411 Mania — News and thoughts on Jay-Z and Beyonce's baby being the name of a strand of weed, Lana Del Rey's performance on Saturday Night Live, Adele breaking records and smoking cigarettes, Tila Tequila converting to Judaism, Aesop Rock's new album and more! more info

Gigwise — Rapper throws star-studded party... more info

411 Mania — Meanwhile, Jay's also re-opening his 40/40 club... more info

ContactMusic — Rap mogul Jay Z has been forced to lay off half of the workforce at his Rocawear clothing company as a result of the struggling global economy The 99 Problems hitmaker sold the rights to his fashion brand to the Iconix Brand Group in 2007 but he rema... more info

Stereogum — MTV reports that President Obama has “a wish list” of campaign supporters for his upcoming 2012 run for re-election and points to a document obtained by The Tennessean. The list includes, among others, Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Jay-Z, The Roo... more info

ContactMusic — Jay Z looked set to change his ways and clean up his fact following the birth of Blue Ivy Carter this month the 43 year-old apparently swearing ahem to drop the word btch from his lyrics from now on A poem which was widely reported to have been writt... more info

Time — The rapper has reportedly promised to wipe the derogatory term from his vocabulary. Based on our calculations, he's going to have to do a lot of scrubbing. more info

Guardian Music — The US president wants certain bands to support his campaign – including Jonas Brothers, Arcade Fire and Ricky MartinAccording to a report in a Tennessee newspaper, Barack Obama has sent donors a long wish list of celebrity supporters. Among the 19... more info

Guardian Music — Reports that rapper has renounced the b-word following the birth of his daughter have been denied by his representativesThe reports were wrong: even the birth of his baby daughter will not stop Jay-Z from using the world "bitch". And it appears the r... more info

Pop Justice — The never knowingly understated Adam Lambert performed his new single 'Better Than I Know Myself' on Jay Leno last night and jolly good it was too. (Neon Limelight) (http://neonlimelight.com/2012/01/18/video-adam-lambert-performs-better-than-i-know-m... more info