R&B singer/songwriter and philanthropist Alicia Keys rounded up some of her A-List celebrity friends to join her last Thursday night (Nov 3) in New York City for her annual Keep A Child Alive Ball.

The gala, which raised $3 million for the children’s charity “Keep A Child Alive” featured appearances from Keys’ husband Swizz Beatz, Serena Williams, Carmelo and LaLa Anthony, Queen Latifah, Kerry Washington, Tyra Banks and more, as well as performances from Usher, Will.i.am, Jay Sean, Nora Jones and Alicia Keys herself, among others.

The $3 million raised will go towards providing lifesaving AIDS treatment, care and support for children and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and the Middle East.

“I am overwhelmed by the kindness I witnessed last night at the eighth annual Black Ball NY,” Alicia Keys said in a statement. “I am forever grateful to all of our supporters whose generosity will provide AIDS treatment and care for so many in desperate need.”

Look below for 30+ photos from the 2011 Keep A Child Alive Ball:

YMCMB is plotting one hell of a fall music takeover.

The Hip-Hop collective is said to be preparing several releases from its long roster of artists, including Drake, Bow Wow, Tyga, Lil Twist, Birdman and Jay Sean.

Lil Wayne‘s “Carter IV” wrapped up the summer, and right in the middle of the fall, on October 24th, Drake’s sophomore album “Take Care” will be the next project released under the Young Money/Cash Money imprint.

A week later on November 1st, Bow Wow will make his Cash Money debut with “Underrated,” followed by Lil Twist’s “Don’t Get It Twisted” the next week on November 8th. Then exactly one week after that, on the 15th, Tyga will release his second album, titled “Careless World.”

Jay Sean and Birdman will share Thanksgiving week with their respective releases “Freeze Time” and “Bigga Than Life,” both due November 21st.

Then, the entire Young Money family will release a second compilation album a month later on December 20th.

It’s pretty safe to say the rest of the year belongs to YMCMB.

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R&B singer/songwriter Keri Hilson performed at the 59th Annual BMI Pop Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel Tuesday night (May 17) in Beverly Hills, California.

Other celebs like music legend Chaka Khan, R&B singer Anthony Hamilton, Cash Money artist Jay Sean, songwriter Kara DioGuardi, and rockers Joel and Benji Madden, and many more were also in attendance. The show also featured performances from Brian McKnight and Chaka Khan.

Check out 20+ pics from the BMI Pop Awards below:

With the flip of a switch, Jay Sean turns up the lights in his newest music video release “Hit the Lights!” With Lil Wayne rapping by his side, Cash Money’s British import dances in front of a CGI cityscape as lights flash all around. Other YMCMB artists, including Birdman and DJ Khaled, also make appearances in the Billie Woodruff-directed clip.

“Hit the Lights” serves as the lead single from Jay Sean’s fourth studio album Freeze Time, due in sotres July 5th.

Check out the new video below:

The stars came out for the Belvedere Vodka Launch Party for the new (RED) Special Edition Bottle Thursday night (Feb 10) in Hollywood. Belvedere Vodka recently partnered with (Product) Red to raise money to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. Belvedere (RED) will give 50% of its profits to the Global Fund charity.

Some of the celebs who walked the red carpet outside the event, held at Hollywood nightclub Avalon, were Usher (who later performed), Jordin Sparks, Mya, Jay Sean, Laz Alonso, Letoya Luckett, Cheryl Burke, Adrienne Bailon, Paris Hilton and many more.

Check out 15+ pics below!!

Justin Bieber hung out with his buddy Diggy Simmons, along with Diggy’s little brother Russy, Wednesday night (Feb 2) at the New York premiere of his new “Never Say Never” 3D biopic at Regal E-Walk 13 in NYC.

JB’s mom Pattie was also on hand at the big premiere, as well as Def Jam chairman L.A. Reid, Cash Money singer Jay Sean, film director Spike Lee (and his son Jackson) and more. Both 2D and 3D versions “Never Say Never” are set to hit theaters nationwide next Friday (Feb 11).

Check out 10+ pics from the New York premiere below!!

Jay Sean is ready to “Hit the Lights” tonight in his newest music release! Jay Sean’s YMCMB boss Lil Wayne spits a few bars in his own verse on the track, which serves as the debut single from Jay Sean’s fourth album Freeze Time, due in stores sometime this year.

Check it out below!!

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The Holidays are always a good time to help the less fortunate. On Wednesday (Dec 15) Singers Jay Sean and Patti LaBelle and TV personality Sherri Shepherd joined forces to feed New Yorkers for The Food Bank For NYC.

The event was held in Harlem and brought smiles to many faces in need. Jay Sean, Patti and Sherrie were all set up with sanitary food gloves and aprons and handed out meals and hugs to all who came. Good on them!

More pics of the trio below!

Pop singer Katy Perry got into the Christmas spirit at the Y100 Jingle Ball concert Saturday (Dec 11) by wearing a sexy Mrs. Clause inspired outfit as she performed for the annual event, held this year at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL.

Other performers included Selena Gomez, Jay Sean, Enrique Iglesias, Flo Rida, B.o.B and more. Kim Kardashian even made an appearance on stage!

Check out 10+ pics from the Y100 Jingle Ball 2010 concert below…

Today (December 1st) is World Aids Day, and Alicia Keys has teamed up with her husband Swizz Beatz, along with Kim Kardashian, Jay Sean, Ryan Seacrest and Serena Williams to promote awareness for HIV/AIDs. In honor of Keys’ Keep A Child Alive Foundation, the celebs mentioned have died a “digital” death and are posing in coffins to raise money for AIDs research to help find a cure for the deadly disease.

In addition, everyone is sacrificing their digital lives to help save real lives by not updating their Twitter and Facebook accounts until $1,000,000 is raised. Other participants in the campaign (not pictured) include Usher, Lady Gaga, Diddy, Justin Timberlake and Jennifer Hudson, and more. Once the money is raised, the celebs will “come back to life” and resume their digital lives on the popular social networking sites.

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Chris Brown and Trey Songz laughed it up on the red carpet of the 2010 GQ Gentlemen’s Ball at the Edison Ballroom in New York City Wednesday night (Oct 27). The two R&B singers were joined by Nick Cannon, Jay Sean, B.o.B., Ashton Kutcher & Demi Moore, and others at the annual GQ event.

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Cash Money recording artist Jay Sean is ready to party it up like it’s the end of the world in his latest music video release “2012 (It Aint the End)” featuring Young Money rapper Nicki Minaj. The track is the first single off Jay’s upcoming fourth studio album Freeze Time (his first U.S. release) which is set to drop November 2nd.

Check out the official music video for the U.K. cross-over singer’s latest single “2012″ below:

The new music video for Mary J. Blige‘s latest single “Each Tear,” which features vocals from Cash Money recording artist Jay Sean hit the web late last week. MJB’s latest album Stronger with Each Tear is in stores now. Continue reading to check out the video…

Musician/producer Timbaland and a handful of his friends performed a sold out concert at the House of Blues in Hollywood Friday night in support of his “Shock Value II Tour.” The roster for the night included Justin Timberlake, Drake, Keri Hilson, The Game, SoShy and Brandy, who performed with Timbo as her rap persona “Bran’Nu.”

Other guests at the big concert event were Brandy’s little brother Ray J and Cash Money singer Jay Sean. Continue reading for the rest of the pics from the show!

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50 Cent took the stage Wednesday night (Dec 16) and performed in front of a sold out audience during the Power 106 Cali Christmas at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles. Other performers on the ticket were T-Pain (who brought along his $400,000 “Big Ass Chain”), Chamillionaire, Jeremih, Jay Sean and Pitbull. Continue reading for more pics!

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Pop singers Jordin Sparks, Jay Sean and Justin Bieber, who performed in a cast due to his fractured foot, took the stage Wednesday night (Dec 9) in Camden, New Jersey for the Q102 Jingle Ball at the Susquehanna Bank Center.

15-year-old Justin Bieber performed on his acoustic guitar during  his “Favorite Girl” song and surprised a fan out of the audience with roses and a serenade. The second part of his debut solo album My World drops in March 2010.

Continue reading for more pics from the concert!

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Rapper Fabolous performed Saturday night (Dec 5) in at Nokia Live in Los Angeles for the KIIS FM Annual Jingle Ball concert, presented by H&M.

Other acts who performed at the concert were Taylor Swift, Keri Hilson, Jay Sean and Jason DeRulo while Ryan Seacrest, host of KIIS FM’s top rated morning radio show, acted as host for the evening. Continue reading for more pics!

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Up and coming singer Jay Sean has teamed up with rappers Lil Jon and Sean Paul for his new “Do You Remember” single and music video. You might remember him from the #1 hit single “Down.” His debut U.S. album (and third worldwide) All or Nothing is in stores now! Continue reading for the new video…

Actress/singer Keke Palmer waved and blew kisses to the crowd as she rode a float, sponsored by the Build-A-Bear Workshop, down the streets of Manhattan during the 83rd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade Thursday morning (Nov 26) in New York City. The 16-year-old Nickelodeon starlet premiered her new song “Top of the World” during the world-famous holiday parade.

Up and coming singer Jay Sean also participated in the annual parade and performed his hit single “Down,” while drummer Questlove (from The Roots) performed on Jimmy Fallon’s float. Check out the pics below and continue reading for the videos of Keke and Jay’s performances!

KEKE PALMER – “TOP OF THE WORLD”

JAY SEAN – “DOWN”

Jay Sean may be new to us, but from what we hear, he’s been doing the damn thing oveseas since 2005! His first U.S. single “Down” (featuring labelmate Lil Wayne) is currently sitting at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, after taking the Black Eyed Peas‘ spot and spending a week at the #1 position.

Jay Sean (born Kamalijit Singh Jhooti) is a British Indian Pop/R&B singer/songwriter, born in West London, England to parents who migrated to the U.K. from Punjab, India. He started his music career overseas under Virgin Records and he signed to Cash Money Records over here in the U.S. back in 2008.

Jay and his bosses Birdman and Slim from Cash Money hosted a listening session last night at New York City’s greenhouse nightclub. Executives and artists from Universal Republic (Cash Money’s parent label). R&B singer/songwriter Melanie Fiona was also on hand to help celebrate her labelmate’s recent success of being the first Cash Money artist to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this year.

Be on the look out for Sean’s U.S. debut album, All or Nothing, set to be released November 2009.

Continue reading for more pics and Jay Sean and Lil Wayne’s music video for the hit single “Down!”

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NBA star Kobe Bryant posed for a pic with his sisters Sharia and Shayla Bryant at LAX Nightclub Wednesday night (Oct 14) in Vegas. The Los Angeles Laker was hosting a party at the club that night.

More pics of celebrities like Estelle, Mary J. Blige, Garcelle Beauvais and more on the scene between the past couple of days when you continue reading!

Singers Estelle and Jay Sean chilled together at a cocktail dinner at Taj nightclub in New York City Wednesday night (Oct 14). The event was hosted by celebrity blog EgyptSaidSo.com.

R&B soul singer/songwriter Mary J. Blige posed for pictures on the red carpet as she arrived at the Stepping Out & Stepping Up event at Gotham Hall Wednesday night (Oct 14) in NYC.

TV family Brooke Hogan, Nick Hogan and Linda Hogan attended an event showcasing Alakazi’as Spring 2010 fashion line during Downtown LA Fashion Week at at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA Wednesday (Oct 14) in Los Angeles. The VH1 reality stars (and family) posed for a group pic together at the show.

Hot on the promo trail for her new movie “Law Abiding Citizen,” actress Regina Hall paid a visit to Fuse Studios in New York City Thursday (Oct 15) to record an episode of Fuse TV’s “The Pop Show.” She plays Jamie Foxx’s wife in the film, which hits theaters nationwide today (Fri Oct 16).

Entourage star Jeremy Piven showed his face at the IFC & BAFTA Monty Python 40th Anniversary event at the Zigfield Theatre Thursday evening (Oct 15) in New York City.

Actresses Garcelle Beauvais walked the red carpet at the Vintage Valentino Benefit at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA Thursday (Oct 15) in Los Angeles. This event was held in conjunction with Downtown LA Fashion Week.

And actress Tichina Arnold posed for pics on the red carpet of the Madison and Diavolina launch party in Los Angeles Thursday night (Oct 15).

Check out “Written On Her,” Birdman‘s latest music video, featuring British pop singer Jay Sean, from his forthcoming album, Always Strapped, in stores soon! Peep the new video after the break.