10-time Billboard Music Award winner 50 Cent will be among the presenters for the award show…

The 2015 Billboard Music Awards returns to ABC on Sunday, May 17, at 8 p.m. ET and will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas…

Ludacris will co-host with supermodel (and Legend’s wife) Chrissy Teigen…

STREAM SNOOP DOGG’S ALBUM BUSH ON ITUNES ONE WEEK BEFORE MAY 12^TH DATE

SNOOP & PHARRELL WILLIAMS SHARE EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT TO ALBUM CREATION IN NEW VIDEO

NEW SINGLE ‘CALIFORNIA ROLL’ PLAYED HOURLY ON iHEARTRADIO; PRE-ORDER ALBUM NOW AND RECEIVE NEW SONG ‘CALIFORNIA ROLL’ FEATURING STEVIE WONDER IMMEDIATELY

Entertainment icon Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams have shared exclusive insight into the creation of select tracks, including “California Roll” featuring Stevie Wonder, off of Snoop Dogg’s new album BUSH in advance of the May 12^th release date. Fans can get an intimate look of the creative process between the two online here: http://smarturl.it/BUSHtracksSnoop Dogg shared a pre-release stream of his highly anticipated album BUSH on iTunes radio, a full week prior to its official release on May 12^th. The album’s new single “California Roll” was rolled out in style for Snoop followers, with iHeartRadio having played the new track hourly on their Urban and Urban AC stations and at various times throughout the day at select Urban AC Stations.

Whether you’re a Def Squad Head or a lover of pranksters, Redman’s episode of “MTV: Cribs” is that of legend. At a time when celebrities—especially rappers were showing gold-leaf wallpaper, infinity pools, personal chefs and garages that looked like Italian car dealerships, Reggie Noble was the antithesis.

In year 2000, Redman welcomed “Cribs” to his pad in Staten Island, New York. From a refrigerator/freezer that had both fish-sticks and a box of $1 bills, a tired shower-curtain, a messy floorspace, two turntables (and an early Stones Throw Records 12″), and a passed-out cousin on the carpet—Redman was a man of the people. Even with a platinum album, a movie deal, and a position as one of Def Jam Records’ flagship artists, Funk Doc was (and is) an Everyman.

Now 15 years old, Thrillst and author Chris Faraone looked back at the moment. “An Oral History of Redman’s Notorious MTV Cribs Episode” brings back Red’, MTV producers, and even the sleepy cousin to reflect on the moment.

“While everybody was trying to show a lavish house, the lavish life of living, that’s not always the case,” Redman explained, looking back. “Not every entertainer’s living lavish. They may have a more lavish set on the street, but it’s still real for a lot of cats out here in the entertainment game. We’re okay, but we’re not rich, and that’s what I wanted to display to my fans… I always try and think about what the ‘hood would say when I do things.”

Red’ added that he originally purchased the home in Shaolin as “a real-estate project,” but Method Man’s band-mate found he liked the seclusion of the townhouse, away from his Newark hometown, and the glamor of New York City.

“They show up fucking early,” Redman recalled, who was notably drowsy during the taping. “I wanted to at least clean up a bit, since I ain’t have any real furniture in there and shit, and I thought I had a little bit of time and I didn’t. When they knocked on the door I was still sleepy-eyed and they were like, ‘You know what, this is good, let’s just roll with it.” He adds, “We just winged it.” The history retrospective debunks the popular myth that the episode was staged, accentuated, or simply “faked” for humor and publicity’s sake. “Everything you see was real. It’s just everyday life for us.”

In a moment that has certainly been a highlight in Redman’s 25-year career, the MC stresses that being real is key. “Once you do things and keep things 100% with yourself, you can never lose.”

At a time when social media has allowed artists to be more accessible to fans, was Redman ahead of the curve in keeping it real during the last days of the “shiny suit era”?

Check the vid here… http://www.wimp.com/bestcribs/

The Game continues to look to being the enforcer in these beefs.

Gearing up for the release of ‘The Documentary 2′ album, he’s back in the blogs, this time for trying to enter the beef between Young Thug and Lil’ Wayne.

The former G-Unit member was at a concert talking tough towards Thugger Thugger, for disrespecting Weezy.

“My nigga Tune ain’t never been Hollywood, he’s just Hollygrove… Anybody fuckin’ with Tune got a problem with me. I will f*** Young Thug up, on piru, nigga!”