Pitbull Has Two New Reality Shows In The Works: Morning Mix

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:: Mr. Worldwide, also known as Pitbull, will be coming to your small screen! The entertainer is getting two new reality shows: Pitbull: The Lyfe and The REAL Change Project. The former will focus on his music career, while the latter will be about fundraising for educators. No word on when either is set to premiere, but Harvey Weinstein is backing the projects so they must be good…we hope. [Deadline]

:: Joan Jett was honored at New York City’s Little Kids Rock Benefit Gala, which took place on October 23. The legendary musician was gifted with the “Rocker of the Year” award. Other artists who attended the gala were Alice Cooper, Billie Joe Armstrong, Kathleen Hanna and former Beastie Boy Ad-Rock. [Brooklyn Vegan]

:: After the whole drama between Tyga and Drake was unveiled in a recent Vibe interview, Young Money’s bossman Birdman decided to step in. During his stop at Hot 97′s radio show, the rapper said: “He might be in his feelings. And I got all love and respect for Tyga, that's been my lil' bro, but my intake is, I'm family oriented - either you in or you out. If you're out, you're an outcast to me. If you're in, you're family.” Well, that cleared everything up! [MTV]

:: Is there anything Pharrell can’t do? The entertainer has been named to the Apollo Theater’s Board of Directors, along with five new members. Their main duty is to develop the theater through fundraising, strategic planning and education. [Complex]

:: In other weird news, Sia plans to auction off her breath in a jar. Yes, you read that correctly. The singer will auction it during the Adelaide Film Festival. Here is what the festival organizers had to say about it: “Gorgeously and magnificently, she breathed into a jar for us. Her breath is in a Mason jar with silver sealing wax, so no one can accidentally open it. Whoever wins it will be able to break the seal- or just let it be.” Okay…? [Pigeons & Planes]

Find out below what music you can catch on TV today.

:: The View (ABC) - Taylor Swift
:: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated) - Fall Out Boy
:: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) - She & Him
:: Conan (TBS) - Katharine McPhee
:: Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) - Lady Antebellum
:: Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) - Jessie Ware

Whatcha Say: Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, and Lana Del Rey Had Our Readers Talking

Following the release of the former Disney pop princess’ Stars Dance, we asked our readers which Selena Gomez album they most preferred. Check back on Monday to see which album reigned supreme — those who leave a comment are entered to win a signed copy of Stars Dance.

While we’re still waiting to hear music from the ARTPOP era, news about Lady Gaga was all over Idolator this week. From her VMA performance announcement, to writing a track for the new TLC album (!!), Mother Monster is preparing for her grand return. Most interestingly, an old Lana Del Rey demo hit the web, in which the “Summertime Sadness” singer disses Gaga.

Ariana Grande followed up her summer hit “The Way,” with the throwback “Baby I,” produced by Babyface, while Icona Pop released another new track, titled “All Night,” from their upcoming debut album. Plus, we brought you exclusive Idolator premieres from Hockey, Cash Cash, and Royal Teeth. Check out some of the week’s best comments below!

:: When we asked what Usher was thinking while getting wrapped up for a boxing match in this week’s Caption This, tunechi42 hopped into the ring on Instagram with her cleverest quip: “Once we’re in the ring, we’re not ‘lovers and friends.’”

:: Rumors about the delay of Beyonce‘s album had her rep denying all news “because an official release date was never set.” Drew could see right through the publicist’s words on Beyonce's Album Is Not Delayed: An Official Representative Finally Speaks Out: “Good try... Just because they didn't set an official release date doesn't mean that things are delayed behind-the-scenes. My money is that she came up with a bunch of "meh" material (read: "Run the World") and her label stepped in.”

:: A storm rose amongst fans of Lana Del Rey and Lady Gaga when Lana’s old demo “So Legit” hit the web with some not-so-nice words towards Mother Monster. Lana del queen expressed their thoughts onLana Del Rey Takes A Stab At Lady Gaga On Acerbic Diss Track "So Legit": Listen: “lmao people need to get over this tho? lana was bitter and angry back then, obviously her feelings for gaga have changed. there's a reason this was unreleased. and obviously this track would sound bad???? it's a demo, a very rough draft of the final song.”

:: Fans of AlunaGeorge were happy this week when their album went live for streaming. But Alfredo Sauce was a little confused at the lack of “George” on the band’s upcoming tour on Stream AlunaGeorge's 'Body Music,' Including The Bonus "This Is How We Do It" Cover: “My body is SO ready for 'Body Music.' I don't think they will latch onto the US audience like they did in the UK, but they will definitely get a lot of indie/underground attention. The only thing I find weird is that Aluna will be doing promo and touring without George. Why be AlunaGeorge then?”

:: Busta Rhymes released his rump-shaking video with Nicki Minaj for “#TwerkIt” this week to much fanfare. Lil Papi was not a fan of the rauchy video or its trendy title on Nicki Minaj Twerks It Out In Busta Rhymes' "#TwerkIt" Music Video: “Wait but lyk can dey stop usin # in front of names lyk dat aint cute? n lyk no 2 dis song. is busta even relevent? bye”

:: That Ariana reign just won’t let up! We got a clip of the latest Ariana Grande song this week–a duet with The Wanted‘s Nathan Sykes from the upcoming soundtrack to The Mortal Instruments. Holly was especially excited about the singer’s upcoming collaboration on Ariana Grande Duets With The Wanted's Nathan Sykes: Hear A Snippet Of "Almost Is Never Enough": “Ariana Grande is my favourite female singer and Nathan Sykes is my favourite male singer so for them to sing this amazing song together is crazy. There voices go so well together and I knew they would because I knew they could both have similar styles. I can't even listen to this song it is so perfect it makes me cry.”

:: A leaked picture from Lady Gaga‘s upcoming V Magazine photo shoot caused quite a stir on the site, dividing fans on the singer’s natural look. Sbutler323 left nothing but love for the pop diva on Lady Gaga Appears Nude In New Shoot By Inez & Vinoodh For 'V Magazine': See A Photo: “I have to say...this picture completely changes my perspective of LG. This is pure, natural beauty guys...I'm glad that she's not perfect because that individuality makes a person beautiful. If this pic is not touched up too much then I'm going gaga for Gaga...lol.”

Celebrate Lil Wayne’s 30th Birthday By Revisiting His First Single “Tha Block Is Hot”

At the turn of the millennium, the hip-hop landscape was littered with Lils: Kim, Bow Wow, Romeo, Troy etc. But only one has managed to endure in the rap game for the ensuing decade-plus. That, of course, would be Lil Wayne. Today is Weezy’s 30th birthday, and because age 30 marks the official end of youth, we thought we’d take a look back at Weezy at his most youthful: namely, via his first single and video “Tha Block Is Hot.”

His debut single featured Juvenile and B.G., and was released just days before his 17th birthday (!). And even back then, Tunechi was simultaneously schooling and weirding out the hip-hop world. Watch the video after the jump.

As you can see in the music video, Lil Wayne’s predator dreads were smaller and his skin didn’t yet look like an Etch-A-Sketch, but that distinctive semi-growl/semi-nasal flow was already fleshed out. The plodding, cheaply synthetic beat was typical of the utterly disposable gold-plated rap spewed forth by Cash Money and No Limit at that time, but Weezy’s sheer lyrical endurance and odd cadence cut through the bling-y bluntness (see: “It’s all good in the hood, but a lot illegal / Soon as you get it, hot SKRRT, there go them people / Break up the block and hit the cut by the corner sto’ / End up in Miss Taylor backyard, be quiet, she on the porch”).

While it only peaked at #65 on the charts, the title song to Weezy’s debut Tha Block Is Hot helped the album open at #3 and go on to reach Platinum status. (We remember it being a particular favorite of suburban high school locker rooms.)

Here we are 13 years later, and the guitar playing, skateboarding Lil Wayne has his own Cash Money imprint, where he has cultivated talent like Drake and Nicki Minaj. All while churning out 237 mixtapes (rough estimate) and commercial hip-hop classics like Tha Carter IV, and prepping his tenth album I Am Not A Human Being II for a November 13 release.

So happy birthday, Lil Wayne. Your youth may be officially over, but you still “like to dress in all black up in my residence / Ain’t got on no suits, cause we ain’t tryin’ to be presidents” - and really, not wearing a suit at age 30 is pretty much the ultimate goal of this circus we call life, so that’s a cause for celebration.

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