MTV.co.uk News — Rapper and R&B star hitting three US cities together this summer... more info

MTV.com News — 'Monster' singers will hit up New York, Los Angeles and Detroit in August. By Emily Blake more info

MTV.com News — Jay Z, Biggie, Tupac, Nas, Eminem: who'd you cut out? By Rob Markman more info

MTV.com News — 50 Cent confirms departure from Interscope and announces release date for new album Animal Ambition. By Nadeska Alexis more info

USA Today Music — He's striking out on his own more info

MTV.com News — Tyler, the Creator and his crew denied entry into New Zealand, just days ahead of Eminem show. By Nadeska Alexis more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — L.A. rap collective Odd Future will have to unpack: Authorities in New Zealand have refused to allow the group into the country for a scheduled appearance Saturday opening for Eminem after deeming it a threat to public order.     more info

Stereogum — At this late date, more than four years after Tyler, The Creator released Bastard, it’s amazing that anyone considers Odd Future to be a remotely threatening entity. And yet that’s where we are. The group was supposed to play a show with Eminem t... more info

NME — The boyband beat Eminem, Daft Punk and Katy Perry in terms of digital downloads, streaming and physical sales more info

MTV.co.uk News — The lads beat Eminem and Justin Timberlake to the title with their Midnight Memories LP... more info