Check out Hurricane Chris‘ new music video for his latest single “Touch Bases,” which features R&B singer Bobby Valentino. The rapper’s second studio album, Unleashed, was released last week (Dec 21) and is in stores now. Continue reading for the new video!

Rapper Hurricane Chris is on the verge of putting out his second studio album and has released his new music video for the second single, “Headboard,” featuring fellow rapper Plies and R&B singer Mario.

Continue reading to peep the David Rousseau directed video and be on the lookout for Chris’ new album, Unleashed, in stores December 2009!

Here’s a shot of Kanye West and his girlfriend Amber Rose on the red carpet of the 2009 BET Awards, which went down Sunday (Jun 28) in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium. The show itself pretty much sucked. And that’s us being nice. But for the most part, everyone looked good on the red carpet. Continue reading for 80+ pics of celebrities like Beyonce, Ne-Yo, Tyrese, Soulja Boy, Ciara, Mario and tons more!

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Rappers Soulja Boy and Bow Wow were among the many performers who took the stage Saturday night (Jun 20) in Atlanta during the 2009 Birthday Bash at Philips Arena. Hip-Hop and R&B acts alike all performed short sets during the 14th annual event, hosted by popular Atlanta radio station Hot 107.9. Continue reading for pics of Keri Hilson, Trey Songz, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, and much more!

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Here’s a little behind the scenes “all access” clip of Lil Josh & Ernest on the set of their new video for Jigga Juice F/ Hurricane Chris. Stay tuned for part 2! Follow the break for a few flicks from the shoot as well.

#1: SOULJA BOY

17-year-old rapper Soulja Boy has cranked his way all the way to the top of Forbes Magazine’s Hottest New Music Stars 2008 list. He shares the list with the likes of Sean Kingston (#2), J. Holiday (#4), Flo Rida (#5), Jordin Sparks (#7), and more. The list was populated by artists who had big hits in 2007. How were they determined, you ask? Check out the info below:

To compile a list of the hottest new stars of music, we examined several measures of popularity and success. To start off, we looked at the top searches and downloads on peer-to-peer networks during the past 12 months as measured by BigChampagne, as well as press mentions as measured by Factiva.

Then we looked at U.S. digital track downloads and album sales in 2007 and the first two months of 2008, as measured by Nielsen SoundScan. Finally, we took a look at “mastertone” ringtone sales during the same period, as measured by Nielsen RingScan (mastertones are ringtones that play a snippet of the actual recording of your favorite song). [ VIA FORBES » ]

#2: SEAN KINGSTON
#3: COLBIE CAILLAT
#4: J. HOLIDAY
#5: FLO RIDA
#6: PLIES
#7: JORDIN SPARKS
#8: HUEY
#9: HURRICANE CHRIS
#10: ONE REPUBLIC

Too bad a good 40 – 50% of this list probably won’t even be around in 2013!

Video For Wyclef Jean’s new single “Sweetest Girl” featuring Akon, Lil Wayne and Raekwon off of his new album “Memoirs Of An Immigrant,” which hits stores this Tuesday, December 4th! Peep more videos that premiered this past week after the cut.

HURRICANE CHRIS F/ BOXIE – “PLAYAS ROCK”

Here’s the latest from Hurricane Chris. “Playas Rock” featuring Boxie. Now Rick James wit it! Sorry y’all, I was just gettin’ “ratchet,” Lol!

JAHEIM – “NEVER”

R&B Crooner Jaheim is back with a new single, and a new album! Here’s “Never” from “The Makings of a Man,” which is due in stores December 18th!

SCARFACE F/ TREY SONGZ – “GIRL YOU KNOW”

Video For Scarface ‘Girl You Know’ Featuring Trey Songz Off Of ‘M.A.D.E.’ Out December 4th! On a side note, Lenny Williams is making some serious dough! Isn’t this like the second artist who’s recently used a sample of “Cause I Love You?”