Rolling Stone — Nas, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, OutKast’s Big Boi, Common and the Roots will headline select dates on this year’s Rock the Bells Festival. House of Pain, KRS-One, Wu-Tang’s Raekwon and RZA and more top hip-hop acts and special guests will ta... more info

MTV.com News — Duo will release Distant Relatives in June.By Shaheem Reid Nas Photo: Mark Sullivan/WireImage Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley will be spending plenty of time together this summer. The duo are releasing a joint album called Distant Relativ... more info

411 Mania — This week, Mos Def praises DOOM over Lil Wayne, T-Pain's lost some teeth, Raekwon HAS A LABEL to distribute Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II, Rebirth may not be what we expect and Cam'Ron not working on new Dipset material! Plus: An in depth look at Jay-Z ... more info

Altsounds — Lacing electronic, dubstep, and hip-hop beats with worldly freak folk lyrics, Das Racist kicks your balls into outer space. Influenced by rap duos like Kid 'N Play, Bert 'N Ernie, and Ghost 'N Raekwon, these dudes are here to make hilarious topics li... more info

Rolling Stone — American underground rap iconoclast Doom (formerly MF Doom) releases his new album Born Like This. on Lex Records tomorrow, March 24th. The U.K.-born, New York-raised rapper’s LP features contributions from Ghostface Killah, Raekwon and the beats o... more info

Pasta Primavera — Mr. Kanye West recently leaked two tracks from the new DOOM (formerly MF DOOM) album Born Like This.  The first track “Rap Ambush” is much like the other leaked tracks I’ve heard so far - short, non stop rhymes, muted beat - classic DOOM.Â�... more info

MTV.com News — Jealous Ones Still Envy 2, due in May, also features Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Lil' Kim.By Shaheem Reid Fat Joe Photo: Johnny Nunez/ WireImage Fat Joe feels as royal as Eddie Murphy in "Coming to America" every time he steps foot in the motherla... more info

MTV.com News — Plus: Capone-N-Noreaga tune in to Channel 10; Raekwon is 'back on my grizzly.'By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes and Jayson Rodriguez 50 Cent and Lil Wayne at the BET Hip Hop Awards 10.2008 Photo: BET Artist: Capone... more info

Pasta Primavera — Lex is putting out DOOM’s (formerly MF DOOM - why the change?) new album Born Like This on March 24th and after hearing “Ballskin” and this new one, “That’s That” I think it’s safe to say it’s going to be pretty phenomenal.  ... more info

Nialler9 — Time for another short trawl through some music news, audio and linkage. More details on the new MF Doom album (now just Doom) - Born Like This will be out on Lex Records on March 23rd and features guests rhymes from Ghostface and Raekwon with the p... more info