Guardian Music — 1984: Number 8 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicThe Def Jam label holds an almost mythical status within hip-hop. How come? After all, it was far from the first to put out rap music and, though it released num... more info

Guardian Music — 2004: Number 46 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicThe image of the businessman, of rapper as CEO, is common to hip‑hop videos and record sleeves. Few performers have held that position in real life though, as... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — On his tumblr blog, Frank Ocean revealed that he is working with Jay-Z and Kanye West for the Watch The Throne album. Tyler, The Creator was wondering what Frank Ocean was up to and Ocean replied with:   “yea, you finally finished an album. people... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — The Source have a strong source (see what I did there?) that Jay and Kanye’s album “Watch The Throne” is scheduled for release on July 4th.   Combat Jack wrote: The Source has received a solid date for the release of Jay-Z and Kanye West’s c... more info

Guardian Music — Satanic youth cult or rock'n'roll revolutionaries? The rumours surrounding Manchester's Wu Lyf are legion – but their desire for anonymity has a simple explanation, discovers Paul LesterManchester's Wu Lyf are probably the most talked-about new Bri... more info

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Perez Hilton — Very curious, indeed! Just as we were beginning to even forget that Jay-Z and Kanye West had a collaborative album called Watch The Throne in the works, its official tracklist has been announced! However, oddly enough, it doesn't appear that the two ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — The track-listing for Kanye West and Jay-Z's eagerly anticipated collaboration album, Watch The Throne, has leaked online. Despite there being no official release date for the hip-hop pairs joint... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Plan B has revealed why he decided not to proceed with a potential collaboration with Jay-Z. A collabo with Jay-Z was put on the table by label bosses in United States, who felt the duet would raise Plan B’s profile but he declined the offer. The s... more info

ContactMusic — Kanye West has moved to silence criticism of his newly-released Monster video by labelling the promo "an art piece" in a disclaimer at the start of the gory footage. The rapper hit headlines when graphic clips from the unfinished video, featuring Jay... more info