MTV.com News — Surprise appearance causes a stir on Twitter, with #Lilmamais becoming the top trending topic.By Shaheem Reid Lil Mama, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys perform at the 2009 Video Music Awards on Sunday Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images Jay-Z keeps... more info

VH1 News — Juelz Santana, Ne-Yo, Ice-T, DJ Cassidy, Fabolous and others celebrated Def Jam Records 25th Anniversary at a party in New York during VMA Weekend. more info

MTV.com News — Ice-T, DJ Cassidy, Fabolous and others get nostalgic on VMA Weekend.By Shaheem Reid Ne-Yo (file) Photo: Barry Brecheisen/ Getty Images NEW YORK — Bigger than an individual, bigger than a group and overshadowing any crew, Def Jam Records ... more info

The Newsroom — On this week's HipHollywood.com Weekly Wrap: We send out a congrats to Whitney Houston and Raekwon on their new albums, check in on the Vegas marriage of The Dream and Christina Milian with Electrik Red, sit down exclusively with Kid Cudi about his n... more info

AllHipHop — Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah will drop his sixth album for Def Jam titled The Wizard of Poetry on September 29 and has announced a nationwide outing to support his latest release.   Ghostface, aka Ghostdini, lined up an all-star cast for ... more info

Guardian Music — This week's warblings from the tweet-hedge see Jon McClure saving music's soul by sounding off at NME, plus more depressing hip-hop homophobiaSheffield's loudest bigmouth, the Reverend Jon McClure, known on Twitter as plain old JonMcClure – no... more info

AllHipHop — In response to a recent interview by Jay-Z, singer T-Pain has clarified the reasons for the recent disparaging words about the mogul at a Las Vegas show.   Last week, rapper Fabolous via Twitter and a video displayed T-Pain saying “f**k Jay-Z... more info

MTV.com News — 'I'm my biggest critic,' MC says.By Shaheem Reid Fabolous Photo: Def Jam John "Fabolous" Jackson, you're looking huge out there! A #1 album with critics and fans saying that they aren't mad at your Loso's Way — Fab is having, well, a Fab... more info

MTV.com News — Pain details the perceived snub he received from Hov, but says they've spoken.By Jayson Rodriguez Jay-Z and T-Pain Photo: Johnny Nunez/ WireImage Just a day after it was reported that T-Pain dissed Jay-Z while DJing in Las Vegas, he's chan... more info

MTV.com News — Plus: Boxer Andre Berto listens to T.I., Rick Ross to get pumped up for fights, in Mixtape Daily. By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes and Sway Calloway Diddy and Mase Photo: Peter Kramer/ Getty Images Celebrity Favo... more info