ContactMusic — Jay Z felt he was in the presence of "greatness" as he watched his wife Beyonce warm up for her performance on American Idol on Wednesday (25May11). The rapper recorded footage of the pop superstar singing in her dressing room as she prepared to t... more info

Guardian Music — The world's busiest popstar releases yet another song, this one a slushy ballad of the sexy varietyWhile current single Run The World (Girls) is good for an amazing video and a spectacular live performance or two, it's not really what people want fro... more info

VH1 Blog — Beyoncé‘s premiere performance of “1+1″ on last night’s American Idol was one of the finale’s highlights, to be sure. So how cool is it that Jay-Z recorded her dressing room rehearsal on his phone and posted the footage to his blog earlier... more info

Guardian Music — Guardian releases list of the 100 most influential people in the music industry• Interactive: The Music Power 100• Blog: Find out the logic behind the list and have your say• The full list, at a glanceThey influence the song you wake up to and ... more info

Guardian Music — According to Faxon, EMI now has one of the strongest balance sheets in the entire music industryLabel executive: CEO, EMI GroupEven during the darkest days of Terra Firma's ­stewardship of EMI, Faxon's ­leadership of its publishing arm – the larg... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Jay-Z filmed his wife Beyonce in her dressing room rehearsing for her American Idol performance. Yesterday Beyonce performed her brand new song 1+1. mobilerider.embedVideo(2416, 45690 ,'', 640, 360, 'osmf', {extras:'skin:,muteOn:,autoplay:0,autohide:... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Apparently Jay-Z gets out of paying parking tickets. The New York Daily News are running report that the rapper is among many celebrities that include baseball player A-Rod, who get out of paying policemen for parking tickets because of their star po... more info

White Folks Get Crunk — New super quick fix from Digital Dave. Only clocks in at like a minute and a half and has a cold outro so stay on your toes guys. Nice one though, has lots of mainstream potential for obvious reasons. Hooking up to major tunes like this seems like a ... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — In our feature with Sha, we talk about the creation of MTV’s Hottest MC’s show. We discuss where the original idea came from, and how it developed to what it is today. In our bonus footage we discuss Sha getting calls from Jay-Z, who was upset th... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Justin Bieber is eyeing a collaboration with Jay-Z in the near future. The teenager who has already worked with Kanye, Raekwon, Ludacris and Chris Brown, now wants to add Jay-Z to that list. He told The BoomBox that he “would love to work with Jay-... more info