Dr. Dre donates $70 million to USC for Arts Academy
Dr. Dre is putting some of that Beats By Dre money to good use: Dre, along with Universal Music chairman Jimmy Iovine, have donated $70 million dollars to the University of Southern California to...
View ArticleIn Photos: Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, and Dr. Dre at LA’s The BET Experience...
The BET Experience ran its inaugural event this weekend at Los Angeles’ LA Live entertainment district, where the Staples Center, Club Nokia, and other smaller venues all hosted a sprawling parade of...
View ArticleHip-Hop Turns 40: Our Favorite Songs
Forty years ago this week, Cindy Campbell hosted a back-to-school party at her parents’ Bronx apartment (1520 Sedgwick Avenue, to be exact). Her 16-year-old brother Cliff, an aspiring DJ and noted...
View ArticleEminem to release The Marshall Mathers LP 2 on November 5th
Eminem made a surprise announcement during the MTV Video Music Awards in Brooklyn tonight. He shared the title and release date for his eighth studio album, and first since 2010′s Recovery. The...
View ArticleTop 20 Hip-Hop Solo Albums
Virginia Beach duo Clipse, comprised of brothers Pusha T and Malice, released their first album in 1997 and dropped their latest in 2009. But it wasn’t until this month that Push, typically the...
View ArticleKendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre just made the most amazing commercial for Beats by...
There’s a lot of great stuff going on in this new commercial for Beats by Dre. Actually, it’s more like a short film, the best 90-second short film. I think we’re looking at an Oscar winner here, and...
View ArticleBeats Music to launch on January 21st, pricing models revealed
Last month, the power trio of Trent Reznor, Dr. Dre, and Interscope co-founder Jimmy Iovine announced the beta launch of Beats Music, the streaming music service that originally began as Daisy back in...
View ArticleStraight Outta Compton and the New Musical Biopic
This week’s Straight Outta Compton may not be the American cinema’s first biopic centered around a rapper, but it’s among them, and it’s on the most difficult topic to date: N.W.A. Ice Cube, Dr. Dre,...
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