by Ezra Marcus 12 mins ago

“She got an onion booty stankin’ walkin”

“I’m wallowing in mud/I’m a guinea pig”

These are just a few of the completely absurd phrases Gucci Mane raps within the first fifteen minutes of The Return Of Mr. Perfect, a mixtape he shared on Soundcloud today (September 13). Gucci has always had a way with imagery, but this latest release finds him pushing his imagination to its limits.

Over the years Gucci’s narrowed his storytelling focus to a razor’s edge of boss behavior—money, drugs, jewels, cars, strip club politics, butts—allowing him to focus his creative energy on insane metaphors and his strange, melodic delivery.

He inserts croons and growls into verses that lesser rappers would play straight. He pronounces “hood” as “heeuuwwd.” On “Night Rider,” he croons a lullaby over the Knight Rider theme song. Planet Gucci has never sounded like a more idiosyncratic destination.

Gucci has played an integral role in the rise of New Atlanta over the last few years—he has an incredible ear for new rappers, giving early shine to the careers of Young Thug, Peewee Longway, Young Scooter, Migos, and many others.

He’s equally tuned in to the producers behind the sound. Mike Will Made It, C-Note, Sonny Digital, Southside, and 808 Mafia all contribute here, and it may just be a mixtape, but you can tell they’ve saved great beats for the scene’s most important mentor figure.

The Return Of Mr Perfect is the third project Gucci’s released ...

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by MTV News Staff 17 mins ago

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of “The Simpsons,” the series’ cast and crew put on a huge live show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles last night.

Hosted by voice actors Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, and Hank Azari, “The Simpsons Take the Bowl” also featured a memorable performance from Conan O’Brien, who performed “The Monorail Song” from the show’s fourth season.

A tribute to the classic musical “The Music Man,” the song originally appeared in the episode “Marge vs. the Monorail,” which O’Brien penned back in 1993. Last night, the talk show host reminisced about how even 21 years later, he still gets pegged as the “monorail man.”

He seems to have accepted his fate, though, because he then broke into the song backed by the Los Angeles Gay Mens’ Choir.

Watch fan-shot footage of Conan singing “The Monorail Song” below.

by Caitlin White 3 mins ago

As usual, rumors are following the Carter family’s every move, and the latest report is that Beyonce is pregnant with the couple’s second child. Where did this rumor come from? And what do people think about it? Most importantly, is it true or not? Let’s break it down.

The Evidence:
The rumor of Bey’s second pregnancy began to circulate after Jay Z allegedly changed some lyrics to his Magna Carta Holy Grail track “Beach Is Better.” Jay performs the song regularly as part of the couple’s On The Run tour setlist, but during their Friday night performance in Paris (September 12) fans are alleging that he ad-libbed this line “cause she pregnant with another one.” There’s no video of the lyric change, but the rumor has been picked up by almost every site and publication.

The Reaction:
Fans are obviously chiming in with their thoughts, most of which are unequivocally delighted and exultant, like most of the BeyHive’s reactions to Bey are:

But fans are happy as long as she is too:

And some just want to know the truth!

Let me know if the Pope gets back to you with any news though, okay?

The Verdict:
We’re not sure. Beyonce already announced her pregnancy onstage once, and everyone remembers when Kanye decided to announce Kim’s pregnancy at a show—so it’s not completely impossible.

Still, it seems like they would be more direct. Usually, if Bey and Jay want to send a message, there’s no confusion about what their intent is. ...

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by Ezra Marcus 1 min ago

An Indiana teen experienced a shock when he showed up to play a soccer game last week. On Wednesday (September 3) Alex Rittenhouse came to play against his former team at Marion High School and saw several of his old classmates were wearing t-shirts with his mug shot printed on the front.

Last year, Alex’s father Kevin Rittenhouse caught him smoking marijuana and turned the teen into the police. After his arrest, Alex faced what his family has referred to as “extreme bullying” and had to transfer to a rival school, but Rittenhouse said the t-shirts are taking things way too far.

“I was shocked, first, and then I thought, ‘How did they get this picture?’ Because I had never even seen the picture,” said Alex’s father Kevin Rittenhouse in a statement to Fox59. And it wasn’t just high schoolers wearing the shirt either, according to Kevin, he saw an adult with the shirt as well. “I know kids will be kids, I know they make mistakes, but to see an adult wearing this T-shirt—that was unbelievable to me,” Mr. Rittenhouse said.

In a statement to Fox, the school claims they did their best to prevent the shirts from appearing at the game after they were spotted in the halls and called it a “disappointing situation.”

“Anyone found wearing one of the shirts at school throughout the day was required to remove it, per dress code policy,” the statement said. “In addition, school administrators took a proactive stance at the ...

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by Gaby Wilson 7 mins ago

New York Fashion Week may be over, but the rest of Fashion Month and its international tour—waddup London, Milan, and Paris—is rolling on, so you can’t blame us for wanting to keep the dream alive with a look back at our MTVFILES series with the wonderful, hilarious, inspiring folks at VFiles. For this eighth and final part, we tagged along with our VFiles fam Chris Kutlesa and Danielle Greco as they got ready for and hit up the Diesel Black Gold show.

It was a super fun and glamorous time (note to self: get on the inside track with someone who can let you raid a store for clothes), and their LOL Statler and Waldorf commentary during the show made it even better.

P.S. In case you missed it, check out the rest of our MTVFILES series—in which we talk to the four VFiles Made Fashion designers, hang out with models, and people (including the cast of Orange Is The New Black!) about the latest trends—below!

MTVFILES: Part 1 “Pre-Game”

Here’s a brief introduction to what we’re about to get into.

MTVFILES: Part 2 “ZDDZ”

ZDDZ designer Dasha Selyanova made fake thongs for Fashion Week.

MTVFILES: Part 3 “HAMM”

HAMM wants to make your Britney and Justin double denim dreams a reality.

MTVFILES: Part 4 “D.TT.K.”

A suit made of cork exists and the D.TT.K. designers want you to wear it.

MTVFILES: Part 5 “Tigran Avetisyan”

Fashion Week is also about learning, and this week Tigran Avetisyan taught us what a ...

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by MTV News Staff 4 mins ago

Last Wednesday, Rihanna blessed Twitter with a few choice photos of herself and her adorable baby niece. Looks like the singer’s not off babysitting duty yet; last night, she posted two more photos of her perfect, tiny gal pal.

Rihanna’s niece didn’t quite get the memo to look at the camera for this selfie, but how could we be mad?

And here’s “her maje$sty” crashing after a long day of fabulous hangs with her “Aunty OhNaNa.”

Keep the family snapshots coming, Rih Rih, we love ‘em almost as much as your high fashion photo shoots. It’s almost enough to make us feel like Rihanna brought her Instagram back. Almost.

by MTV News Staff 24 mins ago

By Sasha Geffen

Last night, Miley Cyrus dropped a surprise cover of “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You,” a tune by folk songwriter Anne Bredon that Led Zeppelin made famous by including on their first self-titled album in 1969. That’s a long time before the Disney star was even born, but Miley still owned the song, shredding her powerful voice in a way that’s seriously reminiscent of Led Zeppelin’s iconic singer Robert Plant.

In case you’re scratching your head a little at her song choice, we’ve thrown together a few more Zeppelin tracks to get you familiar. They have a huge catalog of great rock songs from the ’60s and ’70s, and we don’t think Miley should stop at just one. Here are five tracks that she should take on next.

5. ‘Immigrant Song’

This high energy rocker already got the Karen O treatment during the opening credits of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” but we want to hear Miley take on those screams, too!

4. ‘Over the Hills and Far Away’

This tune fakes you out with a quick acoustic riff from guitarist Jimmy Page, but erupts into a full-blown rock song right after the first verse. We’ve heard Miley do the same thing in her dance-pop track “Someone Else,” so this classic would make a perfect fit.

3. ‘Heartbreaker’

Miley obviously knows how to soundtrack a party, but she might be at her best when she’s tackling pain and heartbreak, like ...

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by Kelci Shipley 43 mins ago

It’s not too hard to become obsessed with Taylor Swift. We know that she gives props to frat boys, isn’t afraid to dish it out in interviews, and stands up for her longtime fans.

The latest to jump on board? Rocker chick Sky Ferreira, who admittedly said she may have been a little delayed in joining the TSwift fan club.

But Taylor doesn’t mind. In fact the coolest thing – and maybe this is why Taylor has BFFs ranging from Lorde to Karlie Kloss to Lena Dunham – is that the “Shake It Off” singer is also a fan of Sky’s tunes. Check out the mutual music props below.

Aw here’s hoping for the beginning of a beautiful friendship/music collaboration!

by Kelci Shipley 20 mins ago

Lady Gaga will take the stage as planned tonight (September 13) at Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park, performing hits from her latest album amidst conflict between Israel and Palestine, which are currently operating under a cease-fire agreement.

Earlier last week Gaga released a 10 second video titled “Lady Gaga’s Message For Israel,” where she said “Shalom” and expressed her excitement to make the stop in Israel on her international “artRave: The ARTPOP Ball” tour.

Mother Monster tweeted her excitement for the show, wanting nothing but “Love and Happiness” for the night.

Tonight’s concert takes place just 10 days before the release of Cheek To Cheek, the jazz album she recorded with Tony Bennett. Bennett will also be in Tel Aviv, performing just 24 hours after Gaga on Sunday evening, September 14 at the Mann Auditorium.

While there is no indication the two will make one if not two surprise appearances at each other’s performances, the logistics seem to favor the odds of a quick rendition of “Anything Goes.”

Earlier this summer everal high profile acts such as Lana Del Rey, Megadeth, Cee Lo Green and the Backstreet Boys all canceled shows.

Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys posted a video apologizing to fans, but said the band tentatively plans to postpone performances til Spring 2015.

Meanwhile, the Little Monsters are more excited than ever for tonight’s show, posting shots of their elaborate outfits on Twitter:

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by Kase Wickman 19 mins ago

Get ready, Maze Runners and wannabe Runners, this Sunday is going to be quite the show. We’ve already met our four teams of fierce competitors for Sunday night’s “Million Dollar Maze Runner” special, and we know what they’re competing for — that would be a million bucks and a brand new Scion –but we don’t know exactly what they’ll be doing to win it.

In the upcoming “The Maze Runner,” Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his fellow Gladers must daily sprint through a maze that they think holds the key to their survival and freedom. Unfortunately, it also contains the Grievers, terrifying and deadly creatures whose sole purpose seems to be capturing the Runners.

While there won’t be Grievers on hand in “Million Dollar Maze Runner,” there will be plenty of challenges. We’ve taken the liberty of putting together a few helpful tips for what awaits the Red, Green, Blue and White teams in the Maze Sunday night.

Challenge One: The Climb and Grind

Almost as important as never looking down: being sure of your footing. A misstep in the Climb and Grind could dash your chances of winning the ultimate prize.

Challenge Two: The Puzzle of the Maze

You can use physical skill in this challenge, but also need a skill we all learned in preschool: listening! Put on your listening ears, or it might cost you a million.

Challenge Three: The Million Dollar Breakthrough Bridge

It all comes together here: with the final ...

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