The hip-hop star Kanye West will be the closing act at the 25th annual MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. more info

Chicago Tribune — Management for Kanye West says he may release his fourth album toward the end of the year, according to billboard.com. The Chicago-based rapper, who is also currently working on Jay-Z 's pending release, "Blueprint III," may follow along the theme... more info

Idolator — We have about 52ish hours until Britney Spears trades on her recent notoriety to open the 25th-anniversary installment of MTV's Video Music Awards, and like last year, you are all invited to watch with Idolator as we break down the goings-on—and, m... more info

Idolator — While Universal Music Group won't have U2 around to drive year-end album sales, Kanye West might take an extended break from blogging about Kate Moss/producing Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 to record his fourth album. According to his management, the cur... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: The Chum BucketSpinner.com: At a recent concert, at least one Akon fan did not leave happy. Or conscious. [Dlisted]Didn't Kanye West say he was boycotting the MTV Awards? [Jossip]Now why would anybody spend $500,000 on a burnt guitar? [... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: The Chum BucketSpinner.com: At a recent concert, at least one Akon fan did not leave happy. Or conscious. [Dlisted]Didn't Kanye West say he was boycotting the MTV Awards? [Jossip]Now why would anybody spend $500,000 on a burnt guitar? [... more info

Spinner.com — Spinner.comAt a recent concert, at least one Akon fan did not leave happy. Or conscious. [Dlisted]Didn't Kanye West say he was boycotting the MTV Awards? [Jossip]Now why would anybody spend $500,000 on a burnt guitar? [Idolator]A list of the best fa... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty T.I. featuring Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne, “Swagger Like Us” [Immukization Remix] Kanye, Weezy, Jigga and T.I. get crammed inside what sounds like some odd outtake from the TRON soundtrack. Fittingly, this is the only musical en... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergIt takes no stretch of the imagination to believe that Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos might be of the slightly nerdy persuasion; just listen to an Art Brut record and you'll probably come up with the same conclusion. But ... more info

VH1 Blog — You know, Kanye West says a lot of stuff. Some of it is simple, courage, and profound, like his “George Bush doesn’t like black people” proclamation in the wake of the Katrina nightmare. But some of it is glib, pissy, and untrue, like his promi... more info