Guardian Music — The rise of Nicki Minaj has given rap a new leading lady – but why are female artists still under pressure to be 'sexy'?The mainstream debut of Lil Wayne's protegee Nicki Minaj brings the perennial question to the forefront of hip-hop consciou... more info

MTV.com News — Jack Johnson's To the Sea holds the top spot on the digital-albums chart.By Gil Kaufman Train's Patrick Monahan Photo: C. Flanigan/ FilmMagic The weekly iTunes albums and singles chart aren't always identical to the Billboard tallies, becau... more info

VH1 News — Justin Bieber talked to MTV News about his hip-hop connections with the likes of Ludacris and Lil Wayne. "I didn't go corny," the singer said. more info

MTV.com News — 'I'm really glad they've taken a liking to me,' singer says of supporters like Ludacris and Lil Wayne.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Tim Kash Justin Bieber Photo: MTV News Justin Bieber chills with Drake and Ludacris and he's even gotte... more info

MTV.com News — 'That would be awesome,' Bieber says of 'Transformers' star.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Tim Kash Justin Bieber Photo: MTV News Justin Bieber has already released several memorable videos from his My World 2.0 album. He's gone bowling... more info

VH1 Blog — VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & Gossip Above is (in our opinion) the greatest clip from tonight’s premiere of VH1’s deliciously catty new show Basketball Wives. In it, former Miami/Orlando dancer Royce Reed joins Ludacris... more info

The Mirror — Top 10 SINGLES 1 (1) This Ain't a Love Song - Scouting For Girls 2 (8) OMG - Usher ft Will.I.Am 3 (3) She Said - Plan B 4 (2) Telephone - Lady Gaga ft Beyonce 5 (5) Pass Out - Tinie Tempah 6 (-) Carry Out - Timbaland ft Justin Timberlake 7 (9) Hot - ... more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J, T-Pain, Ludacris and a host of other artists have teamed up to celebrate the legacy of pioneering musician Quincy Jones on the new album Q: Soul Boss Nostra. Jones, who serves as executive producer of the proje... more info

Unreality Music — It’s been a long time since I’ve written for this blog...but now I’m back…with the premiere of Taio Cruz’s Dirty Picture video which features everyone’s favourite trashy new pop princess Ke$ha. The single is ... more info

Idolator — Carson Daly hit the set of Ciara’s “Ride It” video shoot to talk to Ludacris, and the rapper let on that’s he’s already working on his next album, despite the fact that Battle Of The Sexes was released a mere four weeks ago. “We just star... more info