The Hip Hop Chronicle — A few hours ago Drake kicked off his European tour in style with a fantastic first night at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.   With Roc Nation artist J.Cole as opening support and the shows being sold out, the stage was set was the Young Money star... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Semtex has a new time slot on 1xtra, he’s on from 10am-1pm (pretty dope). J.Cole was a guest on the show as he’s supporting Drake on his European tour. Cole talks on his experience of the tour so far, the similarities and differences between the ... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - While there was plenty of dispiriting news in Nielsen SoundScan's year-end numbers for 2010, there were a couple of bright spots: For one, rap music made a big comeback last year, driven by the top-selling album of the year, Em... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Rihanna and Drake could be heading for a number one in the UK charts this Sunday. Their collaboration entitled “What’s My Name” is currently number one in the midweek singles chart. If that stays the same, it could be historic for Rihanna who ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Rihanna looks set to score her fifth UK No.1 with Drake collaboration, What's My Name.The Barbadian beauty is on course to end The X Factor winner, Matt Cardle's three week reign at the top of the... more info

NME — Plus Plan B looks likely to return to the top of the album charts more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — This was supposed to be on Ashes To Ashes mixtape. Nicki Minaj should have jumped on this.   a2a_linkname="Rick Ross – Made Men ft Drake"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.thehiphopchronicle.com/2011/01/04/rick-ross-made-men-ft-drake/"; a2a_hide_embeds=0; ... more info

411 Mania — Plus news on the next album... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Nicki Minaj and Drake have fuelled rumours that they are an item by spending New Year's Eve together.Life & Style claims that the stars hosted different parties in Miami, but hooked up when the... more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Earlier this morning (January 4th), Rick Ross called in to the Breakfast Club on Power 105 to debut and discuss his newest single featuring Drake titled "Made Men," among other things.During the interview Ross, explained the backgrou... more info