Is Drake leaving Young Money? Rumors have been swirling that the Canadian rapper is leaving Lil Wayne to sign with Jay-Z and Roc Nation. but is he?
Drizzy Drake has been with YMCMB since the start of his career. he owes most of his success to Lil Wayne and his crew. So any idea that he would leave them now is pretty ludicrous.
Nick Patch, The Canadian Press
Date: Thursday Nov. 24, 2011 7:42 AM ET
TORONTO — in the first hour of Kanye West and Jay-Z’s marathon show at the Air Canada Centre on Wednesday, West let the beat drop while performing his hit “All Falls Down” and the Toronto crowd quickly picked him up, a faithful choir crooning the song’s memorable chorus en masse.
Beyonce is pregnant and having a girl…or isn’t she? A while back Kelly Rowland supposedly spilled the beans on Bey’s baby gender by saying that Jay-Z would “spoil his daughter”, but now Beyoncé is saying that the baby — whether it be a he or she — will be shocked to have been inside her tummy.
“Got any Sean Paul, mate?” is a request most DJs have become familiar with ever since Sean Paul smashed through the mainstream doors with an aunthentic dancehall brand of floor-fillers such as “Gimme The Light,” “Get Busy,” and “like Glue” almost ten years ago. Selling in excess of twelve million albums, numerous top ten’s (including four #1′s), inspiring pop/R&B (or “dancehall knock-offs” as I call them) smash-hits, in addition to collaborations with icons including Chris Brown, Rihanna, R. Kelly, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Busta Rhymes and Carlos Santana requiring that unmistakable, nasal-induced Patois, dancehall flavour – few predicted these heights during Summer in 2002. 2012 will see the release of the as-yet-untitled fifth studio album lead by UK top 20 Stargate-produced single “Got 2 Luv U” featuring young starlet Alexis Jordan. oh, and he has a new haircut.
Last Updated: November 27. 2011 2:12PM Adam Graham: Concert review 
Everything about Jay-Z and Kanye West’s concert at the Palace of Auburn Hills Saturday night was colossal, from the staging to the production to the performers themselves, two hip-hop icons at the absolute pinnacle of their craft.
There is no denying that Rihanna releases great pop music, but it’s her passion and ballsy attitude that I love. She’s feisty, she loves sex and she’s an S&M courtesan-hussy that girls want to do too…
With all due respect to a certain Lil rapper from new Orleans, rap’s reigning champions are Jay-Z and Kanye West. Word that they would collaborate on a joint album and blockbuster tour was about as huge as hip-hop news can be.
The worldwide ’N****s in Paris’ love-in continues, with will Ferrell saying he was "completely flattered" to be included in the intro and hinting he could end up starring in a video to accompany Kanye West and Jay-Z on the Hit-Boy produced Watch The Throne track.
If you had said in the 1980’s that the hip hop genre would produce some of the richest recording artists and producers in the world then you would have been laughed at. Back then, the genre was seen as an outlet for the lower income groups and minorities to express themselves. Today, however, this genre has grown by leaps and bounds and its influence can be seen not only in the music industry but in fashion, games and has spurned a few reality television shows.
Cover song fans: you’re in luck this week. the end of October and start of November brought us a number of unforgettable cover songs you’ve got to listen to. From Justin Timberlake and Adele, Jay-Z and Kanye West to Amy Winehouse and Marilyn Monroe–they all served as the musical inspiration for some of our favorite artists. Check out our top picks for the best celebrity cover songs that made recent headlines!
Beyonce’s friend and former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland may have inadvertently let the gender of B and Jay-Z’s baby slip in a recent Canadian interview. if Rowland’s choice of personal pronouns is any indication, the baby is a girl!
Tyler, the Creator: At least as scary in black contacts as Wes Borland.
Pop music is getting scarier.
Sure, it’s still mostly a bubble-gum fantasia of cars, dancing and parties at the end of the world.
But over the past few years, the ghouls have been shuffling in from the graveyard.
In the late 1990s, there were few rappers bigger than Jay-Z, DMX and Ja Rule. Separately, each artist crafted a catalog of hits, toured the country and sold millions of records.
Now, imagine a supergroup comprised of the three. Well, that was Irv Gotti’s vision, but the three alpha males only recorded a handful of songs and just couldn’t get it together.
October 26, 2011
While Adele’s “Someone Like You” spends a fifth week atop the Billboard Hot 100 song chart, Rihanna makes a play for the top spot, Drake vaults into the top 10 and Justin Bieber decorates the tally with the season’s first holiday hit. “Someone” commands the Hot 100 for a fifth frame. The ballad holds at no. 2 for a fifth week on Hot 100 Airplay (148 million all-format audience impressions, up 3%, according to Nielsen BDS), while slipping 1-3 after four weeks at no. 1 on Hot Digital Songs (173,000, down 16%, according to Nielsen SoundScan). As Adele’s prior single, “Rolling in the Deep,” led the Hot 100 for seven weeks beginning in May, the singer/songwriter becomes just the fourth woman in the chart’s history to reign for at least five weeks with multiple songs in a year. Beyonce last accomplished the feat with “Crazy in Love,” featuring Jay-Z (eight weeks at no. 1), and “Baby Boy,” featuring Sean Paul (nine), in 2003. Monica ruled with “The Boy Is Mine,” with Brandy (13), and “The first Night” (five) in 1998, while Mariah Carey had sent “Fantasy” (eight) and “One Sweet Day,” with Boyz II Men (the first five of its 16 weeks at no. 1), to the top in 1995. How Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ Became first Ballad in More Than Three Years to top Billboard Hot 100 Rihanna’s “We found Love,” featuring Calvin Harris, roars 6-2 on the Hot 100. The lead single from “Talk that Talk,” due Nov. 21, and Rihanna’s 20th Hot 100 top 10 lifts 3-1 on Hot Digital Songs (231,000, up 31%) and 15-11 on Radio Songs (70 million, up 20%). “Found” marks Rihanna’s record-extending 11th no. 1 on the Hot Digital Songs chart. Eminem ranks second with seven leaders, followed by Katy Perry and Britney Spears, each with six. Former four-week Hot 100 no. 1 “Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera falls 2-3, as LMFAO’s “Sexy and I know It” holds at no. 4 as the chart’s Greatest Gainer/Airplay, rising 11-10 on Hot 100 Airplay (76 million, up 20%). Foster the People’s “Pumped up Kicks” slips 3-5 on the Hot 100; Gym Class Heroes’ “Stereo Hearts,” featuring Maroon 5′s Adam Levine, descends 5-6; David Guetta’s “Without You,” featuring Usher, remains at no. 7; and, Cobra Starship’s “You make me Feel…,” featuring Sabi, stays at no. 8. after debuting last week at no. 97 with partial-week sales, Drake’s “Make me Proud,” featuring Nicki Minaj, skyrockets to no. 9 as the Hot 100′s Greatest Gainer/Digital (166,000, up 607%). The vault ties for the biggest ever by a male, equaling Akon’s 88-spot blast (95-7) with “Smack that,” featuring Eminem, five years ago this week. Among all artists, the leap of “Proud” ties for the fourth-greatest, following Kelly Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You” (97-1, 2009), Spears’ “Womanizer” (96-1, 2008) and Beyonce and Shakira’s “Beautiful Liar” (94-3, 2007). Rounding out the Hot 100′s top 10, LMFAO’s former seven-week no. 1 “Party Rock Anthem,” featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock, dips 9-10. Just outside the Hot 100′s top tier, Justin Bieber scores the top new entry, as “Mistletoe” jingles in with 164,000 in first-week digital sales. despite a two-month wait until Christmas, anticipation for the teen star’s first holiday set, “Under the Mistletoe,” due Tuesday (Nov. 1), spurs the song’s lofty launch. upon its entrance, “Mistletoe” is the third-highest-charting holiday hit in the Hot 100′s history, following the Chipmunks’ “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t be Late)” (No. 1, four weeks, 1958-59) and New Kids on the Block’s “This One’s for the Children” (No. 7, 1989). (Variations in chart rules over the years prevented certain seasonal songs from appearing on the list). Check billboard.biz tomorrow (Oct. 27), when all rankings, including the Hot 100, Hot Digital Songs and Hot 100 Airplay charts in full, will be refreshed, as they are each Thursday.
Rapper Jim Jones was arrested in new York City earlier this year for driving his 2011 Bentley on a suspended license, but on Thursday pleaded guilty and was fined.