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Azealia Banks commented on the Twitter feud between Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift recently. The feud saw Nicki Minaj accusing Taylor Swift of defending the "racist media" following the recent MTV VMA nominations. The dispute started when Minaj took offense at her being excluded from the nominations for Video Of The Year, saying it's due to the industry's inherent racism. Nicki tweeted: "When the 'other' girls drop a video that breaks records and impacts culture they get that nomination," a tweet that Taylor Swift took upon herself to assume it was directed at her. Swift replied to Minaj with, "I've done nothing but love & support you. It's unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot.." Swift then invited Minaj on stage with her if she wins the award

Erykah Badu has called out the Black Eyed Peas for copying one of her music videos. The Black Eyes Peas recently ended a four-year hiatus by releasing a music video for 'Yesterday'. The video was released to mark their 20th anniversary, and plays tribute to the golden age hip-hop artists and albums that gave inspiration to the group. In the video, you see members will.i.am., Taboo, and apl.de.ap. (but not Fergie), browsing through classic LPs in a record store, at which point each cover comes to life with the Black Eyed Peas filling in for original artists. Despite how many albums the group plays homage to in their new video, the group have been accused of ripping off Badu's 2007 video for 'Honey' which has the same concept. The Black Eyed Peas version even contains some of the sa

A petition recently surfaced to prevent Kanye West from playing the closing ceremony of the Pan American Games in Toronto later this month. The Pan Am Games take place every four years, and recently announced that the rapper would perform to close the event on July 26. The petition calling for West to be removed from the bill reads: "The Toronto Pan Am games have proven to be very important for Torontonians this year and have triggered a unified sense of pride in our city. It would only be just to ask a proud Torontonian (or even a Canadian for that matter) in the music industry to perform, such as Drake, Walk Off The Earth, Feist, Metric, Shania Twain, deadmau5, Crystal Castles, Zeds Dead, The Weeknd, Peaches, K'naan, and many many more!" Mark Daye, the Deputy Leader of the

One noticeable thing missing in most contemporary hip-hop is attention to the lyrical details. It's as if words have lost their meaning and been replaced by cheap antics, braggadocio bars and hollow threats. On the other hand, HBO Def Jam poet, professor, author, award-winning playwright, and emcee Idris Goodwin is a connoisseur of words. He's planted, cultivated and spread words with deep meaning that require repeated listens to dissect everything Goodwin is sharing. His most recent album, 2015's Rhyming While Black, is more evidence of his acute attention to every syllable he carefully puts together. Album highlights include "Song Speak For Itself," "Down" and "Still Got It," which Goodwin sews together like a pro. Paired with flavorful neo boom-bap production, Rhym

Bryan "Birdman" Williams' Cash Money Records is suing Tidal, which is Jay Z's streaming company, for $50 million claiming that the artist-owned music service has no legal right to host Lil Wayne's Free Weezy Album, which arrived exclusively on Tidal on July 4th. According to the lawsuit, Cash Money owns exclusive rights to all of Lil Wayne's music and his contract strictly says he cannot license his music to anyone else. Tidal has responded by saying that Wayne offered the album exclusively for a stake in the company. In June, with the release of his single "Glory", a Tidal representative confirmed to Rolling Stone that Lil Wayne had joined other musicians as a part owner of the music service. The Cash Money lawsuit calls Tidal's partnership with Weezy "a desperate and i

The Untold Festival takes place in the city of Cluj-Napoca from July 30th to August 2nd this year and the organizers have announced that they will exchange tickets for blood donations at certain centers in Bucharest and Cluj. Festival-goers who sign up online as blood donors are set to receive a 30% discount off of the standard fee. The deal comes as encouragement for people in the area to donate blood due to Romania ranking as the second to last country in Europe when it comes to active blood donors. According to the National Institute of Blood Transfusion, only 1.7% of the population donate blood. Inspired by Bram Stoker's novel 'Dracula', which was based in the region that Untold Festival takes place, the festival's PR manager, Stefana Giurgiu said, "We were talking about how