Prefix — Last night Drake held the third installment of his OVO Fest in Toronto. Guests included not ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/drake-nicki-minaj-snoop-dogg-play-third-annual-ovo/67734/ more info

ContactMusic — The clamour to become one of the new judges on American Idol alongside Mariah Carey has been hotting up of late with some big names indicating theyd be willing to take the job Nick Jonas is the latest to put his name forward following Snoop Doggs rec... more info

Guardian Music — The best from our readers over the last seven daysGiven the growing amount of intelligent comment from readers each week on guardian.co.uk/music, it's increasingly difficult to keep up with it all. So we thought it might be an idea to flag up some of... more info

ContactMusic — Snoop Dogg needs a lot of weed and females to write new tracks The Drop it Like its Hot rapper - who is now re-branding himself Snoop Lion and releasing a reggae album - says he needs certain specific ingredients to get him in the mood be... more info

411 Mania — What are TMZ's thoughts regarding Snoop Lion…? more info

Big Apple Music Scene — You may have heard that Snoop Dogg officially changed his name earlier this week to 'Snoop Lion'. Anyway, we found some correspondence between the artist Snoop Dogg and the artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg that tries to explain the name change, so... more info

411 Mania — From Snoop Dogg judging American Idol and Lily Allen changing her professional name to Chris Brown and Rihanna's yacht rendezvous, John Mayer and Katy Perry dating and more, 411's Nick Krenn breaks down the Right, the wRong and the Ridiculous from th... more info

Topix — Where have I heard that before? It's typical for an entertainment icon to morph as the public's musical tastes evolve over time. more info

Topix — Music's 3R's 8.04.12: All Aboard for Funsville Posted by Nick Krenn on 08.04.2012 From Snoop Dogg judging American Idol and Lily Allen changing her professional name to Chris Brown and Rihanna's yacht rendezvous, John Mayer and Katy Perry dating and ... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — I didn't want to be Snoop Dogg on a reggae track. I wanted to bury Snoop Dogg and become Snoop Lion, but I didn't know that until I went to the temple and received the name Snoop Lion from the Nyabinghi priest. more info