DrownedInSound — It may not be a great, or even particularly good album, but it does at least tide us over until Lil' Wayne become a free man, and the much talked about Tha Carter IV finally sees the light of day. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com ... more info

Perez Hilton — Lil Wayne is scheduled to be released from prison in a week, but he managed to cause a lil bit more drama before leaving! Captain Raphael Collazzo, a prison guard at Riker's, has been given a 10 day suspension, without pay, for making an unauthorized... more info

Starpulse — A prison guard overseeing Lil Wayne's stint behind bars has been suspended over allegations he made an unscheduled 45-minute visit to the rapper's cell. The hip-hop star is currently incarcerated... more info

ContactMusic — A prison guard overseeing LIL WAYNE's stint behind bars has been suspended over allegations he made an unscheduled 45-minute visit to the rapper's cell.The hip-hop star... more info

Guardian Music — Rap royalty team up for full-length collaboration, reportedly titled Watch the ThroneKanye West and Jay-Z are heading into the studio for a full-length collaboration. The rappers are recording a joint album, reportedly titled Watch the Throne.Instead... more info

Pop Crunch — Everything Squints touches sparkles! Taylor Swift’s Speak Now album — released worldwide on Monday — is on pace to sell a million copies in its first week of release, Billboard.com scooped on Wednesday. The last album to go platinum in just one... more info

Mjsbigblog — This truly is the Q4 of Country as a country act once again tops the charts. Sugarland’s “Incredible Machine” has already been credited with over 134K in sales and with the nearest competitor down at 60K, should have no proble... more info

ContactMusic — KANYE WEST is making plans for a star-studded hip-hop tour with JAY-Z and LIL WAYNE, following his doomed joint trek with pop star LADY GAGA.The rapper planned to share... more info

Dirty Physics — It's been a while and I have a lot of dope tracks that I wanted to share but it was too much for one post. So instead I've decided to split them up into two. Recently I've been listening to a lot of hip hop and rnb. So this post will cover those g... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - Two weeks after jailed rapper Lil Wayne's "I Am Not a Human Being" debuted at No. 2 on the U.S. pop album chart exclusively from download sales, its CD release pushed it to No. 1 on Wednesday. more info