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A$AP Rocky Admits Having Thoughts Of Suicide On ‘Phoenix’
January 16, 2013 5:32 PM ET | Yahoo Hip Hop| Billy Johnson, Jr.
A$AP Rocky, the hip-hop young gun who grabbed Rihanna’s backside when joining her on stage at the Video Music Awards last September, transcends his Pretty Flacko persona on his highly-anticipated debut album, Long.Live.A$AP. While most rappers have used their trials to justify their gravitation to street life, on Long.Live.A$AP’s “Phoenix” the 24-year-old MC offers another perspective – depression. The rapper whose parents named him Rakim, after the respected h... | More »
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Village Of The Darned!
January 15, 2013 6:08 PM ET | Yahoo New This Week| Dave DiMartino
As 2013 unfolds, the question arises: Will it be a good year for music? On one hand, between a new release by former teen star Justin Timberlake—curiously timed to coincide with the rebirth of ancient MySpace, the site in which he’s invested a considerable sum—and the start of a new season of American Idol, featuring Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey and other, less-celebrated humans—the smart money might be on not hardly. On the other hand, the now profound difference betwe... | More »
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'American Idol' Preview: Season 12 Just May Be ‘The Nicki Minaj Show’
January 14, 2013 4:04 PM ET | Yahoo Reality Rocks| Lyndsey Parker
"American Idol" Season 12 doesn't officially begin until January 16, and it remains to be seen if this upcoming season will uncover/discover a new singing superstar of Clarkson- or Underwood-esque proportions. But judging from a 45-minute "Idol" preview that screened in 11 locations across the nation on Wednesday, January 9--a full week before the Fox network's premiere--Season 12 may already have a breakout star: the one and only Her Minajesty, Nicki Minaj. Nicki was in fa... | More »
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Video: Jerrod Niemann Performs for Yahoo!
January 10, 2013 5:55 PM ET | Yahoo Our Country
With his breakout No. 1 hit a couple of years back, Jerrod Niemann complained: "Lover, lover, you don't treat me no good no more." His brand new single, "Only God Could Love You More," is another break-up song… or another might-break-up song. But it's a far less blithe ballad in which Niemann means to convince his faltering lover-lover that all that goodness doesn't necessarily have to come to an end. Niemann and his band performed these two very different songs for the... | More »
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Video: T-Boz Talks 'Totally T-Box'
January 9, 2013 5:50 PM ET | Yahoo Hip Hop
T-Boz said she and late TLC member Left Eye made amends before she was killed in a 2002 car accident in Honduras. T-Boz, who recently debuted her TLC network reality show Totally T-Boz, was upset with Left Eye because the fiery rapper was neglecting some of her responsibilities in the group. T-Boz said she and Left Eye resolved their differences when T-Boz was hospitalized for four months due to complications from Sickle Cell Anemia. Left Eye came to see her in the hospital before she made ... | More »
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