MTV.com News — 'Ye performs his hits with quiet intensity during hourlong set at Casio event.By Jayson Rodriguez Kanye West (file) Photo: Theo Wargo/ WireImage NEW YORK — Kanye West must really like G-Shock watches. The Def Jam star put on a spectacu... more info

AllHipHop — A man in Detroit, Michigan has been charged with threatening to kill rapper Jay-Z, his wife Beyonce and football player Jerome Bettis.   In a complaint filed yesterday (August 5), Leon Desmond Barrett allegedly sent dozens of threatening letters be... more info

Rolling Stone — • Aerosmith’s Tyler Suffers Stage Fall • The New Issue: Obama So Far • American Idol Team “Shocked” By Abdul News • Lollapalooza: 30 Can’t-Miss Sets • Radiohead Offer Up New Song Online • Columbia Pictures Scores Jackson Footage �... more info

Guardian Music — The rapper has updated fans on his condition, thanking them for their support and saying that his 'treatment and recovery are going well'Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch is "rapidly recovering" from cancer surgery, assuring fans that "things are moving along... more info

MTV.com News — Our hip-hop team speculates what's next for the former Bad Boy artist, in Off the Dome. By Shaheem Reid Shyne Photo: Bad Boy/Arista Records It looks like Shyne is coming home. After many fake dates swirled around over the past few years, a... more info

JamBase — Words by: Ron Hart | Images by: Rod Snyder All Points West :: 07.31.09 - 08.02.09 :: Liberty State Park :: Jersey City, NJ All Points West 2009 If there was anything that the mud, madness and mayhem of this past weekend's All Points West confir... more info

Live Daily — Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys [ tickets ] is recovering from surgery after doctors found a cancerous tumor in his left salivary gland last month. Yauch sent an email to fans today (8/5), thanking them for positive thoughts and explaining th... more info

Rolling Stone — Of all the albums in Jay-Z’s catalog, The Blueprint 3’s cover is the first not to feature a photo of Jay, so naturally people questioned whether the BP3 image — a cluster of white-painted instruments and three red stripes — that first appeare... more info

Kanye's Blog — Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 Cover Art. Click HERE to leave a comment... more info

NME — Plus rapper thanks Jay-Z, Coldplay and Karen O for support more info