The Hip Hop Chronicle — Birdman releases his brand new single from his November release. This one features Young Money CEO Lil Wayne and Young Money rapper, Nicki Minaj. HHNM Via Flex Premiere more info

E! Online — Names are like suits, apparently: You can take off the one you're wearing and try another one on for size. Hey, it worked for Sean Combs, multiple times. And people continued to love... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Fresh off of his impressive chart-topping debut with "Tha Carter IV," Wayne leads the pack with a record-breaking 18 nods. more info

VH1 Blog — Lil Wayne had 964,000 reasons to celebrate yesterday, and on BET’s 106 & Park he got eighteen more—one for each of his nominations for the 6th annual BET Hip-Hop Awards, which air Tuesday, October 11 at 8PM ET. Lil Wayne is so heavily nominated, ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa and Rick Ross lead BET Hip Hop Award nominations. more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — G.O.O.D. Music artist Pusha T stops by Flex’s place to speak on his new project, Jay-Z / Lil Wayne tension and signing to Def Jam. Freestyle RR more info

ContactMusic — Rap superstar Lil Wayne looks set to dominate the 2011 Bet Hip Hop Awards after landing 18 nominations The Lollipop hitmaker is enjoying a great week after selling almost one million copies of his new release Tha Carter IV to top the U S album charts... more info

ContactMusic — Lil Wayne has been nominated for a record breaking 18 BET Hip-Hop awards after the nominees were officially announced on Thursday morning 08 09 2011 The nominations round off a very successful week for the rap superstar after his latest album Tha... more info

Perez Hilton — Go Weezy! The BET Hip Hop Awards nominees have JUST been announced, and Lil Wayne is FAR in the lead with 18 NOMINATIONS! Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa are tied for the second most noms, with 9 each. Not bad at all, but still pret-ty far behind Weezy. T... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Lil Wayne has scored a record 18 nominations at the BET Hip-Hop Awards.The How To Love rapper, who also recently smashed iTunes records with his fifth LP Tha Carter IV, has picked up nods for Best... more info