from MTV:

It’s the biggest award of the night, and some of the biggest names in music are up for it. The nominees for Video of the Year at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards have been announced!

Britney Spears’ “Womanizer,” Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies,” Eminem’s “We Made You,” Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” and Kanye West’s “Love Lockdown” will all compete for Video of the Year, making this perhaps the most star-crossed category in recent VMA history.

Check out the complete list of this year’s VMA nominees and the other contenders for the Video of the year after the jump.. .. (more…)

Forbes dropped their “Hip-Hop Cash Kings” calculations today and the list goes just about how you would expect.. ..

The top 3 guys go Jay Z($35m) Puff($30m) and Kanye(25m).. .. Find out the rest of the Top 10 when you keep reading (more…)

One of the chillest video’s Kanye’s put out…

Kanye’s definitely got the talent to direct….

You know how we get down with Kaws and Kanye and the Clipse over here at BP_TOW, but you must forgive me because I slept on this behind the scenes footage. Check some super exclusive ish going down, along with mad cameos from some of the most creative cats in the game right now after the jump

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In March, a video hit YouTube that featured Mos challenging Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and others to a battle. Martinez asked him about the video. Mos admitted it was a candid moment in front of friends, but when Mos Def visited Angie Martinez’s New York radio show Tuesday to promote his new album, The Ecstatic, neither had any idea that would be promoting the most spectacular MC battle ever.

more of the article from MTV and the interview with Angie Ma after the jump

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Normally these “ladies” drive me crazy, but he’s got a very interesting perspective about dealing with the death of his mother, how he channeled it into Heartless and the upcoming tour with Lady Gaga that they’ll co - headline together.

He definitely crosses barriers daily…

Mashing up a colorless version of V and Mad Max?