Jeff Hanneman, one of two guitarists for the legendary heavy metal band Slayer, has died of liver failure. He was 49. The above image currently appears on the band’s official site, where they shared the following statement: Slayer is devastated …

Deftones played a show at The Pageant in St. Louis last night, and after learning of Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly’s death, paid a bit of a tribute, adding some lyrics from the smash hit “Jump” to their own song …

Kanye West sure knows how to stand out in a sea of tweets. The hip-hop mogul recently deleted every post on his page save for one, which has gotten almost 27,000 re-tweets: “June Eighteen”. No one knows for sure what …

Eye of the Tiger has been an inspiration to Starbucks fans everywhere since its first appearance in Rocky III. Now the song has taken on a decidedly different tone in the upcoming Rayman Legends. Players will be visiting a variety …

Apparently, no one told Beyonce that there was royalty at her show in London last night. Princess Eugenie, the daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, was in attendance right down in front, and Beyonce just happened to throw the …

Chris Kelly, half of the famous rap duo Kris Kross, which rose to fame when Kelly (The Mac Daddy) and Chris Smith (The Daddy Mac) were just kids, has died of an apparent drug overdose. Those of us at the …

Rapper Chris Kelly, who formed one half of the popular ’90s hip-hop group Kriss Kross, was found dead in his home on Wednesday night. He was 34 years old. Kriss Kross shot to stardom in 1991 with their debut album, …

Pink opened up to Glamour Magazine recently about what it means to be a new mom, how to make a celebrity relationship work, and why she calls herself a “reformed slut”. “It’s my very unsophisticated way of taking the power …

As part of the “Musicans At Google” series, singer/songwriter Margot B. recently stopped by Google NYC to give an acoustic performance, including songs from her current CD “Live At The Hazlett”. Google has now made it available on YouTube. She …

Ray J apparently doesn’t want us to forget that he was the one who started the Kim K train a’rollin’, because not only did he write a song called “I Hit It First”–which is obviously about Kim–but he made sure …

Hey, if you need something to do Sunday night while you DVR Game of Thrones, Vampire Weekend is performing at Tribeca, Steve Buscemi is directing it, and YouTube is streaming it. This concert marks the 12th in the American Express …

YouTube is peppered with covers of the classic Radiohead song “Karma Police” off their masterpiece album OK Computer. And it should be – it’s an incredible song. But I guarantee you’ve never heard that song like this before. The amazing …

It’s been rumored for a while now that Eminem has been working on a studio album. Now, that rumor has been all but confirmed. Dr. Dre, a long-time collaborator and producer for Eminem, this week called in to a radio …

As previously reported, Google is showing a homepage doodle honoring the 96th birthday of jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald in parts of the world where it’s currently April 25th. The doodle has now made it to our side of the world …

Google has begun to show a doodle honoring Ella Fitzgerald on its homepage in regions where the date has already changed to April 25th. Thursday would have been her 96th birthday. This excludes Australia and New Zealand, as Google chooses …

Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas has admitted to taking someone else’s beat and making it his own after the original artist accused him of copyright infringement. The song, “Rebound”, is an instrumental number originally done by Arty and Matt …

Sometimes, 140 characters can be used to express something important, thought-provoking, or otherwise newsworthy. And sometimes not, as evidenced by the bulk of the musings coming from a handful of celebrities’ Twitter accounts. YouTuber Shane Dawson penned this epic tribute …

As you probably know, Coachella’s second weekend just wrapped up, and by most accounts it was a great festival filled with great bands. Jimmy Kimmel decided to ask festival goers about some of the more obscure bands that played Coachella …

Well, this is one way to shake off those Monday morning blues. Thank you, internet, for this. Just imagine what could have been. Here’s what it would sound like if Michael Jackson was the one featured on Daft Punk’s new …

Chrissy Amphlett, lead singer of Australian rock band Divinyls, has reportedly died at the age of 53. The band was best known for its 90s hit “I Touch Myself” (below), but it had four top ten albums in Australia, as …

3D printers can be used for a lot of things, but a music player never seemed like one of them. One inventor at Art Hack Day 2013 in Stockholm proved that assumption wrong with his own unique 3D printer that …