Rolling Stone — • Janet Jackson Prepares VMAs MJ Tribute • Warped Turns 15 With Blowout Show • News Ticker: Lil Wayne, Jackson Tribute • Jay-Z Unleashes Blueprint, Tour Dates • The Beatles: Rock Band - The RS Review • NIN Reschedule Final L.A. Shows • ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Imaage: Newscom Jay-Z at a party for the movie Obsessed in new York City. Jay-Z is playing a free Myspace show TONIGHT at Gramercy Theater. Tickets are being given away starting at 10 am. Email HipHopTix@myspacemusic.com to get all the information ab... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Parra/WireImage Lil Wayne’s 2008-2009 tours supporting Tha Carter III have been named the highest-grossing hip-hop trek of the year, racking up $42 million according to Billboard, besting tours by Jay-Z and Kanye West. Although Jermaine Jac... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Jay-Z has slammed unscrupulous scalpers for re-selling tickets to his upcoming 9/11 benefit concert in New York, telling fans he is "disheartened" by the immoral behaviour. more info

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MTV.com News — Users can sing into the speaker of their phones and hear their voice come out T-Pain-style.By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Sway Calloway T-Pain performs during the BET Awards Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images This whole Auto-Tune ba... more info

MTV.com News — 'On the first Blueprint, he was a new producer, so he was just putting in the beats and moving out the way,' Jay tells the AP. By Jayson Rodriguez Jay-Z Photo: Jared Milgrim/ FilmMagic Jay-Z performed in Chicago on Tuesday night to promote... more info

MTV.com News — The show's set, red carpet and on-air promos all pay homage to the city's famous locations.By Eric Ditzian Radio City Music Hall, home of the 2009 Video Music Awards Photo: John Shearer In the lead-up to the 2009 Video Music Awards — air... more info

MTV.com News — Video Music Awards casting director Rob Crawford explains what it takes to get into the show, airing live Sunday at 9 p.m.By James Montgomery, with reporting by Tim Kash Megan Fox Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images Some 35,000 people appl... more info

MTV.com News — 'I've been hearing stories that his left hook is all right,' Berto says of the MC.By Shaheem Reid Andre Berto Photo: Thierry Gourjon/ Getty Images During an interview Tuesday with New York radio host Ed Lover, Jay-Z claimed he was very ade... more info