Singer has reportedly cut ties with retailer over its political donations and their effect on the LGBT community.
By Jocelyn Vena
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Cue the "Bad Romance" headlines. Lady Gaga and Target have dissolved their relationship. According to The Advocate, the pop superstar has decided not to work with the retail megastore.
"She and Target didn't see eye to eye on Target's policy of political donations and how they affect the LGBT community," a source close to the store told the magazine. It was announced in February that Gaga and Target would be working together to release an exclusive deluxe edition of Gaga's May 23 release, Born This Way.
"Target and Lady Gaga together is a win-win," Troy Carter, Lady Gaga's manager, said in a statement at the time. "The partnership provides us with an opportunity to really engage the fans early and widen our reach on the album promotion."
Shortly after the announcement, however, LGBT groups began revisiting certain donations that the store had made. Last year, Target donated corporate funds to MN Forward, a political action committee that supported antigay candidate Tom Emmer in his 2010 run for governor of Minnesota.
Gaga did acknowledge the issue in a recent interview with Billboard, noting that she hoped to work with the retailer to change its policies. "That discussion was one of the most intense conversations I've ever had in a business meeting," Gaga said. "Part of my deal with Target is that they have to start affiliating themselves with LGBT charity groups and begin to reform and make amends for the mistakes they've made in the past. ... Our relationship is hinged upon their reform in the company to support the gay community and to redeem the mistakes they've made supporting those [antigay] groups."
A rep for the store had not responded to MTV News' request for comment at press time.
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Shady Records rapper talks to 'RapFix Live' on Thursday (March 10).
By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Sway Calloway
Most young artists dream about life on the road, touring and rubbing shoulders with stars backstage. But for Yelawolf, that was an existence he experienced early in his life.
His mother, who he describes as "super rock and roll," dated a stage designer, and soon her son found himself meeting Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon and Randy Travis, among others. "I definitely saw pieces of this life early," Yela told "RapFix Live" on Thursday (March 10).
That authenticity is what still powers the upstart Alabama rapper. His video for "Pop the Trunk" personifies his gritty appeal. He recruited his actual parents and hometown friends to star in the clip.
"We took a camera to Gadsden, my hometown, and we shot this video with no script," he explained. "I went to the locations that I was talking about and I got the people that I was talking about to play themselves."
Recently, Yelawolf aligned his talents with Eminem, inking a deal to join his Shady Records. The move bolstered the label's roster, as he was also joined by underground supergroup Slaughterhouse. The move re-ignites the collective that's also home to 50 Cent and D-12.
"It's a huge deal being able to have a mentor in someone who's done this for so long and been through so much," Yelawolf said of joining the team. "And also artistically, just pushing me to be better. Being around them dudes will make you better naturally. So, we're excited, man."
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'People really just sort of assume that it's about Kurt,' Foo Fighter says.
By Ryan J. Downey, with reporting by James Montgomery
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Nirvana changed the course of popular culture with their defining album, Nevermind. When Dave Grohl reunited with producer Butch Vig some 20 years later to make the newest Foo Fighters record, Wasting Light, it made perfect sense to invite his ex-bandmate Krist Novoselic to come down and jam. Naturally, this led fans to speculate about the subject matter of the resulting track, "I Should Have Known."
Speaking candidly to MTV News and a group of fans assembled at the home of Shivan, a California contest winner who won the chance to have the Foo Fighters premiere their video for "Rope" in his backyard on MTV.com, Grohl explained how "I Should Have Known" came to be and how it relates to the tragic suicide of Kurt Cobain.
"When we made that record, Nevermind, it really changed everyone's lives — forever," he said. "Butch is a great guy. It was a long time ago, but we don't really feel like we've changed too much. We've seen each other over the last 20 years. We've seen each other at parties. I always kind of knew that someday I'd make another record with him, 'cause he's an amazing producer. He's great."
Vig's involvement with the Foo's forthcoming seventh studio album prompted the drummer-turned-singer/guitarist to call up his old friend Novoselic, who co-founded Nirvana with Cobain in 1987. Grohl joined the band in 1990.
"We've got a lot between us. We're very close friends," Grohl explained. "I thought, 'Wow, I'll call Krist and have him come down and jam.' At first, I don't think we had a particular song in mind; I just called him up and he was like, 'Yeah, I'll come down and do it.' The most important thing, really, was for us to hang out together, with Butch, in a studio."
"I Should Have Known," which Grohl called one of the darker songs on the record, happened a little bit later.
"With every album, if I ever sing a song about losing someone or death, most people really just sort of assume that it's about Kurt," Grohl said. "And I have wonderful memories of Kurt. Kurt was a great dude. He was a really sweet guy. And it's heartbreaking still, what happened. But unfortunately, it's happened to me more than once in my life. So when I first started writing that song, I was writing it about someone else."
The song eventually took on even broader meaning, as songs often do, beyond the initial inspiration. "The idea is really more that you don't think about the specific person or who it's about. It's just about what it's about.
"I don't want to take that connection from you because it might have happened to you," he continued. "So when you're listening to it or singing it, you're doing it for your own reasons, not mine."
Wasting Light, which also features a guest appearance from Bob Mould (whose band, Hüsker Dü, were a huge influence on Nirvana) and marks the return of guitarist Pat Smear, will be released April 12.
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Kate Winslet is starting a new chapter in her life -- and she's got a fierce new 'do to go along with it!
In the April issue of British Vogue, the Oscar-winning actress, 35, debuts her super-short, platinum locks -- a huge change from the shoulder-length, dirty-blonde waves she rocked before.
Winslet (who split from hubby Sam Mendes last year) dishes about starting over with her love life. "I’m single," she tells the magazine. "And it doesn't scare me at all."
With her sexy new look, we're guessing Winslet won't be single for long!
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