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

MTV.com News — 'Paper Planes' singer takes to her MySpace page to refute the media reports on Friday.By Jem Aswad M.I.A. Photo: Jeff Vespa/WireImage Despite many media reports claiming that she'd named her son Ickitt, M.I.A. took to her MySpace page Frid... more info

Pitchfork — -- These are tough times for record companies, but Matador at least has a smart approach to the art of the sell: giving away tons of free stuff to actual paying customers! You won't be able to hold a physical copy of Sonic Youth's The Eternal in your... more info

MTV.com News — Second album, Relapse 2, will drop later in the year.By Shaheem Reid Eminem Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage Does Eminem know how to make a comeback or does he know how to make a comeback? He's giving his patient fans more than what they barg... more info