PopSugar UK — The American Music Awards took place on Sunday night, and the winners ran the gamut from Keith Urban to Linkin Park to Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars for artist of the year. It was also a huge night for Diana Ross, who took home the Lifetime Achievement A... more info

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Stereogum — Earlier this year, U2 showed up on "XXX.," a song from Kendrick Lamar's shattering DAMN. album. But U2 were barely on it, and it sounded a bit like Kendrick was sampling a U2 song that didn't yet exist. That might've been what happened, sort of. U2... more info

Stereogum — DRAM, who recently dropped the periods from his name in semi-comedic fashion, is back today with a new song produced by none other than Rick Rubin. "Check Ya Fabrics" is a loose, floaty, psychedelic R&B track with pitched-up vocals, like Kendrick Lam... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Singer, songwriter and guitarist ZZ Ward has managed to find a connective thread that runs from traditional blues and R&B to contemporary hip-hop. See her bluesy versions of songs from Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Tyler the Creator and ot... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Singer, songwriter and guitarist ZZ Ward has managed to find a connective thread that runs from traditional blues and R&B to contemporary hip-hop. See her bluesy versions of songs from Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Tyler the Creator and ot... more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar has gone guest-verse-crazy in recent months, and the best song with a Kendrick feature might well be "New Freezer," the track that Atlanta rapper Rich The Kid released last month. Today, we get a video for "New Freezer," and it's a fun... more info

New York Times — Also the week of Oct. 22: Wooster Group channels voices from prison, Benjamin Millepied dances about architecture, and the Bernstein centennial celebration starts early. more info

Stereogum — Thus far this season, South Park has parodied Kendrick Lamar's "HUMBLE." and Logic's performance at the VMAs. And on last night's episode, they brought an actual rapper in to help them out. To soundtrack a montage about the oppressive conditions in a... more info

Chorus.fm — Kendrick Lamar recently sat down for an interview with I-D: Kendrick lives a life that befits the king of hip-hop, if you think what truly befits the king of hip-hop is to basically live in the studio looking for the perfect beat and the ultimate rhy... more info