcott in the show is just part of Funny or Die's latest comedic skit and with Puff's track record of comedic relief, it's definitely hilarious and worth a peep. See how it all unfolds by pressing play above.
MY BIG NEWS: So happy to announce that Im a series regular on DOWNTON ABBEY-my favorite show+i'll be debuting a sneak peek tonight 12am PST!
— Diddy (@iamdiddy) May 15, 2013
Yeesy season in full effect. We have already received more footage of Kanye West's surprise gig at Carton Network’s Adult Swim Upfront event in NYC. This one, however, features the latest of his already notoroious on-stage "rants." In his monologue, Kanye addressed his recent Paparazzi x Sign Run-in incident as well as his upcoming appearance on the Saturday Night Live season finale. Read what he had to say below:
“I ain’t no muthafuckin celebrity… There’s one thing about me, I’m a terrible, terrible terrible celebrity. I don’t know if you really know there’s one thing about me but I’m the worst kind of, the worst kind of celebrity. All I do is make real music. All I do is sit in the studio and make real shit. And that’s it. And that’s muthafuckin it. That’s muthafuckin it!
So I don’t want no people runnin’ up on me with cameras, trying to like sell pictures and shit to magazines, asking me dumb ass questions, throwin’ me off my focus and shit. Harrasin’ you all muthafuckin day. I ain’t no muthafuckain celebrity.
It’s so funny. Somebody asked me, ‘when you do SNL, are you going to do a skit about the paparazzi and shit. And like humanize yourself? I ain’t hear to apologize to no muthafuckas man. It ain’t about me humanizing myself. At one point did I become un-human where I had to turn myself back. Or maybe I was demonized, or maybe I was treated inhumane and not human in that type of situation. I ain’t no muthafuckin celebrity. I ain’t runnin’ for office. I ain’t kissin’ nobody’s muthafuckin babies. I drop your baby and you muthafuckain sue me and shit. I’m trying to make some music that inspires people to be the best that they can be. And I don’t want nobody else to ask anything of me! Don’t ask nothing else of me.
Muthafuckas chasin you down, about to make you crash and shit. And all they want is for a nigga to laugh and shit. Hell nah, I ain’t doin no muthafuckin SNL skits. This is my Goddamn life. This ain’t no muthafuckin joke.
Yeezy season in full effect. We have already received more footage of Kanye West's surprise gig at Carton Network’s Adult Swim Upfront event in NYC. This one, however, features the latest of his already notoroious on-stage "rants." In his monologue, Kanye addressed his recent Paparazzi x Sign Run-in incident as well as his upcoming appearance on the Saturday Night Live season finale. Read what he had to say below:
“I ain’t no muthafuckin celebrity… There’s one thing about me, I’m a terrible, terrible terrible celebrity. I don’t know if you really know there’s one thing about me but I’m the worst kind of, the worst kind of celebrity. All I do is make real music. All I do is sit in the studio and make real shit. And that’s it. And that’s muthafuckin it. That’s muthafuckin it!
So I don’t want no people runnin’ up on me with cameras, trying to like sell pictures and shit to magazines, asking me dumb ass questions, throwin’ me off my focus and shit. Harrasin’ you all muthafuckin day. I ain’t no muthafuckain celebrity.
It’s so funny. Somebody asked me, ‘when you do SNL, are you going to do a skit about the paparazzi and shit. And like humanize yourself? I ain’t hear to apologize to no muthafuckas man. It ain’t about me humanizing myself. At one point did I become un-human where I had to turn myself back. Or maybe I was demonized, or maybe I was treated inhumane and not human in that type of situation. I ain’t no muthafuckin celebrity. I ain’t runnin’ for office. I ain’t kissin’ nobody’s muthafuckin babies. I drop your baby and you muthafuckain sue me and shit. I’m trying to make some music that inspires people to be the best that they can be. And I don’t want nobody else to ask anything of me! Don’t ask nothing else of me.
Muthafuckas chasin you down, about to make you crash and shit. And all they want is for a nigga to laugh and shit. Hell nah, I ain’t doin no muthafuckin SNL skits. This is my Goddamn life. This ain’t no muthafuckin joke.
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