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50 Cent Doles Out Business Advice on "The Money and the Power" | ARTICLE

In these troubling economic times, 50 Cent has some words of advice: "Turn Shit Into Sugar." That slogan is spray-painted on the wall at "Camp Curtis," the Brooklyn warehouse where the rapper is filming The Money and the...
November 3, 2008 1:36 PM ET
Springsteen, Jay-Z, Beasties Lead Obama Swing-State Drive | ARTICLE

From Bruce Springsteen leading 50,000-strong crowds in chants of "Yes we can!" to the Beastie Boys headlining a last-minute voter-awareness arena tour to...
October 30, 2008 12:00 PM ET
50 Cent Making "Before I Self-Destruct" Movie to Accompany Album's December Release | ARTICLE

50 Cent's life is like a movie, so it makes sense that he's writing one. The rapper is working on a feature film, Before I Self-Destruct, which is based on his album of the same name. "It's...
September 23, 2008 1:37 PM ET
GOP's Use of "Right Now" Leads to Sammy Hagar-Eddie Van Halen Phone Tag | ARTICLE

Days before Heart served the GOP campaign with a cease-and-desist letter for playing their 1977 hit "Barracuda" to introduce VP pick Sarah Palin (high school alias: "Sarah Barracuda") at the August 31st Republican convention, Van Halen sounded...
September 12, 2008 3:41 PM ET
50 Cent Says Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" Is Just Like "Candy Shop" | ARTICLE

50 Cent digs Lil Wayne, but he can't help but notice the similarities between Weezy's summer smash "Lollipop" and his own 2005 hit "Candy Shop." "'Lollipop'" is 'lick lick lick lick it like a lollipop,'" 50 told...
September 5, 2008 11:39 AM ET
Natasha Bedingfield Muses on John Mayer Collabo, Her Own Ubiquity | ARTICLE

If it seemed like Natasha Bedingfield was everywhere when "Unwritten" became the theme to The Hills, consider this: the artist behind the most-spun song of 2007 has also recently appeared on everything from The Bachelorette to Barack...
July 16, 2008 5:45 PM ET
Toby Keith's New Film: "It's Not All Wagon Wheels and Bales of Hay" | ARTICLE

Toby Keith's upcoming movie, Beer For My Horses, is a classic good-guy-versus-bad-guy tale set in a dusty Oklahoma town, but don't expect a dialogue...
July 7, 2008 5:28 PM ET
In the Studio: Ciara Evolves Again on Triple-Disc "Fantasy Ride" | ARTICLE

For her third album (due this fall), Ciara wanted to "take fans on a musical journey," so she split her tunes into three discs that'll be packaged together but focus on different genres: "Crunk Town," "Groove City"...
June 24, 2008 1:51 PM ET
Tokio Hotel: Adored by Hair-Loving Fans, Inspired by Nena | ARTICLE

It's a cold, rainy Saturday in New Jersey, and hundreds of hoodie-clad teenyboppers are scrunched shoulder to shoulder in the Meadlowlands parking lot, screaming for Tokio Hotel. "Bill, I want to comb your hair!" shrieks a teen...
June 3, 2008 11:40 AM ET
Rock Pioneer Wanda Jackson Tells Her Tale in New Doc, Plus Video | ARTICLE

Fifty years after Wanda Jackson unleashed her country snarl on the world with her breakout hit "Let's Have a Party," the first woman of rockabilly (a.k.a. the Queen) is telling her story. Jackson — who has dated...
May 14, 2008 3:29 PM ET
Bamboozle 2008: Snoop, Paramore, Coheed and Cambria, Panic at the Disco Rock a Jersey Parking Lot | ARTICLE

When Snoop Dogg took the stage for his unlikely Bamboozle headlining set in the parking lot of New Jersey's Meadowlands Arena Saturday night, a huge chunk of the pop-punk-centric crowd beelined for the exits. But those who...
May 5, 2008 12:19 PM ET
"Body of War" Hero Talks Eddie Vedder, SXSW Premiere | ARTICLE

For Iraq War vet Tomas Young, Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello and Bright Eyes aren't just rock stars -- they're his lifelines. "They keep me going every day to continue in this struggle," says Young, who...
March 6, 2008 4:17 PM ET
Avril Lavigne to Give Everyone the Bird on Upcoming Tour | ARTICLE

For her upcoming tour, Avril Lavigne is taking a cue from Gwen Stefani and Christina Aguilera. "They go offstage ten friggin' times!" says the singer, who plans to take nightly breathers when she crisscrosses the globe on...
February 6, 2008 12:20 PM ET
Prince's Message to Everyone: Stop Bootlegging My Stuff | ARTICLE

Prince has a message 4 U: Stop UR illegal downloading! To prove he means business, the Purple One is prepping lawsuits against major file-trading sites like YouTube, eBay and Pirate Bay to reclaim control over bootlegged tunes,...
September 14, 2007 12:22 PM ET
Common Preps New Album "Finding Forever" With Help From Kanye, Lily Allen | ARTICLE

While writing the follow-up to 2005's Grammy-nominated Be, Chicago rapper Common drew inspiration from an unlikely place: Hollywood. "Acting opened up a new creative place for me," says the rapper, who made his film debut earlier...
June 8, 2007 4:08 PM ET
Levon Helm Leads An All-Star Lineup in NYC | ARTICLE

How you know you're getting long in the tooth: you're at a Levon Helm concert, vibing out to the song you sparked your first joint to in 1967 when Helms pauses to give a shout out to...
March 19, 2007 5:38 PM ET
All-Star Sing-Alongs Abound at Tibet House Benefit in NYC | ARTICLE

As Ray Davies and Debbie Harry took the stage at last night's Tibet House benefit concert to lead the audience in an acoustic sing-along of "Lola," members of the rapt crowd exchanged incredulous glances, doubting that the...
February 27, 2007 5:30 PM ET
Great White Manager Gets Four Years for Club Blaze | ARTICLE

Dan Biechele, the former tour manager of Eighties heavy metal band Great White, was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison and three years probation for setting a fire in a Rhode Island nightclub in February 2003,...
May 11, 2006 12:07 PM ET