Guardian Music — The rapper's vow to stop using one word didn't impress me. Hip-hop has so much to answer for, not least hostility to womenSean Carter, who performs under the name Jay-Z, has apparently vowed never again to use the word bitch in the wake of the birth ... more info

Guardian Music — Hearing Jimi Hendrix convinced singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka that it was cool for a black kid to play guitar. Now the young Londoner with the mature voice has been picked for the BBC's 'Sound of 2012' awardThese might come to seem precious hours... more info

Chorus.fm — *AraabMuzik* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/araabmuzik/) will be releasing instrumental collection called Instrumental University on January 31st. It will feature instrumentals that have been used in various rap from Cam'ron, Vado, 50 Cent, Jim Jo... more info

Perez Hilton — Why do we have the strongest feeling that there is going to be hell to pay for this! True to form, when 50 Cent decided he had an opinion to share about the birth of Beyonce and rival Jay-Z's baby, he took to his Twitter to lash out — or this case ... more info

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Starpulse — Rapper 50 Cent has apologized for lashing out at his record label bosses last week, revealing he wrongly accused them of leaking his song. The In Da Club hit-maker entered into a war of words wit... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Rapper 50 Cent has apologized for lashing out at his record label bosses last week, revealing he wrongly accused them of leaking his song. more info

ContactMusic — Rapper 50 Cent has apologised for lashing out at his record label bosses last week begs02Jan12 revealing he wrongly accused them of leaking his song The In Da Club hitmaker entered into a war of words with Interscope executives last May 11 after clai... more info