MTV.com News — The Miami MC performs a surprise set in Manhattan with J. Cole and Wale.By Mawuse Ziegbe with reporting by Sway Calloway Rick Ross performs live at the Heineken Inspire New York at St. John's Center Studios July 31 Photo: Joe Kohen/ WireImage ... more info

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Guardian Music — The kids love him, MPs are happy to fund his records, and now Jay-Z wants to be his business partner. So what makes London rapper Tinchy Stryder such hot property?The second thing you are told, before meeting Tinchy Stryder, is that he's an unfailing... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Kanye West, Kanye West Tweet of the Day Kanye West took a break from his new favorite addiction -- tweeting -- to have dinner with pal Jay-Z in NYC last night. Ever since West joined Twitter a few days... more info

ContactMusic — Rapper Drake admires Jay Z and Eminem for their "loyal" fan bases.The 'Best I Ever Had' hitmaker - who collaborated with Jay Z on new album 'Thank Me Later' -... more info

MTV.com News — DJ X makes it to the top five in MTV's Twitter Jockey search.By Fernanda Diaz Xavier Moreno Photo: MTV Xavier by day and "DJ X" by night, Xavier Moreno, 24, is one of the five finalists competing for a $100,000 contract to become MTV's fir... more info

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Topix — An online parody of a Jay-Z hit that swaps New York's metropolis for a modest Welsh port town has won hundreds of thousands of fans, the director of the spoof said Wednesday. more info

USA Today Music — An online parody of a Jay-Z hit that swaps New York's metropolis for a modest Welsh port town has won hundreds of thousands of fans, the director ... more info