Lil Boosie Calls Out Rappers For Glorifying Prison And More

"They hear 'Free Boosie' and see me come home after what I came home in and a lot of people glorified it, and that's the total wrong thing to do," the rapper said during an interview with NiteCap's Peter Bailey. "I was fighting the death penalty. What's cool about that? If 12 jurors would have said guilty, they'd be frying me."

Boosie also shared his thoughts on if the "white man" is to blame for his incarceration. "I feel like African American is the worst race in the world because, first of all, we kill each other," he said. "The white man ain't waiting in your bushes with a choppa. The white man ain't trying to take the rims off your car � We doin' this to each other." Read more here.

Meters Legend Sues Hotel For Racial Discrimination

When the other three members - all African-American - arrived to check in (the promoter had arranged the accommodations in advance), they were asked to pay $100 each as a security deposit, which was not required of Vogel when he'd checked in earlier.

When asked as to why the security deposit was required, it was explained that it was for phone calls, at which point Nocentelli pulled out his iPhone and said to disable the phone in the room. Still, he eventually ponied up the cash deposit.

When the other two band members balked at paying the deposit, they were denied rooms. While the promoter and his wife attempted to rectify the situation, the Travelodge employee allegedly complained to the promoter about sending "these guys" as opposed to "white guys" he would generally book into the hotel.

According to the lawsuit filed on Nocentelli's behalf by Venice attorney Benjamin Schonbrun, when asked why the cash deposit was necessary, the Travelodge employee told the promoter point-blank that "we don't take credit cards from black people." here.

Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande Oversexualized?

As you might be able to guess from that statement, he specifically was not a fan of Spring Breakers, the Harmony Korine-directed film that follows former teen stars, including Selena Gomez, as they wreak havoc while wearing bikinis. "I saw Spring Breakers," he said. "I'm by myself in the theater and I couldn't have felt dirtier."

Garlin also voiced feeling uncomfortable about the way Ariana Grande has been sexualized, saying about her and Gomez, "Both beautiful girls, really beautiful girls, but they have baby fat. They look like kids." here.

Jason Aldean's New Album Streaming Online

And now, prior to Aldean's new album's release next week (October 7th), CMT is streaming Old Boots, New Dirt in full via their website here.

The record marks Aldean's sixth total and first in two years, following 2012's GRAMMY-nominated Night Train. That album yielded four No. 1 singles including "When She Says Baby" and "Take a Little Ride."

Read more here.

Chris Brown Remixes French Montana's 'Don't Panic'

In Breezy's remix of the menacing song - the video for which featured French and then-girlfriend Khloe Kardashian torturing a girl while wearing masks - the violence is dialed up.

Brown raps about having to hide his gun from the paparazzi - "Strapped up, pistol with the bandanas / Extended clip, gotta hide it from the damn cameras" - and also touches on Black Planet, Cali kush and "licking the cookie."

Lyrics are just lyrics, until proven otherwise, some might say it's not the best choice for Brown - who has a long history of legal run-ins and a felony stemming from his physical fight with Rihanna in 2009 - to be lyrically puffing his chest about violence.

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Snoop Dogg Teams With Flavor Flav For New Track

The two teamed up on a song about the famed Las Vegas high school Bishop Gorman, which took home a major win last night against St. John Bosco, reclaiming their spot as the No. 1 team in the U.S. in high school football.

It's a pep rally of a rap track with Flava Flav and Snoop exchanging Flav's signature phrase ("Yeahhhh, boy!") in between rapping about touchdowns, dropping the "I believe that we will win" chant - which became the U.S.' motto during this past World Cup - and ordering all to "sing it at all the games."

Listen here.

South Park Tackles Lorde And Ebola

Lorde was the subject of the Comedy Central show's new episode Wednesday night (Oct. 1). The episode, "Gluten Free Ebola," finds the boys deciding to throw a pizza party for a classmate - and because Randy Marsh apparently works with Lorde's uncle, she'll come to perform, Music Times points out.

Except, of course, Lorde didn't actually show up to the party. The jury's out on if Randy even works with her uncle. So how does he get around it? If you watch even the slightest amount of TV or movies, you've probably already figured it out.

The full episode can be found online; be warned that if you're only here for Lorde, the plot involving her potential performance is more of a subplot than anything. Watch it if you'd like here.

Ben Harper Premieres New Song

A solo acoustic live performance, it features Harper singing and playing his Weissenborn (a lap slide guitar) on the John Lee Hooker-style blues song, filmed in stark black and white.

Earlier this year, Harper told Radio.com that "I suppose I'm thinking about Bruce Springsteen in every song I write, consciously or subconsciously," and this one certainly has echoes of "American Skin (41 Shots)".

More including the video here.

The Walking Dead Star Hints At Season 5

Reedus said he's fired up about the new season. "It's great, all the characters are so good this year. The direction is so good. The writing is so good� I'm excited!"

Season Four of "The Walking Dead" ended with Daryl locked in a railroad car in Terminus with Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and others, and while Reedus wouldn't give too much away ("I feel like they're tracking me from space, so whatever I say a laser beam is right at me"), he did drop one hint. "We get out of the car, I'll tell you that."

Reedus explained he doesn't get to see scripts too much in advance. "Two weeks before we shoot and if there's something big for a certain actor coming up, they give you a little heads up."

Keeping Daryl alive is something that's very important to his fans, who have said they will riot if he dies. Norman said he's right there with them. "I'll be the first in line. I'll be passing out matches to all of you."

See video here.

Lorde Talks New Song And Curating Hunger Games Soundtrack

"I have to say the last time we spoke I was a bit of a bad interview. I sound like the grumpiest teen. I was mumbling, I was extremely unintelligible. It was my first time in America, I was extremely sleepy."

If Lorde was sleepy the last time she visited The Kevin & Bean Show, she must be exhausted by this point. The past year has been a whirlwind for the 17 year old musician, who's recently taken on a new task as well: curating movie soundtracks. Lorde also put pen to paper and created her own song for the soundtrack as well, titled "Yellow Flicker Beat."

"Basically I wrote the song specifically for the movie, it wasn't something that I had to draft up previously. I reread the books, and I just wanted to tap into everything that Katniss is feeling in that film and what's the crazy stuff that goes on. One of the things that happened in the book which to me felt like this crazy turning point was her best friend Peeta tries to kill her, he's been brainwashed and tries to strangle her. It just felt like something so irreparable and something that the characters couldn't turn back from. I felt like Katniss was like 'okay, I'm taking names. I'm coming for blood. You don't do these types of things to my friends and family and get away with it.' I just wanted to make something kind of dark and haunting."

"It's weird because everything that the character could think or feel is already kind of laid out for you in the book. You can't take that many leaps, it becomes your song and not their song so it was definitely about keeping in that mindset and just thinking about 'What would Katniss do?,' but she's such an awesome character to write for and it was such an awesome experience. There couldn't have been a better character for me to write from the perspective of."

On curating 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1′ soundtrack: "I got approached to curate the soundtrack a few months ago and I was like 'OK, this sounds super fun but super hard� which was pretty accurate. It's been a crazy process, super intense."

"No one gives some random 17 year old from New Zealand the opportunity to soundtrack a major motion picture� It's been very cool and I'm so glad that I've had the opportunity."

More including a stream of the full interview here.

Childish Gambino Releases New Mixtape

STN MTN finds Childish Gambino grappling with the last decade of Dirty South history. On the the introductory "Dreams" he talks wistfully about his memories of Allanta over the background noise of a radio, classic ATL rappers like D4L appearing briefly before fading away. From there the intro turns into a remix of Ludacris' "Southern Hospitality."

The radio dial proves an apt metaphor for the mixtape itself: it's a mixture of new songs, produced by the likes of Zaytoven and Nick Banga, and classic early 2000s smash hits, remixed by Gambino.

Besides Luda, Lil Wayne's "Go DJ," Maceo's "Nextel Chirp" and Timbaland & Magoo's "All Y'all" receive remixes. The man born Donald Glover also takes on new material, flowing over K. Camp's melodic "Money Baby" and "Move That Dope."

Check it out here.

50 Cent or Fifty Shades of Grey With Meredith Vieira

Standing at a podium, he read off seductive phrases like, "Touch me. Tease Me. Feel Me. Please me," "Turn around. I wanna get you out of that dress," "It's not in my nature to make commitments," and "I touched the right spot at the right time," while the audience tried to guess if the phrases originated in the book or his lyrics.

Somehow, they were right every time. Either dumb luck or Vieira's audience has both 50 Cent lyrics and Fifty Shades of Grey lines completely memorized.

Afterward, 50 sat down with Vieira for an endearing chat about raising his dog and cat, Oprah and Gayle. They weren't easy to train, it turns out; Oprah didn't want to sit.

Watch it here.

Jessie Ware Teases New Song Cruel

And now, another one, though only a snippet, titled "Cruel." Driven by hand claps and firm synth pulses, Ware's smooth, soulful voice takes over quickly, proclaiming that "actions speak louder than words."

If those actions are releasing a ton of music ahead of your album, than that message is confidence. Confidence in your music, confidence that your audience cares.

Not enough for you? Well, fortunately, there is a live version of the whole thing also available thanks to the Internet. Check it out here.

Courtney Love To Star In 'Pop' Opera

To be fair, it will be "pop" opera singer. Love has been cast as one of the leads in the upcoming staging of Kansas City Choir Boy, which will take place at New York's Prototype: Opera/Theater/Now Festival from January 8th to 17th. Love will star in 10 performances over that time. Hope she drinks her hot tea, as that sure is a lot of singing!

"I love the concept, and I'm loving the music," Love told Rolling Stone. "I'm playing it constantly. I'm looking to do things that are different. I just finished a rock tour of Australia, and it was great, but I've been doing that for a long time. I wanted to do something challenging." here.

Ludacris Freestyles Over Bobby Shmurda

For a rapper with a career now entering its second decade, Ludacris seems intent on reminding the world that he's just as in tune with the buzzing sounds of the radio as ever.

He definitely hasn't lost any of his trademark aggression. Over Jahlil Beats' instantly recognizable crow squawks and off-kilter bass, he spits several hard verses about his enduring legacy.

Case in point: "In Atlanta I been that hot n***a, on my second term like Barack n***a, lyrical abuse when I'm in the booth, treat em like the NFL, how I drop n***as."

Listen here.

WAT-AAH! For Ariana Grande

According to Ad Age, the company, which was founded in 2008, uses colorful packaging and cartoon logos to attract kids and teens. Those same youngsters who consume anything Ariana Grande.

The company's founder Rose Cameron told Ad Age that she hopes Grande will "make drinking water cool to kids and teens." She also hopes it will encourage those kids to make healthier drinking choices.

Read more and see the photos here.

Mary Lambert Premieres One Take Performance Of New Song

In the famous Capitol Records Studios in Los Angeles, Lambert is ably backed by her band - a group of like-minded musicians she described to Radio.com as "sick."

Lambert tells us they all attended either an art or music school, but between the four of them there are only two degrees. Drummer Heather Thomas is the most recent addition. Lambert had a female drummer before her and went out actively seeking another because she "loved the way that it looked and the way that it felt."

The group is rounded out by bassist, guitarist and musical director Tim Mendonsa and Maiah Manser on synths and backing vocals. Check it out here.

New Aaliyah Biopic Trailer Goes Online

Disney Channel star Alexandra Shipp takes the helm playing the late R&B singer, and appears in the trailer wearing several classic Aaliyah-esque outfits: Timberlands, camo pants and crop tops.

You can see clips of her dancing and working in the studio, as actress Rachael Crawford, who plays her mother, gives her advice: "It takes more than some hot producer to create a superstar. It takes the right artist."

Read more here.

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