For Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time issue, Jay-Z got his freelance on and wrote the introduction to the magazine. Read up after the jump.

Got some time to spare? Currently on his adventures overseas, Bobby Ray stopped by UK’s SBTV and provides a 13 minute freestyle. That’s talent. Y’all ain’t got nothin’ on this kid.

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Continuing their late night gigs, Nas and Damian hit up Jimmy’s house last night to perform two tracks off Distant Relatives. Above is “As We Enter” and below, “Count Your Blessings”. Amen.

No Lauryn Hill, but the show must go on. The 7th annual Rock The Bells line-up was announced last night and this year’s concert will feature The Wu, Rakim, Slick Rick and KRS-One performing their classic LPs. Sweet. There’s only four stops this year, so check out the dates below. Saturday, August 21, NOS Events Center, Los Angeles, CA Sunday, August 22, Shoreline Amphitheatre, San Francisco, CA Saturday, August 28, Governor’s Island, NY Sunday, August 29, Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia, […]

Uh, congratulations? After a year-long standoff, TMZ reports that Nas and Kelis’ seven year marriage ended last Friday in L.A. County Superior Court. Last month, Esco’s contempt charged was dismissed, but the legal drama is far from over. The former couple are due back in court for unresolved spousal and child support claims.

While out in Orlando, Gooch stopped by 102 Jamz and talked about his album trilogy and addressed Waka Flocka’s confrontation at his video shoot two weeks ago. 57th ave

With Stargate behind the boards, Ne-Yo goes uptempo for the first single off his upcoming LP, Libra Scale. Should be a good balance. uhtn

Snoop recently kicked it with Slick Rick and mentions to DJ Whoo Kid that his song, “Lodi Dodi” was the first hip-hop cover song. Hmm, might need to check the record books. heads up: hhnm