It might be a good time to turn off your Chris Brownout plugin, because we found some footage of him being a drunken goofball. After causing quite the stir by hanging out with Rihanna in public, and subsequently breaking up with his long-term girlfriend, Chris Brown posted a pseudo-artistic video to Vimeo.

When it comes to unravelling the mystery of Houston rapper RiFF-RAFF, there’s no better interviewer for the job than Nardwuar. The Mad Decent signee says it best: “I ain’t officially in Vancouver until I get interviewed by… the man.” RiFF-RaFF has been our radar for a while, so when we found out he’d be getting the full Nard-treatment, we couldn’t wait to see what kind of dirt the human serviette would surprise him with.

PH BALANCE is a column that gives Pop Hunter and AUX contributors a chance to weigh-in on the latest pop music videos. This time, we riff on “Your Body” by Christina Aguilera.

Over the past few months, Gunplay has solidified his status as one of the most unpredictable up-and-coming rappers in the game today. When he’s not brawling at the BET Awards, or sporting a swastika tattoo on the back of his neck, he’s hopping in a boat for a sunny afternoon of bass fishing with his pal Captain Fred.

Drama erupted between Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey at a taping of the American Idol callback auditions yesterday in North Carolina, and a video of Nicki cussing out Mariah has leaked to the Internet, thanks to the gossip gods at TMZ. Nicki Minaj says she’s “not fuckin’ putting up with her fuckin’ highness over there,” in reference to Mariah. To Mariah’s credit, she doesn’t engage Nicki Minaj’s angry tirade, though it might be because she’s beyond terrified.

Rick Ross and Young Jeezy don’t exactly have a history of getting along, and their long-dormant beef was reignited on Saturday at the BET Hip-Hop Awards, as a scuffle backstage was said to escalate into a full-on melee in the parking lot, with some sources even reporting that gunshots were fired.

It was the puke that was heard ’round the world. On Saturday, Justin Bieber lost his lunch, and then lost his dinner, while performing in Glendale, Arizona on the first stop of the Believe Tour. Yes, he barfed twice. When Bieber barfs, the world listens. We decided to maximize the cultural impact of Bieber-Barf-gate with some custom-made meme-worthy images. Enjoy!

A trip to rehab for Billie Joe Armstrong forced Green Day to cancel quite a few of their promotional appearances this week. Jagged Little Pill-popper Alanis Morisette stepped up to the plate, and filled in as a last-minute replacement for Tuesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. As if that wasn’t enough, she decided to put together a stripped-down piano ballad version of Green Day’s 1994 classic “Basket Case.”

Earlier this week, Mad Decent producer Munchi lambasted Azealia Banks on Twitter, claiming that she wasn’t authorized to use a beat he made for “Esta Noche,” a song that was intended to be a single from her Fantasea mixtape. Azealia has never been one to shy away from a beef, but it could be that her team is trying to bury this controversy by releasing a video for a different Fantasea track.

The gossip bosses at TMZ acquired some footage from a legal deposition where a lawyer grilled Lil Wayne on questions about his music career, his criminal history, and his image. In response, Weezy unleashed his inner brat, refusing to oblige. Read our favourite lines from the exchange, each demonstrating that Lil Wayne has approximately zero fucks to give.