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The blasting horns sampled from The Chi-Lites' "Are You My Woman " ring out, the sound of a jangling cymbal being taken for a walk sizzles under the infectiously catchy purr of "uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh- oh no no." The 808 laced drums crack and pop as if they're frying under the hot Texas summer sun.

Superstar Prince joined a party of nine, including his three bodyguards, for late-night eats at Society Cafe in Steve Wynn 's Encore.

Nicki Minaj, who is set to perform with Lil Wayne, won the first award for top rap artist, beating out Drake, Flo Rida, Pitbull and Psy.

Kanye West returned to SNL tonight, in anticipation of his new record "Yeezus," confounding his audience with a pair of thrilling, proto-punk-sounding tracks called "Black Skinhead" and "New Slaves". The first performance featured West giving some primal screams and chanting lyrics over a pulsing tribal beat and Suicide-like electro-rock punk ... (more)

In the Coen brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis," Justin Timberlake sings music set to a very different beat than "Suit and Tie." Timberlake plays a bearded pop folkie in the film, which was to premiere Sunday night at the Cannes Film Festival, about the music scene of early 1960s Greenwich Village.

Although the only two folks confirmed to be returning to the X Factor judges panel for the reality competition's upcoming third season are Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato , it appears that this will all change on Monday afternoon - as that's when the two latest recruits will be announced! We start x factor auditions in charleston on Tuesday.

The 'Next To Me' singer originally studied neuroscience before her music career took off and although she is thrilled with how things have turned out, she hasn't ruled out combining the two fields in the future.

Seattle duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have joined several other artists in supporting the Nature Conservancy's "All Hands on Earth," a worldwide movement that encourages people to take small steps to take care of the planet.

F amous fam ily, sort of: British singer Emeli Sande got her first taste of fame when she and her parents moved from her mother's native England to the rural town of Aberdeenshire in northern Scotland.

A crime scene technician, right, searches a purse at the scene of a homicide near the intersection of 12th and Peralta Streets on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in Oakland, Calif.

'The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain.' Daisy Buchanan from 'The Great Gatsby' gets to be reincarnated on the film's soundtrack under the guise of artists such as Beyonce, Lana Del Ray, Sia and Florence Welch.

Star-studded collaborations are on tap for Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards, airing live on ABC from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Email: smccauley@mondotunes.com Website: http://www.mondotunes.com The musician known as HDot has released her newest official single, titled, 'I Am Me.' The song is a dancehall anthem with a hip hop heart that features HDot at her finest.

The Sugarhill Gang's disputes with Sugar Hill Records over identity theft and unpaid royalties are the subject of a new documentary.

The NBC singing contest said Friday that Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green will return for "The Voice" Season 5, joining Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.

New music from Toronto's favorite dreaded crooner comes in the form of a trippy two-track ride: "Kiss Land/John Carpenter." Having given fans a snippet of "John Carpenter" earlier this week, The Weeknd now unveils the full version of the song in a smooth transition from the previously unreleased "Kiss Land." The first part of this seven-minute ... (more)

MUCH is celebrating the long weekend with one of movie and TV's freshest actors ever.

Money tells Lydia Jenkin how his move to New York has brought back memories of the music he loved as a kid Pete Wadams, better known as P-Money, is feeling pretty thankful for the opportunities life is offering at the moment.

BEST Album winners Alt-J hope to take more care of their Ivors trophy than they did over last year's Mercury Prize.

Rapper Macklemore, left, and DJ Ryan lewis pose backstage at the MTV Movie Awards in Sony Pictures Studio Lot in Culver City, Calif., on Sunday April 14, 2013.