Unreality Music — It's hard not to fall in love with Nicki Minaj. She's got awesome comic-book exaggerated curves, that sexy Trinidadian accent and a ballsy attitude that I just adore. I could watch her and lis... more info

Guardian Music — Meet the 22-year-old putting spidery indie dubstep into the work of the soul-funk poet Gil Scott-HeronJamie Smith – producer, remixer and one-third of Mercury prize-winning minimalists the xx – is obsessed with musical spaces and gaps, with absen... more info

Abeano — Our friend Fred aka @bloodroyale (follow him, he’ll love that) dissected Ghett’s hyped up run down of his favourite and not so favourite Grime MCs. Ghetts has yet to comment on what he thinks of Fred. Jamie XX revealed that he’s going i... more info

Detroit Free Press — She was one of the biggest stories of the Grammy Awards earlier this month -- winning the best new artist trophy over big names like Justin Bieber and Drake. Now jazz vocalist and bassist Esperanza Spalding will be hitting the Music Hall Center for t... more info

Stereogum — On the same weekend as Kanye’s Enter The Void-jacking “All Of The Lights” video dropped, Ye dropped in during that song for Rihannai’s hits-medley halftime show at last night’s NBA All-Star game. Also appearing was Drake, most recently seen... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Rihanna's performance last night at the NBA Allstars game was amazing. For those of you who missed it, she played during halftime (with appearances by Drake and Kanye to boot), and you should watch now. RiRi and was dressed like a hot red headed Barb... more info

Abeano — BBC 6 Music handed over the Sunday night Mix to Jamie XX. Jamie played some of the biggest tunes of the year from his collaboration with Gil Scott Heron plus the tracks that have influenced the record and him personally. “These are the thi... more info

Altsounds — British thrashers EVILE are currently being honoured as February's "Artist of the Month" on the Rock Band Network - the online home of the multi-million selling hit video game Rock Band. The band's lead guitarist, OL DRAKE, was also the latest art... more info

Core News — “Mistajam has the final part of our interview with Jamie XX half of this weeks Jam Hot colloboration with GIll Scott Heron. He talks about working with Drake and reveals the 3 tracks that made him want to make music. Plus Thursday means its the Pre... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — We're starting to think Rihanna's fiery red hair is going to her, um, head. The Barbadian pop star has been the performer du jour this awards season, and every time she steps on stage it's to a background of flames so intense we expect Kurt Russell a... more info