NEW YORK — Rihanna joined Jay-Z onstage Sunday night in Los Angeles to sing "Run This Town" and her Young Jeezy-assisted track "Hard." While it wasn't her first performance since she was assaulted by then-boyfriend Chris Brown in February, it did mark the first time she's performed any new material from the upcoming Rated R album.

Rihanna told MTV News on Monday that… Continue

Jamie Foxx is gearing up for his fourth album and just like his movies, he’s assembled an all-star cast to craft his musical blockbuster.

Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, who produced “Just Like Me” and “Digital Girl” for 2008’s Intuition, reunite with Foxx for the project. “He’s one of our favorite artists to work with. When I think of Jamie, I’m always gonna think to pound the urban… Continue

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Download: Young Buck – Homecoming (Produced by Real Talk)

Here goes a new track from Jersey City’s own Serius Jones entitled “Meet Me At The Top.”… Continue

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Rihanna fought back tears while being honored as one of Glamour’s 2009 Women of the Year at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Monday (Nov. 9). The magazine’s latest cover girl broke from her all-black-everything look, turning heads in a dramatic white gown. She was accompanied by her Island Def Jam label head L.A. Reid. Other honorees included Michelle Obama, Maya Angelou, Ser… Continue

This afternoon, Rihanna gave her second interview since her attack with Alexa Chung. You know, the unfunny Brit on MTV. Anyway, Ri-Ri doesn’t discuss the assault, instead speaks on her new song penned by Ne-Yo called, “Stupid In Love”. Go figure. Fashion talk after the jump. Props to RapRadar.com… Continue

Def Jam's Redman recently spoke on his relationship with Eminem and explained what it would take for the two emcees to re-connect for a collaboration track.

Responding to past reports of Em wanting to sign him to Shady Records, Red also explained why he was initially willing to depart Def Jam for the rapper.

"I will f*ck with Shady Records, because they're new, I love Eminem as an artist -- me… Continue

After much delay, Lil Wayne's highly-anticipated rock album, "Rebirth," is now slated for a Dec. 15 release date according to the Universal Music Group website. The set will be packaged as a dual-disc along with the Young Money collective, "We Are Young Money."

Originally scheduled for April 7, the first single off the set titled "Prom Queen," produced by Infamous and Andrew "Drew" C… Continue

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DJ Drama has been busy as ever. XXLMag.com recently spoke with Mr. Thanksgiving about an upcoming mixtape he’s working on with Fabolous, which is a sequel to 2008’s There is No Competition. During the interview he mentioned an upcoming project that he’s working on with Wyclef.

“It’s Wyclef’s first all around hip-hop project since The Carnival,” Drama said. “He called me like, ‘… Continue

Kanye West has displayed his interest in Lil Wayne's upcoming The Carter documentary by placing its trailer and labeling the Young Money rapper as a true rock star on his popular blog.

Writing via his daily blog, Yeezy inked a brief mention of Wayne's new documentary.

"FEW WILL EVER LIVE THE LIFE OF A TRUE ROCK STAR," Ye wrote Sunday (November 8). "WAYNE IS ONE OF THE FEW." (Kanye West's Blog… Continue

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Rapper Coolio will replace DMX in the upcoming Alabama Pride mixed martial arts fight next month since the former Def Jam could not reach an agreement with the event's promoter.

According to Thunder Promotions, both camps could not work out an agreement.

Thunder Productions tells TMZ they have signed Coolio to the upcoming celebrity boxing match scheduled to take place in Alabama next month. They… Continue

Following reports of Nas possibly receiving an opportunity to become Def Jam Records president, SOHH spoke with the rapper's labelmate, Rick Ross, to get his reaction.

Ross thinks Nas is a great example of hip-hop artists who are worthy of taking over executive positions at record companies.

"I love it," Ross said about Nas being considered for an executive position. "I love when I hear an… Continue

Award-winning singer Mariah Carey's new film, Precious, premiered over the weekend with an impressive $1.8 million in box office sales despite running in just 18 theaters throughout the United States.

The movie also faced stiff competition from films like Cameron Diaz's The Box.

The Box earned $7.9 million -- not a total disaster for a $25 million movie. It was roundly defeated by the rest… Continue