Gigwise — Singer tops poll... more info

Guardian Music — A recent Guardian article asked whether the Mobo awards are still relevant. But the criticisms were wide of the mark – thanks to the Mobos the charts are dominated by urban actsIt's a shame that Dan Hancox, while writing about the Mobo awards in a ... more info

Perez Hilton — We don't know how her performance is ultimately going to turn out, but after watching this, you can't deny that she didn't throw herself into the role completely! Check out some behind-the-scenes footage of Rihanna on the set of her first foray into ... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Royce Da 5’9″, Eminem and Alchemist were in Europe not too long ago for some festivals. Here is some footage on their travels. First part has footage from the V Festival where Rihanna joined Em on stage.   Part 2 under the cut   more info

VH1 Blog — Late yesterday afternoon, popular gossip mill MediaTakeOut dropped one of their patented “MTO WORLD EXCLUSIVES” claiming that Rihanna has, and we quote, “decided to DROP Jay Z . . . and his RocNation team as her managers.” They cited a “ROC... more info

NME — Animal rights group has a big problem with singer's ostrich feather top more info

Pop Crunch — Uh-oh: Rihanna’s questionable clothing choices have got her in trouble again. Only this time it’s not mothers and former Spice Girls complaining about her skimpy outfits. Nope — this time [...] more info

Gigwise — She's apparently on the way out from Roc Nation... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Rihanna is suing the former owners of her Beverly Hills home after she claimed it was “uninhabitable”. Papers filed by the Only Girl (In The World) singer stated that the problem came... more info

Guardian Music — Mainstream music has a new bleakness and female artists and songwriters are leading the way. How did it get so dark in here?Exposing the darker side of people is something I find fascinating," says Emeli Sandé, and she's not the only one. The singer... more info