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Rapper Bow Wow was reportedly hospitalized following a performance in Cincinnati last night.

The nominees for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards were announced on Thursday (December 6) and Kanye West leads the pack with a total of eight nominations across six categories.

Kidz in the Hall, the duo comprised of Chicago MC Naledge and producer/DJ Double-O, have officially signed to Duck Down Records.

Kanye West and legendary stuntman Evel Knievel have officially settled their copyright dispute over the use of the daredevil’s image in the video for “Touch The Sky.”

USA Today reports that GQ magazine has named Kanye West as one of their 2007 Men of the Year. 'Ye will appear on one of three covers, with former President Bill Clinton and actor Daniel Craig gracing the other two. Although the rapper does not discuss the sudden tragic passing of his mother Donda in the article, he does speak on his impending marriage to designer Alexis Phifer...

U.S. automotive brand Lincoln has recruited Chicago MC Common for a new marketing campaign touting their 2008 Navigator line of SUVs.

Kanye West’s mother, Dr. Donda West, died on Saturday night (November 10) at the Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center in Marina del Rey.

Kanye West and Def Jam Records have inked a new deal with Virgin Mobile USA to offer exclusive content from his album Graduation to their 4.8 million mobile subscribers.

And you say Chi-City...

According to his website, Chicago rapper Kanye West has co-written a book with J. Sakiya Sandifer called Thank You And You're Welcome. The book, which will be released on December 18 and is set to cost only $10, will be "an entertaining volume of 'Kanye-isms'— the creative, humorous and insightful philosophies and anecdotes used in creating his path to success. It c...