White Folks Get Crunk — The Starters hooked us up with a little taste from their upcoming EP. “Yo.. Girls Go Hard” Remix EP should be released in a few weeks. In the mean time, GO SEE THEM LIVE! O yea and download these jams! Let it Rock Day n Night - Kevin Randolf fea... more info

AngryApe — More shows have been added to his I Am Music tour more info

Pitchfork — Lil Wayne has stuff to do. The man is busy. He's winning Grammys. Putting out even more mixtapes with stupidly awesome covers. Learning how to make (?) rock music. So when he made a premature exit from a Rochester, N.Y. show on October 26 due to app... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on Ticket Rush presale for the Hold Steady show at Irving Plaza (password = venue) (thx Bao). Tickets are still on sale for all three Pogues shows at Roseland Ballroom. Lil Wayne, T Pain, Gym Class Heroes,... more info

MTV.com News — Weezy's rock LP is now slated for May 19.By Shaheem Reid Lil Wayne Photo: John Shearer/ WireImage Lil Wayne has pushed back the release date of his rock-and-roll LP Rebirth from April 7 to May 19. The video for the album's first single, "... more info

Idolator — I've used my bully pulpit on this site to complain about the endlessly delayed back release of Charlie Wilson's Uncle Charlie, so it only seems fair to mention that Jive finally put the album out, eight months after the commercial release of the spec... more info

VH1 News — Rick Ross talks about his collaborations with Lil Wayne, Mary J. Blige, Nas and more on his new album, Deeper Than Rap. more info

All About Jazz — There's been an understandable amount of head-scratching and second-guessing in some quarters over the shortage of Latino and Latin American musical artists presenting trophies at the Grammys earlier this month. Musically, CBS' 3 1/2 -hour broadca... more info

MTV.com News — New albums from Lily Allen, India.Arie debut in the top five.By James Montgomery Taylor Swift's Fearless Photo: Big Machine Records After taking a couple of weeks off, Taylor Swift will once again top next week's Billboard albums chart. B... more info

NME — Lil' Wayne has been slapped with a $1.3 million suit by a Rochester promoter after he cancelled three gigs in the city. more info