MTV.com News — 'Just allow it to be the soundtrack to your summer and ENJOY!' MC tweets of album, out June 15.By Shaheem Reid Drake Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images It was inevitable. Drake's Thank Me Later leaked to the Internet on Tuesday night, but... more info

MTV.com News — 'There's no such thing as too much music,' the Dirty South honoree recalls of how he ran pioneering record label.By Jayson Rodriguez Lil Romeo, Master P and Silkk The Shocker Photo: MTV News At its zenith, Master P's No Limit Records was cr... more info

Pitchfork — Big day for mixtapes on the internet. First, there's the adorably titled Fuck a Mixtape, the new effort from Atlanta rap monarch T.I., who came home from prison just a few months ago. Tip did this one with longtime collaborator DJ Drama and DJ ML... more info

VH1 Blog — Craig Robinson, comic and star of The Office, Hot Tub Time Machine, Shrek Forever After and many more, has signed on to host 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors (airing Monday, June 7 at 9/8c), so we thought we’d take some time to chat with him about the paral... more info

Mjsbigblog — Ellen DeGeneres starts own record label, signs YouTube kid Talk show host and “American Idol” judge Ellen DeGeneres is setting up her own record label with plans to find and sign up new artists. DeGeneres, who joined “American Idol” in Janua... more info

Starpulse — Timbaland has settled a legal battle with a composer who accused the super-producer of sampling a controversial track without permission. Musician David Cortopassi wrote the song Spazz, which was... more info

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ContactMusic — TIMBALAND has settled a legal battle with a composer who accused the superproducer of sampling a controversial track without permission.Musician David Cortopassi wrote... more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Super producer Timbaland has reached a settlement in a copyright infringement claim regarding the song “Throw It On Me,” from his Shock Value album. Timbaland settled with composer David Cortopassi, the original writer of the son... more info

Pitchfork — Drake's forthcoming Thank Me Later-- out June 15-- is the most anticipated major hip-hop bow in many moons. MTV reports that the former actor managed to get a lot of famous people to sing and/or rap on it: Jay-Z, T.I., Young Jeezy, would-be wifey Nic... more info