AllHipHop — Lil Wayne, Hip-Hop’s best-selling artist of 2008, is set to celebrate his 26th birthday with a landmark concert in the Bahamas.   The September 26 “Poppin’ Bottles” show will be co-headlined by international reggae legend B... more info

AngryApe — He becomes label mates with Lil Wayne and Nelly more info

MTV.com News — Justin Timberlake, Usher, Ludacris and more guests join Tip on songs from September 30 album.By Shaheem Reid T.I. Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images Where exactly does the path of T.I.'s Paper Trail lead? Well, this week it led to the In... more info

Rolling Stone — The next great hope for the music business is about to come out of the gate. Though they still don’t have a firm release date, the MySpace store has moved forward with their first big promotional push, debuting massive billboards in New York’s Ti... more info

Panda Toes — Today is my last day in N.Y.C. Tomorrow we're playing at Vassar, the next day it's a club at Cornell, and the following night we'll be at a house party at Syracuse. Then back to Dartmouth. And thus ends the greatest road trip-DJ tour hybrid in the hi... more info

PopSugar — Barbra Streisand sang at an Obama fundraiser last night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel that raised $9 million for the presidential candidate, bringing in guests like Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Jodie Foster, and Barack Obama himself. — E! ... more info

Starpulse — Rapper Lil Wayne has signed a new deal to keep him at Cash Money Records - the label that launched him when he was just 12 years old.[...] Read more! more info

Idolator — Nominations for BET's Hip-Hop Awards were announced yesterday, and, unsurprisingly, Lil Wayne walked away with the lion's share of the nods, to the point where I have to wonder if the nomination committee was trying to figure out a way to shoehorn hi... more info

Starpulse — ATLANTA (AP) - Lil Wayne will have another chance to show why he is the "Best Rapper Alive."[...] Read more! more info

The Late Greats — While I was a coffee-jerk at Borders Books And Music, a fellow worker of mine thought I would like Mark Erelli. She said he is a great songwriter and touches on topics that would be near and dear to me.It’s rare that such a suggestion pans ou... more info