VH1 News — Jay-Z's "Run This Town," featuring Kanye West and Rihanna, made its radio debut Friday morning. more info

ET Online — ET has your sneak peek at a TV concert special airing this Saturday that spotlights Kanye West performing in his hometown of Chicago. Click the video to watch! "Fuse Presents Kanye West: Live From the Chicago Theater" features the rap star brea... more info

MTV.com News — South Central rookie will be featured on Dre's Detox, alongside Lil Wayne and T.I., in Mixtape Daily. By Jayson Rodriguez, with additional reporting by Shaheem Reid and Rahman Dukes Dr. Dre, Eminem and 50 Cent Photo: Aftermath Fire Starte... more info

Guardian Music — The hip-hop heavyweight has revealed that the indie band and R&B star are among the contributors to The Blueprint 3MGMT and Rihanna are among the artists appearing on Jay-Z's new album, the rapper has revealed. The indie band and R&B star will join t... more info

MTV.com News — Hov also talks about calling Game 'groupie' on Blueprint 3. By Shaheem Reid Jay-Z Photo: Raymond Boyd/ Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images "Tell groupie to get over it." Jay-Z says he didn't dis the Game, but he hasn't exactly been losing ... more info

the fakeRICH weblog!!! — Our good friends from BPMMAGAZINE put up the video on their site this morning: “The New VIDEO for ‘Poke Her Face’ by Kid Cudi, Kayne, & Common” “Not too long ago I wrote a post on Kid Cudi and friends making a cool take on Lady Gaga’... more info

MTV.com News — 'Adding the Killers song was a, you know, boost in the energy,' the 'American Idol' winner says of his song swap.By Jim Cantiello MTV News' Jim Cantiello and Kris Allen Photo: MTV News LOS ANGELES — Turns out there is a boundary for "Ame... more info

VH1 News — Kanye West and Common appear together in Kid Cudi's video for "Make Her Say," despite being on opposite coasts. more info

My Old Kentucky — It seems weird to not have Lady GaGa in the new video for Cudi's track that samples so heavily from her Pokerface song. If you can get Kanye and Common in the video, how can you not get GaGa?--------------------------------------------------------Off... more info

MTV.com News — So far, the rappers are holding to separate release dates in September.By Shaheem Reid, with reporting by Larry Carroll 50 Cent Photo: Kevin Parry/ WireImage Sorry, hip-hop fans — it doesn't look like the Jay-Z/ 50 Cent chart showdown wi... more info