ContactMusic — Lil Wayne launched his new album Tha Carter IV in spectacular fashion in the early hours of Monday morning (29. 08. 2011) partying in Los Angeles alongside a host of celebrity guests including Nicki Minaj, Keri Hilson, Drake, Chris Brown and Ciara. L... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Snoop Dogg, Drake, Lex Luger and B.o.B all took home top honors at BMI's Urban Awards in Hollywood on Friday.Snoop joins a list of past honorees that includes George Clinton, The Jacksons, James Brown, Isaac Hayes, Little Richard and Chuck Berry. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Snoop Dogg, Drake and B.o.B take top honors at BMI urban awards more info

Stereogum — A few years ago, the New Orleans rapper Curren$y was the #1 non-Lil Wayne rapper on Young Money Records. That’s the Drake spot, basically, except Curren$y never really had a shot at being as big a star as Drake. Curren$y appeared on a ton of Wayne ... more info

Stereogum — Toronto’s Finest made style statements at last night’s VMAs (still looking for a good photo of Drake’s sweater) which unfortunately deflected attention from the fact that Bieber dropped a remix of Drake’s “Trust Issues” via Twitter a litt... more info

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ContactMusic — Hip-hop stars Snoop Dogg and Drake were among the big winners at Saturday's (27Aug11) Bmi Urban Awards in Hollywood. The Gin and Juice hitmaker was celebrated with the Bmi Icon prize, which was handed to him by Dr. Dre, who paid homage to the rapper ... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Drake accepts the 2011 BMI Songwriter of the Year award and thanks his family as well as Kanye West and André 3000, while calling out former Universal Motown president Sylvia Rhone, who said he’d never make it.   Rap Up more info

Altsounds — British thrashers EVILE are due to appear as guests on the "Defenders of the Faith" radio show on Rock Radio this coming Monday, August 29th. The show will air from 10:00pm to 1:00am UK time, and will feature special guests OL DRAKE and BEN CARTER... more info