Musician/producer Pharrell Williams and his new artist Rhea, who was recently welcomed as the newest member of Pharrell’s group N.E.R.D., opened up for Jay-Z Saturday night (Oct 31) at the Air Canada Centre in Canada.

N.E.R.D. is currently working on their fourth studio album titled Instant Gratification, set for an early 2010 release. Pharrell says with Rhea a part of the team, they have a new sound that’s very “3-D.”
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Hip-hop artist Pharrell Williams, along with N.E.R.D.’s Chad Hugo & Shay Haley, was spotted at the Perth Airport in Perth, Australia yesterday. N.E.R.D. performed at the Future Music Festival in Perth yesterday. Click here for a review of the show and continue reading for more photos of him and his boys arriving at the airport.

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The official video premiere of “Sooner or Later” – N.E.R.D.’s brand new music video from their latest album, Seeing Sounds, which is in stores now!

T.I. & LUDACRIS PERFORMING TOGETHER AT THE 2008 BET HIP-HOP AWARDS

ATLANTA // SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18TH 2008 »
AIRDATE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD 2008 ON BET @ 8 PM EST. Hold up! Is that T.I. and Ludacris performing? Together? On stage? In front of people? Apparently the 2008 BET Hip-Hop Awards were full of surprises: from T-Pain replacing Katt Williams as the host at the last minute, all the way down to T.I. and Ludacris sharing the same stage. And from the looks of it, the show looked to be pretty good. Be sure to catch it when it airs on BET this Thursday – October 23rd – at 8 PM.

Follow the break to check out photos of Nas, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, and more performing at the 2008 BET Hip-Hop Awards.

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Cassie, Lupe Fiasco & N*E*R*D* all have their own cover for the August/September issue of Complex Magazine. In the multi cover issue, Cassie will be talking about her upcoming album, training with vocal coachs and the haters. Here is a few questions Complex asked her and responses:

The Internet helped launch you, but it’s also home to extremely harsh anonymous sh*t-talkers. How do you feel about that?

Cassie: I love it.

You do?

Cassie: I do. It’s ammunition. I used to be really offended by it. It didn’t motivate me before; I didn’t get that concept. I get it now. At this point, the ridiculousness of the Internet and the things that people say—it’s funny.

What’s the harshest thing that’s been said about you?

Cassie: “She’s f****ng for checks.” I don’t f**k for checks—I’d rather live on the street.

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Here’s the official T2W music video premiere of T.I.’s brand new video for “Whatever You Like” off of his new album, “Paper Trail,” which is due in stores September 30th 2008!
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BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA // SUNDAY, JULY 27TH 2008» Rapper Jay-Z hit the stage last night during day 3 of the 2008 Pemberton Music Festival, a weekend long event in British Columbia (Canada).

The sun had just set behind the mountains on Sunday evening as Jay-Z took the stage to a roar of cheers – and quickly stole the show. Backed by a brass band, the legendary producer and rapper worked the 30,000-person strong crowd into a frenzy. The ground shook as the audience thrust their fists in the air to hit after hit, including “99 Problems” and his breakthrough “A Hard Knock Life.”

“To come up and here and get this much love, don’t think I don’t appreciate it,” Jay-Z shouted to the thundering crowd. “I appreciate each and every one of y’all out there.” [ SOURCE ]

N*E*R*D took the stage as well earlier in the day, so check out photos of them when you continue reading below!

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MILAN, ITALY // JULY 15H 2008 » Pop superstar Rihanna (y’all might as well accept the fact that this girl is HUGE now) recently performed overseas in Italy at the MTV Mobile Bang Concert. According to various sources, she performed “Breakin’ Dishes” and her smash hit, “Umbrella.”

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Here is the official T2W video premiere of ♫ Spaz by N*E*R*D from their latest album Seeing Sounds (Interscope) in stores and online now!

First up, I’d like to let everyone know that T2W is back online for good now! Some of you may have noticed that we experienced a few “testicular difficulties” (copyright Fresh lol) all day yesterday and for most of today, which made posting not only difficult, but 100% impossible. At one point I was afraid that I had lost everything (posts, comments, pages, etc.), but you’ll be glad to know that I fixed the problem and we’re back in action now! Now back to the updates!

The guys of N.E.R.D. and Fonzworth Bentley made a special appearance on yesterday’s episode of TRL to premote their respective projects. Fonzworth, who plans on releasing an album later on this year, also premiered his new video, featuring Andre 3000 and Kanye West, Everybody. You can also catch Fonz on VH1’s latest reality series, From G’s to Gents every Tuesday at 10 PM.

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