Grammy Tunes From Katy Perry, Bruce Springsteen, Adele Will All Be Shazam-Enabled

February 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 4 hours ago

Just like last Sunday's Super Bowl, this year's Grammy Awards will be Shazamable

  

Kanye West Plans a Movie in the Persian Gulf (Report)

February 6, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 3 days ago

Kanye is talking with Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Qatar about serving as the backdrop for his next short film (or long music video) to "Runaway"

  

Kanye West, Serena Williams and Others Get on the 'Kobe System' in Nike Spoof Ad (Video)

January 16, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 3 weeks ago

Bogus philosophy promises "Success for the Successful" -- with a lot of successful people attesting to its success

  

Gawker Editor Issues Quasi-Apology to Blogger Over Kanye West "N----" Post (Updated)

January 11, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 4 weeks ago

His firing of blogger Seth Abramovitch was "ill-timed" and based on more than single post, he says, while offering to write job recommendation and chiding the media

  

Gawker Fires Blogger After Kanye West Post, 'Half-Assed Apology' (Updated)

January 5, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 4 weeks ago

New editor A.J. Daulerio comes on job early to address "atrocious" piece, blogger "dismayed" following Daulerio's comments

  

Kanye West's Epic Twitter Rant: Unite the Power of Steve Jobs, Michael Jackson and McQueen

January 5, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 5 weeks ago

The rapper/producer/entrepreneur announced a new project, named DONDA (after his mom)

  

Grammy Nominations: Kanye West Leads With 7 Nods

November 30, 2011 By Brent Lang 10 weeks ago

Adele, Bruno Mars and the Foo Fighters score six nominations apiece

  

Kanye West and Jay-Z Sued for Alleged Improper Sampling on 'Watch the Throne'

October 17, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 16 weeks ago

Musician Syl Johnson says the hip-hop honchos cribbed off his 1967 tune "Different Strokes" to make "The Joy"

  

NYPD Arrests More Occupy Wall Street Protesters (Updated)

October 14, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 16 weeks ago

The park's owner put off a planned cleaning after the media spotlight centered on a potential conflict

  

Rage Against the Machine Hits Occupy Wall Street

October 13, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 17 weeks ago

Tom Morello, the band's guitarist, will perform at the protests' downtown headquarters on Thursday

  

Kanye West Crashes Occupy Wall Street With Russell Simmons

October 10, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 17 weeks ago

TheWrap visits the scene more than three weeks into the protest and finds celebrities and lots of disorganization

  

Charts: Streisand, The Game Are Both Off Their Sales Game

August 31, 2011 By Chris Willman 23 weeks ago

Game was off his game with a still-charttopping 98,000 in album sales, while Streisand's Bergman-esque tribute sold 66,000 to bow at No. 4

  

From Pee-wee to Gaga: the VMA's Water-Cooler Moments (Slideshow)

August 28, 2011 By Steve Pond 23 weeks ago

The VMAs are all about the who acts up, not who wins -- so here's a gallery of provocateurs and exhibitionists

  

Charts: Jay-Z & Kanye Unbowed; Lil Wayne Can and 'Will' Sell Singles

August 24, 2011 By Chris Willman 24 weeks ago

Modestly debuting releases from the Eli Young Band and Jeff Bridges posed no threat to week 2 of the Kanye/Jay-Z dynasty ... or to Adele, whose album passed the 3 million mark

  

Music Charts: Jay-Z & Kanye Fall Short; Katy Perry Ties Jackson's Singles Record

August 17, 2011 By Chris Willman 25 weeks ago

Meanwhile, “Glee 3D” entered the album chart at No. 16 with a shockingly modest 20,000 copies

  

Jay-Z, Diddy, Kanye West Are Forbes' Cash Kings

August 9, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 26 weeks ago

Collaborators Jay-Z and Kanye take two of the top three spots in the Forbes list

  

Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Others Join Famine-Relief Effort for Somalia

August 9, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 26 weeks ago

Campaign will utilize Facebook and Twitter to draw attention to growing food crisis

  

Review: 'Voice' Highlights Album a Cure for the Cover-Tune Blues

August 8, 2011 By Chris Willman 26 weeks ago

If you're burned out on "Glee" and "American Idol" soundtracks, the less predictable choices on the first "Voice" album could cure your aversion to TV-bred cover songs

  

Review: Jay-Z & Kanye West Earn Their Egos With 'Watch the Throne'

August 8, 2011 By Chris Willman 26 weeks ago

They'd be the first to tell you how great (even Grammy-deserving) their new collaboration is -- and it's a pretty reasonable claim

  

Kanye West: 'People Look at Me Like I'm Hitler' (Video)

August 8, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 26 weeks ago

Seems a rash of controversial moves has given the "808s & Heartbreak" rapper a bit of a persecution complex

  

Universal Moves to Save Ailing Motown and Def Jam

July 24, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 28 weeks ago

Universal hopes the exec who brought in Justin Bieber can revive the moribund Motown and is also looking for new leadership for Def Jam

  

MTV Showers Most Video Nomination Love on Katy Perry

July 20, 2011 By Brent Lang 29 weeks ago

She racks up 9 nods, besting Adele and Kanye West, close behind with 7 each

  

Gee Roberson Lands Top Geffen Records Gig

June 21, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 33 weeks ago

Announcing the new head of the once rock-centric label, Jimmy Iovine confirms a week-old scoop by TheWrap.

  

Cannes, Day 7: It's Not All Malick, You Know

May 17, 2011 By Steve Pond 38 weeks ago

"Tree of Life" may have dominated the last 24 hours, but at the halfway point there's also a competition going on

  

Coachella Concludes with Kanye ... and Clint?

April 18, 2011 By Steve Pond 42 weeks ago

Desert festival ends with extravagant Kayne West performance, while Clint Eastwood turns heads in the VIP tent

  

NBA All-Star Game Scores Biggest Ratings Since 2003

February 21, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 50 weeks ago

A close game and a robust halftime show draw viewers to the basketball showdown

  

Kanye! Gaga! Bieber! 10 Rockers & Rappers You Must Follow on Twitter

February 11, 2011 By Dominic Patten 51 weeks ago

The Grammys are this weekend but if you really want to let the music do the talking - Twitter is the place to hang out. TheWrap has pulled together the ultimate supergroup - Justin, Lenny, Taylor, Slash ... hit it!!

  

Coachella 2011 Lineup Revealed -- Kanye West, Arcade Fire and Kings of Leon to Perform

January 18, 2011 By Consequence of Sound 1 year ago

April 15-17 festival also includes Broken Social Scene, Big Audio Dynamite, Duran Duran and Erykah Badu, among others

  

Executive Musical Chairs Won't Save Broken Record Business

January 17, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 1 year ago

Shifting of label executives and company ownership could throw scores out of work, thin the ranks of the major labels and streamline operations

  

Josh Groban Sings Kanye West's Tweets (Video)

January 5, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Crooner puts rap star's 140 character musings into song

  

Kanye's 'Rolling Stone' No. 1 Album of 2010

December 7, 2010 By Dominic Patten 1 year ago

Black Keys. Elton John, Arcade Fire & Taylor Swift all make music mag’s Top 30 list

  

Beatles on iTunes: 450,000 Albums, 2M Songs

November 23, 2010 By Dominic Patten 1 year ago

A week after John, Paul, George & Ringo finally debuted on Apple’s online store, sales hit $10M, with "Abbey Road" the top album seller