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American hip-hop artist Jay-Z wants to start a family with wife Beyonce Knowles, though the latter is not yet keen to have babies.

The musical "Annie" is about a girl orphan, but includes two integral Daddy types.

Caption: Wyclef Jean outside the Ed Sullivan Theater for the 'Late Show With David Letterman' New York City, USA .... WYCLEF JEAN almost became a rocker instead of a rapper, after becoming obsessed with U2 as a teenager growing up in New York.

Philadelphia DJ Cosmic Kev debuted two brand new tracks by rapper Beanie Sigel tonight during his radio show on Power 99 FM.

I'm watching the latest instalment of the Star Trek movie series, and I can't get Austin Powers, or more accurately, a song from the third movie, out of my head.

Timbaland ascended to the top of the rap industry in the late '90s, impressively balancing his in-demand hitmaking abilities with his outlandish production style.

Back in May, Damon Dash , Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder and Jay-Z 's old business partner placed a call to some new friends: singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Pat Carney, they of Akron -spawned bluesy rock duo the Black Keys .

Rihanna, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert and others brought the house down at the American Music Awards's AMA winners Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift International Award of Excellence: Whitney Houston Soundtrack Album: "Twilight Soundtrack" Pop Rock, Male Artist: Michael Jackson Pop Rock, Female Artist: Taylor Swift Soul-R&B, Male artist: Michael ...

Jay-Z and The Black Eyed Peas were the big Hip-Hop winners during the 37th annual American Music Awards, which took place tonight at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.

Here are a selection of box-set offerings this season: AC/DC "Backtracks" The essence of a box set is great packaging, lots of swag and hard-to-find content.

New York, Nov 23 Rap mogul Sean Combs spent a staggering $3 million on a bash to celebrate his 40th birthday with friends here.

Fergie, Rihanna & Whitney Houston Storm AMA Stage with Triumphant Performances The "2009 American Music Awards" boasted many amazing performances by the biggest musicians of the year, including headline-grabbing ladies Fergie, Rihanna and Whitney Houston .

Country crossover star Taylor Swift overshadowed the late Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards on Sunday, winning five awards including artist of the year.

The Sony PlayStation is to video games what Jay-Z is to rap. Definitely not the first, ripped off some predecessors, but all in all took the game to a new level.

Rakim's new album, The Seventh Seal , is also, conveniently, his seventh release.

As we predicted back in January, Wale , Kid Cudi and Drake have had a huge impact on hip-hop this year.

This is one of those weeks when I hate the media. Yes, I realize that I am part of the media, but I'm not going to let a little self-loathing get in the way of a good discussion.

Lady Antebellum and Jay-Z As reported in a breaking Billboard.com news story yesterday, Jay-Z earns his fourth Hot 100 No.

You may recall the scene at the end of Grease when prim Olivia Newton-John turns into a black-clad rock'n'roll vixen.

The show has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C Blood Brothers John Aizlewood The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed Muse Theatre Rachel Dalziel I was smitten by ...