411 Mania — This week, Lil Wayne is involved in MORE lawsuits, Solar breaks his silence, Ice Cube talks about another Friday movie, Lupe Fiasco explains the dynamic behind All City Chess Club, Obie Trice's new label, and the N.W.A. movie has a writer! more info

Mercury News, California — The rapper born Wasalu Muhammad Jaco deserves a more fitting stage name than Lupe Fiasco.Lupe Fantastic is more like it. more info

Silent Uproar — According to a post on Twitter, Travis Barker of Blink-182 is tentatively eyeing a September release for his solo album. Barker has been talking this up since April 2008, so we're dubious. So far, guests include Beanie Siegel, Lil Wayne, The Game, Ri... more info

Culture Bully — Music video for "I'm Beamin" by Lupe Fiasco from his upcoming release "Lasers." more info

MTV.com News — Jay likened the Thank Me Later single to a girl who isn't the cutest but is still sexy.By Jayson Rodriguez Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images Drake's breakout mixtape, So Far Gone, set the bar pretty high for his upcoming debut album, Thank M... more info

Idolator — We’ll be honest — we haven’t been that excited about Lupe Fiasco’s big comeback album, Lasers. We’re also not that thrilled that Lupe, who can be hit or miss for us, chose to rhyme “merge” with “encourage” in his otherwise dope... more info

MTV.com News — 'You can't just understand me with one song,' he says of B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray. By Steven Roberts Photo: MTV News B.o.B has forged quite a path for himself during his brief time in the music industry. The promising youn... more info

Idolator — N.E.R.D. teamed up with Nelly Furtado for the sexy club jam “Hot N Fun,” off the boys’ upcoming fourth studio album, Nothing. Does the track live up to its song title, or is it more akin to the hip-hop trio’s album name? Listen below... more info

Idolator — Neither Lupe Fiasco nor Alicia Keys sounds quite like themselves in this early 80’s throwback track, which is reportedly a leftover from Alicia’s 2007 As I Am that has been resuscitated for possible use on Lupe’s upcoming Lasers album. Lupe’s... more info

White Folks Get Crunk — OK just got the chance to see my dude. One of my favorite rappers of the past few years. Not a huge Lupe Fiasco fan so didn’t dig his set as much. What do you think about his take on the Vampire Weekend cut? Hot/Wack? I’m still trying to digest i... more info