Actor Jamie Foxx and recording artist Chris "Ludacris" Bridges today join the ranks of celebrities who have lent their popularity to push HIV prevention as part of a social media effort targeting young African Americans. The "i know" campaign is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which aims to draw thousands of young people into a conversation about HIV using Facebook,... more.

Rapper blogs that he's inspired by poets to 'find truth and sincerity in a world of processed information.' After receding from the spotlight for the last few months following his panned bum rush of Taylor Swift at the VMAs in September, Kanye West kicked off 2010 in his classic fashion, with an all-caps blog post boasting about his upcoming return to musical greatness. "First of all, I ... more.

For someone who made ubiquity his art form, Lil Wayne has done a stupendous job of disappearing this year. Sure, he was on tour and at the Grammys, but the stream of mixtapes and freestyles on which he built his reputation slowed to a drip. While he was taking a breather, others — in particular, Gucci Mane, and Lil Wayne’s protégé Drake — took his template and ran with it. On Feb. 9 Lil... more.