
Taylor Swift wins 8 trophies at Billboard Awards
Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards. Swift won eight of 11 awards, including ...

Grizzlies take 2-1 lead beating Thunder 87-81
The Memphis Grizzlies call it grit and grind, and it got them through another ugly game. Marc Gasol scored 20 points and hit two free throws with 1:03 ...

Sharpton: Meeting with PepsiCo 'positive'
Officials with PepsiCo Inc. apologized during a meeting Wednesday with relatives of civil rights icon Emmett Till who were offended by a rapper who ...
PepsiCo agrees to meet with Till family, Sharpton
PepsiCo Inc. officials will meet Wednesday with members of Emmett Till's family and the Rev. Al Sharpton. Sharpton continued to press for the meeting ...

After recent deaths, health is new priority in rap
Hip-hop may need a checkup. The culture that in the 1990s lost its brightest stars to gun violence has in recent years seen a series of notable ...

PepsiCo cuts ties with Lil Wayne over crude lyrics
PepsiCo is bowing to public pressure for the second time in a week and cutting ties with Lil Wayne over the rapper's crude lyrical reference to civil ...

Minaj, Chris Brown to perform at Billboard Awards
Nicki Minaj and her mentor, Lil Wayne, will join forces for a performance at the Billboard Music Awards, to be presented May 19 in Las Vegas.

PepsiCo pulls Mountain Dew ad after criticism
PepsiCo is once again learning the risks of celebrity partnerships after an ad for Mountain Dew was criticized for portraying racial stereotypes and ...

Spurs finish off Lakers sweep, roll to 2nd round
Tony Parker could only shake his head at the travails of the Los Angeles Lakers, who probably packed more drama and turmoil into this season than the ...

Spurs finish 4-game sweep, routing Lakers 103-82
For four straight games, the San Antonio Spurs showed off all the teamwork and tenacity that the Los Angeles Lakers lacked all season long. And when ...

Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks
The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, April 15, to Sunday, April 21: UNITED STATES 1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ...

Tyga to perform at Harvard show despite opposition
Tyga (TY'-guh) is set to perform at Harvard University despite opposition from critics who've signed a petition seeking to keep him away over what ...

Stars ask to help Obama change drug, jail policy
Lil Wayne, Ron Howard, Scarlett Johansson and Kim Kardashian are all on the same page when it comes to criminal justice reform. They're among more ...

Louisville's Kevin Ware resting after surgery
Kevin Ware is already up and walking, and he's got a nice souvenir to keep him company until he's cleared to return to Louisville. Cardinals coach ...

Rapper Lil Wayne says he's an epileptic
Lil Wayne says he's an epileptic and has had seizures for years. In an interview with Los Angeles-based radio station Power 106 on Thursday, the ...

Timberlake's '20/20' album sells 968K in 1st week
Justin Timberlake's comeback album has sold nearly 1 million units its first week out. Nielsen SoundScan announced Tuesday that the singer's third ...

Associate says Lil Wayne released from hospital
Lil Wayne is out of the hospital, according to his Young Money associate Mack Maine. Mack Maine told his Twitter followers on Monday night that the ...

Lil Wayne 'recovering' in hospital after seizure
Lil Wayne has been hospitalized, but according to his camp and his official Twitter account — he's OK. The multiplatinum rapper was hospitalized in ...

Stevie Wonder not happy with Lil Wayne's lyrics
Stevie Wonder is not happy with Lil Wayne's vulgar lyrics that reference Emmett Till, a black teen who was killed in 1955 for allegedly whistling at ...

Emmett Till's family reacts to Lil Wayne lyric
A cousin of the late Emmett Till wonders if Lil Wayne understands just how damaging it was when he rapped a vulgar reference to the black U.S.

James scores 32 more, Heat top Lakers 107-97
LeBron James ran a few steps behind the play, knowing exactly what was coming. The lob from Norris Cole arrived, and the NBA's reigning MVP rose for ...

Haitian schools expand use of Creole language
Teenagers in blue-and-white uniforms pour out of classrooms of this boarding school at the edge of Haiti's capital, chattering in their native ...
Spotify's Top 10 most viral tracks
The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, ...

SUPER BOWL WATCH: NFL awards, real fun to come
Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: ...