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

NME — Drake also among the winners at industry event more info

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

The Hip Hop Chronicle — This all started when Birdman said he’s got more money than Jay-Z. Jay refuted that with a lyric on “H.A.M.” and now Lil Wayne has sent a jab on a new track. “It’s Good” featuring Jadakiss and Drake has a line that seems to be aimed at Ho... more info

NME — Her friends and collaborators pay their respects on Twitter more info

MTV.co.uk News — Lil Wayne has hit out at Jay-Z on new song, It's Good.The track, which features Drake and Jadakiss, is thought to be taken from Weezy's eagerly anticipated album Tha Carter IV and sees the Lollipop... more info