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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ ‘Thrift Shop’ Goes Five-Times Platinum

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By Muhammad Abdulhafith

Just when you thought Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop” had reached its peak–being certified 4 times platinum earlier this month–the hip-hop duo set another milestone with their infectious single. This week Macklemore and his production partner brought home some more hardware after the tag-poppin’ single went five-times platinum, Rap Radar reports.

“Thrift Shop” isn’t just a phenomenal sales story either, the catchy tune hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart yet again, after getting knocked out of the top spot by Baauer’s “Harlem Shake.”

Though “Thrift Shop” continues to grow, Mack & Ryan aren’t resting on it’s laurels. The pair recently shot a music video for “Can’t Hold Us,” another stand-out song from their LP The Heist and they’re looking to break even more records. “We##Q##re working on a music video for ##Q##Can##Q##t Hold Us,##Q## which will be the longest video shoot we##Q##ve done yet: 16 days for a music video!” Lewis said backstage at the 2013 mtvU Woodie Awards at SXSW earlier this month, where they won the Branching Out Woodie Award. “That##Q##s getting wrapped up and we##Q##ll be cutting that, and outside of that, we##Q##re just playing a ridiculous amount of shows.”

Seems like the guys have this music thing figured out, even if they haven’t quite figured out what a Branching Out Woodie is. “I don’t even know what that is? What is the Branching out Woodie? Oh, [it’s for] social media? I feel like my Twitter sucks. My Instagram filters are dope, so maybe that counts,” Macklemore said. “To be nominated for any Woodie is fresh. I think it##Q##s a more grass-roots, underground, college demographic, and that##Q##s a lot for where we come from, in terms of our core fan base, and it seems really parallel with what the Woodies are all about.”

How much further can Macklemore & Ryan Lewis take “Thrift Shop“?

Kid Cudi Reveals Indicud Tracklist With Michael Bolton Feature

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Kid Cudi Reveals Indicud Tracklist With Michael Bolton Feature

We##Q##ve got less than a month to go before Kid Cudi drops his 3rd solo album Indicud on April 23, and after previewing a new verse during his performance at SXSW, we have the project##Q##s cover art and tracklist. Features include Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, Too $hort and….Michael Bolton.

Indicud tracklisting via Complex.

1. “The Resurrection of Scott Mescudi”
2. “Unfuckwittable”
3. “Just What I Am” feat. King Chip
4. “Young Lady” feat. Father John Misty
5. “King Wizard”
6. “Immortal”
7. “Solo Dolo Part II” feat. Kendrick Lamar
8. “Girls” feat. Too $hort
9. “New York City Rage Fest”
10. “Red Eye” feat. Haim
11. “Mad Solar”
12. “Beez” feat. RZA
13. “Brothers” feat. King Chip & A$AP Rocky
14. “Burn Baby Burn”
15. “Lord of the Sad and Lonely”
16. “Cold Blooded”
17. “Afterwards (Bring Yo Friends)” feat. Michael Bolton & King Chip
18. “The Flight of the Moon Man”

Anna Kendrick Doesn’t Care How Good Your Whisky Is

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Gentlemen, if you##Q##re attempting to hit on Anna Kendrick, there are a few things you should know.

When MTV News##Q## Josh Horowitz went down to SXSW, he spoke with Kendrick and her “Drinking Buddies” costar Jake Johnson about how they enjoy nights out with their friends. Kendrick##Q##s night out with her male friends tends to include one pick-up style that she is no longer accepting.

“Whenever it##Q##s my guy friends, it##Q##s generally speaking like, we##Q##re hanging out, and they want to be like, ##Q##I##Q##m going to order this whisky. I think you##Q##re really going to like it.##Q## Guys do that a lot,” she said. “Guys, as a move, it##Q##s been done. Just FYI. Just so you know. We##Q##ve all had it done before. It##Q##s not an original idea.”

Johnson was a little disappointed to hear that his plans for the night were now foiled by Kendrick##Q##s insight. “I have no move now tonight,” he said. “Tonight after the movie, I was going to go, ##Q##Great job. Anna will take a whisky.##Q##”

But when she##Q##s not turning down offers of whisky, Kendrick prefers a nice wine with her girls. “The ladies, generally speak, I just stock my bar with wine and get those ladies liquored up”

Will Jennifer Lawrence get her silver lining in the form of a Golden Popcorn? Which beefcake will sizzle in our brand-new Best Shirtless Performance category? It##Q##s up to you to decide the winners of the 2013 MTV Movie Awards! Vote now, and tune in Sunday, April 14 at 9 p.m. ET, as star Rebel Wilson takes the stage at the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California.

‘Spring Breakers’ Cast Finishes The Britney Lyric On After Hours

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When the bad girls of “Spring Breakers” aren##Q##t robbing restaurants or hooking up with James Franco in a hot tub, they##Q##re usually chilling out and singing some Britney Spears song.

Down at SXSW, MTV News##Q## Josh Horowitz thought he##Q##d test Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine##Q##s Britney knowledge in a brand new After Hours episode.

Can the girls match the savvy of their on-screen personas, or will they saying “Oops, I forgot the lyrics again”? Find out on the latest episode of After Hours.

Trinidad James Shows Off His Versace And Gold In GQ

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Trinidad James Shows Off His Versace And Gold In GQ

By Sowmya Krishnamurthy

Trinidad James is taking his unique style to men##Q##s fashion authority GQ, gracing the pages of the magazine##Q##s new Style Issue. The “All Gold Everything” rapper shares a photo spread with designer Michael Bastian.“For me, it##Q##s all about the aura of Versace. I was born in the 80s, so my mind was captivated by 90s fashion-i.e. Versace shirts, slippers and gold jewelry,” says James in the magazine. “My dad wore Versace and gold. That never left me.”

Last year, Drake graced the cover of GQ##Q##s style issue in a Calvin Klein suit.

Trinidad James Shows Off His Versace And Gold In GQ

Trinidad James burst onto the scene with his viral sensation “All Gold Everything” last year and dropped his Don##Q##t Be S.A.F.E. mixtape. He made an appearance at the recent mtvU Woodie Awards at SXSW alongside Pusha T and Joey Bada$$. “Who smoking that loud out here, man?” Trinidad asked the throng during his set. “I smell it!”

The three will headline MTV##Q##s “Jams Live Weekend.” The hip-hop block will include performances, never-before-seen backstage footage, exclusive interviews and performer-hosted playlists of their favorite MTV live hip-hop performances. “Jams Live Weekend” will kick off on Saturday at 6 a.m. ET and wrap up on Monday at 6 a.m. ET.

Kid Cudi’s Indicud Album Is Officially Complete

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Kid Cudi’s Indicud Album Is Officially Complete

By Henna Kathiya

Kid Cudi is making his return to rap in 2013. After a brief hiatus, the G.O.O.D. Music artist is back at it again and after issuing an official release date for his Indicud album he now confirms that the project is actually complete.

The Cleveland native took to Twitter to announce that the album is done and ready to go. Indicud is set to drop next month on April 23. “Album turnt in, spirit turnt up. 4th studio album wrapped. Mission impossible accomplished. Hope u all love it as much as I do,” he tweeted. He performed at SXSW last week, spitting a few lines from his latest LP for his fans.

Cudi seems to be pretty excited for his album to drop, even tweeting about the packaging. “My album packaging is off the HOOK!! Cant wait for yall to see this man.”

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Alex Winter Tells A Different Napster Story In ‘Downloaded’

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Alex Winter, one half of the rock ##Q##n roll duo Bill and Ted aka Wyld Stallyns, has focused mostly on directing in the last few years, and his latest film, a documentary called “Downloaded,” takes a look at the technology that changed the music industry forever, Napster.

MTV News sat down with Winter at SXSW, where he premiered “Downloaded” this past week, and spoke with him about bringing the project together and how our own little news organization played a part in making it all happen.

“I pulled a lot of archival from the MTV News vaults, which hyper-covered this story,” Winter told Josh Horowitz. “I was finding amazing gems in that. [Sean] Parker and [Shawn] Fanning young, all of the Metallica raid on the office, all of it, most of which is in the movie.”

When Winter approached the two Napster founders about making the doc, he focused on what would make this project different.

“I had known them a long time. The idea of going back to them and going, ##Q##You##Q##re actually going to be the main characters in this now, not somebody playing you.##Q## Both of them have a lot going on. Both of them have their own emotional response of what the Napster experience was like for them,” Winter said.

“I really did make it clear that I was going to be compassionate and not try to drag them through the mud. I don##Q##t even mean tonally in terms of what you see in the movie, but just in terms of the experience of being in it. Other than that, I think they##Q##re ready to go back and reframe the story for themselves and give us some context.”

Bleu DaVinci Says There’s ‘No Issue’ With Rick Ross’ ‘B.M.F.’

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Bleu DaVinci Says Theres No Issue With Rick Ross’ ‘B.M.F.’
via Sway##Q##s Universe

By Muhammad Abdulhafith

When Rick Ross dropped “B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast)” it moved a lot of people and he had almost every rap fan shouting that they were either Big Meech or Larry Hoover. While some took the shout-out of the notorious gangsters as an act of disrespect, B.M.F. leader Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory was delighted with the name-drop and B.M.F. crew member Bleu DaVinci isn’t sweating it either.

“I didn’t have no issue with it. I don’t feel like anybody else should of had an issue with that,” DaVinci said during a visit to Shade 45’s “Sway in the Morning” radio show on Friday (March 15), when the popular radio and television host broadcasted live from SXSW in Austin, Texas. “Whoever can latch onto something we did or we doing and can better themselves from it, make some money, feed their kids, I’m with that.”

The respect from Big Meech seemed mutual, though the love didn##Q##t seem to spread, which quintessentially caused an uproar. Bleu spoke on Rick Ross##Q## 2010 single which he feels paid homage to street legends Larry Hoover and Big Meech, although it wasn##Q##t made clear by Ross he felt the record was a testament of how they wanted to be viewed not as thugs, but business men.

Even Big Meech##Q##s mother spoke publicly about the record, stating that her son wasn##Q##t put in a bad light. According to Bleu, B.M.F. sees no problem with people using their name as long as they aren##Q##t disgracing it. However members of the Gangster Disciples, a street organization founded by Larry Hoover, felt the rapper was taking advantage of Hoover’s legacy. Members of the organization sent a string of YouTube threats asking the MMG rapper to rectify the situation.

During his interview with Sway, DaVinci recalled when he first met Meech and in Gardenia, California after he shot a film called “3 Strikes.” Meech wanted to legitimize his street business at that time and saw working with Bleu, who was making his name as a rapper, as a path onto the straight and narrow.