Gigwise — Rappers reach agreement over sample used on 'Watch The Throne' album more info

411 Mania — Over the song "The Joy"... more info

ContactMusic — The luxury Maybach vehicle Kanye West and Jay Z customised for their Otis video has sold at auction for 60000 37500 The rap superstars chopped up the 2004 Maybach 47 motor in the promo and turned it into an open-top-and-sides ride which they drove... more info

ContactMusic — Rap superstars Jay Z and Kanye West have settled a copyright infringement lawsuit with blues singer Syl Johnson Soul star Johnson waged a legal battle against the pair in October 11 alleging the Watch the Throne duo had used an unauthorised sample of... more info

ContactMusic — Beyonces father Mathew Knowles is convinced his new granddaughter has a promising future ahead of her because her rich and famous parents will help her achieve all of her dreams The superstar singer and her husband rap mogul Jay Z recently became fir... more info

Perez Hilton — At least that's over with! We told you earlier that Kanye West and Jay-Z were being sued by soul musician Syl Johnson for illegally sampling his music on their song The Joy. Well, looks like they have a reason to celebrate because the two parties set... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Rita Ora has released her new video diary on youtube, where she talks about going to Number 1 with her feature on DJ Fresh’s ‘Hot Right Now’ and takes fans behind the scenes on one of her recent photoshoots around London! Rita was signed by non... more info

E! Online — Watch out, Texas—here I come! I'm off to Austin today for the South by Southwest film festival. The event kicks off tonight with the world premiere of The Cabin in the Woods,... more info

The Independent — Rap superstar Jay-Z is to headline BBC Radio 1's Olympic celebration, the Hackney Weekend 2012 more info

ContactMusic — Sxsw rumbles into action today with the first of its Interactive and Film events taking place however what the Austin Texas festival has become synonymous for is its music program which has grown ever larger over the years and the announcement earlie... more info