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New Video: Bridget Kelly Featuring Kendrick Lamar, ‘Street Dreamin’
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | June 26, 2013 at 5:30 pm

Bridget Kelly and Kendrick Lamar chill on the railraod tracks in their "Street Dreamin" video. Roc Nation's Bridget Kelly is hard at work prepping her debut album (release date TBD), and what better way to rev us up than by releasing her "Street Dreamin" video, featuring a fiery collaboration with the Hottest MC In The [...]

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Did Jared Leto Find Inspiration In Late ’90s Pop Queens For His Candy Magazine Cover? (PHOTO)
by Rachel Brodsky | June 26, 2013 at 4:30 pm

Does Jared Leto's Candy magazine cover remind you of anyone? Jared Leto, oh Jared Leto. You're not afraid of anything, are you? You're not afraid to be an artist (pronounced "AR-TEEST"), you're not afraid to release highly cryptic lyric videos and "short films" (NOT "music videos" -- SHORT FILMS) that could include anything and everything [...]

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New Song: Asher Roth Featuring Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, and Rye Rye, ‘Actin Up’ (NSFW)
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | June 26, 2013 at 3:37 pm

Asher Roth teams up with Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, and Rye Rye in "Actin Up." It's been a second since we've heard from Asher Roth, but now the long-haired rapper (loving that, by the way) is back with "Actin Up," which features support from Justin Bieber, Rye Rye and Chris Brown, and appears on Asher's [...]

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Star Spotting: Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter And Howie Dorough Take A Deer-In-Headlights Selfie (PHOTO)
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | June 26, 2013 at 2:06 pm

It's official: Backstreet Boys take the best selfies. First, how amazing is it that the Backstreet Boys are, like, fully on social media?! We know, that's a bold statement because they're adaptable humans able to appreciate technological developments. It's just that they were also around when, you know, Twitter was just a word you mumbled [...]

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Buzz Bites (6/26/13): Watch Frank Ocean Perform Three New Songs
by Althea Legaspi | June 26, 2013 at 1:01 pm

Watch Frank Ocean perform three new songs from his show in Munich, Germany. + Watch Frank Ocean perform three new songs, presumably from his forthcoming sophomore studio album, which he sang at a concert in Munich, Germany. "[I'm] knee-deep in the next record. [I'm] just taking my time with it," he told Billboard earlier this [...]

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Video Premiere: The Venetia Fair, ‘The Day I Set Them Free’
by Luke O’Neil | June 26, 2013 at 10:00 am

The Venetia Fair take inspiration from "Drop Dead Fred" in their "The Day I Set Them Free" video. We have to hand it to The Venetia Fair. Despite being an absolutely irresponsible influence on the young hero of their new video, "The Day I Set Them Free," they do show a surprising dedication to the [...]

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Star Spotting: Katy Perry And John Mayer Are Holding Hands — Does This Mean They’re Back Together?! (PHOTO)
by Byron Flitsch | June 25, 2013 at 10:00 pm

Katy Perry and John Mayer ARE HOLDING HANDS (AGAIN). WHAT IS HAPPENING? Stop everything you're doing and please help us analyze the above photo of Katy Perry and John Mayer. We're no celebrity body language expert (when will that be a legit college major, BTW!?), but hand-holding is a probably a sure sign that these [...]

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Video Premiere: Wale Featuring Sam Dew, ‘Love Hate Thing’
by Michael Depland | June 25, 2013 at 9:30 pm

Wale pays tribute to Washington, D.C. in his new video, "Love Hate Thing." Wale might be a part of the opulent Untouchable Maybach Music Empire (M-M-M-M-M-M-M-Maybach Music), but he DOES know how to take his baller status down a notch (see: "Lotus Flower Bomb" featuring Miguel). And speaking of looking smooth and being a softie, now [...]

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Watch Hunter Hayes Perform ‘Wanted,’ ‘Somebody’s Heartbreak,’ And More From His MTV ‘Artist To Watch Live’ Showcase (VIDEOS)
by Rachel Brodsky | June 25, 2013 at 9:01 pm

Watch Hunter Hayes perform "(Encore)" tracks at his MTV "Artist To Watch" showcase. #Hayniacs! Were y'all losing your collective minds last Tuesday when country superstar Hunter Hayes performed his a$$ off at NYC's Webster Hall? Well, even if you weren't physically AT Hunter's official MTV "Artist To Watch Live" concert, we're sure you were watching [...]

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Beyonce Celebrates The 10th Anniversary Of ‘Dangerously In Love’ By Posting NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FLASHBACK PHOTOS!
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | June 25, 2013 at 8:30 pm

Check out some never-before-seen Beyoncé photos! Your day just got so good, right? Approximately 10 years ago (GAH -- where have we been?), Beyoncé released her debut solo album, Dangerously In Love. To celebrate the occasion, the now "Grown Woman" (see what we did there?), wife, mom, Pepsi spokeswoman, and Super Bowl Halftime Show veteran has unleashed [...]

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