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There are no hip-hop albums in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 this week, continuing a streak of relatively weak sales in the hip-hop world. These past few weeks have been filled with albums that have charted in the Top 50 for only a few weeks or less, only to drop out of the charts...

Taylor Swift's latest album, 1989, made history this week. The album sold 1.287 million copies in its first week, registering the largest sales week for an album since June 2, 2002, when Eminem's The Eminem Show sold 1.322 million in its second chart week at No...

Update (Nov. 11, 11:14 a.m.): The internet always provides gems. Mash-up veterans The Hood Internet combined Kendrick Lamar's “Backseat Freestyle” and Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" single into one glorious song. Listen below. ...

Taylor Swift has a really weird, inextricable link to hip-hop. We all know the infamous Kanye incident at the VMAs 5 years ago, and recently, Swift revealed that she knows every word to Kendrick Lamar's Backseat Freestyle, which Kendrick appreciated...

Taylor Swift surprised a lot of people when it was revealed in her Rolling Stone cover story that the pop star knows every word to Kendrick Lamar's "Backseat Freestyle." After being blasted by members of the hip-hop community for what many deemed to be an offensive music video for her song, "Shake It Off," the news that Swift is a legitimate fan of Kendrick Lamar caught people

"I'mma let you finish but..."

Initial reactions generally leaned toward amusement. But that quickly bled away when the horror took over, followed by the cringing, and, finally, the long slow exhale and shake of the head that meant he'd done it again. Hip-hop's most controversial star in years, one of its most simultaneously derided and cherished treasures, interrupted America's Sweetheart on national television and embarrassed

On Tuesday (Aug. 19), Odd Future's Earl Sweatshirt took to Twitter to let fans everywhere know he wasn't feeling the scheme of Taylor Swift's new video "Shake It Off," calling it "inherently offensive" based on the suggestive stereotypical undertones...

Taylor Swift surprised everyone yesterday when she "pulled a Beyonce" and announced a new album title, cover and single within a few minutes. 1989>'s "Shake It Off" steps away from her country tunes a bit to incorporate pop and catchy horns for a certified hit. T...

Last Sunday's Grammy Awards were a blueprint for how to mash together a whole bunch of artists and genres, and still manage to mostly pull it off. Whether they be classic collabs (Jay Z and Beyoncé opening the show with "Drunk In Love"), new joints (Katy Perry and Juicy J performing Katy's new song "Dark Horse"), random combinations that worked (Kendrick Lamar tearing it down

The 2014 Grammys has come and gone. The even t was filled with tons of memorable moments from start to finish. But there were a few things we would of liked to see. Here is a list of 7 things that would of made the star-studded event better...

Forbes unveiled their "Highest Paid" Women list today, with Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Beyoncé, and Madonna all dominating the top 10. Madonna earning the No. 1 spot, set a new standard for female entertainers with an income of $120 million and Nicki Minaj rounded off the list at No. 10 wi...