Allmusic Blog — Hip hop’s favorite incarcerated workhorse, Lil Wayne, has found a new way to spend his time in the slammer. While serving a year-long sentence at Rikers Island, he took to the phone to record a verse for “Light Up Rikers Remix,” a song original... more info

VH1 News — We take you track by track through Drake's Thank Me Later." Drizzy pulls out the big guns (Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys) for his much-anticipated debut. more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Ryan "Wildman" Dombal "First off, I don't need you second-guessing me / Jail is like third base; I'm coming home eventually." That line comes from Lil Wayne, who recorded a verse for a remix of Drake's Jay-Z collaboration "Light Up" over t... more info

MTV.co.uk News — P Diddy has credited Jay-Z, Dr. Dre and Eminem with bringing hip-hop back to what it should be, and thinks that hip-hop music is in a great place thanks to them. He told BBC News: "Hip-hop... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — I wish I had the similar skills to find new hip-hop artists like I do indie tunes, alas someday I shall become a bilingual genre blogger. Until then, I've got a handful of rappers I follow closely and am always waiting for them (or any of you) to tur... more info

Stereogum — Kanye West had a Good Ass Job announcement in April, and “Power” in May. Next stop on his redemption tour was the Isle of Wight festival, where he came out to do his verse on Jay-Z’s “Run This Town” at the end of Jay’s headlining set. As ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jay-Z @ Bonnaroo 2010 (ladymelisande) Tickets for the JAY-Z and Eminem concert on September 13 at Yankee Stadium will go on sale on June 25 at 10:00 a.m. online at Ticketmaster, phone at (800) 745-3000, via Ticketmaster TTY at (800)... more info

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MTV.com News — Drizzy pulls out the big guns (Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys) for his much-anticipated debut.By Shaheem Reid and Jayson Rodriguez Drake Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images Thank him later or thank him now — 23-year-old Aubrey "Drake" Gra... more info

The Mirror — Sir Paul McCartney made Jay-Z look like an amateur with his backstage demands at the Isle of Wight. Flying in his own staff, wine glasses and fruit and veg, he ordered staff to decorate his Travel Lodge dressing room into a Moroccan palace. He told A... more info