MTV.com News — 'I got the hip-hop Incredibles,' she tells us for MTV News' Hip-Hop and R&B Week.By Shaheem Reid Erykah Badu Photo: Universal Erykah Badu has had a handful of nicknames throughout her 13-year career, such as "MC Apples" and "Loretta Brown.... more info

411 Mania — From Nas' Illmatic to The Strokes' Is This It to Rage Against the Machine's debut, see what artists got it right the first time around as 411 Music Ten Deep counts down the Top Ten First Album Wonders! more info

Perez Hilton — Is Nas a deadbeat dad? It sure sounds like it! Kelis is asking the judge to take Nas into court and ask why he shouldn't be held in contempt of court because he is majorly behind on his child support payments! Nas is in the hole $56,911.50 in child ... more info

AllHipHop — Nas’ former wife Kelis is seeking to have the rapper held in contempt of court, because he has failed to pay any child support since December 1.   TMZ.com reports that Kelis’ lawyer Laura Wasser has filed court papers claiming the rap... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Since Nas called the coroner on 2006’s “Hip Hop is Dead,” critics and consumers alike have launched alternately spirited and sputtering defenses of his thesis. Of course, the 30-year-old genre has myriad issues to grapple with: a l... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — A new track from Nas collaborator and Erykah Badu significant other Jay Electronica, "Exhibit C" continues his string of web-released singles (starting with, duh, "Exhibit A"), this one with some flawless production by Just Blaze and what seems to be... more info

Rolling Stone — Hip-hop has seen its share of notable feuds this decade: Who can forget how Jay-Z and Nas famously beefed in the shadow of “Ether,” or when 50 Cent’s Curtis faced off against Kanye West’s Graduation in 2007. However, as Mediaite points out (v... more info

Guardian Music — The end of any given year sees more than its fair share of Best Of lists, so no doubt you're all extra sick of them now we've reached the end of the decade. This is why Music Weekly's Noughties show is a bit different. We looked at some of the decade... more info

411 Mania — Kid Cudi's bad end to the week, Nas up for an Academy Award, Lupe talks about upcoming projects, Billboard.com's Producer of the Decade, Gucci Mane discusses releasing albums from prison and T.I. is finally released from prison! All this and more ins... more info

411 Mania — This week, lots of Lil Wayne news including the latest track from Rebirth featuring Eminem and Wayne's apartment being difficult to sell, Nas explains the reasoning behind Hip-Hop Is Dead and Untitled, Timbaland turns his back on hip-hop and more gue... more info