Missy Elliott is the latest addition to KCON 2013, the K-Pop convention held in Los Angeles August 24 and 25

Up to 125 musicians are campaigning to stop online play royalties being slashed

(Reuters) - Some of music's most notable names including Billy Joel, Rihanna and Missy Elliott have signed an open letter to Pandora Media Inc opposing the online music company's push to change how artists are compensated. Pandora is currently lobbying lawmakers in U.S. Congress to pass the "Internet Radio Fairness Act...

Last night, BET aired its annual Hip-Hop Awards, and there were a couple of notable moments at the awards show proper. Kendrick Lamar got a solo-star showcase, performing “The Recipe” and “Swimming Pools (Drank).” And as a tribute to the recently-deceased rap-star manager Chris Lighty, a deeply fun and ran...

Back in the late ’90s and early ’00s, Missy Elliott and Timbaland got together to make some gloriously weird and revolutionary pop music, essentially grabbing rap radio by its neck and turning it into a safe place for stranger, more personal visions than anything you’d hear at your local indie rock club. It&#821...