Guardian Music — Hip-hop's 'true poet' is working on a new record inspired by Gil Scott-Heron, Nina Simone and Maya AngelouKanye West is returning to the studio, recording a new album inspired by Gil Scott-Heron, Nina Simone and Maya Angelou. The New Year's declarati... more info

Pop Bytes — hey hey! once again the oh so talented DJ earworm took on a bunch of this past year's hits and has mashed them into one super delicious track and music video - it's united state of pop 2009: blame it on the pop (check out last year's mega mash!) ... more info

AllHipHop — Ronelle "Big Gates" Levatte, manager/brother of rapper Plies, has responded to rumors that his younger brother was incarcerated after a show in Atlanta last week.   According to reports, Plies born Algernod Washington, was allegedly arrested by fed... more info

Sheena Beaston — With 2009 coming to a close, we've dished out our BE[a]ST of the year lists, given you a number of holiday goodies from labels and artists, and prepped as best we can for 2010. But no musical chart-topping year is ever complete without the mighty han... more info

Panda Toes — Alright, so I already posted "Bingo." Whatever. We all know the song's the hottest new things since sliced bread, so why not give it all the exposure it deserves? The video just surfaced, so that means another post - deal with it. And though it's not... more info

Detroit Free Press — SOULJA BOY: The controversial rapper -- whose third album, "The DeAndre Way," is set to drop in April -- rolls through Detroit with fellow rappers Pleasure P, Dorrough, GS Boyz and Audio Push. more info

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Panda Toes — Three names: Gucci Mane, Soulja Boy, Wacka Flocka. Panda Toes' love for the former two has been well documented on these here pages. Our love for the latter is a newer development, but believe me when I say it's the sincerest of loves. And when the t... more info

AllHipHop — Producer Zaytoven has revealed details surrounding a number of new projects with Jamie Foxx, Plies and Fantasia.   Zaytoven’s production can be heard on hit songs for Usher (“Papers“), Gucci Mane (“So Icey“), Soulja B... more info

MTV.com News — Plus: DJ Holiday is our Breakthrough DJ of the Year, partly for his work with Gucci Mane.By Shaheem Reid DJ Drama Photo: Atlantic/MTV News DJ of the Year: DJ Drama When you say the mixtape game is back, DJ Drama has to be your poster bo... more info