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

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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

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Guardian Music — Jazz Cafe, LondonPop stars become producers, but producers rarely become pop stars. Mark Ronson, for one, has unintentionally demonstrated the pitfalls awaiting studio wizards who step from behind the mixing console to centre-stage, only to find them... more info

ContactMusic — Christina Milian has signed to Young Money Records According to Billboard com the 30 year old singer has confirmed a recording deal with the label which was founded by Lil Wayne and is also home to T Pain Nicki Minaj and Drake amongst others She anno... more info

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