Stereogum — Justin Timberlike returned to Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to provide another “History Of Rap” medley, this time covering everything from Run DMC’s “King Of Rock” to Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass.” more info

Guardian Music — The rapper is no stranger to branding up his music, but what do his lyrics tells us about West's affiliation with fashion? In pictures: Kanye West- A journey through styleRappers name drop brands on autopilot. From Rick Ross' favourite car to Drake's... more info

ContactMusic — Snoop Dogg and Run DMC have paid tribute to Tupac Shakur on the 15th anniversary of his death Sweat rapper Snoop and Reverend Run of the New York hip hop group both took to twitter to pay tribute to the rap star who was shot dead in a gang relate... more info

Guardian Music — Legendary New York rapper Rakim and Wretch 32, the rising star from London, meet The Guide to talk all things hip-hopGuide Thanks for joining us today. Let's start with a broad question: what would you call the "Golden Age" of rap?Rakim The golden ag... more info

Guardian Music — Glasgow's Ross Birchard, AKA Hudson Mohawke, is influencing everything from clubs to Chris Brown with his vivid, psychedelic music, and feels he's ready for a big, weird pop collaborationAs you enter the Warp Records office, the left-hand wall is ado... more info

Guardian Music — Next week, the Proms hosts its first ever turntablist. Composer Gabriel Prokofiev tells Nick Shave why this is the shape of things to come'I suppose there's always this risk and fear of too much comparison," says Gabriel Prokofiev, when asked what it... more info

ContactMusic — DMC's new album will be like his group Run-DMC's 1985 record 'King of Rock' "on steroids". American hip-hop star DMC - whose real name is Darryl McDaniel - said his forthcoming solo record will take inspirations from heavy metal bands such as Korn an... more info

Altsounds — *Hudson Mohawke* has announced his first London headline show at *XOYO* on October 19th. *Hudson Mohawke* - aka Ross Birchard - is one of the most in-demand producers of the moment -a former DMC UK Champion at 14, he's recently been working with *Ti... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — A few hours ago at the UK DMC Finals, The X-Ecutioners paid tribute to the late Roc Raida. After perfoming a 10 minute routine, Rob Swift made an emotional speech about Raida before he, Total Eclipse and Precision performed Raida’s favourite routin... more info

Guardian Music — Tempo, NottinghamFollowers of the soulful house sound have always awarded their scene's stateside contributors waves of adoration, sometimes at the expense of noticing talent on their own doorstep (UK producer/DJ Dave Lee even created the alias Joey ... more info