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Tegan & Sara And MGK Are Hosting The 2013 mtvU Woodie Awards; Haim and twenty | one | pilots Added To Performer Lineup!

Posted 3/7/13 12:45 pm EST by in Celebrity, Music, News

The twin indie-poppers Tegan & Sara will co-host the 2013 mtvU Woodie Awards with Cleveland rapper MGK.

Tegan & Sara and MGK are hosting the 2013 mtvU Woodie Awards in Austin!

The 2013 mtvU Woodie Awards are coming up NEXT WEEK, MY FRIENDS. (The show premieres March 17 at 8 p.m. E.T. on MTV and mtvU, in case you forgot.) And in addition to an already stellar lineup of performers, including chart toppers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, now the Woodies have even MORE star power: Indie-poppers and nominees Tegan & Sara will host this year's Woodie Awards, along with "Wild Boy" and Woodie winner MGK!! Aaand now we're having a lot of fun imagining that onstage dynamic -- Tegan and Sara seem totally chill, and MGK seems, well, like MGK.

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Video Premiere: Joey Bada$$, 'Unorthodox'

Posted 3/6/13 6:00 am EST by in Celebrity, Music, Videos

Joey Bada$$ gets rotoscoped in his latest animated clip for "Unorthodox".

Joey Bada$$ gets the animated treatment in his latest clip for "Unorthodox."

Rappers like Brooklyn's Joey Bada$$ are in the business of painting what writers call "word pictures." He's not just deft at turning a phrase and killing the delivery, but he's also especially good at constructing graphic and vivid tales via his lyrics -- he gets you right in there. Now, in his video for the DJ Premier-produced "Unorthodox," a free single from Green Label Sound, Joey's words are literally brought to life.

Watch Joey Bada$$' "Unorthodox" video after the jump.

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New Song: Joey Bada$$ Featuring Chance The Rapper, 'Wendy N Becky' (NSFW)

Posted 2/26/13 1:00 pm EST by in Celebrity, Music

Joey Bada$$ trades New York for Chicago on his latest Chance The Rapper-assisted jam, "Wendy N Becky."

Joey Bada$$ trades New York for Chicago on his latest jam, "Wendy N Becky."

Though he's dedicated to staying on the indie track, up-and-coming Brooklyn MC Joey Bada$$ is playing his collaboration cards just right as far as we're concerned. The breakout Pro Era star has independently worked with everyone from A$AP Rocky to Mac Miller, teamed up with DJ Premier on the recently released "Unorthodox," and joined Big K.R.I.T and Smoke DZA on "Underground Airplay." Now, the 2013 Artist To Watch, a tried and true East Coaster, is crossing state lines to work with Chicago's Chance The Rapper on a new track called "Wendy N Becky."

Listen to Joey Bada$$ Featuring Chance The Rapper's "Wendy N Becky" after the jump.

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Will Perform At The 2013 mtvU Woodie Awards!

Posted 2/25/13 12:30 pm EST by in Celebrity, Music, Must See, News

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will perform at the 2013 mtvU Woodie Awards!

The 2013 Woodie Awards are just around the corner! Yep, we're serious: mtvU's annual indie music celebration is heading back to Austin, Texas, next month (aka bands and BBQ sauce for miles). And while there's already some stuff you do know about the event, like how rapper-producer duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will be hitting three lucky colleges on the 2013 Woodies Tour (leading up to the main show), now the Branching Out Woodie nominees and 2013 Artists To Watch are slated to perform at the actual Woodie Awards on March 14 during the SXSW Music festival! And that's not the only news (because there's never just ONE thing) -- Breaking Woodie nominees English alt-rockers and Mercury Prize Winners Alt-J, singer-songwriter Jake Bugg, and Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ will perform on two Woodie festival stages in the days leading into the main show.

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Video Premiere: Joey Bada$$ Featuring Smoke DZA And Big K.R.I.T., 'Underground Airplay' (VIDEO) (NSFW)

Posted 2/7/13 6:00 am EST by in Celebrity, Music, Videos

Joey Bada$$ goes underground with Big K.R.I..T and Smoke DZA on "Underground Airplay"

Joey Bada$$ goes underground (literally) with Big K.R.I.T. and Smoke DZA in their "Underground Airplay" video.

It's no surprise that a rapper like Joey Bada$$ has found a comfortable home in underground, throwback-inspired hip-hop. The young Brooklyn MC (and MTV "Artist to Watch" in 2013) wraps his rapid-fire rhymes in gully, marauding '90s hip-hop beats and had the privilege of rapping on a song like "Unorthodox" (created by seminal hip-hop producer DJ Premier), which is just MORE evidence to the kind of revivalist sound Joe gravitates to. Now, Joey's teaming up with fellow NY rapper Smoke DZA and Southern rhymer Big K.R.I.T. (aka The Smokers Club) on "Underground Airplay," set to appear on Ecko Unlimited's (yep, the clothing line) Underground Airplay mixtape.

Watch Joey Bada$$ featuring Smoke DZA and Big K.R.I.T.'s "Underground Airplay" video after the jump.

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