BEYONCE

R&B singer Beyonce let pictures tell the story of a baby on the way for her and rapper husband Jay-Z at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday.

It was a jaw-dropping surprise for admirers and fans when Beyonce walked on the Red carpet with her cute baby bump at MTV's Video Music Awards on Sunday. She dint have to utter a word to declare that she is expecting her first child with husband Jay-Z.

Singer Beyonce Knowles chose Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards to announce that she's pregnant.

Chinese authorities seem to waging a war on pop music. The Ministry of Culture has handed music download Web sites a blacklist of 100 so-called offending songs that the sites must remove as they pose a threat to China's national cultural security, say reports.

In a week that saw other worldwide rulers being run out of their palaces, it was pretty clear that Jay-Z and Kanye West would be keeping their jointly held throne. And, sure enough, the rappers' collaborative album dominated the Billboard/SoundScan album chart for a second week, even with a 59 percent decline in sales.

Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards will feature an indoor black carpet, a theme of the space-time continuum of music, and something from Lady Gaga that we've never seen before.

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According to most critics, the album has its impressive moments. In spite of their large egos, Jay-Z and Kanye West are talented artists and bring great tracks to the table. But considering the hype surrounding their names, the album falls short. The rappers almost make it seem they are god-like themselves in the nearly blasphemous and impious track "No Church in the Wild."

Kanye West and Jay Z?s CD, ?Watch the Throne,? isn?t the mega hit that was hoped for. Universal Music/DefJam angered record stores (what?s left of em) and download services like amazon.com because it gave ITunes a four day jump on downloads last week. The results, according to hitsdailydouble.com, was sales of 290,000.

"Watch the Throne" artist, Jay-Z, was crowned the Hip Hop Cash King by Forbes for 2011. He earned $37 million offer the past year. It is the fourth time in five years that he has taken the number one position on the list. However, in a recent ranking by Rolling Stone, our man Jigga, is not on top.

Beyonce's "4 Intimate Nights with Beyonce" show sold out in just 22 seconds after going on sale Wednesday. Columbia Records tweeted, "It's official @Beyonce's 4th & final show at Roseland Ballroom is SOLD OUT! That's a total of 4 sold out shows next week!" This is Beyonce's first show in the concert series, and will open at New York City's Roseland Ballroom on August 14, 16, 18, and 19.

Singer Kelly Rowland gave a New Jersey crowd more than they paid for on Sunday.

Celebrities like David Beckham, Beyonce, and Justin Bieber have teamed up for the "I'm Gunna Be Your Friend" campaign with Save the Children to help aid those affected by the famine in East Africa. The campaign launched a new video on Aug 9 set to the tune of Bob Marley's "High Tide or Low Tide."

Since the album's release on August 8, the duo's promotion of the album has been highly unconventional. Instead of releasing a lead single for radio play before the drop of the album, Jay-Z and Kanye West have skipped that tradition.

A global bunch of musicians and tech giants have come up to set off a campaign ?I?m Gonna Be Your Friend", to help Save the Children fight the famine in East Africa.

No need for Kanye West and Jay-Z to simply watch a throne. Judging by Monday's reviews and Web response to their new album, "Watch the Throne," they should just sit atop it to reign over the realm of hip hop.

Kanye West feels that people look at him like Hitler and ranted at the Big Chill Festival on Saturday that he's being misunderstood and underappreciated.

Rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West's highly anticipated collaboration, "Watch the Throne," was released at midnight Monday on iTunes in standard and deluxe forms. The album hits stores on Aug. 12, a move that was reportedly criticized by independent retailers.

You may not know him by name, but quasi newcomer--Hit-Boy, has been the brain behind many musical operations. He produced beats for the track "Stronger" for Mary J. Blige, "Froze" for Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Eminem's "Drop the World" and now, he has lent an ear to Jay-Z and Kanye West's "N---as in Paris." As part of their "Watch the Throne" album, working on this track is a huge accomplishment for Hit-Boy.

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The tour will now kick off on Oct. 29 in Atlanta.