Tune in tonight and every Tuesday at 11pm EST on MTV2 to catch all your favorite celebs back for another season of Hip-Hop Squares with Peter Rosenberg! Tonight’s featured guests are Nick Cannon, Amber Rose, Fat Joe, Vinny from Jersey Shore, comedian JB Smoove, Questlove, Mac Miller and Kat Graham. Marisa Mendez
Stars Like Kanye West & Niki Minaj Scheduled To Appear On The Cleveland Show This Fall
The Cleveland Show has some big plans this Fall, bringing stars like Niki Minaj, Kanye West, Will I Am, Questlove and Bruno Mars into the show. All of these big names will be featured in an episode called “Menace II Secret Society” in which they all form a part of a secret society focused on controlling the outcome of pop culture. Click below for more info Funk Flex
Inspired By Questlove’s New NYU Course, Hot 97’s @BlackRicanJew Asks: What Are Some Classic Hip Hop Albums?
Inspired by the news that Questlove will be teaching an NYU course on “Classic Albums” come this Spring, the Hot 97 morning show decided to discuss what they considered are classic hip hop albums that should be taught in this course. Listen to what they came up with below. Marisa Mendez
Questlove & Universal Records VP of A&R To Teach NYU Course On Classic Albums
Congrats to The Roots’ ?uestlove, as he and Harry Weinger (the VP of A&R over at Universal Records) will be teaching a class at the prestigious NYU come this Spring semester. The 2-credit “Classic Albums” course will focus on “the concept of what it means for something to be called classic or seminal, as well as take a close look at the music, lyrics, production, business aspects — such as promotion and marketing — that informed the release and reception of the album, and try to provide a context as to why these albums have stood the test of time.” More info on the class below! Marisa Mendez
Nicki Minaj,Questlove Bruno Mars, & Will.I.Am Join The Illuminati?!
Nicki Minaj, ?uestlove, Bruno Mars, and Will.i.am are all joining Kanye West in the Illuminati, well at least on the Cleveland Show. The show has announced they will be airing their “Menace II Secret Society” premiere on October 21 as the Season 4 premier. The show will also contain songs from Kanye West and Bruno Mars that were made exclusively for the show. Read more below. Julie A.
(Photo) WHOA! Look At The Shocking Resemblance Between A Young Chaka Khan & Nicki Minaj
?uestlove of The Roots put together this side by side image of a young Chaka Khan and a photo of a 2008 Nicki Minaj photoshoot and the resemblance is uncanny! I wonder if that means we have a good idea of how Nick will look down the road by looking at Chaka now! Marisa Mendez
