R&B/pop singer and songwriter Chris Brown is gearing up for the release of his third studio album, Graffiti, due in stores December 15th. And the 20-year-old singing sensation released his brand new music video for “I Can Transform Ya,” featuring Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz. Continue reading to peep the new video, which also features a cameo appearance from actor/singer Tyrese at the end!

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R&B singer/songwriter Alicia Keys played host to her sixth annual Black Ball to benefit the “Keep A Child Alive” AIDS organization Thursday night (Oct 15) at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. The huge celebrity guest list at the event included Halle Berry, Usher, Samuel L. Jackson, Nick Cannon, Tyler Perry, Robin Thicke, Mary J. Blige and more. Alicia performed with John Mayer at the event, and also premiered her new song “Sleeping with a Broken Heart.”

You can check out a lot more pictures from the red carpet and inside the Ball when you continue reading!

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So this is it. Chris Brown’s official first comeback single. “I Can Transform Ya” features rapper Lil’ Wayne and producer Swizz Beatz. The track is the debut single from his upcoming third album Graffiti, set to drop sometime early next year. It’s interesting to see how well this single and the album will do considering all of the negative press Chris has been getting ever since that big fight with Rihanna back in February 2009.

But so far, radio stations all over are reporting that the song is getting a great reception and a lot of positive feedback, despite Brown’s troubled past.

Greenville, South Carolina’s Hot 98.1 began playing the song as soon as it was available, and operations manager/ program director Steve Crumbley said the response so far has been overwhelmingly positive. “The audience loves it,” he said. “The response has been phenomenal, plus you have Lil Wayne on it, so you can’t miss.” According to Crumbley, the recent unsavory headlines surrounding Brown don’t appear to have slowed his career. “You mean because of the Rihanna thing? I didn’t think not playing a man’s record had anything to do with what he did,” Crumbley said when asked whether he’d hesitated to spin the tune. “I’m not making light of abuse. That is terribly wrong and he had to deal with that, but if the man’s got a good song, he’s got a good song.” Crumbley said he’s had not a single negative call about the song so far.

D/L: CHRIS BROWN – I CAN TRANSFORM YA

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Looks like the issues surrounding this “love triangle” between Swizz Beatz, his soon-to-be ex wife (and mother of his child) Mashonda and his new woman, Alicia Keys, have reared their ugly head again! Though Beatz and Keys (that sounds funny together, haha!) have yet to publicly announce that they’re knocking boots, anybody who follows either of the two know what’s going down behind closed doors. They’re always at events together, send mushy messages to each other on Twitter and have even been spotted by the paparazzi enjoying an intimate evening.

Well now Mashonda’s fed up with the whole situation and has decided to put A. Keys on front street for allegedly assisting in the failure of her 5-year marriage. Here’s a message she sent to Alicia the other day on Twitter.

After having a great evening with my son and enjoying some fun twit chat, I decided to sign off and get some work done. However, a few hours later I was advised that I should check @aliciakeys twit page. I’ve never reached out to her on twitter before. I feel our issues are a lot more serious than a website conversation. Not to mention that I’ve reached out to her many times in the beginning of this whole thing, as any wife would do. Unfortunately, I never succeeded in getting a response. The 1st time I meet AK, my husband introduced us to each other at an event. ( I have no choice but to call him my husband, until he is not anymore) In the messages that I sent to her (AK), I made it very clear that on the contrary of what she might be hearing, I am still married to my husband, living with him and just had a child. Its been two years and I still have not received a response. What I do receive, is constant displays of selfishness and disconcern to me and my son.

I was a fan of AK’s last album, we were both signed to J Records and I always checked up on her projects. I sang her songs and admired her for creating Superwoman and Karma, I would never deny her, her talent. I believed in her until I found out she was possibly sleeping with my husband. The affair was denied by both, until it was finally admitted months later.

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Famous fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger hosted a party celebrating the opening of his Fifth Avenue Global Flagship store at his storefront in New York City Thursday night (Sep 17) during the 2009 New York Fashion Week festivities.

Above he’s pictured with his daughters Elizabeth and Ally, singer Alicia Keys, his wife Dee Ocleppo and rapper/producer Swizz Beatz. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons also attended the event.

Here are some photos from the red carpet of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, held Sunday night (Sep 13) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Big names like Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Ne-Yo, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Kanye West and more all showed up and posed for pictures. Continue reading for the rest of them!

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Rapper Jay-Z brought out the big guns when he performed Friday night (Sep 11) in New York City’s famed arena, Madison Square Garden for the “Answer the Call” 9/11 benefit concert. The Brooklyn, NYC born and raised hip-hop icon performed some of his biggest hits from his old albums and some new songs from his most recent album, The Blueprint 3. Rihanna, Kanye West, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Diddy, Pharrell, Swizz Beatz, John Mayer, Kid Cudi and Santigold joined Jay-Z on stage during the sold-out concert. All proceeds from the show went to the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund.

Mama Tina was even in the crowd showing her son-in-law some love and throwing up the Roc sign!

More pics when you continue reading!

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It looks like Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys aren’t hiding their love anymore. The pair was spotted enjoying each other’s company during a romantic evening at the VIP club Wednesday night (Aug 26) in St. Tropez, France, and even though neither one of them have officially put out that they’re “dating,” we believe these pictures pretty much speak for themselves. Don’t you think? Though we can’t help wonder what his soon-to-be ex wife Mashonda thinks about all of this…

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Legendary singer Whitney Houston, pictured above with Sony Music Worldwide Chief Creative Officer Clive Davis and R&B singer/songwriter Alicia Keys, hosted an exclusive invite-only listening party for her forthcoming I Look To You album at the Lincoln Center’s Allen Room at Jazz in New York City Tuesday night (Jul 21).

The R&B diva previewed a number tracks of tracks from her highly anticipated comeback album to an audience that included Martha Stewart, Dionne Warwick, Steve Harvey, Swizz Beatz and more. Continue reading to check out all of the pics!

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Check out Maino’s new music video, “Million Bucks,” featuring rapper/producer Swizz Beatz. And be sure to pick up Maino’s debut album, If Tomorrow Comes…, in stores now. Peep the new video after the break!

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The Last Kiss, rapper Jadakiss‘ third studio album, is in stores now! And here is a new video for his most recent single, “Who’s Real” featuring Swizz Beatz & OJ Da Juiceman. Continue reading to peep the Taj directed video below and pick up Jadakiss’ new album, which is in stores now.

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Singer/songwriter Terius Nash, best known for his stage name The Dream, was one of many hip-hop and r&b acts to perform Sunday (Jun 7) during the 2009 Hot 97 Summer Jam at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. Other performers included Lil Kim, T-Pain, Mary J. Blige, Maino and others. Continue reading for much more!

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Here SRC/Universal record exec James Cruz and Busta Rhymes can be seen at Cruz’s birthday party earlier this week. James celebrated his birthday with a big party at Taj in New York City Wednesday (June 3). The celebrity guestlist included the likes of Swizz Beatz, Teyana Taylor, Pleasure P, and others. Continue reading for more!

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Jadakiss took over the streets (and a few of the rooftops) of Harlem and Manhattan to shoot a new music video for his latest single, “Who’s Real,” (featuring Swizz Beatz & OJ da Juiceman) which comes straight from Jada’s latest album, The Last Kiss, in stores now. Continue reading for a few more pics and a behind the scenes video of Jada and the crew on the set!

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Adrienne Bailon and Kim Kardashian stopped for a pic together on the red carpet of the “Done Different” launch for Hennessy Black, which went down Tuesday night at 7 World Trade Center in New York City. Ciara, Fabolous, Idris Elba, Donnie Klang, Lala Vazquez and more attended the star-studded event. Continue reading for more pics!

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Jadakiss and Busta Rhymes performed live on stage at the Jadakiss concert Wednesday night at the Highline Ballroom in NYC. Swizz Beatz and Ryan Leslie also hopped up on the stage to support Jada’s show, which was sponsored by popular New York radio station Hot 97. Continue reading for a gallery of photos from the show!

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Busta Rhymes‘ “Arab Money” must have done pretty well since they decided to make a remix video for it. The remix video features vocal and visual appearances from Ron Browz, of course, Diddy, Swizz Beatz and Akon. And you know a hip-hop remix is not a hip-hop remix unless Lil’ Wayne “blesses” the track with his talent. Peep the new video above!

Here is the video premiere of Maino’s remix video of his latest single, “Hi Hater”, featuring T.I., Plies, Swizz Beatz, Jadakiss and Fabolous. The incredibly sexy Mya is also cameo’d in this video looking so good! Check this video out!

(Photo: Getty Images) Television personality Star Jones has had enough of having her “husband” Al Reynolds live off of her, so the two have been separated for a while. She’s been living in New York, while he’s been living in Miami. Well now, after 3 years of marriage, Star has finally said enough is enough and has filed for divorce. They actually filed on March 26th, but Star revealed it to the public today (Apr. 23rd).

“Al was never there for Star,” a friend of hers said. “He hasn’t made any money in the last three years. He has been living off of her.”

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As we reported last week, rapper Bow Wow celebrated his 21st birthday the proper way in Las Vegas over the weekend at Jet Nightclub at The Mirage Hotel. Interested in seeing who attended this shindig? Check out more photos after the cut!

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Five bands were commissioned to write five songs based on five different colors. Five directors then shot music videos of each song/color. The result is Sound of Color. Here, legendary hip hop artist Swizz Beatz offers up his take on Green, while director Tom Gatsoulis takes us on high speed ride through the desert. This story has everything: fast cars, plot twists, and…clowns

“Suffocate” is the third single released from Holiday’s lastest album, Back Of My Lac’, in stores now! Here is the video premiere for that single as well as Sean Kingston’s new single, “Take You There,” and Styles P, “Blow Your Mind,” featuring Swizz Beatz, which you can view after the cut!!

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Here’s the second set of photos from the ‘07 BET Hip-Hop Awards that were held in Atlanta, Georgia at the Atlantic Civic Center last night. These flicks are from backstage and the audience. Looked like a lot of fun… Check out the rest after the cut!

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Here’s some more photos of the “over-the-weekend” festivities from this year’s VH1 Hip-Hop Honors. These are photos from the celebrity basketball tournament. I would love to see a video of this! Mathew Knowles? Playing bball? … Peep the rest after the cut.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2007 »

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Lisa Raye partied it up last night at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Cali to celebrate her 40th birthday bash. Home girl looking BANGING! She doesn’t look 40 years old at all. I’d hit… Oh yeah, that cake was pretty fly too. They had a little “Studio 40″ theme going on. And check out the hoo-has on Nicole Murphy! o_O And one more thing. I just CANNOT let this slide. I’ve said it once, I’ve said it twice, and I’ve probably even said it a third time. Somebody, anybody … PLEASE remind Da Brat that she is a girl! Either that or just advise her to come out of that closet of hers. She looks so sexy when she dresses up like a FEMALE. Wanna know what else went down this weekend? Check out everything else after the cut!

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