MTV.com News — Plus, Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa show off their How Fly collabo, in Mixtape Daily. By Shaheem Reid and Jayson Rodriguez Photo: MTV News Don't Sleep: Necessary Notables Mixtape: How Fly Headliners: Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa Co-Starring:... more info

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MTV.com News — Re-Living Thing, spearheaded by Mick Boogie, will also feature guest spots from Three 6 Mafia, Talib Kweli, others.By Gil Kaufman Peter, Bjorn & John Photo: Johan Bergmark It's an unlikely love affair, but quite a few hip-hop heads have r... more info

Altsounds — Jay-Z joins forces with Rihanna and Kanye West for his brand new single, ‘Run This Town’ - set for release on August 31 via Roc Nation. Since its very first worldwide radio debut play at 9:11EST on July 24, the track has garnered m... more info

PopSugar — Rihanna was in LA on Saturday night for dinner with a big group at Giorgio Baldi. She's out on the West Coast after her time in NYC, where she partied with friends and stayed on top of her shopping. Rihanna has more chill time before her September 14... more info

The Music Fix — News: Jay-Z joins forces with Rihanna and Kanye West for his brand new single, ‘Run This Town' - set for release on August 31 via Roc Nation. Since its very first worldwide radio debut play at 9:11 on July 24, the track has garnered much at... more info

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the fakeRICH weblog!!! — We try to give you more than one option for your MUSIC MONDAY needs and this Monday and that means we are featuring someone on the other (more emotional) side of the scene... SONNY MOORE! What can I say about Sonny that hasn't already been said? SONN... more info

Perfect Porridge — August 16, 2009 Urban Word of the Day blinker beat When the tic-toc of the blinkers syncs with the music playing on the car radio. “dude check it out, I got blinker beat happening on this Jay-Z song.” via Urban Dictionary more info