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Dr. Dre is following in the footsteps of rap peers like Ice Cube, 2Pac and Snoop Dogg as the West Coast legend was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Dre officially received the 2,775th star during a star-studded presentation last week (March 19 2024). Friends and hip-hop associates who have been in Dre’s corner for decades, like Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Eminem, Jimmy Iovine and more, […]
Ed Sheeran's Perfect remains the front-runner for this year's Christmas number one, but Eminem is closing in fast. Eminem is a surprise new entry at number two in the mid-week chart update with River, a song that dissects a toxic relationship. According to the Official Charts, Sheeran is still ahead on pure sales, but Eminem is getting more streams. "You couldn't call it one way or the other without being wrong," […]
For 15 years, Dr. Dre fans have been waiting in anticipation for THAT announcement. It finally happened this weekend on the rapper's own radio show. Dre revealed a new album - Compton: A Soundtrack - will be available on 7 August. Hang on. Compton, what? We thought the the rapper had been working on songs for a different project - an album called Detox. Detox "just wasn't good," he's reported […]
Iggy Azalea may not be coming back to social media anytime soon. The rapper's management has been posting on her accounts since she announced she was taking a break. In her last Instagram post, she wrote about paparazzi photographers invading her privacy by taking photos of her outside her home in a bikini. "[It's] so nice not to be on social media so I'm kind of going to continue that […]
Removing her entire back catalogue from music-streaming service Spotify doesn't seem to have dented Taylor Swift's massive popularity. Her 1989 album has debuted at No 1 on America's Billboard 200 albums chart. It sold 1.287 million copies in its first week. According to Billboard that is the largest sales week for an album since Eminem's The Eminem Show was released 12 years ago. But that's not the only reason for […]
Beyoncé is in the running for eight prizes at the MTV Video Music Awards including video of the year, best female and best choreography. Her song Drunk in Love, performed alongside husband Jay-Z, is up against rivals including Pharrell Williams' Happy for best video. Rappers Eminem and Iggy Azalea scooped seven nods apiece in key categories including best male and female. The awards ceremony takes place in Inglewood, California, on […]
Eminem has confirmed he will be performing at Wembley Stadium on 11 July in his first London gig since 2001. "I know Wembley Stadium is huge," said Eminem, adding that the plan originally had been to play Hyde Park. He also responded to speculation that he had trouble securing the outdoor venue by posting a picture on Instagram reading, "Never mind Hyde Park". Reports had been circulating that park bosses […]
Pharrell Williams saw out 2013 with his third UK number one single of the year, Happy, knocking X Factor winner Sam Bailey into second place. The 40-year-old previously topped the charts on Daft Punk's Get Lucky and Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines, with writing credits on both. Happy, a feel-good pop song featured in the hit animation film Despicable Me 2, and comes with a 24 hour-long video. It unseated last […]
The US rapper’s duet with Rihanna tops the Official Streaming Chart today for a fourth consecutive week. The Monster made its Official Streaming Chart debut back in November, entering at Number 82. It climbed a massive 80 places the following week, before claiming the top spot four weeks ago. It is Eminem’s first Number 1 on the Official Streaming Chart (which launched in May of last year) and Rihanna’s second […]
