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K’naan and Will.i.am have a bromance

August 3rd, 2010

K’naan has had a wildly successful year with “Wavin’ Flag” hitting number one in 17 countries, so when Sarah caught up with the rapper she had to ask him about what it’s like being propelled to fame so quickly. In the middle of the interview, though, one of K’naan’s friends showed up to talk about [...]

Tags: k'naan, Wavin' Flag, will.i.am
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, Music & Videos | Posted by Maddy

Black Eyed Peas show love for T.O.

August 3rd, 2010

The Black Eyed Peas have made Toronto their second home over the past 12 years and during their back-to-back shows on July 27th and 28th showed they had nothing but love for the city. With elaborate, futuristic costume changes, impressive stunts such as a flying motorcycle and sky high DJ set, the Peas pulled out [...]

Tags: black eyed peas, fergie, will.i.am
Posted in Blog, Concert Reviews, Concerts & Events, Music & Videos, Reviews | Posted by Allison

Peas, Screams, Tweets, and Spider-Man

June 29th, 2010

*Is Fergie leaving the Black Eyed Peas?: Nothing is confirmed (rumours “never” are) but the ol’ reliable rumour mill is churning on full steam. Apparently (or allegedly or however you want to phrase it Fergie) the singer will not commit to any dates for a second leg of the Black Eyed Peas tour. The “alleged” [...]

Tags: black eyed peas, fergie, lights, Movies, neve campbell, Scream, shenae grimes, Spider-Man, will.i.am
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, Headlines & Current Events, Movies, News, Rumour Mill | Posted by Michael

Natalia Kills on Akon, Will.i.am

May 12th, 2010

Pop artist Natalia Kills has worked with some very famous rappers. Will.i.am actually discovered Natalia Kills, and recently she collaborated with Akon. Tim caught up with Natalia while he was in LA and she spilled on what it’s like to work with the rappers, as well as what she considers “real” in music. For more [...]

Tags: Akon, Natalia Kills, will.i.am
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, Music & Videos | Posted by Maddy

Coachella. Wow. You gotta go.

April 26th, 2010

Coachella. Wow. You gotta go. I did. Check out my review on this year’s Coachella Festival after the jump! *Blog post by Darren Bourne

Tags: B.O.B., beyonce, Coachella, David Guetta, De La Soul, Deadmau5, Fever Ray, flea, Gorillaz, Hot Chip, jay-z, Josh Hartnett, Julian Casablancas, Kaskade, kristen stewart, Matt & Kim, Mike Snow, muse, passion pit, phoenix, red hot chilli peppers, Richie Hawtin, Sly and the Family Stone, the xx, them crooked vultures, thom yorke, Tiesto, Tom Morello, twilight, will.i.am, Yeasayer
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Concert Reviews, Concerts & Events | Posted by Guest Blogger

Much Worthy Matrix April 15

April 15th, 2010

Check out this new feature on the MuchMusic blog, it’s the Much Worthy Matrix. Every day we will rate the stories you will see on MuchMusic that day from A-List to D-List and Cringe Worthy to Brag Worthy. Let us know if you agree or disagree with where we place the stories on the matrix [...]

Tags: adam lambert, emily osment, Iron Man 2, jesse giddings, justin bieber, Kanye West, National High Five Day, Russell Brand, t.i., will.i.am
Posted in Blog | Posted by Jessica F

Top Ten Thursdays

April 1st, 2010

I hope that where ever you are when reading the Red Hot Blog, it is as ridonkulously nooice out as it is here! I’m feeling jolly and chipper and all that junk now that it looks like summer is almost here. Toronto looks purdy in the good weather and in honour of me loving the [...]

Tags: alicia keys, beastie boys, Black Eye Peas, Dr. Dre, fergie, gossip girl, gwen stefani, Jay Malinowski, jay-z, katy perry, LCD Soundsystem, lupe fiasco, mary j blige, Playboy, Skins, Top Ten Thursdays, Tupac, weezer, will.i.am
Posted in Blog, Music & Videos | Posted by Allison

MuchMusic Talks to will.i.am Scholarship Winner

March 18th, 2010

Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am created the “i.am scholarship” to provide financial assistance to people pursuing careers in film, television, journalism and computer science. The scholarship was launched last year on The Oprah Show and will cover all four years of university. The scholarship winners were Jaiquann Beckham, Elijah Williams and brothers Darien L. White [...]

Tags: Barien White, Darien L. White, Elijah Williams, Jaiquann Beckham, Timm Deegan, will.i.am
Posted in Blog | Posted by Jessica F

“We Are the World” to premiere at opening ceremonies

February 12th, 2010

A clip of the star studded remake of ‘We Are the World’ will be unveiled to the world during the opening ceremonies of the Winter Games in Vancouver, which is expected to draw up to a billion viewers. The song, which was re-recorded to help out the people of Haiti, features close to 100 celebrities [...]

Tags: Celine Dion, justin bieber, Kanye West, the jonas brothers, usher, We Are The World, will.i.am
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Cam

Thursday Throw Down

January 28th, 2010

* Carrie Underwood has been chosen to sing the National Anthem at the start of this year’s Superbowl. Now, if they could just get rid of all that pesky football in-between the commercials and half-time show. * In order to win tickets for her daughter to meet Justin Bieber, a mother got a tattoo of [...]

Tags: Adam Brody, black eyed peas, Carrie Underwood, Clerks, justin bieber, Lies and Videotape, Miramax, Pulp Fiction, sex, Shakespeare in Love, Sundance, superbowl, The English Patient, will.i.am
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture | Posted by Allison