VMA awards fracas
Kid Rock is cited for misdemeanour battery after a backstage fight with Tommy Lee at the MTV Video Music Awards, while Kanye West vows never to return after winning no awards.…
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Kanye West claims he is among music's most influential figures
Kanye West says he and Justin Timberlake are the frontrunners in music, with a rivalry like Prince and Michael Jackson, while Timberlake claims a record for cameras used on an HBO concert.…
Kanye West speaks out about homophobia in hip-hop
Kanye West has responded to claims he must be gay after condemning homophobia in rap, admitting that he and others in Chicago once disrespected gay people.…
Kenny Chesney warns 50 Cent and Kanye West over chart battle
Kenny Chesney says he will compete with 50 Cent and Kanye West for chart dominance on 11 Sep, when his album Just Who I Am: Poets And Pirates is released.…
Amy Winehouse watch: Paulo Nutini comments
Paulo Nutini criticises the press coverage of Amy Winehouse's rehab and collapses, joining other musicians in supporting her.…
Kanye West plans to wear one outfit at MTV VMAs
Kanye West says he will wear one outfit throughout his performance at next month's MTV VMAs, where he is nominated for five awards, borrowing a rock-star idea.…
Amy Winehouse pulls out of V
Amy Winehouse has pulled out of V Festival and put all touring on hold indefinitely, after leaving a rehab centre in Essex, her label says.…
Daft Punk live album on the way
Daft Punk plan to release a live album after their tour, including a June Paris recording and a video directed by Oliver Gondry.…
West, Fiasco and Pharrell album
Hip-hop supergroup Child Rebel Soldiers are considering a full album after releasing 'Us Placers' online, which samples Thom Yorke's 'The Eraser'.…
50 Cent threatens to quit music
50 Cent has said he will stop releasing solo albums if Kanye West's 'Graduation' outsells his album 'Curtis' when both release on 11 September.…
Kanye shoots down 50 Cent
Kanye West has rejected 50 Cent's proposal for a presidential-style debate ahead of both rappers' albums on 11 September, saying he will simply make music.…
Beyonce and Timberlake dominate VMA nominations
Beyonce and Justin Timberlake each have seven nominations for the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, to be held in Las Vegas on 9 September.…