The Hip Hop Chronicle — “Wu-Block” is on the way. more info

Totally Fuzzy — R&B veteran Lee Fields is celebrating 43 years in show business with Faithful Man, a collection of new tunes recorded for Brooklyn's Truth & Soul Records. The set grounds the singer in the template of Motown-style soul, but includes some modern ... more info

ContactMusic — Wu-tang Clan star Method Man has been confined to crutches after sustaining a serious knee injury The rapper hobbled onstage against his managers wishes to perform a short set with bandmates Ghostface Killah and Raekwon at New York Citys Milk Studios... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — The homie Nardwuar speaks to Ghostface. This ish is good.   more info

Guardian Music — Paul Lester's daily column for the Guardian's music site takes on a live incarnation, with a show at London's Barfly in January, featuring Worship, Josh Osho and Murray JamesThe Guardian is launching a series of New Band of the Day gigs, based on Pau... more info

Guardian Music — Comedian Donald Glover has taken aim at black machismo and homophobia with his rap alter ego, Childish Gambino. When it comes to the art of being edgy, he even sympathises with Ricky GervaisThe actor, writer, comedian and rapper Donald Glover is sitt... more info

DrownedInSound — Untapped potential and wonky computer graphics from this heavyweight hip-hop doubleheader. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — Radiohead's two laughing boys get claustrophobic with the gravel-voiced rhymes of DOOMWhat do you get when you mix the imposing beats and gravel-voiced rhymes of DOOM (formerly MF DOOM) with the claustrophobic production technique of the two laughing... more info

Nialler9 — We’ve had the Ghostface Killah vs African Highlife mashup album. Now, it’s De La’s turn as they are paired up with Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti by Gummy Soul’s Amerigo Gazaway. Fela Soul is a very listenable 33 minute mix of mashups over 8-trac... more info

XLR8R — Admittedly, this is only news in the most marginal sense of the word, but apparently Detroit house legend Theo Parrish hopped onstage last night during a Ghostface Killah show and rapped Ol' Dirty Bastard's famous verse from "Protect Ya Nec... more info