As if all the wigs weren't enough evidence of Nicki Minaj's Lady Gaga influence, Nicki's Grammy performance turned out to be the sort of theater-class absurdity that Gaga has firmly entrenched in the…   Read Story »

Barely 24 hours before this year's Grammy Awards ceremony began, Whitney Houston, a woman who'd once seemed like a cyborg engineered to win as many Grammys as possible, was found dead in a Los…   Read Story »

Nicki recently delayed her sophomore album's release until April, but that didn't stop another new track from leaking, this time the more pop-forward "Marilyn Monroe," which catches Minaj back in the…   Read Story »

Madonna's forthcoming album, bearing the frankly awesome title MDNA, will feature two collaborations with M.I.A. This forthcoming weekend, Madonna and M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj will perform at the Super…   Read Story »

Rumors have been swirling for a while, and now M.I.A. herself has confirmed them. When Madonna performs at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, she'll perform her new single "Give Me All Your…   Read Story »

Lots of good music videos this week! Serial killers! Shadow-puppet dogs! Primary colors! Air rifles! Inexplicably clownish rap-star art direction! Members of the extended Stereogum family! There's…   Read Story »

Nicki busted out "Stupid Hoe" late last year before promising an accompanying clip to drop this week, and though it's coming in late Friday, she's a woman of her word! And, my stars, is it a flashy,…   Read Story »

Almost none of us are at work this week, so almost none of us are getting fired. And with the holidays coming to an end, we don't have to keep the good-cheer veneer up for much longer. So: Time to…   Read Story »

Earlier this month, we posted "Roman In Moscow," the frantic first single from Nicki Minaj's forthcoming hard-rap throwdown Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. And now we've got another one: The equally…   Read Story »

Even in an era when rappers rarely share studios with their collaborators, emailing in their contributions instead, the art of the guest verse is alive and well. It's still a point of pride for one…   Read Story »