Brooklyn Vegan — Homeboy Sandman @ the 2009 Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest (more by BBG) Tickets go on sale at noon for the "JAY-Z in conversation with Cornel West and Paul Holdengräber" event taking place Monday, November 15th at 7:00 p.m. in the... more info

Guardian Music — How Kanye made George Bush cry, and other stories from the week in musicFive things we learned from the news this weekKanye West achieved the biggest rap diss of ALL TIMEThe one thing that Ozzy Osbourne's DNA can't handle Things don't always get bett... more info

MTV.co.uk News —   Jay-Z has said he’d be happy to help UK rapper Tinie Tempah make it big in the US.   The rap legend runs his own management company and record label Roc Nation- who look after... more info

ContactMusic — Jay-Z wants to hold talks with Tinie Tempah about signing him in the US.The 'Forever Young' hitmaker said he's impressed with the way British music has come into its... more info

The Mirror — Ooh-ARR. Wha's wee gat 'ere, th'n? more info

Idolator — Beyonce tops Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women list, and yet somehow she's powerless to stop Bluewater Comics from publishing the Fame comic book based on her life story. She looks completely unrecognizable! If you may recall Bluewater is the same co... more info

ContactMusic — JAY-Z managed to put his bitter feelings towards his estranged dad behind him after realising the murder of his uncle pushed his dad to drink.The 99 Problems father,... more info

White Folks Get Crunk — Alright I get a lot of emails a day. Most of them never get read. Some do. Some of the stuff I get actually gets posted. This is one of the ones that actually will get posted. Its a dope track. However I have no idea what is going on with the promo e... more info

Guardian Music — We asked you to select tracks that would best introduce a newcomer to hip-hop. So here's your playlist for rap rookiesTo quote Kritik from yesterday's blog about Jay-Z's choice of hip-hop tracks for rap rookies: "Picking a playlist is tough." That it... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — This has been the week of terrible music, hasn't it guys? Between MC Hammer - excuse us, King Hammer - dissing Jay-Z in his video "Better Run Run" (which in no way is a bid for relevance and is totally based on an actual beef) and Amy Winehouse's sl... more info