MTV.com News — Between I Am Music and America's Most Wanted, Weezy banked $42 million in ticket sales.By Gil Kaufman Lil Wayne Photo: Alexander Tamargo/ Getty Images It's been that kind of year for Lil Wayne. In addition to smashing the sales chart with ... more info

AllHipHop — Rapper 50 Cent has set off speculation that a name change could be coming after the release of his fourth major album, Before I Self Destruct. 50 sent a cryptic message on his Twitter.com page, stating "50 Cent is a person I created, soon it will be ... more info

MTV.com News — Users can sing into the speaker of their phones and hear their voice come out T-Pain-style.By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Sway Calloway T-Pain performs during the BET Awards Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images This whole Auto-Tune ba... more info

MTV.com News — Pain details the perceived snub he received from Hov, but says they've spoken.By Jayson Rodriguez Jay-Z and T-Pain Photo: Johnny Nunez/ WireImage Just a day after it was reported that T-Pain dissed Jay-Z while DJing in Las Vegas, he's chan... more info

VH1 News — T-Pain made a number of disparaging comments about Jay-Z while he was DJing in Las Vegas over the weekend; an associate tweeted that Pain was joking. more info

AllHipHop — Jay-Z has responded the verbal lashing by rapper/singer T-Pain, who said "F**k Jay-Z" in Las Vegas at Club Rehab. On the Ed Lover Morning Show, co-host Free asked the rapper about his feelings on the move by T-Pain. "I made it very clear I wasnâ€... more info

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MTV.com News — Country singer will perform 'You Belong With Me' at awards show, which airs live Sunday at 9 p.m.By Jocelyn Vena Taylor Swift Photo: MTV News Taylor Swift is going from being last year's VMA preshow fashion correspondent to taking over the... more info

MTV.com News — T-Pain makes comments while DJing in Las Vegas; an associate tweets that Pain was joking.By Shaheem Reid Jay-Z and T-Pain at Hot 97 Summer Jam, 06.02.2009 Photo: MTV News T-Pain has apparently changed his (Auto-) tune when it comes to Jay-... more info

Fans who want to try out T-Pain's "shawty snappin' " pickup lines can now employ the same studio wizardry that creates his robotic ... more info