MTV.com News — Monster Ball opening act was nervous about Gaga's fans, but they 'have just been incredible' to him.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Matt Harper Jason Derulo Photo: MTV News When Jason Derulo got the call last fall that he'd be opening f... more info

Detroit Free Press — KID CUDI: This adventurous, enigmatic Cleveland artist cemented his place on last year's best-of lists with the clever concept record "Man on the Moon: The End of Day." It wasn't just the year's best hip-hop debut; it was the year&apo... more info

The Culture Of Me — Ripping up the Kid Cudi "Make Her Say" version that utilized the sample of "Poker Face" from Lady Gaga and redefining both takes into a new start, Wiz Khalifa, the Pittsburgh hip hop king (cf. his three mixtape appearances and... more info

Detroit Free Press — "Big Love" season premiere, 9 p.m. HBO Kid Cudi at Michigan Theater Lady Gaga at Joe Louis Arena. Also Jan. 13. "American Idol" season premiere, 8 p.m. Fox "Project Runway" season premiere, 10 p.m. Lifetime more info

Altsounds — The notion of "traditional hip hop" has changed forever. Whether you're talking about genre bending projects from superstars like Kanye and Lil Wayne or new artists like Kid Cudi, hip-hop has reached a tipping point and its followers are expanding th... more info

Live Daily — When country music band Gloriana [ tickets ] won the American Music Award for Breakthrough Artist of 2009, the band members must have been on cloud nine--especially when the announcement was followed by a congratulatory call from Taylor Swift [ ticke... more info

Guardian Music — Hip-hop's 'true poet' is working on a new record inspired by Gil Scott-Heron, Nina Simone and Maya AngelouKanye West is returning to the studio, recording a new album inspired by Gil Scott-Heron, Nina Simone and Maya Angelou. The New Year's declarati... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — It's hard to believe the year is already over, where did the time go? It was just yesterday when I was happily kicking off 2009 spinning Merriweather Post Pavilion and eagerly anticipating all of the year's excellent albums. Now a new decade is upo... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — "I'm a Facebook prophet/I told all the girls that I'd be the hot shit." Thus sings Kid Cudi on "Soundtrack to My Life," the uninflected voice of a generation that grew up staring at monitors for hours and spends nights cycling through social network... more info

Kanye's Blog — Complex's Best of 2009: The Top 25 Albums. #1: Kid Cudi Man On The Moon: The End Of Day. Click HERE to read the full article at complex... Click HERE for another pic and more info... more info