You’ve seen her in music videos with Timbaland, you’ve seen her with Polow da Don & Rich Boi, and you’ve even seen her in a music video with Usher. And now, finally, after years and years of waiting, here’s the T2W video premiere of Keri Hilson’s debut music video for ♫ Energy! Keri, who is looking damn good in that video, by the way, co-hosted today’s episode of 106 & Park with Terrence J, and if you haven’t heard by now, Terrence and Rocsi are having some *ahem* problems. But eff all of that, Keri did a great job on the show! I was actually able to sit there and watch the show. But anyway, check out Keri’s new video above. Be on the look-out for her debut album, “In A Perfect World,” (Interscope) when it releases this fall!

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Nelly, Teyana Taylor, Keri Hilson, and Solange are all featured on the cover of the summer 2008 issue of Rap Up Magazine. The double-sided issue (Nelly’s on one side, the ladies are on the other) features all new photos and exclusive interviews. Nelly addresses the haters and the state of hip-hop, gives the scoop on his relationship with Ashanti, and reveals plans for a joint album with another rap superstar, while the “Brave New Girls” – Teyana, Keri, and Solange, as well as Estelle, Kid Sister, Janelle Monáe, and Wynter Gordon – talk about their upcoming projects. Click here to preview the issue.

R&B singer Mary J. Blige is featured on the cover of the July 2008 issue of Vegas Magazine.

BY: ISOUL HARRIS » Mary J. Blige has a certain distaste for this country’s favorite pastime, American Idol. But she won’t admit it outright. “I haven’t really watched it since Ruben [Studdard] won,” the singer tells me after cutting her workout short and grabbing the phone at her New Jersey home for our interview. But whether she likes it or not, she does think the juggernaut show does the contestants a huge disservice. “Honestly, it’s not giving most of them a real chance to become an artist for the rest of their lives,” she explains. “They are on national TV every night. They have automatic fame. All of the greatest artists had to struggle for their success.”

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Above is the T2W premiere of Plies’ latest music video – “Somebody Loves You.” The Florida-based rapper recently announced a non-profit organization appropriately titled “Sombebody Loves You.” The organization’s first project is a $10,000 scholarship program that will be presented to two students (one male, one female), who will receive $5,000 a piece. The students must attend, or plan to attend, an accredited college or university, in addition to having a parent, or parents, who is presently incarcerated in prison, and the students must have financial need. Click here for more information that.