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Guess What 'Woodies' Makes Mac Miller, Gossip, fun. & Lil Jon Think Of! (VIDEO)

Posted 3/16/12 9:02 pm EST by Tamar Anitai in Celebrity, Interviews, Music, Must See, Videos

Every year MTV throws down the Woodie Awards. And EVERY year, without fail, someone throws out a d*** joke! COME ON, you guys! I just don't get it! The Woodies are so OBVIOUSLY about celebrating the diverse cultural landscape of college music and championing the trailblazing artists helming the forward progression of self-expression. Yet for some reason, almost everyone feels compelled to make a joke about their junk! Naively, I was convinced that 2012 was the year that Woodies artists would be the exception to the rule. But it turns out that you-know-what jokes at the Woodies are the rule, and there’s pretty much no exception.

Watch Mac Miller, Gossip, Walk The Moon, Dev and more play "Woodies Word Association" after the jump!

Mac Miller, Machine Gun Kelly, T. Mills & More Collaborate On First-Ever Woodies Freestyle

Posted 3/16/12 5:42 pm EST by Tamar Anitai in Celebrity, Music, Must See, Videos

The 2012 mtvU Woodie Awards brought some of the biggest names in indie rock, pop and hip-hop to Texas for an all-day, all-in nonstop music festival under the sweltering sun, where haze-hop MC A$AP Rocky shared a bill with Queen-leaning parlor pop act fun., Cleveland "Wild Boy" rapper and Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2011 Machine Gun Kelly, art rock darlings Walk The Moon and artists like Lil Jon, who really need no qualifier at all.

So, in the spirit of creative collaboration, I asked this year's Woodies artists to freestyle a few lines backstage at the Woodies. The result: Mac Miller, Machine Gun Kelly (fresh off his Breaking Woodie win), T. Mills, Walk The Moon, Chiddy Bang (freestyle world record holders), and Gossip came together for the first-ever Woodies Freestyle. Consider it Buzzworthy's version of the BET's legendary cyphers, except... not at all legendary or even legit.

+ Watch Mac Miller, Machine Gun Kelly, T. Mills, Walk The Moon, Wallpaper and more Woodies artists freestyle, check out Woodies Awards Festival performances, and tune in to the 2012 mtvU Woodie Awards Sunday, March 18 at 8/7c on MTV and mtvU.

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Ed Sheeran Discusses His Love Of Cats, Dislike Of Garfield At The 2012 mtvU Woodie Awards Festival

Posted 3/16/12 2:53 am EST by Tamar Anitai in Celebrity, Music, Must See, Videos

To you, Ed Sheeran may be the undeniably huggable, ginger troubadour who may or may not have been separated at birth from Rupert Grint (whom he tapped to star in his "Lego House" video along with One Direction's Harry Styles). He's also the folksy, angelic-voiced, rap-obsessed singer-songwriter who earned Jamie Foxx's co-sign and went on to score top honors at this year's BRIT Awards. But to me, Ed Sheeran will always be the adorably disheveled British boy who made one of the greatest cat videos of all time. (I know because I've seen them all.) By casting a (real!) cat as his wingman in his "Drunk" video, Ed Sheeran didn't just win me over (not to brag, but I'm, like, kind of a cat person) -- he also racked up over five million video streams since January. Many millions of which were mine. (Because did I mention I really love cats? Because I do.)

Watch Ed Sheeran's in-depth cat analysis after the jump!
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A$AP Rocky Talks Drake, Making Bank & Success At The 2012 mtvU Woodie Awards Festival

Posted 3/16/12 1:24 am EST by Tamar Anitai in Celebrity, Interviews, Music, Must See, Videos

A$AP Rocky's not just one of hip-hop's biggest and brightest names. He's also one of the busiest. Just months after the official release and the rerelease of his hypnotic LiveLoveA$AP debut, he toured with Drake, he's busy prepping his A$AP Forever Part 1: Blood EP, he directed his own music videos and Danny Brown's “Blunt After Blunt” video, covered Complex magazine's February/March 2012 issue (and allegedly turned down XXL's Freshmen list because he's in a position where he can actually do that), he's on Swizz Beatz's next mixtape, and he's locked in a sweet spot on the Coachella lineup before he takes the A$AP Mob abroad for an overseas tour. The inheritor of the God emcee's namesake and self-proclaimed pretty motherf***** from Harlem hustles hard, and while he's quickly growing out of his underground emcee status into a global brand, he stays grounded.

Watch A$AP Rocky discuss Drake, the meaning of success and his bank account after the jump.

Before You Exit Performs 'Best Thing' & 'Brick Wall' On 'Buzzworthy Live'!

Posted 3/12/12 1:15 pm EST by Tamar Anitai in Celebrity, Music, Must See, Videos

Before You Exit perform 'Best Thing' and 'Brick Wall' for 'Buzzworthy Live.'

If we had to create a running tally of all things enviable about Orlando pop-rock band Before You Exit -- you know you've had their bouncy, shimmery, sugar rush single "End Of The World" tattooed on your brain since January -- we'd be here all day. And you really just wanna watch their "Buzzworthy Live" videos, so let's keep it brief.

1.) They toured with Allstar Weekend. Like, breathing the same AIR.
2.) They're bros with All Time Low. If I weren't already daydreaming about Alex, I'd be seething with misdirected jealous anger.
3.) THAT HAIR!
4.) THOSE HARMONIES.
5.) ARE THEY NOT THE NEXT HANSON, AND I MEAN THAT IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY, NO SHADE? (Minus the trio-of-brothers sticking point.)
6.) They've got their debut LP coming out this summer. Just in time for you to not have to be in school all day so you can devote all of your waking hours to listening it.

So, not to even pretend like this is a humble brag, because we're straight-up ACTUALLY BRAGGING, we've got two exclusive "Buzzworthy Live" performances from Before You Exit, shot live at MTV. First up is "Best Thing," followed by "Brick Wall." And that's in addition to the "End Of The World" acoustic performance they shot for us back in January. See? We're completely and shamelessly bragging. U mad?

+ Watch Before You Exit's exclusive "Buzzworthy Live" performances of "Best Thing" and "Brick Wall" after the jump!

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Demi Lovato Reveals Her Darkest Moments And The Beauty Of Her Bravery In Her 'Stay Strong' Special & After Show

Posted 3/7/12 2:15 am EST by Tamar Anitai in Celebrity, Music, Must See, Videos

$MTV\'s \"Demi Lovato: Stay Strong\"$

Demi Lovato talks to SuChin Pak at the Demi Lovato: Stay Strong' After Show live on MTV.

"I never thought that I'd be a role model. Everyone kind of just made me a role model, and I hated that," Demi Lovato said in the trailer to her uncommonly honest MTV special "Stay Strong: Demi Lovato," a documentary that gave fans not just an inside look at her life but an intimate, unveiled look at her very real journey into understanding her bipolar disorder, self-medicating, self-harming and insidious eating disorder, and beginning the long, sometimes bumpy road to recovery. "I cannot tell you that I have not thrown up since treatment," she said during a chillingly honest moment early on in the documentary. "I cannot tell you that I have not cut myself since treatment. I'm not perfect. This is a daily battle that I will face the rest of my life."

By now, her fans know the story of her surrender. The very public singer quit Twitter. She quit her tour. She quit living a lie. She started the painful process of starting over and examining what drove her to starve and to cut and to look in the mirror and not see the gorgeous girl her fans exulted, and to stop loving herself. She entered a rehab center -- Timberline Knolls, which she revisited in the documentary to share her story and encouragement with the treatment center's patients. And she came to MTV in New York City tonight to face her fans not just on television but in person during the live "Stay Strong" After Show.

But Demi Lovato's name is now synonymous not just with Disney or "Camp Rock" or "pop star." Her name will forever be inextricably interwoven with her demons: eating disorders; cutting; mental illness. And she's not alone. As many as 10 million females in the United States alone suffer from eating disorders. Eating disorders cause more deaths than any other mental illness. Over 121 million people in the world suffer from depression. Now, by sharing dark moments worlds away from the surreal glitz of red carpet -- moments where there's no glamour and only the very real threat of a very deadly disease -- with the millions of fans suffering from the exact same issues that befall us indeterminately without discrimination, Demi Lovato's name has become synonymous with role model.

Get an inside look at Demi Lovato's "Stay Strong" After Show live at MTV in New York City, including videos and photos after the jump.

A Dog Shot Johnny Neon's 'Hearts' Video... And We Heart It!

Posted 3/2/12 5:08 pm EST by Tamar Anitai in Celebrity, Must See, Videos

If South African synth-pop soloist Johnny Neon had only given us their swirling, chanty, 8-bit new-wave-inspired song, "Hearts," it would've been enough for me. But then he brought in a dog to serve as lead cameraman, and everything just got that much better. I mean, that's coming from me, and I'm a cat person.

Seriously, a rescue dog named Lemon with a GoPro camera MacGyver-ed to her back, shot Johnny Neon's "Hearts" video, running from sunny apartment to apartment, down to the beach, where she stops for a quick dip, and along the boardwalk, along some railroad tracks and even at bodega, where she's treated to a snack, though it's unclear if he paid for it. It was probably a cuteness-based freebie. Along the way, the dog (who was found on the side of the road and nursed back to health... BRB, melting in a pile of Sarah McLachlan- and hormone-induced squee) encounters the type of people who you can just tell are naturally attractive (Johnny Neon included), plus some fellow dogs that are attractive too. The video ends with the dog tussling and engaging in garden-variety dog behavior with another canine. Can't blame him -- dude put in a full day of duties on set.

Director/filmmaker Dave Meinert "directed," (while he was dogsitting Lemon the dog for a friend), but honestly, let's give this dog credit where it's so clearly due.

Johnny Neon 'Hearts' from Dave Meinert on Vimeo.

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Demi Lovato Tweets About New Special, 'Stay Strong,' Airing March 6 On MTV

Posted 2/21/12 4:29 pm EST by Tamar Anitai in Celebrity, Photos

Demi Lovato, who's always been open about her personal struggles, is about to get a lot more personal. Demi recently tweeted this powerful photo of her wrists, along with some insight into her new MTV special, "Stay Strong." Demi said, "Lovatics - I wanted to tell you FIRST about a special I worked on with @MTV. It premieres March 6th at 10pm!! #staystrong."

Stay tuned for more info on Demi's revealing special, "Stay Strong."

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Watch MTV2 This Sunday For An All-New 'Yo! MTV Raps Classic Cuts,' 'Hottest MCS VII' + 'Sucker Free Certified'’

Posted 2/17/12 2:41 pm EST by Tamar Anitai in Music

I don't know what you guys like to do on Sundays but to prepare for my workweek, I listen to hardcore hip-hop while I pump iron in my room. By "pump iron" I mean "eat chips and salsa." So this Sunday, I'll definitely have MTV2 on during their ALL HIP-HOP EVERYTHING lineup starting at 10 p.m. Check it:

At 10 p.m., check out MTV2's all-new "Yo! MTV Raps Classic Cuts," which will highlight three -- wait for it -- classic rap cuts, one of them being N.W.A.'s groundbreaking "Straight Outta Compton." Immediately after at 10:30 p.m., "The Hottest MCs In The Game VII" will reveal MCs 5 through 1. (The anticipation!) Then stay tuned at 11 p.m. for a new "Sucker Free Certified," the show that introduces you to some of the biggest names in hip-hop that you might not know yet. What did I say: ALL HIP-HOP EVERYTHING.

+ Watch MTV2 this Sunday, Feb. 19, beginning at 10 p.m. ET for a brand-new "Yo! MTV Raps Classic Cuts," find out who the top 5 MCs are on "The Hottest MCs In The Game VII" at 10:30 and don't miss "Sucker Free Certified" at 11. Check out a sneak peek of Sunday's "Classic Cuts" below.

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Adam Lambert Shares His Favorite Whitney Houston Song (VIDEO)

Posted 2/16/12 11:03 am EST by Tamar Anitai in Celebrity, Interviews, Music, Must See, Videos

Since her tragic, untimely death this past Saturday, fans of Whitney Houston's music -- and honestly, anyone who's so much as heard a few bars of a Whitney song probably considers themselves a fan -- have celebrated Whitney's legacy by remembering and talking about her as well as playing her timeless music on repeat. (As a result, since her death, almost 1 million Whitney Houston singles were sold as of yesterday.)

Personally, since Whitney Houston's death, most of my conversations with friends have consisted of just naming a Whitney Houston song, then playing that song while doing the exhale-wince-head-shake that universally signifies being gutted. My own personal attempts to isolate a single "favorite" Whitney Houston song have proved Sisyphean -- as soon as I've declared "I Have Nothing" to be my favorite Whitney song, I remember how much I love "All At Once," which parlays itself into a nostalgic fondness for "So Emotional." But yesterday, when I asked a visiting Adam Lambert what his favorite Whitney Houston song is, he achieved what I've been unable to do: succinctly narrow his favorites down to one Whitney Houston song -- "Run To You."

Watch Adam Lambert discuss his favorite Whitney Houston song after the jump.
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