JamBase — The Zigaboo Modeliste Birthday Bash Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco / December 27, 2008 Zigaboo Modeliste Legendary drummer Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste is celebrating his birthday at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco on December 27, 2008. The innovati... more info

Culture Bully — Ice Cube feat. Musiq Soulchild “Why Me? (12/03/2008)” (mp3) Ice Cube: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia) Subscribe to Culture Bully Here more info

XLR8R — Six of our favorite web portals pick their best artists of 2008. Cocaine Blunts on Killer Mike "It’s almost cliché to call Mike the new Ice Cube at this point, but their shared penchant for simultaneously dropping knowledge and busting head... more info

Pop Matters — It’s hard to give a thumbs-up to an album that calls itself The Essentials when there’s so much essential material missing. more info

Pitchfork — Matching standout cuts from his studio albums with an array of rare remixes and a slew of appearances from top-shelf guests, Ghostface Killah's collection GhostDeini the Great is due December 16 from Def Jam. The Wu-Tang MC is joined on the disc by c... more info

AngryApe — Featuring Ice Cube, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and more more info

Undercover, Australia — Two of the best from the West Coast, Snoop D.O. double G and Ice Cube brought the shiznitz to Melbourne last night, taking us back in time to the mid 90s. more info

NME — Ice Cube is gearing up to write and produce a forthcoming US television comedy show. more info

NME — Ice Cube is gearing up to write and produce a forthcoming US television comedy show. more info

AngryApe — The rapper turns his attention to writing more info