As the music world prepares for the MTV Video Music Awards, album release dates have been experiencing push backs or in rare cases push ups and have even gone missing (ahem, Nas and Damian Marley's...

Hip-hop star Mos Def saved the day at the Rock The Bells festival in Toronto, Canada on Sunday when he stepped in at the last minute to replace absent rapper Common. Go hit-maker Common was for...

Kevin Federline has sparked reports he's back with his ex-girlfriend Shar Jackson after taking her to Las Vegas for a birthday weekend. Federline split from Jackson, the mother of two of the r...

Paul Simon's son Adrian is rapidly following in his father's footsteps - the 15 year old has finished recording his first album with a band of New York high school friends. The eldest son of Simon ...

Somali-born MC and singer K'Naan has joined Stephen Marley on his Mind Control North America Tour. The two will be joined by Jr. Gong himself, Damian Marley. K'naan will be performing in support o...

There's an old black and white photo of Stephen Marley; it's a portrait of the lion as a young man. He's standing against a wall of bamboo rocking short hair and an '80s-style I-Threes t-shirt—puff...

Four sons of reggae legend Bob Marley will hold a concert promoting peace to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the musician's birth next month. The event, dubbed "Smile Jamaica" will take pl...

Two icons of the hip-hop world, Diddy and Snoop Dogg, have unveiled plans for a major co-headlining European concert tour. The historic 18-city trek will see the superstars sharing stages in nine c...

Alicia Keys has voiced her support for Madonna's attempt to adopt Malawian David Banda - and believes celebrities have an important part to play in the fight against poverty. The star, who hosts he...

Activision, Inc. is rocking gamers with an all-star musical line-up for the upcoming Tony Hawk’s Project 8 video game, including the debut of a track from the highly anticipated Plus-44 album, When...

2006 has been a year of notable collaborations for Matisyahu. Earlier this summer he was tapped by Dave Matthews to open several of his U.S. tour dates, and by Sting to open a performance in Tel Av...

Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley was the big winner at the 25th Annual International Reggae & World Music Awards in New York on Saturday after walking away with Entertainer, Best Video and Recording Artist...

Irish rockers U2 scooped a staggering five awards at the Grammys last night. The stars won accolades for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album for How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, Song of the Year ...

With the kind of critical acclaim rarely bestowed on any artist, an opening slot on the biggest tour of the year, multiple television appearances, a record breaking sales debut, and today's certifi...

The official line up for the 2006 Coachella music festival has been announced! Tool, Depeche Mode, Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, James Blunt and dozens of other bands & artists will...

Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment are proud to announce the initial lineup for the 2006 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The fifth annual three-day camping and music festival will be held ...

The third annual VIBE Awards took place this past Saturday, November 12, and will be televised on UPN Tuesday, Nov. 15 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT). As previously reported, nominees included Destiny's Ch...

In the year Bob Marley would have turned 60, the past, present and future of his music are celebrated not only with the first Bob Marley & The Wailers greatest hits package to include both his earl...