Covering Lana del Rey's sucky SNL performance, Solange Knowles new album, Beyonce and Jay-Z's out-of-this-world music video, the SXSW line up, Lil Wayne's memoir, and more in today's music news round up! More»

[Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Arabian Prince photo via] Although he's been kind of tied up with thrillers starring Chippendales-y teenage werewolves, director John Singleton is making moves to get back to his L.A. roots. At Abduction's press day, the native Angeleno mentioned he's been working with his old pal Ice Cube on a biopic about realer than real gangsta rap group N.W.A. to be called, what else, Straight Outta Compton. More»

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Wednesday's Red Bull Music Academy Session at Bardot was a lot of things to a lot of people. To the music enthusiast, it was an all-day and night series of lectures, workshops, and high-energy DJ sets from legends like Arabian Prince. To the caffeine fiend, it was the best place in the city to score free Red Bull. But to the couple in turmoil, fighting against the tide to keep their rocky relationship afloat, it was a last chance at happiness. More»