MTV.com News — 'My biggest influence, musically, without a doubt is R. Kelly,' Songz admits of onetime R&B foe, as new album drops.By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Sway Calloway Sway and Trey Songz Photo: MTV News Trey Songz's fanbase has steadily i... more info

MTV.com News — 'Just think about it. They hit home runs in there,' Swizz says of performing in his hometown arena.By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Sway Calloway Swizz Beatz Photo: MTV News Last night, Swizz Beatz celebrated his birthday in on... more info

MTV.com News — 'Michael Jackson used to do that back in the day,' 50 says.By Shaheem Reid 50 Cent Photo: MTV News Welcome back to Tri-State Stadium Status 50 Cent. The leader of the G-Unit hasn't been seen in a major stadium in his hometown area since Hot... more info

Undercover, Australia — A clip from the VMAs sees rapper Drake rather unhappy over Justin Beiber’s win. more info

Starpulse — Rapper Drake had to convince his mother he was never really married to label mate Nicki Minaj after the media turned a recent Twitter.com joke into headline news. The Forever hit-maker sparked re... more info

ContactMusic — Rapper DRAKE had to convince his mother he was never really married to labelmate NICKI MINAJ after the media turned a recent Twitter.com joke into headline news.The... more info

MTV.com News — Drizzy says the idea to channel the Rat Pack came from his earlier VMA promo.By Shaheem Reid Drake performs at the 2010 VMAs on Sunday Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images Drake has become a wise man in his 23 years. He knows that when a great... more info

Guardian Music — From adoration to zzzzzzzzz, purveyor of mellifluous pabulum Bruno Mars runs the whole gamut of romantic clicheHometown: Honolulu.The lineup: Peter Hernandez (vocals, music).The background: The Elektra label has an illustrious history, to the extent ... more info

Perez Hilton — Pictures are said to be worth a thousand words, but for Drake's sake, let's hope those words don't come from Kanye West. As we all well know, he isn't so much about being passive when he is crossed! The rapper was spotted exiting Voyeur nightclub thi... more info

People.com — "I never thought it would get so out of hand," the rapper says of his gag with Nicki Minaj more info