Stereogum — Timbaland’s long-gestating fourth solo album Textbook Timbo still doesn’t have a release date, but it’s expected to drop before the end of the year. Last month, he teamed up with Tink and Future on the the new, official version of “UFO” (no... more info

Perez Hilton — Hova is safe for now! U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder just dismissed a copyright infringement case that was brought against rapper Jay Z after a weeklong case. The nephew of Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdi brought a lawsuit against the 45-year... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — A U.S. District Court judge in Los Angeles on Wednesday dismissed a copyright infringement suit filed in 2007 against rappers Jay-Z and Timbaland alleging that they had used elements of a 1957 song by an Egyptian composer without permission. The jud... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a copyright infringement lawsuit that accused rapper Jay Z and hip hop producer Timbaland of using an Egyptian musician's melody without permission in their hit song "Big Pimpin'," The Ho... more info

Stereogum — A judge has dismissed the copyright infringement case against Jay Z over an allegedly uncleared sample in “Big Pimpin’.” The case, which was brought up by the nephew composer Baligh Hamdi, said that Jay and the track’s producer, Timbaland, di... more info

Stereogum — Back in April we told you Jay Z would testify in an eight-year-old lawsuit accusing a 16-year-old song of ripping off a 58-year-old song. That trial began today in Los Angeles. Some background on the case, which is one of the longest-running lawsuits... more info

Stereogum — Young Money-affiliated Miami producer DJ E-Feezy has just dropped his new mixtape The Wolf Of South Beach. It’s a massive 22-track project with a stacked cast of features including Lil Wayne, Meek Mill, Migos, Juicy J, Timbaland, Rich Homie Quan, a... more info

Perez Hilton — Hear it here first! Zendaya dropped a new single called Close Up on an XM radio station in Dubai on Monday morning! [ Related: Zendaya Slams Online Trolls Who Call Her Parents Ugly! ] Ch-ch-check out a snippet of the new song (below)!!! It's produc... more info

Stereogum — Back in 2009, the former Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell released the solo album Scream, a disastrously awful combination of post-grunge yarling and club-pop thump that effectively derailed his entire career. Cornell made the entire album with the... more info

Stereogum — In 1999, Jay Z released the Timbaland-produced “Big Pimpin’,” one of the definitive songs of either man’s career. The track came out on Vol. 3 … Life And Times Of S. Carter, and it boasted a particularly recognizable sample that Timbaland n... more info