Guardian Music — Friend of Snoop Dogg who featured on hit record Regulate was recovering from two strokes he had suffered in recent yearsHip-hop star Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, known by his stage name Nate Dogg, has died aged 41. The cause of his death is unclear but the... more info

Pop Crunch — You’re looking at the new most popular person on Facebook. Hip-hopster Eminem has overtaken late Pop King Michael Jackson as the guy with the most “Friends” on Facebook, the Web’s [...] more info

NME — Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Dr Dre collaborator passes away more info

ContactMusic — Rap superstar Eminem is officially the most popular person on Facebook. com after stealing the crown from late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. The Not Afraid hitmaker overtook Lady Gaga as the top living soul on the social networking website last... more info

NME — Scots to join Arctic Monkeys, Primal Scream and Eminem at festival more info

NME — But rapper is losing out in the Twitter stakes, still more info

MTV.co.uk News — Hip-hop newcomer Yela Wolf has admitted that he wouldn’t like to go up against Eminem in a rap battle, and that he doesn't have battle MCing experience. Yela, who is now signed to Em’s... more info

Gigwise — Rapper passes 30million... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Eminem has become the first person, living or dead, to achieve 30 million Facebook ‘likes’. The rapper hit the milestone on 12 March, just a fortnight after overtaking Michael Jackson... more info

Guardian Music — Pop stars singing catchy little ditties about date rape is nothing new, but it's high time we stopped humming along. Plus, the upside to celebrity bigotryIn Britain's tabloids, there are spidergrams of awfulness that extend flickeringly from a centra... more info