‘We actually removed all the songs with Auto-Tune off of his album,’ West reveals.By Shaheem Reid Kanye West Photo: Jason Kempin/ Getty Images NEW YORK — “Where amazing happens” doesn’t just take place on the NBA courts — it also happens in Kanye West’s studio. The Grammy winner says Jay-Z’s long-percolating Blueprint 3 will be [...]
Exodus was on life support after a treadmill accident on Monday.By Larry Carroll, with additional reporting by Josh Horowitz Mike Tyson Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic A day after she was badly injured in a treadmill accident, the 4-year-old daughter of Mike Tyson has died. Multiple sources are reporting that Exodus Tyson was pronounced dead at 11:45 [...]
Rapper will serve 366-day sentence on weapons conviction.By Jayson Rodriguez T.I. Photo: Moses Robinson/ Getty Images T.I. turned himself in Tuesday (May 26) at an Arkansas federal prison, where the rapper will begin serving a 366-day sentence stemming from his 2007 arrest for attempting to illegally attempting to purchase firearms in Atlanta. According to several [...]
Don’t slam the Jonas Brothers, do ignore the teleprompter, former VMA hosts say.By Eric Ditzian Diddy Photo: MTV News Since Dennis Miller emceed the inaugural MTV Movie Awards in 1992, “Saturday Night Live” has proven to be a fertile breeding ground for our awards-show hosts. “SNL” vets like Eddie Murphy, Jimmy Fallon and Mike Myers [...]
‘We just got our friendship straightened out, then all of this had to happen,’ singer tells MTV News of late rapper.By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Whitney McDonald Dolla Photo: Michael Bezjian/ WireImage Dolla was a rapper on the rise, with a Show & Prove feature in XXL under his belt and an MTV Jams [...]
Show airs Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on MTV.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Lisa Gonzalez Mark Burnett Photo: MTV News When it comes to this year’s MTV Movie Awards, executive producer Mark Burnett has left no stone unturned to make sure that everything from the host to the music to the movie clips are [...]
Plus: Pitbull promises ‘a lot of surprises’ on his upcoming album, in Mixtape Daily.By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes Cam’ron Photo: Asylum Apologies for no main pick Monday. Hey, guys, we were on vacation like most of you! Even the diligent duo (a trio, whenever J. Rod comes through) need a break [...]
We take a look back at the actor’s very convincing hippie disguise in ‘MTV Movie Awards Confidential.’By Eric Ditzian Jim Carrey at the MTV Movie Awards in 1999 Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images Jim Carrey does not often go unnoticed. But when the actor showed up at the 1999 MTV Movie Awards, almost no one [...]
Angelina Jolie, Ben Stiller and more will compete Sunday at 9 p.m. ET for Best WTF Moment, a new category.By Eric Ditzian Ayush Mahesh Khedekar in “Slumdog Millionaire” Photo: Fox Searchlight Here at MTV, we embrace the outrageous, celebrate the bizarre and fist-bump everything that is thoroughly head-scratching in pop culture. That’s why we’ve introduced [...]
Court also rules unanimously that the 18,000 gay couples who wed in 2008 will stay married.By Gil Kaufman A same-sex couple rallies outside of the San Francisco Supreme Courthouse after the ruling on Tuesday Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images With a 6-1 vote, the California Supreme Court upheld the state’s controversial Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriage, [...]