The Telegraph Blog — Here is a piece of research I can wholeheartedly endorse. Fans of U2 are amongst the most intelligent of all music lovers. Fans of rapper Lil Wayne are the dumbest. Whiz kid American Phd student Virgil Griffiths analysed the SAT exam results of stu... more info

NME — Welcome to the Daily Gossip: your daily stop-off to find out who in the world of music has been up to what. Today's top gossip: Oasis have fared badly in a poll collating the intelligence of music fans. US researcher Virgil Griffith's experiment c... more info

MTV.com News — 'Let me get in my mode,' Weezy says when we ask him to talk college hoops during mtvU Spring Break.By Jayson Rodriguez Lil Wayne Photo: MTV News When someone is really passionate about something, it's pretty easy to tell. Take Lil Wayne, f... more info

Guardian Music — Nigerian pop musicians have been ridiculed as poor imitators of American hip-hop. But a fresh mix of US studio polish and African roots is changing all that. By Lola AdesioyeIt's Saturday night outside a club in Brooklyn, New York. The queue of styli... more info

Rolling Stone — “I am the life of the party,” Flo Rida recently told Rolling Stone when the rapper visited our offices to talk about his new album R.O.O.T.S.. Last year, Flo’s chart-topping “Low” was battling Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop” for the title of B... more info

Radio Exile — There are few things that make us laugh harder than a good “mash-up”. Right now, Urlesque has an amazing post up on their site featuring people mixing up the theme music to Thomas the Tank Engine with popular rappers spitting verses. Our fave? ... more info

Detroit Free Press — Palace Sports & Entertainment today announced three new big concert bookings: Dave Matthews Band, Dane Cook and Lil Wayne. more info

ContactMusic — Rap superstar LIL WAYNE's experimental rock album has been put on hold indefinitely - after record bosses delayed its release for the third time. The Lollipop ... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, Holy HellLet us preface this by saying: It's M.I.A.'s baby and she'll name it what she wants to. Now that you've been warned, the rapper reportedly named her son Ickitt Brewer. Little Ickitt had the privilege of being onstage with ... more info

MTV.com News — Competition was tight between season-three winners and all-girl runners-up Beat Freaks.By Jocelyn Vena Quest Crew Photo: Ewan Burns The tension was definitely thick the moments before the victors were named on Thursday night's season-three... more info