MTV.com News — Bastille, Beyoncé, Kanye West and Daft Punk also got nods for the March 16 show. By Gil Kaufman more info

MTV.com News — MTV News thinks Jay would be the perfect mentor for the openly gay football player. By Rob Markman more info

The Independent — Beyoncé is rumoured to be performing at this year’s Brit Awards.     more info

Time — Before Kanye was a mononym and quote machine on the kusp of marrying a Kardashian; before there were classes taught about him; before being Kanye’d was a verb; before he was a fashion designer, a Harvard lecturer, a renowned Twitter ranter, a re... more info

Time — Ring the alarm! A French paparazzo is spreading the rumor that Barack Obama is having an affair with — wait for it — Beyoncé. Yes, that Beyoncé. The photographer Pascal Rostain believes that the news of the high-profile affair will run in the W... more info

Stereogum — It took Rick Ross a while to put together his new album Mastermind, and of all its prospective early singles, the only one that’s going to appear on the proper album is the hard-as-hell Jay Z collab “The Devil Is A Lie.” But the album is finall... more info

NME — The rapper's new record will be released on March 3 more info

MTV.com News — Rick Ross rolls out full Mastermind track list, revealing some new features. By Nadeska Alexis more info

TMZ — Russell Wilson now has something more important than NFL respect -- dude is cool enough to hang with Jay-Z and Beyonce!! Is it all fake though? What happens if he loses next year?Plus, Patrick Dempsey takes a shot at "Broadway" Joe Namath for his… ... more info

Stereogum — Danger Mouse, one half of Broken Bells, first found fame for mashing up Jay-Z with the Beatles on the bootleg release The Grey Album, and last night on Letterman, he went back to his roots. Broken Bells were the first band to perform on Letterman’s... more info