Gucci Mane Sentenced To Three More Years in Prison

The prolific rapper is guilty of charges of assaulting with a bottle an Army staff sergeant who wanted a picture with him at the Harlem Nights club in Atlanta on March 16 of last year, the Atlanta Journal-Constitutition reports.

As a result, Judge Tom Campbell sentenced Gucci, real name Radric Davis, to three years in prison. The sentencing follows a recent conviction for illegal possession of a firearm, for which he was ordered to spend 39 months in prison (he'll only have to serve 28 more of that ruling). The new assault sentence will reportedly run concurrently with the firearms sentence. Read more here.

Lindsay Lohan Wheeled Whitney Houston's Corpse Into the Morgue?

In a recent interview with The Telegraph, Lohan told her version of the late singer's arrival at the morgue. "[Working in the morgue was] f'd up and inappropriate - because a lot of other people were meant to do it, and they were like: 'No, they can't handle it. Lohan can,'" she said.

"It's different for me than it would be for other people - like, no one would really have to work at the morgue in LA and roll a body bag for Whitney Houston."

Read more here.

Beyonce and Jay-Z Launch New Short Film Trilogy

The footage may look familiar, being that the black and white short films were played throughout the couple's recent tour. But fans who didn't attend Bey and Jay's recent stadium run got a taste of the trilogy in the trailer, featuring Nancy Sinatra's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)," for the duo's upcoming HBO concert film, premiering September 20 at 9 pm EST.

Now, Rimmasch is revealing the first installment of the trilogy on the website, Nowness, which has Bey and Jay channeling Bonnie and Clyde for the French New Wave-inspired clip. Read more here.

Kanye West Doesn't Appear To Berate Fan In Wheelchair In New Video

Yes, Kanye West did stop during "The Good Life," something he's done throughout his run Down Under, to tell the crowd that the best way to enjoy his show is by standing. "I can't do this show until everybody stand up," he said. "Unless you got a handicap pass and you get special parking and s-t."

As Consequence of Sound points out there was a bit of awkward silence, but a video from the show that has hit the internet does not feature 'Ye going after a fan in a wheelchair.

In the clip, Kanye does say, "If he's in a wheelchair, it's fine," which may or may not confirm reports that he had security guards go into the crowd and check to make sure that said sitting audience member was actually really in a wheelchair.

There is also no word yet if reports of a person in the crowd waving their prosthetic leg in the air to explain why he was sitting are in fact true. But we really hope they are.

Watch the video of the incident here.

Rick Ross Releases Video and Reveal New Album Release Date

Of course, the video isn't just an album announcement, it's also for the release's first single, "Elvis Presley Blvd." The video was filmed in Memphis, which the clip makes sure you know in the intro depicting Ross getting a key to the city upon the opening of his newest Wingstop restaurant. (Apparently, Ross is the proud owner of around 25 Wingstop franchises).

The song also features Memphis' own Project Pat, while the video finds Ross literally rolling down E.P. Blvd in a pink Cadillac and rhyming about Priscilla Presley with his trademark gravelly snarl and snails-pace tempo.

Watch the video here.

RZA Discusses This Week's Wu-Tang Clan Reunion Show

The concert happens this coming Saturday, September 20th, at the Brooklyn, NY venue and will also feature performances The Diplomats, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Lil Kim, Dom Kennedy and Curren$y.

Here is what RZA had to say, "This show is our first time in Brooklyn as a whole in over 15 years. With 4 members being born in that part of New York there is a strong connection with us to that city. We have been touring sparsely through out the year with partial members making and not making their appearance, but this performance will have every surviving member present.

"Wu-Tang can be considered a pillar of New York Hip-Hop. With no less than 7 gold and platinum solo artists and a combined multi-platinum group all under one banner, you will be hard pressed to find this much Hip-Hop royalty on one stage in unity.

"This is our first Barclays Center appearance and for most of us the first time we will step into this modern monumental landmark in Brooklyn. After growing up in the rough times of that city trying to find ourselves, it's a honor to return to it and carve our names into a piece of its history.

"The Source has been, since the early days, a voice of Hip-Hop music culture and politics and as they celebrate their milestone in history we are delighted to be a part of it and celebrate with them. Brooklyn be prepared to enter the 36 Chambers."

You can find more information about the concert as well as the expo here.

Amy Winehouse Statue Unveiled

The statue was created by the London-based sculptor Scott Eaton and features the Back to Black singer with her trademark beehive and a bright red flower in her hair. According to the BBC, Eaton wanted the statue to capture her "attitude and strength, but also give subtle hints of insecurity."

"The hand on the hip, the turn of the head, the grabbing of the skirt, the turned in foot - these are all small elements that contribute to the personality of the piece," Eaton said.

Amy's parents attended the unveiling in Camden's Stable Market, with her father, Mitch Winehouse saying that seeing the statue was "incredibly emotional."

"It is like stopping her in a beautiful moment in time," Mitch said. "We really hope Amy's fans love the statue." Read more and see a photo here.

Childish Gambino Releases Sober Track

"Sober" features '80s-esque synths of varying sounds and the occasional electric guitar beneath Gambino's higher register, which sings that "now that it's over, I'll never be sober."

Briefly, the song veers into more abrasive territory, seemingly setting up Gambino for a quick rap verse. But after the quick sidestep, it jumps back on course to showcase Glover the singer.

The Soundcloud claims the song to be an unmixed rough take, so the final version could certainly have some additions and changes. Check it out here.

Brett Eldredge Releases 'Mean to Me' Video

Filmed in Chicago, the video for "Mean to Me" shows the country singer getting ready for a date with that special girl. Shot in black and white, Eldredge is shown slowly getting ready for his rooftop date by shaving, suiting up and getting driven through the streets of Chicago before he meets his lady at a candlelit rooftop dinner.

"I'm preparing myself the best I can for this girl because she is everything," he told PEOPLE Country. "She is your world and you want to make sure everything is perfect for her. It kind of gave me chills shooting it."

In an interview with Radio.com discussing "Mean To Me," which he wrote with Scooter Carusoe, Eldredge opened up about how the song came together.

"I was just fiddling around on the guitar and we just started pouring them out [the lyrics] in these real descriptive ways. It's a real special song that hopefully I can sing to my future soulmate one day."

Read more and watch the video here.

Miss America Uses Pharrell Hit To Win

The former Miss New York and 23-year-old Hofstra graduate took home the title after covering the song that earned Pharrell an Academy Award nomination, "Happy."

Kazantsev's rendition didn't involve any dancing or big hats, but she did manage to pull out a technique from another recent hit song, "Cups (When I'm Gone)" from Pitch Perfect, pulling off the cup-stacking rhythm in addition to singing "Happy." Kazantsev has clearly paid attention to pop culture over the past couple of years.

All in all, it was a pretty smart move to blend together two things that America loves - and apparently the judges agreed, given her victory. More including video here.

Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) Releasing New Album

Tell 'Em I'm Gone will be released on Oct. 27 via Sony Music/Legacy Recordings. It will be his first album of material since Roadsinger, released May 2009.

The album, recorded in studios across the world including Los Angeles, Dubai, Brussels and London, features five original songs from the 66-year-old, plus five additional cover songs. The latter includes the Edgar Winter cover "Living to Die," which is now available to stream via Rolling Stone.

Rick Rubin co-produced the album with Yusuf, while Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Tinariwen, Richard Thompson, Charlie Musselwhite and Matt Sweeney collaborated on the 10-track album. Read more here.

BANKS Discusses Her Approach To Videos

Any writer reading her bio or interviewing her quickly sees: aside from lyrics, BANKS is more comfortable dealing in aural and visual worlds than the world of words. The slinky, sexy, Helmut Newton-esque style she's exhibited in her videos is a constant, but she says it's not an intellectual exercise.

"Everything is by instinct," BANKS says of her creative process. "There's nothing mathematic about it. There's nothing logical about it. It's pure nutrition. I don't think, I just feel and I do. When something connects with me, I hope that it connects with other people. That's the most special thing in the world."

In her current video, "Beggin for Thread," she collaborates with director Barnaby Roper, also the auteur behind the "Brain" vid. It's a little more high fashion, visually, than the rest of her body of work so far. The black and white clip finds her on a sound stage in a gown, striking a well-known high fashion pose, with isolated body shots of the rippling backs of young men interspersing her actions. It's similar to the aesthetic of Calvin Klein's well known perfume commercials in the '90s. BANKS characterizes the shoot, and her posturing, as instinctual and totally drive by the feelings her music inspires in her.

"Videos need to accentuate the heartbeat of the song. My music often times feels heavy, to me. It's like a heavy growl. I want that in my videos. With my videos, it comes down to if I like them or I don't. If I do, it's probably going to look like BANKS because I am me. I make the music that I like and I make the videos that I like to give off the right essence," she says with a smile. "That's what everybody does without trying. You don't need to try and be you, you just are."

Read more here.

Train Discuss New Album

In an interview with New York's Fresh 102.7 (a CBS Radio station), Monahan and bandmate Jimmy Stafford opened up about the 12-track release and the album's lead single "Angel In Blue Jeans." "Subconsciously, everything romantic that I write lyrically would be about my wife since she is such a lovely part of my life," Monahan said.

This can be seen on the band's latest release and especially on new single "Angel In Blue Jeans." While last year, Monahan told Radio.com admitted the song title sounds a bit country, it's not a country song. "The song is literally about dreaming about trying to find that woman that did a magical thing to you and then you wake up from the dream at the end and you're laying next to her. And then you can relax," Monahan explained.

The video for the song, however, takes a drastic turn. It premiered on VEVO in July and features actors Danny Trejo (Desperado, Heat, Sons of Anarchy, Breaking Bad) and Hannah Simone (New Girl). They portray people living in a Wild West-like world who start a gun fight with the band.

Having released six previous albums, Stafford told Fresh 102.7 that this album takes the cake. "The 11 other singles on the record are all unique," he asserted. "In my opinion, this is our best collection of songs that we've ever put on one record. It's really great writing, really great melody. Overall, I think it's our best work."

Read more here.

Lee Brice Receives Platinum Award During Madison Square Garden Show

Before a sold-out crowd at New York's Madison Square Garden, Brice was awarded a plaque for his single "I Don't Dance." Hoda Kotb of Today's Kathie Lee and Hoda walked onstage alongside representatives of the RIAA to present Brice with a plaque for the song, which the RIAA has acknowledged as the Fastest Certified Platinum Country Single released in 2014.

During an interview with CBS Detroit's 99.5 WYCD (a CBS Radio station), last year he talked about his newly awarded single. "Basically it's a song that I was writing about who I was and where my wife basically brought me to. So it's a song geared toward our first dance," he told the station. Read more here.

Maddie & Tae to Release Debut EP This Fall

Their self-titled EP will include breakthrough hit "Girl In a Country Song" as well as several tracks that the two have penned. On "Girl In a Country Song," Maddie & Tae chastise men for the way women are portrayed in today's country music.

"Aw naw, Conway and George Strait never did it this way back in the old days," Maddie & Tae sing on the track. "We used to get a little respect / Now we're lucky if we even get / To climb up in your truck, keep our mouth shut and ride along / And be the girl in a country song."

Read more here.

Dustin Lynch Launching Taste of Country Christmas Tour

The "Where It's At" singer will be visiting 13 cities throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana beginning Nov. 1 in Lubbock, Texas, and running through Dec. 13 in Victoria, Texas.

Lynch has credited being on tour with Keith Urban for influencing his live show and the more upbeat songs on his new record. "The first album, I didn't know what that energy was," Lynch told Radio.com.

"I didn't know what that electricity in the air felt like. Now I do. Also, too, being on tour with Keith Urban. That energy from his shows has rubbed off on me now. I think that's put a lot into the songs, too."

Complete dates for Taste of Country Christmas Tour 2014 here.

Jennifer Garner Discusses Ben Affleck's Batman Transformation

Jen telling AJ, "Big Ben is defiantly looking buff." AJ asking if Jen likes Ben as Batman, her response, "Yeah I mean he's incredible�It's like who are you." As for his physical changes, "I think he's 8 or 7 percent body fat and all muscle." The two even working out together, "I can't keep up with him clearly, he could bench me, but ya we work out at the same time, I do my little mini workout."

As for her role in "Men, Women, And Children," the film about social media and technology ruining relationships, Jen saying, "My character is definitely the one in the movie who's crazy�She's gonna keep her daughter safe at any cost even if it costs her relationship with her daughter."

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Katherine Webb Opens Up About Her Wedding

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