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Grace Jones lamented the current state of pop music in an excerpt from her book I'll Never Write My Memoirs. The singer, actress, and fashion icon will publish her autobiography on September 29th. But before then, she has released a snippet of it via Time Out. In the snippet, Jones states how trends "come along" and go and how she's been copied by modern stars who have no "long-term vision". Jones writes, "Trends come along and people say, 'Follow that trend'. There’s a lot of that around at the moment: 'Be like Sasha Fierce (Beyonce). Be like Miley Cyrus. Be like Rihanna. Be like Lady Gaga. Be like Rita Ora and Sia. Be like Madonna.' I cannot be like them - except to the extent that they are already being like me." Jones adds, "The problem with...the

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis performed their new single "Downtown" last night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and there was something for everybody during the performance. Rahzel the godfather of noise started things off as only he can, with Macklemore taking the stage for the first verse. Then the legendary Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz and Melle Mel performed their part of the single...but it didn't end there. After Eric Nally sang the first chorus, all three legends returned to the stage to each spit a classic verse. Hip hop fans worldwide should appreciate that and appreciate that Macklemore & Ryan Lewis had them on the song in the first place. Big Daddy Kane summed it up best via his Instagram page a week ago: "REAL TALK! I don't see one artist in the game that put M

Last week, D'Angelo made an appearance on "The Tavis Smiley Show" in his first television interview in over a decade. During the two-part conversation, the Grammy Award-winner went over a multitude of topics, including how he felt "objectified" by female fans following the release of his extremely memorable music video for "Untitled". "It would bother me...A lot of times the crowd -- or a lot of the ladies were just screaming, 'Take it off.' And I kind of felt like, for lack of a better thing, like a male stripper, you know? Or I expected to be that," he said. "I wasn't mad at that…but I think that I'm a serious artist. So it's a fine line to walk. But I accept that. This is the realm that we're in." The song -- which was featured on D'Angelo's second album "Voodo

Kid Cudi was in the running for a role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, he revealed on Twitter that he auditioned for JJ Abrams' film, dues this December after a fan recommended he audition. While Kid Cudi is best known as a musician/recording artist, he has racked up his fair share of acting roles recently using his birth name Scott Mescudi. He appeared in the Entourage movie earlier this year, and 2013's Need For Speed, as well as the acclaimed 2010-11 HBO series How To Make It In America. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set for release in the UK on December 17 and takes place 30 years after the events of Return Of The Jedi. The script was written by JJ Abrams, Toy Story 3 writer Michael Arndt and Star Wars franchise veteran Law

Meek Mill reacted angrily to a fan who brought a Drake-inspired sign to one of his concerts. The incident took place at Fool's Gold's Day Off festival in New York on Monday (September 7), with a fan who poked fun at Mill's recent feud with Drake. The incredibly publicized feud happened after Mill accused Drake via Twitter of using a ghostwriter for his lyrics, which inevitably led to both Drake and Meek Mill releasing diss tracks and veiled shit talking. Seeing the sign in the crowd, Mill told the fan, "Put that Drake sign up again, n***a. Fuck you talkin' 'bout you fuckin' clown. Don't ever come in here and fuckin' play on no Meek Mill, tryna pick on me like I'm a fuckin' dweeb or something'." Meek Mill recently looked like he had to call time on the beef with Drake. "I'

Prince has expressed his admiration of both Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar despite claiming that it's currently a "bad time for music". Earlier in the week, Prince was asked his opinion on Tame Impala, The Weeknd, and Miguel being influenced by his work. Prince replied: "There might be music that sounds like me, but what good is that? You're essentially in the feedback loop. It's a bad time for music in general. There's not a lot of pop music in the mainstream that makes you feel scared, that makes you wonder what's happening." Then, in an interview with Medium, however, he revealed that he is in fact a fan of Lamar's and his most recent album 'To Pimp A Butterfly'. "He just has something to say," said the singer. "It's pure. And with Thundercat on the