ContactMusic — British rapper Plan B was $64,000 (£40,000) in debt before the release of his hit album The Defamation Of Strickland Banks.The urban star has opened... more info

Guardian Music — Scottish songwriter picks up best solo act, with Pulp, Blur and the Manic Street Preachers also among the winnersThe old guard of rock were celebrated at this year's Q awards, with prizes for Pulp, Blur, the Manic Street Preachers, the recently refor... more info

Dlisted — With a TMZ cameraman and a reporter from Radar at his side, Michael Lohan tried and failed to get Lindsay Lohan into rehab on Friday. One of TMZ's sources (fun fact: "One of TMZ's sources" is Latin for Michael Lohan) says that LiLo's e... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Actor Jeff Goldblum (1952) Actress Sofia Vassilieva (1992) Actor Jonathan Lipnicki (1990) Hanson drummer Zac Hanson (1985) Actor Plan B (1983) Actor Michael Fishman (1981) ... more info

ContactMusic — Plan B told his estranged father to get the ''f**k out of his life'' when he reunited with him in 2009.The 28-year-old rapper slammed his dad, Paul... more info

Consequence of Sound — An album of vitriol 50 years in the making. more info

Guardian Music — Why are David Cameron and his wife copying Dylan's classic album cover?Things must be getting serious in the Conservative Party's PR pod. As the Labour leader steals the "one nation" Toryism of Benjamin Disraeli the architects of this photograph have... more info

Guardian Music — Brixton Academy, London"Where the fuck did you lot come from?" inquires Richard Hawley, glaring out at the crowd. This is South Yorkshire parlance for: "Hello, my fanbase – one pleasantly swollen since the release of my latest album, Standing at th... more info

Guardian Music — See scenes from Plan B's directorial debut Ill Manors, a gritty urban drama, that didn't make the final cut more info

ContactMusic — British rapper Plan B has launched his own charitable foundation to offer job training and educational opportunities to underprivileged kids.The star... more info