Conan O'Brien has a special segment for his TBS show where he plays and then reviews video games for his viewers. Unfortunately, the host is not a great video gamer player, so the segment is aptly titled "Clueless Gamer." For his most recent "Clueless Gamer" segment, Conan was reviewing "Splinter Cell: Blacklist," so he decided to get a fan of the game: Grammy award-winning recording artist J. Cole. Hilarity ensues. Read More »
Conan O'Brien has a special segment for his TBS show where he plays and then reviews video games for his viewers. Unfortunately, the host is not a great video gamer player, so the segment is aptly titled "Clueless Gamer." For his most recent "Clueless Gamer" segment, Conan was reviewing "Splinter Cell: Blacklist," so he decided to get a fan of the game: Grammy award-winning recording artist J. Cole. Hilarity ensues. Read More »
Just when you thought the iHeartRadio Festival couldn't cram any more big names into its lineup, organizers announced that rapper Drake would be joining the show. Read More »
R&B group TLC made a grand announcement Thursday in New York City that the performers were back in music. This leaves them open for a lot of questions, considering that the group's main attraction Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes died in 2002. The press conference came with a three-part plot however, covering all the bases. Read More »
Rappers have been subject to scrutiny for controversial lyrics a lot as of late. "Born Sinner" rapper J.Cole is the latest rapper to come up the microscope for his lyrics on the "Jodeci Freestyle" featuring Drake. The Anti-Bullying Alliance started a petition Monday (which gathered over 4,000 signatures) to decry Cole's lyrics, "I'm artistic, you n*ggas is autistic, retarded." Since then both Drake and J.Cole have apologized for the offense. Read More »
Rappers have been subject to scrutiny for controversial lyrics a lot as of late. "Born Sinner" rapper J.Cole is the latest rapper to come up the microscope for his lyrics on the "Jodeci Freestyle" featuring Drake. The Anti-Bullying Alliance started a petition (which gathered over 4,000 signatures) to decry Cole's lyrics, I'm artistic, you n*ggas is autistic, retarded." Read More »
J. Cole is being criticized for a lyric from Drake's "Jodeci Freestyle" in which he compares autism to being "retarded." Read More »
Rapper Jay-Z holds the number one spot on the Billboard charts for his album "Magna Carta Holy Grail," which moved 528K units last week. The rapper had now released his European tour dates, just half of his MCHG World tour. Read More »
Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail may not be platinum one week after its release, according to Billboard's rules, but the "Empire State of Mind" rapper's twelfth studio album has gone gold. The record sold 527,000 copies in its first official week of release and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Read More »
Kanye West, Wale, J. Cole, Mac Miller Set Rap Record On Billboard Charts Read More »
In his third week on the charts, J. Cole finally has the No. 1 album in the country, according to Billboard. He climbed to the top spot on the Billboard 200 in a small sales week by moving 58,000 copies of his second studio album Born Sinner. Previously, J. Cole had been stuck at No. 2 behind Kanye West's Yeezus and Wale's The Gifted. Read More »
On his twelfth studio album Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay-Z addresses Miley's twerk phenomenon on his song "SomewhereinAmerica." The mogul hosted an impromptu (for fans) Twitter interview with his followers Monday evening and he addressed his mention of Miley Cyrus and even exchanged tweet with the twerk queen herself. Jay-Z stopped by HOT 97 radio station in New York City Tuesday, July 9 and Miley's name came up again. "I like what she is doing-just being herself," Jay-Z said. Read More »
J. Cole and Wale may be competing on the charts having dropped the biggest albums of their careers this June, however the two emcees it's a friendly competition. They both boast about their new albums, Born Sinner and The Gifted on their new collabo "Winter Schemes" produced by Jake One. Read More »