ContactMusic — Father-to-be Nick Cannon is set to challenge Eminem again as part of a TV comedy special. The rapper/comedian has landed his first one-hour stand-up special and bosses at Showtime, the network behind the project, have revealed he plans to poke fun... more info

ContactMusic — Rihanna is celebrating after landing 18 nominations for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards. The Umbrella singer leads Eminem and Lady Gaga for the most nods, while Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber were also handed double-figure nominations at a ceremony.... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The nominations for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards were revealed Wednesday and Rihanna, Eminem and Lady Gaga lead the pack. Rihanna trumped her peers with 18 nominations, including top Hot 100 artist, top female artist, top R&B artist and top... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — The first single off Royce’s new album “Success Is Certain”.   a2a_linkname="Royce Da 59 – Writers Block ft Eminem"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.thehiphopchronicle.com/2011/04/09/royce-da-59-writers-block-ft-eminem/"; a2a_hide_embeds=0; a2a_show... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — The Allindstrom.com team took a trip up to XL Records to talk with Odd Future’s manager Chris Clancy. In the interview, we talk about how he got his start at MCA records, and eventually started working with Steve Berman and Interscope. His first pr... more info

Pop Crunch — How’s that for uncanny!? Dani Shay, a Justin Bieber doppleganger, is on her way to becoming the month’s newest viral star as this video of her covering Eminem and Rihanna’s [...] more info

Detroit Free Press — In Detroit, we take our concert spending seriously. The dollars earned in these still rocky times go to hometown heroes like Eminem and Bob Seger and any outside entertainer worthy of the Motor City's attention. more info

Unreality Music — Professional slackers Ayhay and Capital J (aka Lazy Grafters) have a new song on their YouTube channel, I'm Chillin'. If you've caught last year's brilliant Click Click, you're bound to love ... more info

Culture Bully — New music from Eminem in the form of the grotesque Paul Simon-sampling "50 Ways." more info

NME — Madonna, Rihanna and Eminem also on 38-song compilation more info