When Action Bronson raps, oftentimes, it’s at least partially about food. The way he handles this subject is one of the things that has made the New York native a favorite among his fans.

In the first episode of his VICE series, “F–k, That’s Delicious,” Bam Bam takes us with him on a snackventure from New Zealand to South Africa to Queens, New York. At various points in the 10-minute episode, the entire palate gets satisfied: there’s pizza, pork belly and a malted milkshake, among other general delectability.

OK. Time to go eat.

Adam Fleischer

50 Cent and Jadakiss may have put their issues in the past, but that doesn’t mean it’s all love on their new collaboration, “Irregular Heartbeat,” which also features Kidd Kidd.

In fact, it’s anything but all love. The hook and verses on the song and video, which dropped on Tuesday (May 6), are filled with tough talk and the lyrical equivalent of the three MCs puffing out their chests. For his part, Kiss decides to take aim at Internet thugs: “30 something and you ain’t even open your mouth yet/ Social media is giving cowards a outlet/ See him in person, say something, I doubt that/ Rather get caught with it than get caught without that/ Trying to back peddle and stumble on the curb/ You starin’ at the ground, you mumblin’ your words.”

The spooky, minimalist G Rocka & Medi track is the latest in a weekly string of 50 Cent releases. The accompanying visuals, falling in line with the gritty lyrical themes of the track, show the story of a home-invasion-turned-kidnapping.

50′s fifth solo album, Animal Ambition, drops on June 3.

Adam Fleischer

By Kat Rosenfield

Mindy Kaling is always meeting cute with fictional dudes on primetime television, but her powers of attraction are fully translatable off-screen. On the Late Show with Seth Myers, Mindy dished on the real-life chance meeting she had with a handsome fellow, who came to her aid when she was struggling to hoist a heavy suitcase onto a luggage rack.

That man turned out to be Andy Roddick, who is married, which means that a Mindy-Andy love-fest (portmanteau: Rodicckaling!) will exist only in our imaginations, and in the fan fiction we started writing this morning.

Meanwhile, Mindy moved on to her second tale of romance… sort of, describing how a fan on Twitter had actually named a rat “Mindy” in her honor. Which got us thinking: about celebrities meeting cute, about cute animals and most importantly, about Mindy Kaling meeting cute with celebrity animals. Because maybe Roddickaling isn’t going to happen, but this? Totally could.

6. Jaws, the movie shark
Picture this: a deserted beach. A blazing sunset. The gentle lapping of waves. And Mindy, looking oh-so-fetching in a bikini made entirely of bacon. It would only take a minute for her to be bitten… by love.

5. Nobby and Nela, the Munich polar bears
Having loved and lost one polar bear already (RIP, Knut *sobbing*), seeing Mindy have a chance romance with these fuzzy twins from the Munich zoo is just what we need in order to believe in love again.

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If Kate Bush stayed up all night bing listening to Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and then went out binge drinking with Giorgio Moroder, the result would be White Sea‘s (Morgan Kibby of M83) brilliant new track, “Future Husbands Past Lives,” which reads like the title to a Virginia Woolf short story but with far more lush vocal layers, harmonies, and thinking-woman’s dance beats and way less drowning. (So Haim fans, lean in, okay?)

Come for the stellar Fleetwood Mac-ian production (crafted by the Grammy-nominated Kibby herself), stay for staggering the whistle tones, and pre-order her album, In Cold Blood, out May 20, now.

+ Listen to White Sea’s “Future Husbands Past Lives.”

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By Sidney Madden

Southern female rap is making a ferocious resurgence with Gangsta Boo and La Chat teaming up on the upcoming EP, Witch. As fans of Southern rap can attest, the two femcees have been holding it down for the ladies for more than fifteen years. Both hailing from Memphis, Tennessee, Boo and Chat have garnered both separate and joint successes.

Gangsta Boo was the first and only female rapper to be a member of Three 6 Mafia and her debut album, Enquiring Minds, which spawned the break out hit, “Where Dem Dollas At,” dropped in September, 1998. La Chat also spent years mixing it up on Three 6 Mafia’s label, Hypnotize Minds, appearing on tracks with Three 6, as well as Gangsta Boo, before releasing her own debut album, Murder She Spoke, in 2001.

With such accolades under their belts separately, why would the two collaborate on an extended play now? As La Chat put it, frankly, “It was the right place and the right time.”

“We’ve been planning it for a few years, probably since 2008,” echoed Gangsta Boo, the self-proclaimed Queen of Memphis. “But we both just had other things going on in our lives; working on other projects, dealing with family stuff, and other sh– that prevented us from doing it.”

The pair thought it necessary to team up partly because of the state of rap culture at this time. In an era when it seems to be in style to show out and start beef ...

It’s not a secret that we’re more than a little obsessed with one Emma Stone. And why wouldn’t we be? Girlfriend totally killed a Blues Traveler song while playing with Jimmy Fallon, let real-life boyfriend Andrew Garfield literally gnaw on her chin on national TV on “Saturday Night Live” last weekend and she’s brought the sass to the class party in both “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ as Gwen Stacy.

It’s a wonder that she can still find ways to amaze and delight us, but every time we think, “Man, there’s nothing Emma Stone could do to make us love her more,” her spider adorable-sense tingles and she goes and does something else so fabulous that we can’t help but feel our hearts swell.

All this is to say: Emma, we’re so into your Met Ball look, and we’re pretty sure you’re a Disney princess. Like, for real. In real life. Really.

Specifically, Princess Elsa from “Frozen.”

The similarities are undeniable:

That partially undone braid just screams, “IDGAF, have some ice.”

That ice castle is gonna pop up out of the ground any second now.

She doesn’t need a prince, but we wouldn’t say no to Andrew Garfield either.

The Green Goblin cold never bothered her anyway.

Kase Wickman

Forget who wore what at the Met Gala, or what ring they did or didn’t wear, or drop on the ground. The annual ball is really a place to see, be seen, and maybe rekindle a friendship with a former bestie. And the real name of the game is snapping as many selfies as you can with as many other stars as possible.

So, who won the selfie marathon on Monday night?

Lily Allen
The Sheezus singer kind of killed the game, posting pics with Yeezus himself, Cara Delevingne, Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, Rita Ora and A$AP Rocky.

Selena Gomez
A pic with John Legend and Chrissy Teigen and a slow dance video with pal-again Taylor Swift.

Cara Delevingne
Serious balloon game with Stella McCartney and Rihanna; a shot with Stella, Reese Witherspoon and Kate Bosworth; and then a snap with Nicole Richie.

Rita Ora
Meet Miguel.

Kendall Jenner
Limo game.

Gil Kaufman

Neon Trees‘ Tyler Glenn may have come out before releasing the band’s newest effort Pop Psychology, but most of the pronouns in the band’s new songs — and the love interests in their videos — are still female.

Does Glenn plan to whip out some “he”s moving forward? MTV News hit him up to find out.

“I don’t think pronouns matter really with music because music is so universal,” Glenn told MTV News, adding that women are not always the love interests they seem in the band’s work.

In the video for “Sleeping With A Friend,” for example, Glenn says the woman functions as a kind of a villain.

“Technically I’m sort of running from this girl in the video,” he said. “Not to make women out to be bad, but… I kind of spent my life trying to date girls when in reality it just wasn’t my nature.”

Glenn, who was raised Mormon, came out in a recent interview with Rolling Stone after turning 30.

Still, he does say that mixing up the pronouns could be possible in the future.

“I think there might be an opportunity,” he said. “We do have a lot of love-centered songs — whether they’re good love or bad love. I don’t know, maybe it would be fun to make out with a dude and raise some eyebrows in a music video.”

Brenna Ehrlich

Brenna Ehrlich is a reporter for MTV News as well as the senior writer/editor for the O Music ...

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Shortly after Katy Perry crashed real-life birthday parties for her “Birthday” video, Sara Bareilles decided to use her “I Choose You” video to step into her fans’ lives, too — but this time, there were no creepy clowns or lap dances.

Instead, the Grammy-nominated singer helped out with the proposals of two couples — Matt and Chelsea from Los Angeles, and Aly and Amanda from Denver. It’s all rather touching, and even for the most cynical among us — believe me, I’m one of them — it has a way of giving you hope that, like the lyrics suggest, there is some ounce of hope for a “lifelong love letter.”

For the record, both women say “yes.”

The Blessed Unrest singer also announced on Monday her Little Black Dress tour, a 24-date trek kicking off on July 10 in Chicago. Pre-sale tickets go on sale Tuesday (May 6). See the full tour schedule on her website.

Emily Blake

1. “Wannabe,” Spice Girls

All credit for the phrase “girl power” should probably go to Ginger, Posh, Scary, Baby and Sporty– and it a all started with “Wannabe.” This fivesome gets extra-extra credit for fashioning a hand gesture to accompany the phrase.

2. “You Oughta Know,” Alanis Morissette

Alanis’ pain really was our gain on “You Oughta Know.” This song is an instantaneous anthem for anyone and everyone after a break-up– it really fuels a feel good fire once you get into it. But maybe not for Dave Coulier.

3. “Just a Girl,” No Doubt

Gwen Stefani spent the ’90s redesigning what “cool” sounded and looked like for girls, and it started with this track. Whether you were 5 or 25, you knew Gwen wasn’t just a girl, and you weren’t either.

4. “I’m Every Woman,” Whitney Houston

Every woman wished they were Whitney. #queen

5. “No Scrubs,” TLC

Even if you might not have known exactly what a scrub was when this song came out, you definitely knew you didn’t want one.

6. “Man, I Feel Like A Woman,” Shania Twain

Shania transcends genres and time with this one. Whether you are at a bachelorette party or a Bat Mitzvah, this is still a go to girl power jam.

7. “Bills, Bills, Bills,” Destiny’s Child

Destiny’s Child taught many life lessons on girl power, but none more important than “Bills, Bills, Bills.” Fortunately, we do not think Bey runs into this problem in ...