411 Mania — News and thoughts on Snoop Dogg changing his stage name to Snoop Lion, Animal Collective's latest song, Jay-Z and Kanye West appearing on the NBA 2K13 soundtrack, the Queen of England being a rap fan and more! more info

Topix — Pop quiz: Which Southern California rap concert drew the biggest audience in the last 12 months? If you said Jay-Z and Kanye West's December shows, you're close. more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Another day and Jigg be dropping another advert on us. This time it’s for his Rocawear clothing line. Taking us back to where it all started from, the Brooklyn raised MC reminds us all that forgetting where you come from is like forgetting who... more info

Prefix — With a basketball team, a clothing line, a record lab, a chain of sports bars and 14 ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watch-from-marcy-to-barclays-a-short-film-about-ja/67653/ more info

Panda Toes — Ayo. Yo. Y'all hear this noise about 13 running around town with Conor Kennedy? Can y'all believe this rubbish? Here I am fan fiction blogging my heart away about baseball games this, lazy Sundays that. And this dude? This dude just swoops in and Za... more info

Guardian Music — Hip-hop has great design pedigree. So why is Jay-Z and Beyoncé's summer home so naff?Given the hip-hop elite's affiliation with prestige brands – from Cristal to Courvoisier, from Louis Vuitton to Lamborghini – you'd think they'd be similarly di... more info

Guardian Music — UK boybands One Direction and the Wanted also secure awards nods – but Madonna and Lady Gaga miss outDrake and Rihanna lead the nominees for this year's MTV Video Music awards. Each artist received five nods in a contest that will also see the UK b... more info

ContactMusic — Rapper and entrepreneur Jay Z is branching out even further and this time he is taking on the video game industry with the next NBA 2K release 2K13 for which he will serve as executive producer on the game The co-owner of the Brooklyn Nets had his... more info

CNN Showbiz — In hopes of raising its game off the court as well as on it, 2K Sports has announced a partnership with hip-hop impresario and part-NBA owner Jay-Z, who is the executive producer of the upcoming "NBA 2K13" video game. more info

411 Mania — Check out all the tracks for the game… more info