Archive for July, 2009

Eminem Slams Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon In New Dis Track, ‘The Warning’

The battle that began with ‘Bagpipes From Baghdad’ and continued with ‘Obsessed’ continues.By Shaheem Reid Eminem Photo: MTV News When will it end? No time soon, apparently. The battle pitting Eminem against Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon — which began with Em’s “Bagpipes From Baghdad” and continued with Carey’s “Obsessed” — took another turn [...]

Drake Refused Kanye West’s Offer To Remake ‘Best I Ever Had’ Video

‘I just wanted to laugh,’ Drake says of clip featuring women’s basketball team.By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Sway Calloway Drake Photo: MTV News Some fans liked it, some fans were scratching their heads after the debut of Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” video last month. Some in the blogosphere said the clip’s buxom [...]

Shakira Summons Her Inner ‘She Wolf’ In Eye-Popping New Video

Singer does amazing body contortions in first clip from her forthcoming LP, She Wolf.By James Montgomery Shakira in “She Wolf” Photo: Sony On Thursday (July 30), Shakira premiered her brand-new, much-anticipated “She Wolf” video on MTV.com (and at 8 p.m. on MTV). And having now watched it about 15 times, I’m hard-pressed to say more [...]

Green Day And Pink To Perform At 2009 VMAs

Katy Perry, Ne-Yo and Chace Crawford will be presenters at 26th annual show on September 13.By Eric Ditzian Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong Photo: Jason Kempin/ Getty Images Secure the stage floor and reinforce the windows: Green Day and Pink are coming to the live MTV Video Music Awards as we take over New York [...]

Katherine Jackson To Retain Custody Of Michael Jackson’s Children

Debbie Rowe will be granted visitation rights, according to custody arrangement.By Gil Kaufman Paris Jackson, Katherine Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson Photo: Kevin Mazur/ Getty Images Attorneys for Michael Jackson’s mother, Katherine, and the singer’s ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, released a joint statement Thursday (July 30) announcing the details of a custody arrangement for the late [...]

Blink-182′s Mark Hoppus Grills Motion City Soundtrack About New LP

Hoppus, who produced album, even got band to reveal its top-secret title.By James Montgomery Motion City Soundtrack’s Justin Pierre and Mark Hoppus Photo: MTV News To put it mildly, Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus is on a roll. He’s taken part in the reunion of one of the hugest acts of the past decade; created a [...]

Spencer Smith Explains Why Panic! At The Disco Brought Back The ‘!’

Drummer says exclamation point reinforces that band ‘is not breaking up, it’s still going.’By James Montgomery Panic! at the Disco’s Spencer Smith Photo: Ethan Miller/ Getty Images It was the one question that dogged Panic! at the Disco the entire time they were promoting 2008′s Pretty. Odd. album: Why did they decide to drop the [...]

Lil Wayne Introduces Young Money Crew

Weezy plans to release his Rebirth album and a Young Money LP on the same day, in Mixtape Daily.By Shaheem Reid Lil Wayne Photo: MTV News Fire Starter: Young Money Young Money, baby! The Young Money album is slated for November 24, as is Lil Wayne’s Rebirth LP, according to a source in his camp. [...]

Shakira Says She Got ‘Caught In The Moment’ Filming ‘She Wolf’ Video

Her wild new video premieres at 8 p.m. tonight on MTV and MTV.com.By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Tim Kash Shakira Photo: MTV News Shakira in a flesh-toned swimsuit, thrashing around in a golden cage, hanging upside down from the shimmering bars. Shakira reaching out her fingernails to claw you as she flexes and struts [...]

Michael Jackson Had A Fourth Child, Omer Bhatti, Dad Joe Claims

‘He looks like a Jackson, acts like a Jackson, can dance like a Jackson,’ Joe Jackson says of the aspiring rapper.By Gil Kaufman Joe Jackson Photo: Michael Buckner/ Getty Images Just a day before the custody of Michael Jackson’s three children is to be determined, the singer’s father, Joseph Jackson, gave an interview claiming that [...]