The Independent — Kings of Leon won a tight battle with Drake to top this week’s album chart, selling 71,000 copies of their sixth LP Mechanical Bull.     more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — In hip-hop, it's all about street cred.  If you haven't murdered and pillaged townships for most of your life then you might as well turn in your mic and become a DJ. I don't think any rapper in the history of the game has had less street cred than ... more info

411 Mania — Drake sings about Minaj in "Tuscan Leather"... more info

411 Mania — It's going to be a busy week for new albums on the charts... more info

Prefix — He didn’t beat the game to it, but Raekwon from the Wu-Tang Clan gets in his verses in the Drake, ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/listen-to-raekwon-marble-cake-freestyle-over-drake/75097/ more info

Consequence of Sound — Rebaking Drake's cake. more info

Starpulse — Rapper Drake has fixed his friendship with Nicki Minaj after confessing something he did upset her - and drove a wedge between them. Drake alluded to the split in his song Tuscan Leather, which fe... more info

Starpulse — Drake's mother is the "most important person" in his life. more info

411 Mania — The beef is squashed... more info

Starpulse — Years ago, who would’ve foreseen the new breed of hip-hop, one combining super relaxed tempo, elements of contemporary and alternative R&B, and emo sensibility?  The answer is no one, but I speak f... more info