May 6, 2024

Review Category : TMZ Music News

Will <i>My Krazy Life</i> Bring YG Mainstream Success? Compton Rapper Looks Ahead

YG is still putting the finishing touches on his debut album My Krazy Life, so he definitely wasn't thrilled when his collaboration with Drake leaked months early. No sweat though, because the Compton rapper says that it's only setting him up to make waves with a mainstream audience in March.

"Who Do You Love," with production from DJ Mustard, leaked back in December featuring a prized guest verse from Drizzy. "I was hot when the record leaked," YG told MTV News on the set of his video for "My N---a (remix)," Monday night. "I was real hot, because that was supposed to come out right, but it don't matter though. The record's picking up and everybody's loving the record, so it's still a win."

The 23-year-old explained that he had multiple conversations with the YMCMB rapper about working together before it finally came to fruition. "I've been running into Drake for some years and every time I run into him he tells me that he likes what I do, and he wanna work [together], so the time came."

"I sent him a beat, he liked the beat, said 'this the one, I'ma hop on,' so he hopped on it and we're about to shoot that video too," he added. "We were going back and forth on the phone about the record, then he sent the verse back. That's how it goes most of the time nowadays because everybody be on the road doing their thing."

Though he wouldn't reveal what he has in store for that video, he confirmed that his album ...

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Great, Now Tom Hiddleston Is Making Us Buy A Jaguar

Hope your credit's good, because the utter Britishness that is Tom Hiddleston in the just-released Super Bowl spot for Jaguar is going to make you want to run out and apply for an auto loan, stat.

As if we Americans didn't already feel inferior to the Brits and their cool accents, the luxury car company will air an ultra-British commercial featuring Hiddleston, Ben Kinsgley and Mark Strong — all of whom have played high-profile villains recently — talking about being badass and loving power. But enough about the explosions, let's talk about how damn British this thing is.

» Hiddleston is literally sipping tea throughout the commercial, guys.

» Tom Hooper, director of "The King's Speech," directed the spot and is so British that he may well have been born wearing a cardigan.

» Strong was the villain in "Sherlock Holmes," perhaps the most British franchise ever.

» Kingsley is a knight.

OK, now that we understand just how Queen-loving this commercial is, we can move on with our lives. (Time is money, and you're going to need money to buy that Jag.)

The spot, titled "Rendezvous," depicts Strong driving the company's F-Type Coupe through London, while Kingsley and Hiddleston go to meet him for some sort of Good-Looking Bad Guys Club.

Check out the spot above ahead of its Sunday premiere. (You'll be too busy going to town on various forms of Buffalo chicken to really appreciate the Anglophilic beauty of this ad during the big game anyway.)

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Worst Valentine’s Day Ever: Justin Bieber Headed To Court On February 14

Justin Bieber has made a career singing about heartbreak, but come February 14 he's in for the worst Valentine's Day ever. And a girl has nothing to do with it.

That's when he'll make his next court appearance in connection with hisDUI arrest
 in Miami Beach. You'll recall that Justin was stopped by police after they said he was drag racing
 in a rented Lamborghini against pal Khalil on a residential street that had reportedly been blocked off by members of his posse.

After the stop, Bieber was booked on suspicion of DUI, resisting arrest nonviolently and driving with an expired Georgia state license. And contrary to a number of recent reports, he is still facing all three of those charges.

"People are misreading the docket for resisting arrest without violence, which only lists that charge," explained Miami Beach Police Department media relations officer Bobby Hernandez, who said there is a separate docket for the traffic offenses.

And while Bieber was never officially charged with drag racing — and, Hernandez said, will most likely not be — he noted that reports that those phantom charges have been dropped are also erroneous. "All three charges are still in place," he said. Hernandez explained that Bieber was stopped because of an unusual driving pattern, in this case the alleged drag racing. Once he was pulled over, police observed that he appeared intoxicated and gave him a field sobriety test. He later took a second sobriety test and submitted to a blood test, after admitting to police that he'd consumed a beer, marijuana and ...

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Grab Your Tissues: Macklemore Talks Grammy Marriages And Fiancée

It may have been hard to find a dry eye in the Staples Center following Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' Grammy performance of "Same Love," but imagine what it must have been like onstage for the duo.

The duo took home four awards, including Best Rap album, at Sunday's Grammys, where Madonna and Queen Latifah helped them officiate 33 marriages of both gay and straight couples.

"I got emotional during rehearsal, and I got emotional during the performance," Macklemore admitted on "Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Tuesday (January 28). "During the third verse, I started rapping and that's when the procession of couples started to come in. It just gives me goose bumps to think about it. To watch the Staples Center kind of erupt and stand up and participate in that ceremony, it was magical."

He then joked, "I was just thinking that I was rapping really well at that point and everyone was like 'love this verse,' not at all, it was the couples." The inspiration behind the wedding ceremony was sparked by Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich's daughter, who brought to his attention that several same-sex couples have gotten engaged at their concerts during performances of "Same Love."

"People would email us and be like, 'Hey, is there any way I can propose onstage'," said Lewis, whose sister was married during the performance. "So we've done that a few times and he thought that was a cool idea and it just started building and building and turned into 33 couples."

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Watch Ed Sheeran Play Lindsay Lohan In This ‘Mean Girls’ Reenactment

Who doesn't love a good reenactment?

Amber Rose, for one, is obsessed with the cult-classic 2004 flick so much that she gathered Iggy Azalea, Waka Flocka Flame and Ed Sheeran to remix the unforgettable telephone scene for a new 60-minute series that pays homage to the 1990s and 2000s and officially kicks off on Saturday, February 1 at 2:30 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

Every afternoon this week, through Saturday, MTV viewers can catch previews of some hilarious "Retromania" segments. They'll air in between the network's programming lineup, including the fan-favorite series "Run's House." The launch week will culminate with the one-hour special, "Retromania: Hip Hop." Celebs from 2 Chainz to Mac Miller and the Backstreet Boys to One Direction are all getting in on the action.

Watch MGK Make Sweet Love To An 'American Pie'

On Monday, we saw MGK make love to an apple pie in homage to the 1999 flick "American Pie." And on Tuesday (January 28), it was Amber's turn to take a crack at some throwback theater.

"I love 'Mean Girls'," she declares in a new "Retro" clip. "I was like the super nerd in high school. I got picked on a lot and after watching that movie, me and my friends, we kind of make a joke out of it."

Rose took the remake super seriously and, we must say, casting redhead Ed Sheeran as Lindsay Lohan's Cady Heron was an excellent choice. So what happens when Amber and company play the roles of Gretchen, Regina, Cady and Karen? You have to see ...

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Vin Diesel Sings Katy Perry And Beyoncé in ‘Riddick’-ulous New Video

Vin Diesel is a true Renaissance Man — actor, director, Dungeon Master, stilt enthusiast — but now, he's adding another feather to his already crowded cap: potential pop star.

In a new video posted on his Facebook page, Diesel not only belts out stirring renditions of two current pop smashes: Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" and Beyoncé and Jay Z's "Drunk in Love," but displays some dance moves that are ready for the club (or your cousin's Bar Mitzvah), proving that he is not only a true fan, but a pure Polymath ... look it up.

And, like all great karaoke artists, Vin doesn't let a little thing like "not knowing the lyrics" stand in the way of his performance. In fact, he makes it abundantly clear that he made the video for perhaps the purest reason on the planet: because he's happy.

"Guys I'm just excited, I'm happy, and I'm shouting out to you guys to say thank you; Universal just called me and told me that 'Riddick' is number one on the DVD charts," he tells the camera at one point. "There's no way in the world 'Riddick' would have been made without you guys ... it's a win for all of us and, really, thank you so much."

He also briefly weighs in on Bey and Jay's eye-popping, ass-grabbing Grammy performance of "Drunk in Love," though he let it be known that he didn't get to witness it in person, since he was busy with "all the work that goes into getting ...

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Pharrell Just Teamed Up With Another Pop Star

Kylie Minogue is ready to make you dance this spring. The singer has confirmed that her album Kiss Me Once will be out on March 18.

The album was executive produced by Minogue as well as singer/songwriter Sia, who has previously penned songs for Christina Aguilera, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Beyoncé and big-time Sia fan, Ne-Yo. Sia wrote the album's title track.

Minogue also enlisted Grammy-winner, hat connoisseur and Oscar-nominee Pharrell, who wrote and produced a song called "I Was Gonna Cancel."

"Making this album was quite a journey but I loved it," Kylie said in a statement. "It was through a time in my life where there were a lot of changes and new beginnings. I'm thrilled with the response to 'Into The Blue,' and I can't wait for you hear the rest of the record!"

Kylie released the album's lead single, "Into The Blue," on Monday. The track is an up-tempo anthem about not relying on anyone to find strength. It was written by Kelly Sheehan, Mike Del Rio and Jacob Kasher. Del Rio also produced the empowering anthem.

"When I got my back up against the wall/ Don't need no-one to rescue me/ 'Cause I ain't waiting up for no miracle/ Yeah tonight I'm running free/ Into the blue," she sings on the chorus. This week, she also dropped a lyric video for the single, which includes glamor shots of the Australian pop star as the lyrics appear on the screen written in lipstick. Fans can pre-order the album on iTunes starting Tuesday (January 28).

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