This Thursday the the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) confirmed that they will be converging streams into the Gold & Platinum (G&P) Program. This means that on-demand audio and/or video song streams will be considered toward the 500,000 (Gold), 1,000,000 (Platinum), and 2,000,000 plus (multi-Platinum) thresholds that are necessary for the G&P’s Digital Single [...]

Lauryn Hill paid $ 500,000 towards her debt to the IRS just ahead of her tax evasion hearing. The singer is due to appear in federal court in Newark on Monday afternoon to be sentenced for failing to pay taxes on $ 1.8 million she earned from 2005 to 2007. Her attorney, Nathan Hochman, said Monday that Hill [...]

The BMW Group and the international automotive supplier Continental are stepping up their collaboration in the field of driver assistance systems. In January, the two companies signed an agreement to jointly develop an electronic co-pilot system capable of supporting highly automated driving. The main goal of the research partnership is to have highly automated driving [...]

Video After The Jump Things got extremely awkward recently when Joe Budden crossed paths with Consequence in between their interviews at Hot 97. The tension between the two “Love & Hip Hop New York” co-stars has been bubbling ever since Cons said some negative things about Joe in interviews with The Breakfast Club and Vlad TV. While [...]

» by Kazeem Famuyide (@RealLifeKaz) December 28, 2012, 14:29pm A few weeks back, Shyne dropped a diss record aimed at Game called “Bury Judas.” This song sprung up from Shyne harshly critiquing Kendrick Lamar‘s highly praised debut album, good kid m.A.A.d. city, and Game sticking up for him. The two then began to publicly trade insults until [...]

Video After The Jump At the beginning of 50 Cent’s new single “My Life” he sends a couple of jabs at The Game and Young Buck. “I tried to help niggas get on, they turned around and spit/Right in my face, so Game and Buck, both can suck a d*ck. Now when you hear ‘em it [...]

Video After The Jump Mike Epps got into a fight Monday at a club in Hollywood and part of it was caught on tape. The fight started because someone in the club began to heckle Mike near his private VIP table. Mike went outside to cool off and ran into the heckler as he neared the [...]

Updated: September 9, 2012, 6:55 am ET Technically, the final six acquisitions the Suns made came between July 15 and Aug. 15. Truly, the idea behind roster renovation had been in the works since December 2010 when the Suns opted to begin clearing their payroll books by trading Jason Richardson rather than signing him to an extension. [...]

Oh, bureaucracies, the fun in dealing with them is that you’re told exactly what they want you to know — or at least, believe. That’s the name of the game in India, where — as you’re surely aware — the government has been at odds with RIM for years over its insistence that the Waterloo [...]

TI adapter power chips conserve energy, speed adoption of universal charging Mobile charging advances with power- and space-saving AC adapter controllers for smartphones, universal USB charging controller DALLAS (July 31, 2012) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ:TXN) today introduced innovative high-efficiency power management controllers that save standby power to help smartphone users consume less electricity [...]

Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 12:15AM Written by Written by Amber McKynzie for Hass [Swagg University Clothing isn't your typical clothing brand. First hitting the streets in 2009, Swagg U has emerged as a fashion line with the intent to give back to sick kids and communities in need. But don't get it twisted, the brand [...]

In the 1991 comedy What About Bob?, Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) is a fear-stricken adult bouncing from psychiatrist to psychiatrist. His newest doctor, Leo Marvin (Richard “I was in Jaws” Dreyfuss), gives Bob his newest book entitled Baby Steps. Wiley takes this seriously; hilarity ensues. Baby steps are exactly what the automotive community is experiencing [...]

N.O.R.E. Says He Confirmed Havoc’s Rant Towards Prodigy “To Be Funny” bit.ly/J3ygUn Twitter / HipHopDX

White girrrrrrrrrrls, gone wild! When asked her opinion about newer female MCs during an interview with The Women of Hip-Hop last week, Eve admitted although she enjoys Harlem MC Azealia Banks, she isn’t a big fan of Australian femcee Iggy Azalea. “I like Azealia Banks — I think her style is dope,” she said. “If [...]

Posted by Emily Exton on 04/04/2012 at 4:25 PM News The Popdust Files: cody simpson, justin bieber, kylie jenner, So Listen As the release date for his debut album nears, Cody Simpson continues to take on the necessary qualities of a full-fledged heartthrob. (He’s already got the hair and cutely nicknamed fans taken care of.) [...]