Guardian Music — All property is theft. So why not steal someone's life, or someone's work, or someone's dress code?Every month, this column starts life as an impassioned plea that the new musical genre defined by Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak and then developed by ... more info

411 Mania — News and thoughts on Kanye West, Drake and more making MTV's hottest rappers list, Tyga's album getting pulled due to sample issues, Nick Cannon suffering another health scare, producer Scott Storch's drug problems and more! more info

Nialler9 — After ‘Big Mouth’ comes ‘Disparate Youth’ the first single proper from Santigold’s Master Of My Make Believe. The tune’s got a smooth dancehall feel with a chorus hook that recalls The Joy Formidable’s ‘Austere’ and Drake’s ‘Hea... more info

Starpulse — Rick Ross has beaten rap rivals Drake and Kanye West to land the title of Hottest MC in the Game in a new MTV poll. The hit-maker was named the best rapper alive in the annual MTV survey, thanks ... more info

ContactMusic — Rick Ross has beaten rap rivals Drake and Kanye West to land the title of Hottest MC in the Game in a new Mtv poll The hitmaker was named the best rapper alive in the annual Mtv survey thanks to the chart success of his album Self Made Vol 1 and his ... more info

411 Mania — "The Motto" takes #1 on both charts... more info

Guardian Music — Stolen by hipsters, ruined by the charts – so where's all the real R&B at?It's hard not to look at R&B right now without wondering if it's in the middle of some huge identity crisis. Approach from one direction and you'll find producers trying to a... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this month, we posted “Boobie Miles,” an early track from Mississippi rapper/producer Big K.R.I.T.’s forthcoming mixtape 4Eva N A Day. Today, he released another track, “King Pt. 2,” in which he fumes about societal inequalities ove... more info

The Newsroom — Cash Money may have earned 16 Grammy nominations but the buzz at their pre-Grammy bash as Paramount studios was all about the passing of Whitney Houston. We talked to the Cash Money crew and all the celebrity guests including Taraji P Henson (who was... more info

411 Mania — It got out of hand... more info