Guardian Music — The rising British pop star picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me projectWhat was the first song you ever bought?All Rise - BlueI was about nine. At break time, me and three of my friends would pretend we were Blue.... more info

Topix — The 8 Ball 08.06.12: The Top 8 Potential American Idol Judges Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 08.06.2012 From Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake to Aretha Franklin, Avril Lavigne and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down his top 8 suggestions for the open judgin... more info

411 Mania — From Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake to Aretha Franklin, Avril Lavigne and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down his top 8 suggestions for the open judging seats on the upcoming season of American Idol! more info

Dlisted — The only news source in the world I trust The Daily Mail posted a breaking news story this morning about how Beyonce took this picture of her hilariously terrifying nails and posted it to her Tumblr. My first thought about this was, "Where was I when... more info

Prefix — By now almost everybody knows the stuttering big-bang beat of Clipse's 2oo2 hit "Grindin'" — but did you know the ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/clipses-grindin-almost-went-to-another-rapper/67698/ more info

Chorus.fm — Watch the new *Rick Ross* (http://www.facebook.com/rickross) video for "Three Kings" feat. *Jay-Z* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/jayz) and *Dr. Dre* (http://www.facebook.com/drdre) in the replies. more info

Perez Hilton — Girl's got them golden pipes! Now she just needs songs that better feature her beautifully lilting voice… Jay-Z's newest protege Rita Ora is already a bombshell in the British music world, and her sweet self is finally stamping her musical signet o... more info

ContactMusic — British singer Rita Ora looked to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to learn how to play live shows on the advice of her mentor Jay Z The rap mogul signed the 21 year old to his Roc Nation label and he dished out some memorable tips to Ora She tells B..... more info

Perez Hilton — You lucky lucky Philly cheese-steaks you! We'll take multiple servings, with extra musical CHEDDAR please! Jay-Z's Made in America Philadelphian music festival just got a major injection of magic-sauce with the additions of legedary hip-hop group R... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Jay-Z’s nephew releases a visual to his second single off his new project, “Popular Stranger” This one features J. Dot  and the beat is not bad either! Watch the video below.   more info