Here’s “Knock You Down,” a hot new track from Keri Hilson that features rapper Kanye West and singer/songwriter Ne-Yo. Keri’s debut album, In A Perfect World, drops next Tuesday.

D/L: KERI HILSON - “KNOCK YOU DOWN”

According to Contact Music, Michael Jackson, the undisputed King of Pop, wants to work with Ne-Yo, Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas for comeback tracks that are set to be released this summer. Kanye West also wants to join in the mix and has submitted a track for Jackson’s approval.

Jackson is heading back into the studio to record new songs ahead of his live dates - and he’s calling on the music heavyweights to make a killer tune for release this summer (09). Britain’s News of the World reports that the King of Pop is being helped by Will.i.am and R&B star Ne-Yo on his comeback efforts, and adds that Kanye West has submitted a track for Jackson’s approval.

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Ne-Yo, who has worked with both Chris Brown and Rihanna in the past, recently spoke with MTV News and gave them his take on the crazy Chris Brown/Rihanna situation. The popular songwriter said that he talked to Rihanna personally because he wanted the information straight from the source instead of taking the word of third parties.

“I wanted to talk to them before I made a comment,” he said. “I spoke to Rihanna. She says she’s fine. She didn’t go into detail about what happened. I understand it’s a painful situation; I didn’t push.”

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The “Year of the Gentleman Tour” - featuring Ne-Yo, Musiq Soulchild and Jazmine Sullivan - made a stop in Miami last night. Continue reading to see more pics of Ne-Yo putting on a great show and to read about him facing a lawsuit for not showing up to a New Years Eve event he was scheduled to host.

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The 51st annual Grammy Awards went down last night in Hollywood, despite all of the hoopla surrounding the whole Chris Brown and Rihanna situation, and dozens and dozens of the biggest names in celebrity entertainment showed up on the red carpet to pose for photos: Jay-Z, T.I., Keyshia Cole, Jennifer Hudson, T-Pain, Diddy, Robin Thicke and more! Continue reading for the rest of the photos.

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R&B singers Ne-Yo and Keri Hilson, along with Gospel singing group Mary Mary and musical producing legend Jimmy Jam all attended Grammy Career Day 2009 in Los Angeles, CA. In preparation for this weekend’s Grammy Awards, the event was held at the University of Southern California campus and also featured appearances from Jesse McCartney and and music producing duo Stargate. All of the celebrities made up one big panel who spoke to students at USC.

A cheering audience of music career aspirants greeted panelists for the day’s first event: a Super Panel comprised of current Grammy nominee Ne-Yo, McCartney, Hilson, EMI Music Publishing president/West Coast Creative Big Jon Platt and The Recording Academy chairman/producer Jimmy Jam. Moderated by Recording Academy West regional director Lizzy Moore, the hour-long session touched on various subjects from songwriting and production to publishing. On the subject of songwriting, McCartney advised fledgling songwriters that “when you try to fit a certain genre or mold, you fail. Write what you know. That’s your template.” Cautioning that “your spot in this business is not etched in stone,” Ne-Yo recommended that students finish school and follow the “3 P’s” in their career endeavors: passion, persistence and patience. “It doesn’t matter how much money you make if you can’t count it,” he emphasized. “It’s also difficult to write a song if you can’t read or write. Being prepared and following the 3 P’s will get you where you’re trying to go.”

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It looks like someone pissed Ne-Yo off for the last time. He’s not taking this sh*t anymore! In a recent interview, he mentioned how surreal his success is and how he lives next door to Young Jeezy. After he was quoted as saying he saw the Atlanta rapper walking around his house naked, the gay rumors starting spewing from all directions. Well, Ne-Yo just wants everyone to know that he’s had enough (via MySpace):

One rule of being a gentleman is to keep your cool and composure at all cost, but right about now I gotta loosen up this tie and take off this expensive suit jacket and talk to the people for a minute. The haters especially. Pardon my french, but what the f**k is wrong with y’all!?! Are you so desperate for an R&B bad guy that you gotta find a way to create one in me?? Okay, the comment about light skinned babies…….an obvious joke, maybe not a good joke, but clearly a joke. Y’all REALLY took that serious!?! I understand that a hater’s job is to hate, clearly. But it’s when people start feeding in to what a hater is saying that something must be addressed.

The whole gay thing. For goodness sake it’s been 4 years!!!! Y’all still on that huh? The whole “boys” song, and the song “go over there”. See this is what happens when people steal. These songs were clearly written for women. Had you been patient, you would have heard them the way they were supposed to be heard, with the voice of the intended artist on em’. But noooo, someone gets a hold of these demos and suddenly everybody forgets that I write songs for women. Riiight.

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This is an unreleased track titled “Better Today” - performed by Ne-Yo and produced by Stargate. What do you all think about the track?

LISTEN: Ne-Yo - Better Today

R&B singer and songwriter Ne-Yo dropped by M. Agnes Jones Elementary School in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia to present band director Arthur McClenton and his students a $30,000 check for brand new instruments, courtsey of VH1’s Save the Music Foundation and an anonymous donor.

“Music is not what I do, it’s who I am,” Ne-Yo said. “If you cut off off my arm right now a song would probably fall out…And I know it may be cliche, but these kids are our future. And we are going to have some very smart, but very boring, very bland kids if we don’t keep programs like these in the schools.”

This is definitely a good look for our boy Ne-Yo. Continue reading for more photos!

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