ContactMusic — Hip-hop stars Snoop Dogg and Drake were among the big winners at Saturday's (27Aug11) Bmi Urban Awards in Hollywood. The Gin and Juice hitmaker was celebrated with the Bmi Icon prize, which was handed to him by Dr. Dre, who paid homage to the rapper ... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Snoop Dogg picked up the BMI Icon Award. Dr. Dre paid tribute to Snoop before Nas, Wiz and Game performed, also paying tribute to the Doggfather. More under the cut. more info

Topix — Five months after, "it still hurts," the late rapper's longtime collaborator and friend told THR at Friday's BMI Urban Awards honoring Snoop Dogg. more info

ContactMusic — Soul legend Bobby Womack was inspired to work with Snoop Dogg on his new blues album when the rapper revealed he wanted to honour the women in his life with the help of his musical hero. The hip-hop star initially approached Womack with a view to rec... more info

Guardian Music — David Guetta's dancefloor-friendly formula has conquered pop, but it's getting tiring, says Tom EwingDavid Guetta's success is based on a simple idea: combine the dominant European and American ideas of pop, and clean up worldwide. In practice, that ... more info

Impose Magazine — Blu's Warner Bros debut No York was kept under serious wraps to avoid the cursed leak, and then without warning the entire LP became available on a Youtube account named PASSER07 - go figure. The album art spells out Y-O-R-K over image from Cut C... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A recap of the history of the King of L.A. and its newest royalty, Kendrick Lamar. more info

Guardian Music — XOYO, London"We're CSS from São Paulo!" cries the only frontwoman in pop called Lovefoxxx. "It's been for ever since we don't play here!" She must be flustered for her command of English to desert her: normally, she speaks the language better than m... more info

ContactMusic — Hip-hop star Snoop Dogg is eyeing a new record - he wants to outdo rap rival Reverend Run by sparking four million messages on Twitter. The Gin and Juice hitmaker will send out a message to his followers on the microblogging site on Tuesday (23Aug11)... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Yesterday, I posted footage of Kendrick bringing out Game and Snoop. Well more footage has surfaced from that show. Kendrick and Game perform one of the standout tracks from “The R.E.D. Album”. The young Compton rapper was emotional when Snoop an... more info