E! Online — DRIBBLERS: Jessica Simpson and beau Tony Romo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kanye West and Lauren Conrad, along with a slew of other celebs, hitting the Staples Center last night for Lakers... more info

MTV.com News — 'She's like a sister to me,' 'Kon says of his label's pop star.By Jocelyn Vena, with additional reporting by Sway Calloway Akon Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images One of Lady Gaga's early supporters was Akon. Not only did he sign the reignin... more info

MTV.com News — Plus, our list of guest performers we'd most like to see at this weekend's show.By Shaheem Reid Jadakiss Photo: Brad Barket/ Getty Images This year, if you miss Jadakiss at the Hot 97 Summer Jam concert at New Jersey's Giants Stadium, it's... more info

PopSugar — Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Lakers put on quite a show for their fans, confidently beating Orlando in game one of the NBA finals last night. The celebrity contingent was strong at the Staples Center for those lucky enough to score seats including... more info

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MTV.com News — DJ Drama tells Mixtape Daily he's dropping a tape with Soulja on Twitter.By Shaheem Reid Soulja Boy Tell'em Photo: MTV News Voice Of The People: Soulja Boy Tell'em Responds To You "Behind the Beats" will return next week, homies. We got... more info

Guardian Music — The hip-hop heavyweight's highly anticipated album will coincide with the anniversary of the 9/11 attacksJay-Z will release his Blueprint 3 album on 11 September, several sources have confirmed. His first album since 2007's American Gangster, Bluepri... more info

Chicago Tribune — Between beefing, brawling, blogging and releasing the occasional album, Kanye West is the superstar that keeps on giving. He's always creating something, and he's always grumpy. Much like we imagine ( Radiohead's) Thom Yorke to be, only with better s... more info

The Culture Of Me — (photo by Derek Waife) The first single from Kanye West's protege, the R&B sway-worthy singer/songwriter Mr Hudson gets the disco treatment here from one Calvin Harris, whose efforts could only be described as salvage. The instrumentation that fu... more info

MTV.com News — Beyoncé and Tiger Woods round out top five most powerful celebs.By Gil Kaufman Angelina Jolie Photo: Jeffrey Mayer/ WireImage Move over Oprah, it's Angelina Jolie's turn. Despite banking an eye-popping $275 million last year, the queen of... more info