News You Should Know About 9/8

Rolling Stone - Nas Preps Video for First Single Off New Album

A.V. Club - Adult Swim picks up live-action series from Odd Future

XXL Magazine - Big K.R.I.T.’s Debut LP Pushed Back to 2012

Celeb Stoner - Pot Charges Dropped Against Wiz Khalifa

Jam Canoe - Linda Blair recalls dating Rick James

Showbiz 411 - Alicia Keys Broadway Play Sets Cast With Stars from “ER” and “Psych”

CNN - Lil Wayne nabs 18 BET Hip Hop Awards nods

Nola.com - Cash Money Content (Books) announces new author, new titles for 2012

AP - Cricket's Muve Music attracts 200,000 subscribers

News You Should Know About 9/2

Spin Magazine - Black Keys Revive Hip-Hop Project BlakRoc

Aol Music blog - Has Rihanna fired Jay-Z (RocNation Management)?

Hip Hop DX - Mobb Deep To Release Self-Titled Ninth LP Through Sony's RED Distribution

MTV - 'Tribe Called Quest' Documentary Heads To DVD In October

Reuters - Bruno Mars Sues His (Music) Publisher (Bug Music)

Billboard.biz - Lil Wayne Beats 'Watch the Throne' -- 'Carter IV' Breaks iTunes Single-Week Album Sales Record

SOHH - Eminem and Royce Da 5'9 'Bad vs Evil' scores Gold plaque for EP/Album sales

XXL mag - Lupe Fiasco Announces Generation Laser Tour

News You Should Know About 8/2/11

Rap-Up - Album Preview: Jay-Z & Kanye West 'Watch The Throne' NYC listening session

CBS News - Frank Ocean takes over the Web waves

Gizmodo - Kanye West Dancing Triumphantly on Police Cars Surrounded by Rainbow Lights (GIFF)

Artist Direct - Soulja Boy Denies Reports That He Purchased a Jet

BET - Lenny Kravitz Recruits Jay-Z, Drake for New Album

Prefix - Murs And Tabi Bonney Announce Massive Tour

Autoblog - Chrysler, Eminem team up for 'Imported from Detroit' charity effort

Paste Magazine - Jay-Z and Kanye West Push Back Tour, Jay-Z Responds to Record Stores

Singersroom - The-Dream Plots Free LP Before Next Album

Business Insider - Turntable.fm Gets Big Investment, Now Valued at $37.5 Million - Here's Why

CNET - Apple's iCloud.com goes live ahead of iCloud launch

Reuters - Sirius XM raises subscriber forecast, shares gain

News You Should Know About 7/26/11

Hip Hop DX - 2Pac's "Greatest Hits" Goes Diamond Status

Sister 2 Sister - Big Sean and Muve Music celebrate 100K customer in 5 months with Cricket Wireless

Orlando Sun-Sentinel - Kimbo Slice's son is rising high school football prospect in Miami

Tuaw - Former EMI boss says Limewire users were major iTunes customers

Perez Hilton - Timbland's new music muse, Demi Lovato

L.A. Times - Ruff Ryders' first lady Eve sells Hollywood, CA home for more than $1.3 million

XXL mag - Common To Perform Be Album in Full at Rock the Bells

News You Should Know About 7/18/11

USA Today - Jay-Z, Kanye announce album release date for 'Watch The Throne'

L.A. Times - L.A. Reid officially named chairman and CEO of Epic Records

Rolling Stone - Royce Da 5'9 Rocks Out with Travis Barker

Cleveland Plain Dealer - Superstar DJ Mick Boogie returns to Cleveland, where his career began

Rap-Up - Lil Wayne to Perform at MTV VMAs

News You Should Know About 7/13

Fashionista - Rumor: Kanye West to Show at New York Fashion Week

BET - Missy Elliott's New Album "On Some Next Level Craziness"

MLive - Alchemist in the studio with budding Detroit rapper FowL -- and half of Milli Vanilli?

Showbiz 411 - R&B Star Maxwell Heads to Lee Daniels’s “Paperboy”

Singersroom - Ciara Moving to L.A. Reid’s Epic Label Group After Restructure, Report

NME - David Bowie denies collaborating with rapper Jay Electronica

News You Should Know About 6/30

SOHH - Lil B Makes History, Unexpectedly Drops "I'm Gay"

XXL - Cinematic Music Signs Label Deal With Universal Republic

Rolling Stone - Jay-Z and Kanye's Album May Drop on 4th of July

Billboard - Pusha T: G.O.O.D. Music-Def Jam Deal 'A Match Made in Heaven'

Billboard.biz - Beyonce Album Sales Are a 'Vindication,' Columbia's Rob Stringer Says

WebWire - B.o.B Goes Gold With “B.o.B PRESENTS: THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY”; Grammy-Nominated Debut Album Now RIAA-Certified Gold

Brand Republic - Beastie Boy Mix Master Mike to join Xfm

News You Should Know About 6/24

XXl Mag - Common Signs to Warner

Spinner - Prince Is Finished Recording Until the Internet Is Tamed

Showbiz 411 - Beyonce In Big Trouble If New Album Flops As Predicted

The Boombox - Tech N9ne Signs Former No Limit Rapper Young Bleed

Rolling Stone - Newly signed female rapper Kreayshawn to Direct Red Hot Chili Peppers Video

L.A. Times - ‎1st Generation: A West Coast vet rap super group consisting of Kurupt, MC Eiht, Jayo Felony, Tha Chill (Compton's Most Wanted), Gangsta, King T, Sir Jinx (Low Profile) and DJ Battlecat form

News You Should Know About 6/21

Billboard.biz - Geffen Records Names Gee Roberson Chairman

Rap Radar - J.Cole Reveals Album Title & Date

Hartford Courant - Hip Hop Talent Agent (James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond) Arrested, Charged With Operating Drug Ring

Pitchfork - Freddie Gibbs to Record Album in 24 Hours

The Boombox - Swizz Beatz Covers Paper Magazine's Summer Music Issue

All Access - Universal Motown Lays Off Most Of Staff; Consolidates Roster Into Universal Republic

Singersroom - Ex-Manager Sues R. Kelly $1 Million, Claims Kelly Used Money to Avoid Lawsuits

News You Should Know About 5/24/11

Blabbermouth - former Ozzy guitarist Zakk Wylde to sit in with the Roots on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'

Perez Hilton - Christina Aguilera Is Reuniting With prodcuer Scott Storch For New Album!

Billboard - Songwriter Ester Dean Talks Solo Career, Writing 'S&M' and 'Firework'

Billboard.biz - Chris Lighty Talks 50 Cent's Next Business Possibilities

XXL Magazine - Jay Rock’s Follow Me Home Cover

News You Should Know About 5/4

Village Voice - The Ten Best Hometown Productions By Large Professor

New York Daily News - Emilio Rojas stakes out edgy territory with politically-charged lyrics

Billboard.biz - David Banner Talks Advertising, New Production Company and Music

Hip Hop Wired - CyHi Da Prynce Working On Movie With Pill, Alley Boy

The Boom Box - Jay-Z Wins Emmy for Super Bowl XLIV Performance

SF Weekly - DJ Prince Aries Talks Bay Area Rap, Loving Too $hort, and Why Busta Rhymes Is a Jerk

News You Should Know About 4/14

Lil Wayne's guards face cop impersonation charges - San Francisco Gate

Reggae star Peter Tosh 2 legendary albums re-issued June 21st - Stabroek News

Bone Thugs N Harmony's Krayzie Bone leaves group after 20 years - All Hip Hop

Hollywood's new piped piper 50 Cent - New York Daily News

Snoop, Nelly, Busta Rhymes and Bow Wow go on shopping spree down under - News Australia

Record Store Day features more than 1,500 indie shops from New York to London for music lovers - New York Daily News

News You Should Know About 1/18

Dr. Dre's "Detox" To Drop On 4/20? - Hip Hop DX

Nas Shares His Passion For Hip-Hop Cassettes - Rolling Stone

Rapper Mos Def postpones New Zealand shows - Stuff.NZ

Jay-Z Signs UK Rapper K. Koke to Roc Nation - The Boombox

A Tribe Called Quest Doc Director Pumped For Film's Sundance Debut - MTV

News You Should Know About 1/5

Madvillian new track - Stereogum

DMX Tries to Overcome His Demons and Stage a Comeback - SF Weekly

Cee Lo and Gwyneth Paltrow to Appear on 'SNL' Together - The Boombox

Rapper Xzibit Owes Nearly $1 Million in Taxes - The Wall Street Journal

50 Cent to hold press conference for new headphone at CES conference in Las Vegas - All Hip Hop

How to deal with your super smart-ass, hard to deal with employee at your tech company, quote Kanye West - Forbes

Producer T-Minus works with Nicki Minaj, new Lil Wayne Carter IV and Drake's Take Care - Complex

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