Guardian Music — It has been a long, rocky road for homegrown urban music in the UK, but this year N-Dubz and a close-knit group of stars have stormed the charts. Ben Thompson hails the new Brit pop scene's key players It's just before 3am on a Friday in October. The... more info

MTV.com News — Busta shouts-out Mistah F.A.B. and Tha Bizness, in Mixtape Daily. By Shaheem Reid Dow Jones, Mistah F.A.B. and Busta Rhymes Photo: MTV News Celebrity Favorites Busta Rhymes was doling out props on the BET Hip-Hop Awards red carpet earli... more info

VH1 News — Busta Rhymes talked to us about working with production team Tha Bizness on his new LP, in Mixtape Daily. more info

AllHipHop — A cameo appearance by rapper Plies on Kay Slay's upcoming album More Than Just a DJ has caused a rift between the emcee and the Hot 97 radio jock.   According to Kay Slay, he approached Plies about appearing in the video for the first single â€Å... more info

NME — All the latest from this year's talent show case more info

Mjsbigblog — Lindsey Parker of Yahoo Music got the chance to preview 7 new songs from Kris Allen’s upcoming self-titled album. (read it HERE) She describes the songs as “Big, widescreen adult-alt-pop records reminiscent of VH1 house bands like Carolina Liar,... more info

AllHipHop — Rapper Snoop Dogg has tapped famed tattoo artist Mr. Cartoon to execute the design of his upcoming album, Malice N Wonderland.   Mr. Cartoon, born Mark Machado, is a legend in the world's of tattoos and Hip-Hop, having inked some of raps biggest st... more info

Starpulse — Rapper Busta Rhymes has been ordered to pay $75,000 to a fan he allegedly assaulted in 2003.[...] Read more! more info

AllHipHop — Busta Rhymes was ordered to pay $75,000 to a man that accused the rap star of assaulting him after an attack in 2003.   Alex Duncan claimed Busta Rhymes, born Trevor Nelson and an unnamed bodyguard sprayed water on him, punched and beat him during ... more info

Nialler9 — Modeselektor have a new mix CD out, Body Language Vol.8 on Get Physical and to celebrate/promote the thing Pfadfinderei have made a video for ‘Art and Cash’ which you can see below. The mix itself has Rustie, Boy 8-Bit, Felix da Housecat, Busta... more info