Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Drummer Pat Carney never would have guessed it, but the best thing to happen to the Black Keys' gritty blues-rock sound came from a one-off rap-rock experiment alongside rappers Q-Tip and RZA. more info

AllHipHop — Yesterday and early this morning, DJ Kay Slay and Jay Electronica became embroiled in a heated debate over the latter’s outspoken statements on New York’s bias against Hip-Hop from the South. The issue began when Electronica conducted a London in... more info

Guardian Music — (V2)The prolific Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney's sixth studio album's artwork is tremendous – nothing but text on a black background, which reads: "This is an album by the Black Keys. The name of the album is Brothers." It looks like a special ed... more info

MTV.com News — 'I basically changed into a tennis outfit, and I got down,' he tells MTV News of 'Giving Up the Gun' cameo.By James Montgomery, with reporting by Vanessa White Wolf Jake Gyllenhaal Photo: MTV News Vampire Weekend's "Giving Up the Gun" video... more info

Undercover, Australia — Wu-Tang Clan master producer RZA has got the go-ahead for his kung-fu film debut. more info

ContactMusic — Rapper RZA's directorial debut is heading to cinemas - his martial arts project with actor/filmmaker ELI ROTH has been picked up by studio bosses at Universal.The... more info

Guardian Music — Hip-hop heavyweight recording follow-up to seminal solo album. Fingers crossed it won't include Devendra BanhartOne of the most legendary albums in hip-hop is about to get a sequel. Wu-Tang Clan's GZA has announced that he is working on Liquid Swords... more info

Pitchfork — Last year, Raekwon roared back into relevance with Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II, an instant-classic piece of tangled, bloody-minded throwback rap and the best long-player in years from the extended Wu-Tang Clan family. And it looks like Rae's Wu... more info

AllHipHop — Raekwon’s Only Built For Cuban Linx II may have inspired another Wu Tang sequel. RZA, the architect of the Wu Tang sound, has announced that he’ll be producing the next installment of the GZA’s Liquid Swords, which is largely ... more info

Pitchfork — Confusion continues to surround the April 19 death of Gang Starr MC Guru. According to a press release from Guru's family, the rapper suffered from multiple myeloma for over a year before falling into a coma in mid-February, after which he did not re... more info