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Wonder Girls Interview: Sometimes L.A. Korean Food Is Better Than In Korea

A few years ago, none of the Wonder Girls spoke English; today they are all nearly fluent. Formed in 2007, the five woman K-pop group was on the forefront of the cultural crossover phenomenon with a string of hits. All in their early twenties, the Girls -- Sun, Lim, Sohee, Yenny and Yubin -- have o ... More >>

The Silver Lake Chorus Somehow Recruited All Your Favorite Indie Artists

The Silver Lake Chorus formed in the winter of 2010 through word of mouth, flyers ("can you or anyone you know sing tenor?") and Facebook. Auditions pared 60 hopeful singers down to a choir of 25 young men and women, many of whom had previous choral experience and most of whom actually reside in Sil ... More >>

Here Are What People on Twitter Think Are the Best Songs Ever

I wish I were smarter. Were I a Stephen Hawking or a Marie Curie (or even Master Splinter) I'd be able to explain how Twitter is the unedited consciousness of young America, how it is simultaneously vitriolic and beautiful, how maybe no form of social media has before, or ever will, function as perf ... More >>

Top 10 Sexiest Hip-Hop Video Vixens

LMFAO 'Bikini Girl' Says She Was Fired For Being 'Big Boned' Top Ten Sexiest Album Covers We've Ever Seen Top 60 Worst Lil Wayne Lines on Tha Carter IV Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List Thoughts From A Rando ... More >>

Music Picks: Cedric Gervais, Van Hunt, Jonathan Richman

Chuck Philips, L.A. Journo Who Said James Rosemond Was Behind Tupac Attack, Removed From 'Henchman' Drug Trial

L.A. journalist Chuck Philips was kicked out of court yesterday as he covered the New York trial of alleged drug dealer and longtime rap industry manager James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond. Rosemond, was indicted on federal drug charges in what authorities alleged was a New York-to-L.A. cocaine ring w ... More >>

David Guetta - Chinese Theater Hollywood - 12-03-11

Chris Walker​See also: Lady Gaga, David Guetta and others perform at the KIIS Jingle Ball on Saturday night David Guetta Chinese Theater, Hollywood 12-03-11 Better than...driving all the way to Vegas "I'm David Guetta, bitch." Each time the French DJ dropped this line, the crowd went nuts ... More >>

Music Picks: Agnostic Front, the Latebirds, Def Leppard, Jay Rock

Also, Kristeen Young, Diego Garcia, the Human League and others

Top 10 Songs That Namecheck Los Angeles Strip Clubs

What happens at the strip club...​ February is the month we worship upon the altar of amour -- and what better way to let Cupid's arrow fly than investing your hardly-earned dollar bills into the g-string of a bare-bottom UCLA co-ed? If you need some risque recommendations once you or your si ... More >>

Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg (featuring Akon): New Video for Dre's Single "Kush" Just Released

​Red-letter day in Cali hip-hop: Dr. Dre has just released the new video for the much-awaited single from his upcoming album Detox: "Kush," featuring the most likable man in the game, Snoop Dogg, and hook-provider Akon. This is the song that answers the question "Why does Snoop smoke so much w ... More >>

Dr. Dre Discusses Leaked First Single From "Detox," 'Kush,' Ft. Snoop Dogg and Akon

"Detox" is almost out of surgery ​The road to sobriety is long, arduous, and full of setbacks. No wonder Dr. Dre's highly anticipated third album, Detox, is ten years into the process, and has yet to come clean. But naysayers who'd given up on Detox as an empty promise can stop shaking thei ... More >>

Big Wangs, Little Wangs: Bieber, Glambert, Ke$ha and more at Wango Tango

No matter how indier than thou you think you are music-wise, uber pop hits can make it into your consciousness, whether you like it or not. Unless you make an adamant point of blocking them, these ubiquitous confections need not be heard on mainstream radio like KIIS FM, either. They will seep in vi ... More >>

Live in L.A. This Weekend: Flying Lotus, Carole King & James Taylor, Bajofondo, Patti LuPone, Sonny Rollins, Metalfest, Wavefest and enough indie rock to start a blog

Flying Lotus​Avant-garde beatmaker Flying Lotus is the toast of the town right now, the release of his new album "Cosmogramma" having hit the shores of electronic music like a tsunami and folks still buzzing over his eye-popping set at Coachella. For the man born Steve Ellison, this weekend's ... More >>

Soweto Gospel Choir

Music Picks: Soweto Gospel Choir, Paul McCartney, Melissa Auf der Maur

Also, Jay-Z, Metric, Triorganico, Air and others

Mack 10’s Hustler Handbook

When in doubt, says the veteran rapper, heed the late Eazy-E’s advice: “Always stay about your money”

Talking Hip Hop (and Phil Collins) With At the Movies' Ben Lyons

By Brandon Perkins Perhaps if Ben Lyons' movie chops were as obvious as his hip-hop track record, then sites like StopBenLyons.com wouldn't exist. Ever since the E! personality took the helm of the Siskel, Roper and Ebert's beloved At the Movies, Lyons has been berated with more thumbs down than ... More >>

Busted Rhymes: The Top 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008

By Ben Westhoff Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But even if your favorite rapper wasn't caught in a lie, you can bet he or she put out a hilariously ... More >>

The Never Before Revealed Script for Busta Rhymes' "Arab Money" Video (With Deleted Scenes)

EXT. THE ARABIAN DESERT-DAY BUSTA RHYMES and jovial sidekick, SPLIFF STARR, stroll through a barren wasteland: famished, high and disoriented. Busta:Where are we, Spliff? Spliff Starr: Yemen. Busta Rhymes: Don't yeah man, me...I pay you for two things: carrying drugs and geographic know-how. ... More >>

The Tao of Jim Jones' "Pop Champagne" Ft. Special Guest Ignorance from Juelz Santana & Ron Browz

Thanks to O-Dub for putting me onto this gleeful bit of idiocy. If one cannot convince Rihanna to leave her Caribbean Chris Brown love nest to writhe in your video, one must do the next best thing: get her low-budget, Kool-Aid haired, tatted up, Trinidad & Tobagian equivalent. If ... More >>

Green Screen at Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

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Felli Fel: Feel the Power

106 FM star hooks up with Jermaine Dupri, rides wave of renewed interest in DJ culture

10 Questions Raised By Mista Grimm's "Indo Smoke" Upon Re-Examination In the Year 2008

1. Is it ever a bad idea for rappers to open their video with shots of them buying 40's at the liquor store? 2. Nate Dogg> a lump of aluminum foil> Akon? 3. Is the only thing better than a G-Funk classic from 1993, a video of said G-Funk classic interspersed with clips from the John Singlet ... More >>

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