MTV.com News — Jay raps about metrosexuals and machine guns over first single from M.I.A.'s upcoming album.By James Montgomery M.I.A. and Jay-Z Photo: Kevin Mazur/ Getty Images It's been a fairly quiet week for M.I.A. — no feuds with New York Times jour... more info

Pitchfork — From Guns N' Roses' "November Rain" to Billy Ocean's "Loverboy", great music videos are bursts of sound and vision that leave an indelible impression. Director's Cut is a Pitchfork News feature in which we chat with music video directors about their ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Jay-Z recently said in an interview that the whole retirement talk is nothing more than gossip and he’s is still in competition with artists such as Lil Wayne - even at the golden age of 40.... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Bow Wow from Cash Money Records has recently spoken out about his relationship with newcomer, Drake. He said that despite having ties to Lil Wayne, neither have had the time to build a strong... more info

MTV.com News — 'There's barely any female artists as is -- we don't need this!,' Trina says; Rah Digga and Diamond also comment. By Mawuse Ziegbe Nicki Minaj Photo: Johnny Nunez/ WireImage Lil' Kim's recent harsh comments about up-and-coming femcee Nicki... more info

MTV.com News — The New Orleans rapper shows he still has love for the curvy beauties in new black-and-white clip.By Jayson Rodriguez Juvenile Photo: Peter Kramer/ Getty Images Juvenile premiered his video for "Drop That Thang" on MTV.com on Friday (June 1... more info

USA Today Music — Drake shared the stage on 'Tha Carter III' tours. more info

MTV.com News — At the ripe age of 40, Hov tells Rolling Stone he enjoys the challenge of competing with younger artists.By Jayson Rodriguez Jay-Z on the cover of "Rolling Stone" Photo: Wenner Media Is Jay-Z taking a page out of Diddy's playbook? The Bad ... more info

VH1 News — How did Lil Wayne's verse on Drake's "Light Up" come about? Weezy and Mack Maine came up with the idea during a phone call, in new footage from DJ Scoob Doo. more info

Idolator — How eager is Lil Wayne to maintain his reputation as the best rapper alive while he’s locked up? Badly enough that when Cash Money’s CEO chided that he might not be able to keep up with Drake and Jay-Z on the latter’s “Light Up”, Wayne deci... more info