The Hip Hop Chronicle — Common paid a visit to DJ Drama to talk about his new album, the “Sweet” remix with Kanye West. The rapper also speaks on the possibility of working with Kendrick Lamar and J.Cole. Andrew more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — American Music Awards: The 2011 American Music Awards opened with a pairing international superstar DJ David Guetta and the supersonic vocal stylings of Nicki Minaj. The evening is a slightly paired down award show, as some of the biggest names in po... more info

ContactMusic — Rap sensation Drake has credited Kanye West and Andre 3000 with helping him realise he could be a hip-hop star without a tough reputation The Best I Ever Had hitmaker began his career as an actor in Canadian teen drama Degrassi The Next Generation an... more info

Mercury News, California — Local fans waiting to see the year's biggest hip-hop show -- Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne Tour -- will have to wait a bit longer. more info

411 Mania — God show me the way, because the devil's trying to break me down... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — This week's on-sales include Roger Waters, Jay-Z and Kanye West and more. more info

Guardian Music — Las Vegas Weekly's Spencer Patterson picks his Vegas playlist, from Frank Sinatra to The Killers As featured on our Las Vegas city guideKanye West – All of the LightsThe fourth single from last year's blockbuster My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy m... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Babies make everything better, don't they? I haven't particularly been looking forward to Jay-Z and Kanye West's collaboration album/tour Watch the Throne, but thanks to the new Tumblr Watch the Cradle , I now know plenty of their lyrics. More » P... more info

ContactMusic — RB singer Frank Ocean turned down a chance to collaborate with Kanye West because he was determined to make a successful second album without any help from the superstar Ocean a member of controversial hip-hop collective Odd Future appeared as a gues... more info

411 Mania — And why he passed on a Kanye West collaboration… more info