The Hip Hop Chronicle — 9 minutes of freestyle goodness from Lupe on Tim Westwood’s show.   LupEND a2a_linkname="Lupe Fiasco Freestyle On Tim Westwood Show (Video)"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.thehiphopchronicle.com/2011/02/22/lupe-fiasco-freestyle-on-tim-westwood-show-vide... more info

Guardian Music — The power of Radio 1's younger, cooler sister station is mirrored in the burgeoning success of UK urban talent. But how much of that is down to the democratic process behind their playlist?"I thought we'd have KFC," someone murmurs. With Domino's piz... more info

Guardian Music — As Mike Skinner explains in his guardian.co.uk/music takeover video, Drake is one of his favourite MCs. That's why he asked Ben Thompson to dissect the Canadian rapper's geniusThe first time I experienced Drake, it was as an absence. Cough-syrup laur... more info

Popeater — Filed under: Celebrity Baby, Music News, Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj and Drake have joked about getting married before. Now Nicki has upped the ante, joking about her future children with the rapper to BBC Radio 1's Tim Westwood. When asked about the ... more info

ContactMusic — NICKI MINAJ, the American rapper who has been on a UK publicity tour since last week, was chased by police outside Buckingham Palace after she attempted to take photos in a strict no-stopping zone, reports The Sun newspaper. The 26-year-old was concl... more info

Guardian Music — P Diddy's guestlist was being held to public scrutiny and found wantingAs P Diddy (AKA Puff Daddy, Sean Combes, Diddy Dirty Money, MC Deirdre) landed at Heathrow last week, trumpeting the occurrence of his new album and its bacchanalian London launc... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Wretch 32 stopped by Tim Westwood’s show to drop a freestyle. Congrats to Wretch on his success of his single which has got to number 5 in the charts.   a2a_linkname="Wretch 32 Freestyle On Tim Westwood 1xtra Show (Video)"; a2a_linkurl="http://www... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — A few hours ago, Diddy-Dirty Money hosted a listening party for their brand new album “Last Train To Paris”. I was on hand to capture footage Introduced by Tim Westwood, Diddy and the crew go through some of the tracks and perform them. a2a_link... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — In Tim Westwood’s interview Drake, the rapper talks about Carter 4, his new album “Take Care” and Nicki Minaj.   a2a_linkname="Drake Talks Tracks With Lil Wayne With Tim Westwood"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.thehiphopchronicle.com/2011/01/20/drak... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — While over in the UK recently, Drake got wind of Charlamagne Tha God’s comments about him. The Power 105.1 host felt Drizzy’s behaviour was “suspect”. So when Drake talked to Tim Westwood, he addressed those comments. Below is Charlamagne’s... more info