Guardian Music — A decade ago next week, the DJ Jam Master Jay was murdered at his studio – but his legacy lives on in hip-hopThe Scratch DJ Academy in New York was the first place in the world where aspirant DJs could learn their trade when it was opened in May 20... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s salute to Chuck Berry as the 2012 honoree for its "American Masters" series will be capped with a multi-artist concert featuring Ernie Isley of the Isley Brothers, Darryl McDaniels of Run DMC, New York Dolls singer ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Run DMC / Pearl Jam / Drake at Made in America Fest 9/3/2012 Everything about their performance was classic Run DMC - from the occasional B-Boy stance right down to Run's Adidas track suit. Run,... more info

Topix — Under a video banner that read " Jam Master Jay Forever," the Queens, N.Y., natives rocked tens of thousands of fans at the festival in Philadelphia. more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Day 2 of Jay-Z’s first Made In America festival is underway. You can watch a live stream of the festival over at Youtube. Hov headlined last night and it was quite a performance with plenty of special guests. Today, Pearl Jam headline the event in ... more info

Perez Hilton — As we previously reported, Jay-Z’s upcoming Made In America festival this weekend is going to be PACKED with some AH-Mazing talent! Everyone from Drake, Jill Scott, Run DMC to Calvin Harris are slated to perform … but the line-up may just get eve... more info

Guardian Music — Rapper will release 9th Inning and Triple Threat over US Labor Day weekend, seven years after last album releaseMissy Elliott is back. More than four years after her label started stoking interest in a new album, the rapper is set to release two new ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Featuring DMC of Run-DMC. more info

Perez Hilton — You lucky lucky Philly cheese-steaks you! We'll take multiple servings, with extra musical CHEDDAR please! Jay-Z's Made in America Philadelphian music festival just got a major injection of magic-sauce with the additions of legedary hip-hop group R... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — The lineup to Jay-Z’s festival in Philly has been announced. RUN DMC, Drake, Skrillex, Rita Ora, D’Angelo, Jill Scott and many others have all been announced to appear at the two day event in September. Full lineup below. more info