While the release date and title of Kanye West's fifth studio album are still unconfirmed, the rapper will start delivering new music to fans this Friday, when he'll begin offering a free MP3 download per week—for the rest of the year.

Forbes.com just announced their list of "Hip-Hop Cash Kings" -- the top 20 money earners in the rap game. The King of Kings? Jay-Z, of course.

It's safe to expect that the upcoming Kanye West album will feature a parade of A-list guest stars, and the just-leaked second song from the album is proof positive: Beyonce sings the hook on "See Me Now," which Kanye's posted as a free download on his blog. Snag it below.

MTV has announced the first performers for the 27th Annual Video Music Awards on September 27 in Los Angeles: Drake, Florence + the Machine, and -- get ready for a double take -- Kanye West. Yep. Kanye West.

Ever the newly-minted mogul of social media, Kanye West used webcasting service Ustream to answer questions from fans on Friday (while waiting for a flight out of South Korea), dropping details about his new album, his next single, the just-released "Power" video, being a better person, and Twitter.

Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold.

That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! (Obligatory Self-Promotion: …while you're at it, be sure to follow @SPINmagazine!)