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Kanye West Tells Joe Rogan Idea to Run for President Came in the Shower: ‘God Put It in My Heart’
Kanye West’s highly anticipated appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience has arrived, and it lives up to the hype. During the nearly three-hour-long conversation, the rapper-turned-presidential-hopeful revealed the exact location where he got the idea to run for office. “It was something that God put in my heart back in 2015. A few days before the MTV awards, it hit me in the shower,” West recalled. “When I first thought of it I just started laughing to myself. All this joy came over my body, just through my soul. I felt that energy; I felt that spirit.” “I believe that my calling is to be the leader of the free world,” he added before explaining why he thinks he’s the man for the job. “There couldn’t be a better time to put a visionary in the captain’s chair,” West declared. “I’m not h...
Chris Evans Wants To Know: What’s Inspiring You To Vote This Year?
Today (October 24) is Vote Early Day, and MTV’s been celebrating with the Vote For Your Life Stream digital event, encouraging folks to get out there and cast their ballots. It’s a commemoration loaded with music performances and an onslaught of celeb appearances — and no civic duty-themed broadcast would be complete without Captain America himself, Chris Evans, working in partnership with actor Mark Kassen. The actors joined a video chat with students from the civic engagement program A Starting Point (ASP), run through the democracy-engaging organization Close Up, to ask an important question to young people who are getting the vote out for the very first time in 2020: “What’s the issue that inspired you guys to vote this year?” The answers, of course, were ...
Busta Rhymes Shows Off Rock-Solid Abs, 50 Cent Throws Light Jabs
Source: Johnny Louis/WENN.com / WENN Busta Rhymes has always been a larger than life figure but that also translated to his physical appearance over the years. Taking ownership of his health, the Dungeon Dragon got serious about fitness and now has the rock-solid abs to show for it. In a before and after photo posted on Instagram, the 48-year-old rapper shared a side profile of himself shirtless with a lot of weight around the middle. In the corresponding photo, Bussa Bus is seen lifting his shirt and showing off the six-pack he earned. In the caption of the post, Busta gave a strong salute to his trainer and nutritionist for getting him on his new path. From IG: DON’T EVER GIVE UP ON YOURSELF!! LIFE BEGINS RIGHT NOW!!! MY DEDICATION IS DIFFERENT!! I WOULD NEVER PUT OUT AN ALBUM AND NOT BE...
Over 7.5 Million (& Counting) People Viewed Megan Thee Stallion’s Twerk-A-Thon
Source: Rich Fury / Getty Megan Thee Stallion has always been incredibly easy on the eyes, which was evident from the time she burst onto the scene en route to becoming a megastar. The Houston Hottie showed off her knees of steel with a tantalizing video of her twerking, which has been viewed over 7.5 million times and counting. In what appears to be a gym or dance studio, Hot Girl Meg is seen a grey workout hoodie that’s drenched with sweat, proving she just got finished getting in some reps. However, it was Megan dropping it low that had everyone stuck on freeze mode. The City Girls both had to drop comments on the video, joining a number of other fans who admired Thee Stallion’s stamina and knee strength. “Girl how tf you do that?” JT of The City Girls asked. Her rap partner Yung Miami,...
TOMMY LEE On JOHN TRAVOLTA: ‘He’s Probably The Sweetest Man I Think I’ve Ever Met, Honestly’
Tommy Lee has called his friend John Travolta “the sweetest man” he has ever met. The 58-year-old MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer discussed his friendship with the 66-year-old actor in a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight. Speaking about how Travolta is coping with the devastating loss of his wife Kelly Preston to breast cancer earlier this year, Lee said: “I just talked to him; he’s back in town here. He’s doing really well. He has a great team of people around him, his kids are doing wonderful. He’s doing everything to make them comfortable, and I think, just personally knowing that it’s been happening or coming up, I’m sure it doesn’t ease the pain at all of… having something slowly come that you can kind of start to prepare for. “...
JAMES LOMENZO Says MEGADETH Was Most Musically Challenging Band To Play With
In a new interview with Madness To Creation, former MEGADETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and WHITE LION bassist James LoMenzo was asked which band he found the most musically challenging to play with. He responded: “Oh, without a doubt it was MEGADETH, without a doubt. There were several things on the block when I joined that band. First of all, I never [put] stock in thrash metal, I really never did. I wasn’t a huge fan of MEGADETH in that… When WHITE LION was touring, MEGADETH was pretty big, and directly after that, they got even bigger. But I wasn’t listening to a lot of music back then while we were touring, oddly enough. I’d have my evening with a beer, and then put on music I loved from back in the day, as my entertainment and decompression. So I was familiar with m...
MEGADETH’s DAVID ELLEFSON: ‘STEVE JOBS Saved The Music Business’
In a new interview with “theFIVE10” podcast, MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson was asked how he stays relevant when the music industry changes so frequently. He responded (hear audio below): “I think you just roll with the punches. I remember when the whole Napster thing was going on, and Lars [Ulrich], in particular, of METALLICA was fighting the good fight, and they were absolutely right. And I remember our manager saying, ‘Oh, don’t jump into that controversy. You’ve gotta be careful.’ And I said, ‘Fuck that. They’re wrong. They’re stealing our music. They are wrong, and Lars is right.’ Unfortunately, it was an unwinnable battle. It’s like looting — somebody just opened the front door of Walmart, and everybody ran in ...
GENE SIMMONS Recalls Getting A Ride From EDDIE VAN HALEN After METALLICA Concert: I Was ‘Scared To Death’
During an appearance on “The Dennis Miller Option” podcast, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recalled a time in the mid-1980s when he and Eddie Van Halen were both backstage at a METALLICA show in Southern California. “METALLICA was coming up in the world,” Gene said (hear audio below). “And we all started to hear about this new band and stuff. So I went out to Long Beach Arena, had a limo and bodyguard — all that stupid rock star stuff. And backstage, Edward comes up, ‘Hey, man, what are you doing?’ ‘Checking this band…’ ‘Yeah.’ In fact, I jumped up on stage with the guys and we did ‘Cold Gin’ together. “At any rate, when we got offstage, I was saying [to Eddie], ‘It’s great seeing you. I hop...
The War on Drugs Debut New Song ‘Ocean of Darkness’ on Fallon
The War on Drugs debuted a new song called “Ocean of Darkness” while performing virtually on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Friday night. It marks the band’s first new music since 2017’s A Deeper Understanding. Prior to unveiling the song, the band had hinted at working on a new album; however, no details have been revealed. Watch the War on Drugs perform “Ocean of Darkness” below. [embedded content] Though we’re unsure when to expect the follow-up to A Deeper Understanding, the War on Drugs is prepping an aptly titled live album called Live Drugs. The 10-track record is a collection of live tracks from over the years and will be released on singer Adam Granduciel’s label, Super High Quality Records. “As a bandleader, I always want to know w...
Hot Chip Recruit Jarvis Cocker for New Single “Straight to the Morning”: Stream
Friday night bar-hopping may not be a thing these days, but that doesn’t mean ya can’t have a festive evening indoors. Cue: Hot Chip and Jarvis Cocker, who’ve just joined forces on a new disco-inflected song called “Straight to the Morning”. As its name implies, the track is guaranteed to spark an all-night living room dance party. According to a statement, the collaborative single was originally written with disco-pop princess Dua Lipa in mind. However, after crossing paths while DJing at Paris club Les Bains-Douches, Hot Chip and the Pulp frontman decided to make it all their own. “‘Straight To The Morning’ is a disco anthem about going out, for a time when people really can’t, and it features our friend Jarvis Cocker urging us to go ‘straight through until the break of dawn,’” Hot...
Sacha Baron Cohen on Rudy Giuliani’s “Sexy-Time” Borat Scene: “It Is What It Is”
Borat may think Rudy Giuliani’s hotel encounter was just “innocent sexy-time between a consenting man and my 15-year-old daughter,” but the man behind the character has a much different take. In a rare appearance out of character, Sacha Baron Cohen spoke about the incident on Good Morning America on Friday morning. “If the president’s lawyer found what he did there to be appropriate behavior, then heaven knows what he’s done with other female journalists in hotel rooms,” Cohen remarked. “I just urge everyone to watch the movie… it is what it is, he did what he did. Make your own mind to us, but it was pretty clear to us.” In the scene, 24-year-old actress Maria Bakalova, playing the role of Borat’s 15-year-old daughter Tutar Sagdiyev, sits down for an interview with Giuliani in a New York ...
The War on Drugs Debut New Song “Ocean of Darkness” on Fallon: Watch
During the early months of the pandemic, The War on Drugs revealed they were working on a new album. Now, some of the fruits of their labor have arrived: the indie rockers debuted a new song called “Ocean of Darkness” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday. The group’s first offering since 2017’s A Deeper Understanding was both propulsive and pastoral, and soaked in wistfulness not unlike their past material. Donning a cap that said “VOTE”, frontman Adam Granduciel could be heard singing, “You’re just a poor boy/ Your blood rushes through me/ Alone in the great divide/ To love and understanding.” “Once I was eight years old/ I’d stare at the ceiling/ Get lost in a memory,” he continued, his voice faded like a ghost half-materialized. “Remember the feeling/ I was tire...
