Dr. Dre

Yesterday, news surfaced that Apple was closing a deal with Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion. Although the deal wasn’t made official yet, Dre and R&B superstar Tyrese confirmed the transaction with some footage captured on YouTube. Tyres...

The rich just keeps on getting richer. According to Financial Times, Apple is reportedly in the processing of wrapping up a deal to acquire Beats Music for $3.2 billion. You did not see wrong, that's $3.2 billion. If the deal is completed at that price, it would be the largest ever for Apple. The agreement...

Dr. Dre about to buy New England Patriots QB Tom Brady's mansion. Tom and his supermodel wife Gisele listed the 18,700 sq. ft. Brentwood estate for $50 million and Dre fell in love. The deal is not yet finalized but it's close. Dre is also interested in buying The L...

Now that the NBA has banned Donald Sterling for his controversial remarks and called for the sale of the team a lot of people with hefty checkbooks are stepping up. Puffy and Rick Ross have been vocal with their interest in the team as well as entertainment mogul David Geffen and boxing champs Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya...

Q-Tip shared a photo on Instagram of him and Dr. Dre in the studio. These two hip-hop legends in the studio together is already news itself however it's the caption that is more intriguing. The caption read "#detox #lastzulu #hideyodrummachines #beatsnrhymes" Now Dr...

On 4/20, hip-hop junkies will be able to relish in the combination of classic '90s rap music and their favorite holiday. For 24 hours, Revolt TV will air the Beats Music Concert starting at 6AM. The special aptly titled, “It Was A Good Day, Beats Music Presents: The Live 90’s Hip-Hop Playlist,” will highlight performances that took place Grammy weekend featuring legendary acts from the 90’s. Artis

50 Cent continues to tease his upcoming album Animal Ambition with several songs. After “Hold On,” “Don’t Worry Bout It” and “Pilot,” Fif releases his highly anticipated collaboration with Trey Songz and Dr. Dre called “Smoke.” Of course, the Queen...

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From YG releasing his long-awited debut album to 50 Cent making news headlines everywhere, this week on Twitter was certainly live. As Drake also began to wrap up his tour, Dr. Dre assisted Jon Connor in launching Connor Season, and Azealia Banks threatened to leak her album; things on the social site got quite crazy...

Now that 50 Cent has gone indie, more details are surfacing around the Interscope/G-Unit break up. After already unveiling that both parties parted ways peacefully, 50 Cent goes on to add that their was a tab bit of an audio war going on behind the scenes...

As XXL broke the news last month, Eminem and Rihanna will be embarking on "The Monster Tour" this summer. Now unveiling the dates, kicking off August 7th, Rih and Em will be making 3 stops in New York, Los Angeles and Detroit. “There are some shows coming up with Rihanna,” Eminem revealed in an exclusive interview in the latest issue of XXL Magazine. “It’s a th...

This month's issue of XXL celebrates Beats Electronics with the first ever magazine cover featuring Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine and Eminem. Beats By Dre initially took over the industry with their headphones six years ago. Now Beats is at it again with the brand's newest endeavor, Beats Music, a music streaming service which focuses on the curation of playlists by genre experts (including XXL)... Read M