Brooklyn Vegan — Jay-Z @ All Points West 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Not very surprising, but...JAY Z has added three more shows at Barclays Center on Monday, October 1st, Friday, October 5th and Saturday, 6th. The three shows will be held in... more info

Metal Injection — If you follow hip hop at all, certainly you are aware of the Jay-Z and Kanye West collaboration, Watch The Throne. Living in New York City, the album has been inescapable, especially the biggest single from the album, "Niggas In Paris." I have to adm... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Jay-Z shows at Barclays Center go on AmEx presale today at 10 AM. Tickets for the Down shows at Best Buy Theater and Starland Ballroom go on AmEx presale today at 10 AM. Tickets for the... more info

Time — Frank Ocean isn’t a household name yet, but there are a few things you should know about him. He’s a member of one of hip-hop’s hottest and most controversial collectives Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, also known as OFWGKTA or, more succin... more info

Tastes Like Caramel — Let’s start off with the William Orbit-produced demo M.I.A. recorded for Madonna ‘s MDNA album that hit the internet waves this afternoon. M.I.A. took to Twitter to address the leak of the song titled Baby: The Hackney Festival appearance... more info

Guardian Music — Ocean surprised fans with the early release of his new album before his first televised performance on Jimmy FallonFrank Ocean has surprised fans with the early release of his new album Channel Orange. Just before Ocean's performance of Bad Religion ... more info

ContactMusic — Jay Z has taken advantage of being director of new arena the Barclays Center by offering his fans some darn cheap tickets for his three concerts recently announced for the venue at the end of September Jigga will be calling into the venue in New York... more info

Perez Hilton — It looks like the honeymoon is over for Beyoncé and Kim K!! Some baby mama drama between the two ladies closest to Jay-Z and Kanye West's throne is brewing! Apparently, Kim just gave Blue Ivy a $5k diamond-studded bracelet engraved with "Auntie Kim"... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — So far today, we've posted news about Jay-Z cohort Kanye West, and about D'Angelo, who is playing Jay-Z's Made In America Fest -- and now we've got some updates on Jay himself. As mentioned, Jay will be playing multiple... more info

Guardian Music — The R&B star has had numerous messages of support from many of his fellow musicians, but some stars have remained silentEver since Frank Ocean's Tumblr-assisted outing last week, he has had a number of high-profile messages of support from the R&B co... more info