The shit gets so real in the trap.

Iggy Azalea dropped a new track this morning for fans, entitled “Whatchu Lookin At,” fresh off of a studio session last night.

With all that being said, I’m certain I figured out how Al Walser was able to secure himself a nomination.

This is a screen shot from Al’s Grammy365 page. Grammy365 is the Grammy’s social networking membership site. As you can see, Al has 104 pages of contacts (”friends”) which equals roughly 4,160 contacts. It’s unclear how many of those 4,160 contacts are voting members but there are around 10,000 voting members and reportedly 13,000 members total (so 3,000 non-voting members like me). So roughly 76% of members are voting members. Apply that to his 4,160 contacts and you have 3,200 voting members which is certainly enough to secure a lesser known category nomination. There are very few voting members who are in the EDM community since the genre is relatively new and only recently did it start getting mainstream attention. So a voting member, who likely has very little knowledge about EDM, scrolls through the nominees and more than likely votes for someone whose name they recognize, hence why Swedish House Mafia, Avicii, Calvin Harris and Skrillex got nominated. But if 3200 voting members are “friends” with someone on Grammy365 and chances are they will recognize the name of someone (Al Walser) who has friended them, messaged them and/or updated them, then chances are they will vote for that person. Also, none of the other EDM nominees are Grammy members except Skrillex. See Al’s consistent Grammy 365 updates below




My theory, in conclusion, is that Al Walser gamed the Grammy noms by trolling/spamming the Grammy365 website, much in the way bands used to game Myspace back in the day. I’m sure more information will come to light in the coming days/weeks but don’t say I didn’t call it.

It’s been over five years since Chicago native Premo Stallone’s single “Gettin’ Buzzed” made it’s way on to legendary hip-hop and R&B station, 107.5 WGCI, and Mick Boogie’s Dirty Work 15 mixtape. Premo is back on the scene as part of a fresh new hip-hop duo called Codename Ghost, which also includes rapper and producer, Shark D. The duo recently dropped the official music video for their remix of Kanye West’s smash, “Clique.”

Rise Records’ Sleeping With Sirens perform a live, acoustic, rendition of “If I’m James Dean, You’re Audrey Hepburn” off of their latest EP, If You Were A Movie, This Would Be Your Soundtrack.

Swing over to Complex and check out the latest drop from 10.Deep’s Fall 2012 Collection.

MGK drops a ridiculous verse on MTV’s RapFix Live. MGK’s debut album, “Lace Up,” is due in stores October 9th.

Take a behind the scenes look at Nicki Minaj’s upcoming video for “The Boys.” The song is from Nicki’s Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up, set to drop this Fall, and features singer, Cassie.

Hit-Boy’s official music video for “Old School Caddy” featuring KiD CuDi.

Wrapping up #TDEFamAppreciationWeek, Kendrick Lamar drops a new track featuring Young Jeezy, entitled “Westside, Right On Time.” Produced by Canei Finch.