Guardian Music — Satanic youth cult or rock'n'roll revolutionaries? The rumours surrounding Manchester's Wu Lyf are legion – but their desire for anonymity has a simple explanation, discovers Paul LesterManchester's Wu Lyf are probably the most talked-about new Bri... more info

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Perez Hilton — Very curious, indeed! Just as we were beginning to even forget that Jay-Z and Kanye West had a collaborative album called Watch The Throne in the works, its official tracklist has been announced! However, oddly enough, it doesn't appear that the two ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — The track-listing for Kanye West and Jay-Z's eagerly anticipated collaboration album, Watch The Throne, has leaked online. Despite there being no official release date for the hip-hop pairs joint... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Plan B has revealed why he decided not to proceed with a potential collaboration with Jay-Z. A collabo with Jay-Z was put on the table by label bosses in United States, who felt the duet would raise Plan B’s profile but he declined the offer. The s... more info

ContactMusic — Kanye West has moved to silence criticism of his newly-released Monster video by labelling the promo "an art piece" in a disclaimer at the start of the gory footage. The rapper hit headlines when graphic clips from the unfinished video, featuring Jay... more info

ContactMusic — Hip-hop superstar Jay Z has shut down his New York sports club for the summer (11), in order to give the venue a complete renovation. The 40/40 Club in Manhattan closed its doors on 1 June (11), but Jay Z and his business partner Juan Perez have prom... more info

ContactMusic — Lil Wayne, the multi-award winning American rapper, has performed the first hip-hop Mtv 'Unplugged' gig since 2001. The New Orleans-born rapper taped 'Mtv2 Presents Lil Wayne Unplugged' in May, the first of its kind since Jay Z and Lauryn Hill record... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Plan B has revealed that he once turned down the chance to collaborate with Jay-Z.The She Said hitmaker told The Sun that his record label tried to set up a duet between himself and Jigga, with the... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — The daughter of Lenny Kravitz has spoken about her friendship with Jay-Z. Zoe Kravitz who started her acting career appearing in Jay-Z’s video for “I Know” told ASOS Magazine that the rapper is now one of favourite people. “I’d met Jay a fe... more info