R. Kelly sat down with Rap-Up and dished about collaborating with Bruno Mars on his "Gorilla G-Mix" around 2:20 into the interview. He also talked about collaborating with Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.
He hints at a future collaboration with Bruno for his upcoming album Black Panties. Can't wait for him to call in that favor!
After I'm sure what has been and probably still is a very hard time for Bruno Mars and his family, his sisters The Lylas and Father paid tribute to their mother Bernadette with tatoos. A loving gesture of memories that will last forever.
The Lylas shared a photo of Bruno's father Peter Hernandez getting a tatoo on the inside of his forearm...
As well as his sister Jaime, getting "I Love You Mom" on the side of her wrist/forearm...
His other sister Tiara, getting "Bernadette" on her foot...
His other sister Tahiti, getting "Meme" on the inside of her wrist/forearm...
And his other other sister Presley, getting "Till lovers cease to dream" on her back...
Trivia question: Who was the only guest producer on Bruno Mars' debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans? To know the answer to this question, you can ask Supa Dups. He will tell you himself in the interview below for AllHipHop.com.
Supa Dups (Dwayne Chin-Quee) helped produce "Our First Time" and "Liquor Store Blues" on Doo-Wops & Hooligans, and more recently, "Show Me" from Unorthodox Jukebox. Hailing from Jamaica, he's a big part of that reggae sound we hear on Bruno's albums.
Supa Dups won his first grammy for his production work on "W.T.P." from Eminem's Recovery album which won "Best Rap Album" at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. He has also been nominated for his work on albums for artists like Bruno Mars and Drake. Check out his photo of his Grammy nomination for Bruno by clicking the instagram link in the tweet below.
Hollywire TV caught up with Fitz And The Tantrums at the 2013 SXSW annual music conference and festival. Get to know them a little more, and watch as they talk about opening for Bruno Mars on the upcoming Moonshine Jungle World Tour at about 4 minutes in.
Aaron Bay-Schuck is a Senior Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records, Bruno Mars' record label. In the following videos, he tells you who he is, what he does, and how he is associated with Bruno Mars. He also explains how he met Bruno through his Smeezingtons partner Philip Lawrence. He'll also give you the details on how Bruno's career developed. Definitely footage you don't want to miss if you haven't seen it yet.
New pop group The Lylas, which stands for Love You Like A Sister, explain their relationship to Bruno Mars and how they came up with their name in an interview with Honolulu's KHON2 News in the video below.
UPDATE: The Lylas graced the cover of Hawaii's newspaper Midweek. Find out more information about them in the article.
If you haven't already, you may also want to check out their recent music video.
Check out this video from Fuse to find out a little bit more about Urbana Chappa...who she is, what she's working on, and how she relates to Bruno Mars.
Major Lazer is releasing their second album Free The Universe. With a scheduled release date for February 19th, 2013, it includes the song "Bubble Butt" which features Bruno Mars, Tyga, and Mystic. Producer/member Diplo talked to Rolling Stone about how Bruno's part came about. "Bruno and I were doing something for No Doubt's last album, and I just put a beat on, and he was like 'Let me rap on this real quick,'"
You may have already heard the song, as Diplo's been playing it at some of his live DJ sets. Here's a YouTube video from one of Diplo's sets. Can you hear Bruno saying "turn around stick it out show the world you got a ...?"
*UPDATE 2/22/2013 - Major Lazer has announced today that the Free The Universe album will not be released this month as scheduled, and listed no future release date. You can check out today's message on their official facebook page.
*UPDATE 3/17/2013 - Major Lazer Free The Universe album new release date is 4/15/2013, and available for pre-order now on their website.
Remember DJ Justin Michael? He's all set to release a 2013 remix of the song he wrote with Bruno Mars, "Her World Goes On." The remix will be released on Ultra Records on February 19th, 2013. For now, you can check out the preview.
The Lylas, a new musical group, is made up of 4 members that many Bruno Mars fans are already familiar with. It's none other than Bruno's sisters Jaime, Tiara, Tahiti, and Presley. The group has already released their first music video for the song "Come Back" which they released on YouTube (January 31st, 2013) and has already grabbed the attention of MTV.
Fuzion magazine caught up with Jessica Caban in March of 2012. Check out the interview and get to know a little about Jessica Caban professionally and personally.
If you're not a big fan of dance/house/electronic music, chances are you may be asking "who is Justin Michael?" If you've looked through the list of people Bruno Mars follows on Twitter you may be asking that. But if you are an avid EDM listener, chances are you already know DJ Justin Michael.
For those not in the know, instead of me trying to explain, I think I'll let Justin tell you in his own words. Check out the video below. It also explains his connection to Bruno Mars. You may also want to check out my list of Bruno's song credits.
When Bruno Mars blast into solo super stardom with the smash hit "Just The Way You Are," he did so with the help of having an extremely creative accompanying music video. The video incorporated stop animation of portraits of a girl and other objects made completely of the tape from an unwound cassette tape. The video was inspired by the artwork of artist Erika Iris Simmons, professionally known as iri5.
She has been tapped to create the official artwork for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, taking place February 10th, 2013. So when you see the artwork on the Grammys program book, telecast tickets, promotional poster, and invitations, be reminded of Bruno's music video.
Not to take away from this amazing artist, be inspired by some of her work of portraits of famous musicians.
Da Internz are a grammy nominated duo production team that has worked with the likes of Big Sean (A$$), Chris Brown, and Justin Bieber. But who else knows them? Bruno Mars of course.
On the cusp
The Jackie Boyz are a duo singer/songwriter team from Savannah Georgia, who have worked with the likes of Justin Bieber, Flo Rida, Chris Brown, and Madonna. If you're a huge Bruno Mars fan,
The Stereotypes are a trio production team with a long list of songwriting/production credits for popular artists like Ne-Yo, Danity Kane, Far East Movement, and Justin Bieber (to name a few). If you've checked out any of my posts in the Produced/Written By Bruno category, or you're just really up on your songwriter credits game,or you're just a huge Bruno fan, then you know the  Stereotypes   have written/produced quite a few songs with Bruno Mars.
An old interview with Young Hollywood Network gives some insight into their writing process and their studio. Definitely something interesting to check out.
