Rolling Stone — The Big News: Jay-Z may have won the battle of the charts, but the Beatles won the war. Jigga’s The Blueprint 3 debuted at Number One on the Top 200 with 475,000 copies sold, giving him one of the best first weeks in 2009, but the Fab Four were the... more info

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Guardian Music — The late actor may be best known for his roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost, but let's not forget his unmistakeable influence on urban musicRead the numerous obituaries for Patrick Swayze and one thing seems to have been forgotten: his influence on hip... more info

E! Online — It's pretty clear who's running this town. Proving that condemnation by Kanyegate association has nothing on Jay-Z's sales appeal, Beyoncé's boy dominated the... more info

MTV.com News — 'It is incredibly disturbing that someone [would] distribute these private moments to the world,' he says in a statement.By Shaheem Reid Day26's Willie Taylor (file) Photo: MTV News Willie Taylor of Day26 is the latest celebrity to have nu... more info

MTV.com News — 'I'm up on all that,' the songwriter/producer says of the vampire craze.By Shaheem Reid Timbaland Photo: MTV News Other than Jay-Z's Blueprint 3, Timbaland says he's been taking a break from working on outside production. He wanted to focu... more info

MTV.com News — 'I wanted to make sure that kids heard this record and felt inspired,' rapper/producer says.By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Tim Kash Pharrell Williams Photo: MTV News Although Jay-Z likes kicking back and celebrating the good things... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Lil Mama has admitted Jay-Z wasn’t too impressed when she jumped on stage during his VMAs performance.   The pint-sized rapper decided to join Jigga and Alicia Keys as they performed new... more info

MTV.com News — Cash Money artist Jay Sean says 2007 champ Weezy is 'still very hungry.'By Shaheem Reid Lil Wayne Photo: Rahman Dukes/MTV Lil Wayne became MTV's very first Hottest MC in the Game back in 2007. Weezy — with no album, a million mixtape tra... more info

NME — The two acts dominate America's album chart more info