Ok, ok, I take back the mean things I said about Madonna being too rich for anyone to like her anymore. And her selling out to BET’s 106 & Park and recreating herself as a hip hop princess… Anyone who chugs champagne from the bottle on stage is my hero:

I will say this though: wtf @ sparkle Adidas pants? You can’t just throw sparkles on sweat pants and think they’re alright to wear at your own concert. That’s on some Missy Elliot status. Oh wait… now I get it. She’s trying to be Missy. Damn. I hate her again. DRINK MORE CHAMPAGNE!

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon jumped the broom yesterday. Place all bets on how long the marriage will last in the comments section. Winner will get a gold star sticker.

Here’s two of their best moments evar:

Hey ladies and gentlemen, a joyous Mayday to you! The birds are twittering, the roses are blooming, and wait—what’s that noise? It’s a crunchy sound… Could it be??? Yes… I think it is! It’s the crumbling of a megastar’s musical credibility…

This Friday (May 2nd) you can watch your favorite richass popstar sell-out big on BET’s 106 & Park. Who could it be? Here’s some clues: she’ll be there promoting her new album Hard Candy, rappin’ with the hosts about what to expect in the next 50 years of her career, making them do dumb yoga poses with her, and most importantly, introducing the debut premiere of her single “4 Minutes” with Justin Timberlake, produced by Timbaland. Have you figured out who it is yet? Nope, not Rhianna. Not Beyonce. No, it’s Madonna, dude! And judging by the comments on XXL’s blog, the rap community isn’t exactly stoked that this 50-year-old white chick is reinventing herself on their turf.

Sorry, Madge, you’re just too successful for anyone to relate to you anymore. You should hold a free concert or something.

Pour out some of your 40 ounce for the 16th anniversary of the L.A. Riots and drink up in celebration of the release of Grand Theft Auto 4. Coincidence? I think not.

From Wired.com:

By 2012, digital music is projected to account for 40 percent of music sold, according to InStat. If Apple holds onto its current market share, it will account for more than one-quarter of all music sales by its ninth birthday. Not bad for freeware.

“I’m very skeptical about whether iTunes can be unseated, because there’s not a lot of consumer pain there,” said Paul Resnikoff, editor of Digital Music News.

Digital Music News recently found that iTunes is installed on nearly 30 percent of all computers worldwide, making it the most widely installed music store application in the world.

When Apple snapped up a little music program called SoundJam MP back in 2000, no one predicted that the iTunes application it became would lead to a complete restructuring of the music industry.

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich hints that the band could follow Radiohead for an eventual digital release. With only one more album to go on their Warner Brothers Records deal Metallica looks like they’ll be leaving the major label game.

From Cnet:

“We want to be as free (as) players as possible,” Ulrich told Rolling Stone during the band’s Northern California appearance for Record Store Day. “We’ve been observing Radiohead and Trent Reznor and in 27 years or however long it takes for the next record, we’ll be looking forward to everything in terms of possibilities with the Internet.”

No, he’s not endorsing peer-to-peer sites, but there’s no mistaking what Ulrich meant. The group is considering whether to follow the lead of Radiohead and Reznor, leader of the band Nine Inch Nails. Those acts sent shock waves throughout the music industry over the past six months by distributing albums over the Web without the aid of a record company. They also offered digital versions of the albums for free.