Paste Magazine — Lil Wayne has steadily been doing some under-the-radar maneuvering: first the dude says that he's the best rapper alive , then he IS hip-hop , and now he's got the chutzpah to straight up declare he's music itself. Weezy F Baby is apparently dead s... more info

MTV.com News — As Yahoo!, iTunes and a cable on-demand service release their year-end charts, the results are all over the place.By Gil Kaufman Chris Brown Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage A long, long time ago, say, in 2001, when a massive pop band like 'N... more info

People.com — The Brits were the music service's most-downloaded acts of '08 – ahead of Lil Wayne and Rihanna more info

Pop Matters — 1. Beyoncé - "If I Were a Boy" 2. Kanye West - "Love Lockdown" 3. T.I. - "Whatever You Like" 4. Lil Wayne - "A... more info

New York Post — Suck on this - it's lollipop's time to shine. Not since "My Boy Lollipop" first thrust the humble candy on a stick into the limelight have lollipops gotten this much attention. Over the summer, Lil Wayne turned in a monster hit with "Lollipop,"... more info

VH1 Blog — VH1 TV Shows Music Videos Celebrity Photos News & Gossip This week on Soul Cities Nelson George swings south to sing the praises of New Orleans, from the origins of jazz to the rise of Lil Wayne. Along the way he bounces through all the hippest s... more info

NME — Premiership strikers including Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka have been banned from attending a hip-hop Christmas party set to be held by Lil' Wayne and Akon in Miami. more info

NME — English Premiership strikers including Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka have been banned from attending a hip-hop Christmas party set to be held by Lil' Wayne and Akon in Miami. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — This would seem to be Lil Wayne's year. more info

Bridging The Atlantic — Here are my top tracks of the week.Apologies to those tasteless/heartless people who hate Hip Hop or Christmas.Paranoid - Kanye WestAs I read the email which told me that 100 people were being laid off within the local branch of the company I work fo... more info