MTV.com News — Leonardo DiCaprio, Samantha Ronson and more celebs paid tribute to late DJ at L.A. party.By Gil Kaufman DJ AM Photo: Chris Weeks/ WireImage As the one-year anniversary of DJ AM's death approaches, a number of celebrity fans gathered at the ... more info

MTV.com News — DJ Premier, Redman, Jeru the Damaja, Joell Ortiz and many others join MC onstage at SOB's. By Shaheem Reid Fat Joe Photo: Walik Goshorn NEW YORK — Fat Joe welcomed all to his concert at SOB's Tuesday night (actually, early Wednesday morni... more info

MTV.com News — 'Who you know, 10 albums later, get better than he's ever been before?' Joey Crack asks Mixtape Daily. By Shaheem Reid Fat Joe Photo: E1 Don't Sleep: Necessary Notables Independent Album: The Darkside, Vol. 1 Headliner: Fat Joe Ke... more info

White Folks Get Crunk — OK this is great. One of my all time favorite rappers and one of my all time favorite producers killing this one. And not like this is your typical match up. I’m thankful of the new southern rap matchups that are happening right now. Love the Premi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2010 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival kicks off tonight, July 5th, with a party at Brooklyn Bowl featuring DJ Sets From Pete Rock, DJ Premier, and Large Professor (doors at 6pm, show at 8pm). Tickets are available at the... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by B+ According to an in-depth LA Weekly story on Madlib (via XXL), the California beat master just might end up in the credits on Kanye West's forthcoming fifth album. West put "five Madlib beats on hold for his new album," according to the pi... more info

MTV.com News — Awards show marks the MC's first performance since his VMA incident last year.By Jayson Rodriguez Kanye West performs at the 2010 BET Awards Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage Kanye West returned with a riveting solo performance at the 2010 BET ... more info

MTV.com News — 'Did you ever have anybody try to kill you?' the Bronx MC says of being counted out after weak album sales.By Shaheem Reid Fat Joe Photo: Shareif Ziyadat/ FilmMagic Fat Joe is like the vampire Bill Compton on HBO's "True Blood" — crawling... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Initially, the 2010 bill for annual hip-hop hall of fame/festival Rock the Bells seemed slightly lackluster. Obviously, Wu-Tang Clan performing "Enter the 36 Chambers," KRS-One performing "Criminal Minded," Slick Rick performing "The Great Adventures... more info

Pitchfork — Last month, URB reported that Lauryn Hill would headline the touring rap festival Rock the Bells, performing her album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in full. After the URB report went up, though, Rock the Bells organizers Guerrilla Union announce... more info