News You Should Know About 5/28

L.A. Times - Kanye West samples King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man" for "Power"

MTV - Gary Coleman Remembered By Janet Jackson, Ashton Kutcher, Others

Soulful Vibes - Common - Williams And Common Split

Digital Music News - Walmart Dropping the iPhone to Just $97

The Boom Box - Chiddy Bang interview

New York Village Voice - Q&A: Solange Knowles

Hip Hop DX - Dr. Dre protege Slim da Mobsta interview

All Hip Hop - Gucci Mane Working On 'The Appeal' And 'The Final Verdict' Albums

News You Should Know About 5/24

New York Daily News - Kanye West treats crowd at LES hotspot LV to four tracks off his upcoming album

Urb - Lauryn Hill To Perform ‘Miseducation’ At Rock The Bells 2010

SOHH - Styles P Plans New LOX Album For The "Top Of The Year"

The Boom Box - Lil' Kim Throws Up the Roc

Denver Post - Ryan Tedder songwriter interview

Seattle Post Intelligencer - Iyaz interview

Hi-Desert Star - Ice Cube has a new posse on the set of his new video

Los Angeles Times - Man Acquitted in Rapper Dolla's Shooting Death

News You Should Know About 5/21

SOHH - Fabolous eyes release date for 'Loso's Way 2' for November

Real Talk NY - T-Pain Says A, “T-Wayne,” Album Will Drop When Lil Wayne Gets Out

Beehive City - The last record store will close by 2020 claims Sir Richard Branson

NBC Washington - Wale Abruptly Cancels Black Pride Performance

BBC - UK's N-Dubz sign worldwide record deal with Island/Def Jam

MySpace - Travis Barker recording with Transplants

SF Weekly - Record Labels Suing Everything Good Into Oblivion

New York Daily News - Suge Knight, Death Row Records CEO, arrested by swarm of LAPD officers

The Raw Story - Exclusive: Davey D speaks truth to power at SF MusicTech

News You Should Know About 5/17

Ozone Magazine - Yet Another Reason Why Chris Brown Needs A New Publicist

Daily Star UK - Jay-Z Launches Roc Nation Headphones

All Hip Hop - Rapper X-Raided Stabbed 7 Times In Prison Riot Over Rap Album

New York Post - Jay-Z's 99 problems

NME - NME Festival Guide 2010

Detroit Free Press - Bizarre of D12 interview

Crave Online - Hieroglyphics To Release 'Valley Of Kings' Art Project

News You Should Know About 5/14

Fonehome UK - Gold iPad available for just £130,000

The Boombox - Kid Cudi Returns Home in Converse Campaign

Hip Hop Update - Kanye West’s Album Aiming for September?

Vanity Fair - Damien Marley and Nas Explore Their Roots on Distant Relatives feature

Stones Throw's blog - Dam-Funk & Peanut Butter Wolf in Japan

Atlanta Journal Constitution - Gucci Mane's Private Post Prison Party

Guardian UK - Listen to new 'Flesh Tone' tracks from Kelis

The Boombox - Where are they now - Force M.D.'s

SOHH - Joell Ortiz speaks on signing with Eminem's Shady Records

News You Should Know About 5/11

Billboard - Jackson, Brown Among Apollo's Walk of Fame In N.Y.

L.A. Times - Warner Music signs deal with ringtone company Myxer

All Hip Hop - Larry King Snags T.I. Post-Prison Interview

NME - M.I.A. gets cryptic with new album title

Monsters & Critics - Ne-Yo plans to make movie after writing script for new flick

Charlotte Observer - Tupac Shakur's mother facing drug charges in North Carolina

Irish Independent - Nelly & Kelly Rowland reunite

L.A. Times - Kelly Rowland shoots 'Commander' video in Los Angeles

Just Jared - Alicia Keys: Armani Concert Costumes Revealed!

Wired - iPad DJ Gets in Touch With Music’s Future

CNET - Will.i.am riffs on BlackBerry, music distribution

Stuff.nz - The Black Keys' brotherly bond

Irish Independent - Bun B, Xzibit, DJ Muggs work on Gumball 3000 mini-album

News You Should Know About 5/6

Hip Hop Wired - Yung Joc Inks New Label Deal With RCA/Jive/Polo Grounds Music

Pollstar - No Bids For Michael Jackson Painting

Boombox - Texas rapper Trae Tha Truth to file suit against Houston's 97.9 The Box

Canoe - Blige divorce rumours dismissed

NME - Mark Ronson remembers Guru from Gang Starr

New York Post - Macy's and Sean John ink exclusive distribution deal

CBS 2 News LA - Trial Begins In Murder Of Rapper Dolla In L.A.

NME - Beastie Boys putting final touches to 'fully refined' version of 'Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1'

Los Angeles Times - L.A. city attorney's office warning 439 marijuana shops that they must close by June 7

News You Should Know About 4/30

Los Angeles Times - M.I.A. makes her stance utterly clear with 'Born Free' video

New York Daily News - T.I.'s Life Behind Bars

Billboard - Common Recording New Album With Kanye & No ID

PENN State Collegian - Juelz Santana raps to support cancer research

Vibe - DJ Premier Talks New Kanye Album: 'No Electro... Just Boom Bap'

New York Magazine - Gorillaz’s Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett on Plastic Beach, Skyping With Snoop Dogg, and Their Next Opera

All Hip Hop - DJ Premier Speaks on Last Meeting with Guru

NBC New York - Rapper DMX Sues Royalty Company

Vibe - Eve On Rocky Interscope Relationship

News You Should Know About 4/26

Spinner - Del the Funky Homosapien a fan of 60's Television pop group the Monkees & Frank Zappa

Guardian UK - Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson back on track

EurWeb - West Coast’s DJ Hideo Dies of Cancer at 42

Reuters - Electronica act Flying Lotus cleared for takeoff

Cornell Sun - Alumni Hip-Hoppers Flying High with B.o.B.'s 'Airplanes'

SF Weekly - Richie Rich's Top 5 Collabs: Rick James, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, E-40, Too $hort

Pollstar - 50 Cent Tour No Small Change

Billboard.biz - Plugged/Unplugged: How Facebook Will Change Digital Music

Canoe - DJ AM to appear in 'Iron Man 2'

Hip Hop Wired - Ron Isley Released From Prison… Working With T.I., Rick Ross & Lauryn Hill On New Project

DMC - Rakim Bigs Up Jay-Z

Ozone Magazine - Play N Skillz at the 'Go DJ' conference in Dallas, Texas

MOG - Trap Or Die: Tracing Young Jeezy's Road From BMF To Billboard

News You Should Know About 4/22

Muscially - Rapidshare CEO gets the boot

Los Angeles Times - A call from Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch for cancer-smashing good vibes

The Smoking Gun - Mariah Carey’s concert demands revealed

Showing Out - 50 Cent new movie 'Gun' poster

Pollstar - Iceland: “World’s No. 1 Exporter Of Volcanic Ash” on how it's effecting touring recording artists

Miss Info - Cam’ron and Jim Jones rebuild friendship, Jimmy issues public apology

Miami New Times - DJ Khaled: Still the best?

Los Angeles Times - Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil: Reality TV show coming too

News You Should Know About 4/19

CBC - Juno Awards coverage

Toronto Sun - K'Naan waves victory flag at Junos

Patently Apple - Apple Introduces us to a New iTunes "Concert Ticket +" System

PC World - iPad Music Production Apps: Music Meets Multitouch

Guardian UK - When artists are held hostage by labels

Haute Living Magazine San Francisco - Swizz Beatz profiled

Metro Detroit Live - J Dilla Foundation to hold special screening of 'Timeless' to raise awareness of music education

News You Should Know About 4/5

XXL - Jacob the Jeweler Released from Jail

New York Daily News - Jennifer Lopez Deal with Def Jam Could Be Her 'Fresh Start' or 'Downward Spiral'

Roger Friedman's Hollywood 411 - Spike Lee shooting 'Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson' new movie

Ace Showbiz - Rapper T-Pain to Release Christian Pop Album (?)

SF Station - SF rapper DaVinci’s Picks

London's Independent - How British R'n'B finally came of age in America

Harvard Crimson - Ryan Leslie 1998 Interview

Rap-Up - 10 Questions For Yo Gotti

Business Week - Vivendi’s Levy Seeks Further Reach for Next Gaga, Guitar Hero

Mother Jones - Shepard Fairey Interview

Canoe - Snoop Dogg always performs high

The Funk University - Bootsy Collins is set to launch a Funk University for bassists

Unkut - 10 things I Discovered From The Book 'Def Jam Inc'

News You Should Know About 3/29

All the hip hop news and news link tidbits from the days past.

Cleveland Plain Dealer - Rapper Flesh-N-Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony arrested Sunday night during concert at House of Blues in Cleveland

Independent - Missy Elliott Added To UK's Wireless Festival At Hyde Park, London

Hip Hop DX - Non-Phixion Affiliate "Uncle Howie" Tenenbaum Dies

Newsweek - Erykah Badu's Maverick R&B

Ballerstatus - Kelis Shows Off Her Cooking Skills For Private Dinner/Album Listening Session

Barbados Advocate - No show: Vybz Kartel, Mavado concert cancelled

Roger Friedman's Showbiz 411 - Sony Music Bloodbath: Beyonce and the Boss’s Peeps Are Purged

Billboard.biz - Stakes Are High as Labels, Broadcasters Lobby Over Performance Royalties

Spinner - Live Nation Introduces 'Digital Wristbands' to Replace Paper Tickets

All Hip Hop - Talib, Hi-Tek, Sha Money Talk Reflection Eternal's 'RPM'

Canoe Jam - K’Naan added to Juno (Canadian Music awards) lineup

New York Times - Gang Colors in the Set, Part of a Rapper’s Scheme (Nipsey Hussle SOB show review)

Ballerstatus - Paul Wall, Chamillionaire Discuss Moving Past Beef & Jealousy Over Each Other's Success

PSFK New York Conference - Brands Who Became Agencies: Decon Creative Group interview with co-founder Peter Bittenbender

South Coast Today - Mos Def proves easy-going, erudite subject (during photo shoot)

Billboard.biz - Lower CD Prices (Universal Music Group) Could Provide a Shot in the Arm

Business Week - Universal Music Group spent $660K lobbying (in Washington DC) in 4(th) (Quarter)

Singersroom - Bei Major Inks Deal With Jive Records

Billboard biz - Eve Signs With CAA For Representation

CNET - Will DJs trade laptops for iPads?

News You Should Know About 3/22

All the hip hop news and news link tidbits from the days past.

SOHH - B.o.B.'s "Adventures of Bobby Ray" Album Cover Art Revealed

Rap-Up - Dr. Dre Aims for Perfection with ‘Detox’

New York Magazine - What Does Hip-Hop’s ‘Young’ Prefix Actually Mean? (on Jeezy dropping the 'Young')

Hip Hop DX - Big Boi Confirms Def Jam Deal

Jam Canoe - Rapper Max B granted appeal

Metro Detroit - Video: Eminem, Just Blaze stop for basketball break while producing 'Relapse 2' in Detroit

Philadelphia Weekly Blog - SXSW: Red Bull, Beat Battles, Smif N Wessun, Tightly-Packed Vehicles

L.A. Times - Bootlegging and Blog-Rap at the Nah Right and Smoking Section (SXSW) Showcase

Hip Hop Wired - Label Tells Joell Ortiz To Start A Beef If He Ever Wants To Drop

Complex - Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Drinking Songs (Hear)

The Inquisitr - Japanese Hip-Hop producer Nujabes dies

Yahoo News - Universal betting on lower prices to boost CD sales

News You Should Know About 3/18

All the hip hop news and news link tidbits from the days past.

New York Daily News - Rapper DMX ordered psych evaluation, six months in jail for failing drug test while on probation

Hip Hop DX - Jay-Z Collaborates With Jack White of The White Stripes

Reuters - Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas, Shakira to front World Cup concert

All Hip Hop - Jay-Z Announces European (Spring/Summer) Tour Expansion

New York Magazine - On the Set of Method Man, Raekwon, and Ghostface’s New Music Video

Vibe - Marsha Ambrosius Discovers Herself On ‘Sensual, Seductive’ Solo Album

Hip Hop DX - Damian Marley Speaks About Lil Wayne's Distant Relatives Feature

TMZ - The Game to Judge: Don't Call Me a Gangster

Forbes - Lil Wayne's Rebirth Certified Gold!

Spinner - Fashawn Interview: SXSW 2010

Pittsburg Post-Gazette - Hip-hop artist Nas urges Boys and Girls Club leaders to stay in school, make a difference

Huffinton Post - Cypress Hill's B-Real Gets Real (Interview)

MTV - Rapper G Baby Killed

News You Should Know About 3/15

All the hip hop news and news link tidbits from the days past.

New York Post - L.A. Reid Last Minute Absence at Billboard Symposium Raises Job Status Questions

Ozone Magazine - Full Throttle Software Set To Revolutionize Music Distribution

New York Daily News - 50 Cent's bodyguard arrested for assaulting photographers outside hotel in Copenhagen

SOHH - Brooklyn Rapper Fatally Shot At Fabolous' NYC Concert

Roger Friedman's Showbiz 411 - Michael Jackson Death Anniversary (Furniture) Sell Off

Hip Hop DX - West Coast Veteran C.P.O. Tha Boss Hogg In Hospital From Heart Attack

The Awl - I Got 99 Problems, But Eminent Domain Ain’t One: White Brooklynites Against Jay-Z

Winnipeg Free Press - Avril Lavigne, Drake, Nelly Furtado help cover K'naan single for Haiti relief

A.V. Club - Super-producer Steve Lillywhite

TMZ - Linkin Park's 'My Back Is Killing Me' Lawsuit

RWD Mag - Hip Hop & Kangol – A Match Made in Headtop Heaven

MTV - Lupe Fiasco Reaches Out To Jay Electronica

Singersroom - Monica Confirms Split With Fiance, Rocko

USA Today - Multitasker rapper Ludacris runs his own show

Daily Star UK - Lawyer Takes Universal Bosses To Court Over Remy Ma Violence

New York Daily News - Highly charged tweets about Diddy over door prices for Notorious B.I.G. tribute

Colorado Springs Independent - Underground Hip Hop artist Mr. Lif talks politics

Hip Hop Wired - 40 Glocc's Zoo Life Entertainment Lands Distribution Deal

Vibe - T.I. Trying To Get Andre 3000 For Comeback Album, Says DJ Toomp

News You Should Know About 3/11

All the hip hop news and news link tidbits from the days past.

Billboard - Taio Cruz Cruises To Record No. 1 Jump on Hot 100

FMQB - IFPI Report: How Much Are Labels Investing In Music?

Pollstar - 2010 Summer European Music Festival list

So Much Silence - Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth inspire Phoenix eatery

Vancouver Sun - Record industry will prevail: report

Showing Out - Songwriter Reality Show Coming to Bravo

The Boom Box - New 112 Album on the Way

Mashable - MySpace Co-Presidents Reveal Company’s Plan for the Future [Interview]

All Access - Report: Pink Floyd, Queen Want To Leave EMI

Metro UK - Madonna and P Diddy clash at Oscar 2010 party

Billboard - Usher Cover Story

New Orleans Times-Picayune - Murder Charges Dropped Against Trill Entertainment Execs

New York Observer - Flake, Jay-Z Out of AEG

Isrealli - Rihanna Ending European Tour with Concert in Tel Aviv

Hollyscoop - Lady Gaga Planning 3D Concert

SOHH - Memphis Bleek Co-Signs Jay-Z's Mob Squad, "I Knew Trey [Songz] for A Little While

Rolling Stone - Beastie Boys Delay “Hot Sauce” As Adam Yauch Continues Recovery

The Neptunes blog - Pharrell & Jared Evan In The Studio

Live Daily - Babyface hits club, festival circuit ahead of new album

Salon - Pay for Drinks at SXSW Using Your iPhone

Pollstar - (Dionne) Warwick Wants Performers Paid For Radio Play (on speak on Capitol Hill)

All That's Fabulous - Styles P Takes On The Book Industry

News You Should Know About 3/8

All the hip hop news and news link tidbits from the days past.

Rap-Up - Hip Hop At The Oscars (Vanity Fair Party)

MTV - Mo'Nique's Oscar Win Celebrated By Diddy, Nicki Minaj, Soulja Boy

Daily Californian - Fresno Rapper Fashawn’s Career Gets Rolling

VH1 - D'Angelo Arrested For Soliciting Female Police Officer

New York Post - Jay-Z is in da (White) House!

All Hip Hop - Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins –“R&B is on its Way Back!”

The Sun UK - Vinyl Sales Squeeze Downloads

Marketwire - Metatron to Release Michael Jackson HIStory Concert on All Mobile Platforms

Next Gov - FCC to create $4.6B broadband subsidy

Macomb Daily - Aretha Franklin talks about 'A Woman Falling Out of Love' CD

The Boom Box - Turkish Composer Sues Mos Def Over Sample

New York Times - Jason Derulo profiled

Billboard - (Music Producer) Steve Lillywhite Seriously Seeking Simon's 'Idol' Seat

Star Pulse - Snoop Dogg Allowed Back In Britain

New Miami Times - Shaggy, Gucci Mane, Bounty Killer, and More Performing at Best of the Best 2010 May 30

New York Post - Diddy throws first-ever B'klyn party for Biggie anniversary

Hip Hop DX - A Tribe Called Quest Documentary In Production

Maryland Community Newspaper - Raheem Devaughn artist profile

MTV - T.I. Announces 'I'm Back' With New Single

News You Should Know About 3/4

All the hip hop news and news link tidbits from the days past.

The Boom Box - Kanye West, Soulja Boy Collaborating on Beats

Rap-Up - Snippet of Drake's First Single 'Over' Leaks, Cover Art Revealed

MTV - Young Jeezy Talks Plies Collabo, Says Next Album Will Drop In June

Datz Hott blog - DMX's Arizona Church Fund Raiser canceled

Billboard.biz - Bug Music Signs Songwriter/Producer Lucas Secon

Hollywood Report Roger Friedman's Showbiz 411 - Jackson Kids: No Supervision, Says Source

DJ Premiere's Blog - Guru Issues Official Statement About Health Status

Vibe - It’s A Boy! Monica Tweets Keyshia Cole’s Birth

Boston Globe - Christina Milian's baby joy

Business 24/7 - Flo Rida making his way to Dubai U A E (interview)

Consequence of Sound - Vampire Weekend, Run-DMC head Roots Picnic 2010

OK Magazine - Black Eyed Peas Remember Their Roots

Friday Morning Quarterback - UMG Revenues Down, Digital Sales Up

Billboard - 2010 (Biggest) Money Makers

New York Daily News - Time to face music: Radio beats MTV as fans still tune in to get their new pop music

Pollstar - Queen Of Soul (Aretha Franklin) Hometown New Album Listening Session In Detroit

Showing Out - Q&A: Ja-Bar (from Soulja Boy’s S.O.D. Money Gang)

News You Should Know About 3/1

All the hip hop news and news link tidbits from the days past.

OK Magazine - Alicia Keys Swears Off Fast Food

Billboard - Maxwell & Jill Scott Join Forces For U.S. Arena Tour

Guadian UK - (Gorillaz) 'We've got Mos Def, Lou Reed and half of the Clash!'

SoJones - Wu Tang Caps (& Apparel) Ain’t Nothin’ to ___ With!

Variety - Chick Corea, Stax to top Playboy jazz fest

Mirror UK - Norah Jones reveals how hip hop legend Q Tip inspired her new musical direction

Hollyscoop - Rihanna Wants to Work With Mark Ronson

National Post - (MF) Doom is Entertainment: The future of hip-hop is performance art (at Toronto performance)

NME - Jay Electronica - Putting The Brimstone Back In Conscious Rap (w/Video interview from London, UK & photo shoot)

The Boom Box - Chilly B of Newcleus Suffers Fatal Stroke

MSNBC - (Whitney) Houston says tour great, despite reports

New Miami Times - Pitbull Named King of This Year's Calle Ocho; New Material Due Out This Year

Hollywood Reporter: Roger Freidman's Showbiz 411 - Freak Out! Nile Rodgers Is Writing a Book

Hip Hop Wired - Jadakisss Helping to Relaunch FUBU Brand

Los Angeles Times - Live review: Mariah Carey at Gibson Amphitheatre (Los Angeles)

Rolling Stone - Jeff Beck on His Legendary Unreleased 1970 Motown Album

New York Daily News - Snoop Dogg pack leads to rough birthday party for Juelz Santana

Billboard - 50 Cent Sued For Posting Sex Tape While Feuding With Rick Ross

Rap-Up - Erykah Badu Takes To Twitter To Clear Paul McCartney Sample

DJ Booth - (New-Comer) Mike Posner Interview

Rap -Up - Songwriter Claude Kelly Interview