DJ S7S Lockdown - Cyprus R&B Music News, Events & Gigs - by Stefanos Spyrou

In 1998, when VH1 launched its first Greatest Musicians of All Time list, there wasn’t a single hip-hop musician that made the cut. The music network just released an updated version of the list -- determined by a poll of music experts and well-known musicians -- with Jay-Z, Public Enemy, Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, Run-D.M.C., Eminem, N.W.A., Beastie Boys and Outkast all making the Top 100.

According to reports, Atlanta singers Ciara and Keri Hilson had a heated exchange during a concert in New York City this past weekend, causing Hilson to refuse to perform.

Kanye West, Raekwon and Justin Bieber have all teamed up to record a remix to the 16-year-old Canadian pop star’s hit ’Runaway Love’ after connecting on Twitter.

According to producer Bryan-Michael Cox, two major R&B forces could come together for a tour. Cox spilled the beans -- or started an insane rumor -- on Jermaine Dupri’s ’Living the Life’ YouTube series.

Nike has continued to roll with their recent wave of hip-hop collaborations by enlisting Nas for the launch of their Zoom Paul Rodriguez 4 sneaker series for the company’s SB skateboarding line. The new campaign follows RZA’s recent work for the brand’s 6.0 active sports division, which required him to create unique music mixes for each of the participating athletes.

50 Cent took a break from his rap beefs with Shyne and Fat Joe, to do a good deed. The rapper spent this past Sunday hosting a donor drive with his G-Unity Foundation at the Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson Community Garden in Queens for 11-year-old Broadway star Shannon Tavarez, pairing with the world’s largest bone marrow donor center DKMS to bring awareness to the desperate need for donors.

It’s no secret that Jay-Z has some serious cash flow, but Forbes magazine has confirmed just how much dough he’s got to blow. The finance publication just published its annual Hip-Hop Cash Kings list, ranking Jigga man as the top-earning artist of 2010 alongside Sean ’Diddy’ Combs, Aliuane ’Akon’ Thiam, Dwayne ’Lil Wayne’ Carter, Andre ’Dr. Dre’ Young and more.

In a new letter from prison, Lil Wayne revealed that he’s put on a few pounds of muscle while in Rikers, become a jailhouse Uno champ, and finally learned that "the best lesson is to not come back."

Kid Cudi is gearing up to drop his second album of epic genre experimentation on October 26. The record, entitled ’Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager,’ has already been previewed through initial singles like the Plain Pat-produced ’REVOFEV,’ the brooding ’Mojo So Dope’ and the more upbeat Kanye West number ’Erase Me.’ Over the weekend, fans got two more previews of new tracks entitled ’Mr. Rager’ and ’Wylin’ Cause I’m Young.’