Fun.’s single “We Are Young” has been one of the biggest hits of the year so far. It has also been one of the most parodied, with numerous covers floating around the Internet. You know who isn’t happy about this? The band Fun. themselves. “I’m not going to go Coolio on the situation and say I’m not into parodies, but I’m going to say, chances are, it’s not funny,” The band’s leader singer, Nate Ruess, told MTV. [MTV]
This time last year, Odd Future’s Earl Sweatshirt was in a boarding school in Samoan. Today, the young rapper has his own label that will be under the Sony Records umbrella. [RapRadar]
Cassie follows up “King Of Hearts,” the first single off of her forthcoming album, with the super smooth “Balcony,” which features a verse from Young Jeezy. [NecoleBitchie]
Jack White has the number one album in the country this week. “Blunderbuss,” his debut album, pushed 138,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. It’s the rocker’s first number one album in his career. None of his old bands — the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather — have ever reached number one. [Billboard]
Check out this cool feature Fader did on Atlanta’s Mike Will, who did the “Tupac Back” beat. [Fader]
