Today marks what would have been Aaliyah‘s 33rd birthday.

It has been over 11 years since we lost Aaliyah Dana Haughton to a tragic plan accident, however her musical influence still resonates throughout the industry today.

Celebrities have taken to Twitter to honor her memory, including rappers Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Lil Kim and her biggest fan in recent times Drake.

Read their tribute messages below:

#HappyBirthdayAaliyah Thank u to all of Aaliyah fans 4 remembering the impact she has had on music! So appreciated!

January 16, 2012 1:38 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®ReplyRetweetFavorite

@MissyElliott

Missy Elliott

Baby girl.

January 16, 2012 1:39 AM via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@Drake

Drizzy

#HappyBirthdayAaliyah My Angel!!!!! I Love U and Miss U So Much :( !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

January 16, 2012 4:47 AM via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@LilKim

Lil' Kim

happy birthday aaliyah babygirl i miss you

January 16, 2012 1:09 AM via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@Timbaland

Timbaland

R.I.P. Babygirl (Jan 16, 1979 – Aug 25, 2000)

Timbaland holds nothing back in his “E! True Hollywood Story”, which aired on TV Tuesday night (Dec 20). “I’m not covering up shit. The truth shall set me free,” the rapper/producer,  born Timothy Mosley says in the 45-minute special.

Featuring commentary from his parents, wife, friends and frequent collaborators, like Missy Elliott, Pharrell, Justin Timberlake, Keri Hilson and others, the latest “E! True Hollywood Story” shows Timbaland as he gives viewers an all-inclusive behind the scenes look at his life and his journey to becoming one of the most influential figures in music.

Timbo also reveals intimate secrets in the interview, including the time he thought about committing suicide after he gained a lot of weight, and how he was in love with Aaliyah when he first met her.

Watch the full episode below:

You do NOT want to miss Timbaland‘s upcoming episode of E!’s “True Hollywood Story,” where the producer/rapper makes one hell of a shocking revelation.

In the interview, in which the super producer proclaims “This will be the last time I talk and I’m going back into hibernation”….he admits to being in love with Aaliyah at one point!

“When I first met Aaliyah—it time for the world to hear this, I’m gonna give a little secret—I was in love with her. I said, But I’m not…She just a baby, I’m old,” Timbaland says. “I said to myself, ‘I’m just gonna be her brother.’ Oh man, I was fightin’, I was fightin’ a lot—a big war. But I loved Aaliyah.”

In addition to professing his love for Aaliyah, Timbaland also confessed that he began having suicidal thoughts as he continued to gain weight throughout his hit-making career. In 2003, his weight was at his highest, he says.

“I was almost 400 pounds,” he shared. “Who wants to be a 400-pound black man? I’m looking in the mirror, my breast is bigger than a girl breast. And I was saying, ‘That ain’t cool.’ So I got very depressed, like suicidal depressed.”

Fortunately, he never acted on those suicidal thoughts, and has now been happily married to his his long-time girlfriend Monique since 2008.

“It’s probably hard to be married to me,” he says. “It’s not easy. I’m a musical genius. I’m weird, I do crazy things, it’s not like the average norm. But I’m a loving guy.”

Watch a sneak peek from Timbo’s “E! True Hollywood Story” below:

The full episode airs this Tuesday night (Dec 20) at 9pm!
[E! Online]

Timbaland and Pitbull surround themselves with a bunch of hot models in the new music video for “Pass at Me” (also featuring David Guetta), the first single from Timbaland’s upcoming album “Shock Value III.”

Watch the “Pass at Me” video below:

Demi Lovato teams up with Timbaland and Missy Elliot in her new single “All Night Long.”

Lovato’s new album “Unbroken” is due in stores on September 20th.

Take a listen to her newest song below:

“106 & Park” Freestyle Friday champ Blind Fury brings in the latest offering from Timbo Thursdays.

Check out “Slow Down” below:

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Chris Brown is playing “Paper, Scissors, Rock” in one of his latest music releases! The track features guest spots from rappers Timbaland and Big Sean, and will be featured on the deluxe edition of Brown’s upcoming F.A.M.E. album (due in stores March 22nd).

Check it out below:

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Here’s another one…

Timbaland has dropped a new track for his Timbo Thursdays weekly music series. Check out “Mentally” featuring R&B singer/songwriter Lyrica Anderson below…..

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D/L: TIMBALAND & LYRICA ANDERSON – “MENTALLY”

Here’s another one from Timbaland Thursdays!!

Check out “You Lied, You Cheated” featuring Keri Hilson below….

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D/L: TIMBALAND & KERI HILSON – YOU LIED, YOU CHEATED

Timbaland teams up with Brandy in his newest music release “808.” The track the latest offering from his weekly Timbo Thursdays music series.

Take a listen below:

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D/L: TIMBALAND & BRANDY – 808

Timbaland has dropped another track for Timbo Thursdays. This one is titled “Round Da Way Tim”.

Check it out below:

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D/L: TIMBALAND – “ROUND DA WAY TIM”

We haven’t heard from these two in a while……

Timbaland joins forces with Missy Elliot in his newest music release “Take Ur Clothes Off”. This track serves as the first release from the rapper/producer’s newly instated “Timbaland Thursdays” weekly music series.

Check out the new song below:

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D/L: TIMBALAND & MISSY ELLIOTT – TAKE UR CLOTHES OFF

First Kanye then Swizzy….now Timbaland???

Not long after joining Twitter, producer Timbaland has announced that he will be releasing new music every Thursday. He wants to call it Timbo Thursdays. Peep what he said below:

“So my brother told me kanye is puttin out a new song every friday call good fridays, swizz got mondays. I dont know if they are on twitter but can you hit them up and tell them reserve that thursday for timbo da king baby. We’ll call it timbo thursday cool?”

Timbaland, who is in the process of finishing up his next album Shock Value III is the latest to jump on the “weekly new music” bandwagon. First, Kanye kicked it off with “G.O.O.D. Fridays” and just last week, Swizz Beatz debuted his “Monster Mondays.” And now, Timbaland is hitting us with “Timbo Thursdays.”

Wonder what’s next…. Weezy Wednesdays???

The Internet was buzzing yesterday (Wed. Aug 25) when reports surfaced claiming that rapper/producer Timbaland had fled his home on a mission to supposedly commit suicide after someone had allegedly stole his $2 million watch. When his family couldn’t find or get in touch with him, they grew worried and called 911 to report him missing.

In a 911 call posted to TMZ, his mother-in-law can be heard stating that Timbaland was “tired of stress” and was supposedly near a cliff waiting to commit suicide. The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department responded to the urgent call and sent out helicopters to find Timbaland, who was eventually spotted and later taken home.

But there’s no need to worry about Timbaland because he says he wasn’t trying to take his life. He was just trying to clear his head to figure out how to handle a sticky situation (that he didn’t elaborate too much on). He also said that it had nothing to do with an expensive watch or anything like that.

Timbaland explained it all on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show. Check it below:

“I don’t even know what happened, to be honest,” the rapper-producer (real name: Timothy Mosley) told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show Wednesday, after reports that he tried to commit suicide surfaced online. “I don’t know what people are talking about. Why would I commit suicide?”

Earlier Wednesday, news broke that Timbaland, 39, fled his house and wanted to harm himself after someone reportedly stole a $2 million watch from his collection. “Something did happen,” he told Seacrest, confirming that he was robbed. “It wasn’t a watch [that was stolen]. It was something else.” And, Timbaland says, he “took a drive to figure out how I’m going to handle it,” while somebody close to him reportedly called the authorities, concerned about his well-being.

According to the Malibu Lost Hills Sherriff’s Department, a caller indicated they “had an emergency,” that Timbaland was upset and under stress – and that he left his Malibu house in his Cadillac Escalade. Authorities added that his wife, mother-in-law and friends were unable to find him and were under the impression he had taken some medication before driving off.

Telling Seacrest that those closest to him likely feared for his safety because they hadn’t heard from him, the rapper-producer understands that “people got worried.” When police tracked him down on the Pacific Coast Highway, he recognized the officer and assured him that everything was fine after being told of his family’s concern. “I snapped,” he told Seacrest. “I was like, ‘Who would report something like that?’ ”

Amid all the drama, Timbaland returned to the studio Wednesday to record with Keri Hilson. Said Timbaland: “I don’t know a person who would [try to] commit suicide [and then] be at the studio.”

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Surprised? We’re not!!

Rapper Jay-Z beat out his Hip-Hop colleagues, including fellow mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, Akon, Lil Wayne, Dr. Dre and more for the title of Forbes Magazine‘s Hip-Hop Cash King. The entire list features rap’s top 20 earners and Hov comes in at #1 with $63 million earned over the last year, which is more than twice what Diddy earned, coming in at #2 with $30 million in the bank this year.

Rappers featured on the list other than the ones mentioned include Drake, T.I., Swizz Beatz, Eminem, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Timbaland, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and more. Peep the full list below:

01. Jay-Z: $63 million
02. Diddy: $30 million
03. Akon: $21 million
04. Lil Wayne: $20 million
05. Dr. Dre: $17 million
06. Ludacris: $16 million
07. Snoop Dogg: $15 million
08. Timbaland: $14 million
09. Pharrell: $13 million
10. Kanye West: $12 million
11. Drake: $10 million
12. T.I.: $9 million (tie)
13. Swizz Beatz: $9 million (tie)
14. Eminem: $8 million (tie)
15. 50 Cent: $8 million (tie)
16. Young Jeezy: $8 million (tie)
17. Common: $7 million
18. Soulja Boy: $6 million (tie)
19. T-Pain: $6 million (tie)
20. Lil Jon: $5 million (tie)
21. Gucci Mane: $5 milion (tie)
22. Rick Ross: $5 million (tie)

Jay-Z is just killing the game with over $60 million earned in the last year! And Diddy, Akon and Wayne aren’t doing so bad either. One thing about this list that surprised us was Drake and the fact that he was able to pull in double digit millions…………AND HIS ALBUM JUST CAME OUT A FEW MONTHS AGO!

( Where they do that at??? LOL! )

Thoughts?

Rappers/producers Dr. Dre and Timbaland hosted a surprise concert Wednesday night (Jun 23) at a graduation party at Culver City High School. Dre introduced Timbaland who performed his hits “The Way I Are,” “Promiscuous Girl,” “Say Something” and his most recent single “Carry Out” on a stage inside the school’s gym. Culver City High’s class of 2010 had no idea the Hip-Hop duo was going to be there. During his set, Timbaland asked the students: “Y’all got a curfew?”

The performance was sponsored by Interscope Records and Hewlett-Packard who are both teaming up in an effort to improve digital sound quality. The promo event was recorded for an online documented and featured an HP giveaway/raffle, photos and free food for those who attended. HP said they’d be donating over $10,000 worth of computer equipment to the school.

When did Ciara and Paris Hilton become so close? The new BFF pair seemed to be inseparable as they partied night away Wednesday at Timbaland‘s birthday party at Drai’s Hollywood in California. The producer/rapper who goes by the name of Timothy Mosley outside of the entertainment biz turned 38 back in March, so we’re not sure why he waited over a month to celebrate it but hey… if he likes it we love it!

Other celebs at Timbo’s birthday party were Justin Timberlake, Brandy and Ray J. Even Interscope/Geffen record exec. Jimmy Iovine came through to party it up with everyone. Check out 10+ pics below…

The official music video for Timbaland and Justin Timberlake‘s new single “Carry Out” (off Timbo’s lattest album Shock Value II) dropped today. Check out Timb and JT picking up chicks at the drive-in in their new video when you continue reading…

Here are some pictures from the big Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam that went down Thursday night (Feb 4) in Miami Beach, FL. Presented by Pepsi and VH1 on South Beach, the Super Bowl Fan Jam is a big pre-game concert during media week for the Super Bowl, which is set to go down Sunday (Feb 7) in Miami.

The show featured performances from Rihanna (f/ Young Jeezy), Timbaland, Keri Hilson, Justin Bieber and more. More pics (and videos) below and when you continue reading…

RIHANNA

TIMBALAND & JOJO

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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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Rapper/producer Timbaland recently released the music video for “If We Ever Meet Again,” his latest single featuring singer/songwriter Katy Perry. Timbo’s third solo studio album Shock Value II is in stores now. Check out his new video after the break.

You guys may remember that a few tracks off the The Blueprint 3 were leaked a bit prematurely, and it just so happened that all of the tracks were produced by Timbaland! After that, many believed that there was some kind of rift between Timbo and Jay-Z that lead the super producer to purposely leak those tracks, which included “Rumors”, “Off That”, and “Venus vs. Mars”.

Well, Timbo recently sat down with the good folks at MTV News and here’s what he had to say about the leaks and his strange relationship with Jay-Z:

“Me and Jay is kinda weird,” Timbaland said recently in New York, when asked when he and Young Hov would work together again. “Musically, I take friendship very serious. Me and Jay, sometimes people think we have falling-outs. We don’t have falling-outs, it’s that we don’t communicate at the proper time. I take friendship very seriously. I wanna tell him how I might feel about a situation. The last time we talked, he understood how I felt. He saw my point with the Keri stuff being leaked out and everything. I had nothing to do with that. I would never do that to him. Nothing against his wishes. It bothered me so bad, I went on hiatus for a minute, because I would never disrespect his wishes. Like, ‘I’m trying to do this with my album, please don’t let that song get out or no leakage.’ … Four months later, the song is leaked. I felt so bad, because I would never want my friend to feel like we had some miscommunications.”

He went on to talk about the track leaks:

“I felt like, ‘What in the world? Who is trying to sabotage our friendship?’ ” Tim recalled. “That bothers me. I respect my friends, because I don’t got a lot of them, and he’s one of my friends in the music industry. I felt like, ‘I’ll remove myself. If people wanna play us against each other, I’ll bow out.’ We talk about personal stuff. I don’t want him to feel like he can’t talk to me about certain things. We both said to [each other] one day, we know we don’t need each other musically, but we are friends. I’m like, ‘I hope you realize that. But I want you to realize that me and you are like Dre and Snoop.’ Sometimes I don’t think he understands that. When we get together, we do make magic.”

Well there you guys have it! No beef between Timbaland and Hova!

SOURCE:  MTV NEWS

Here’s the music video for Timbaland‘s “Say Something” single that features up and coming rapper Drake. Timbaland’s latest album Shock Value 2 is in stores now. Continue reading to peep the new video!

Singers JoJo and Brandy posed for pics with rapper/producer Timbaland on the red carpet of the Verizon Wireless and Blackberry sponsored release party for his new album Shock Value 2. The party was held Saturday night (Dec 5) in Miami Beach at the Fontainebleu’s LIV nightclub.

Brandy took the stage and performed as her rapping alter ego “Bran’Nu.” She has a couple of songs as Bran’Nu on Timbaland’s album (click here to listen to “Rock it or Drop it“). 18-year-old JoJo also took the stage. She’s on the track “Lose Control,” her first official song on a studio album in 2 years!

Continue reading for lots of pics of Brandy, JoJo and Timbaland at the Shock Value 2 album release party in Miami…

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What?! Brandy is rapping now??

Rapper/producer Timbaland and singer (turned rapper) Brandy have teamed up for this new track from called “Meet Me in the Middle.” Brandy is rapping in the song as Bran’Nu, which is her rapper alter ego (oh lawd!)

She doesn’t sound too bad on this though. It’s just different for us hearing Brandy rapping instead of singing (LOL!)  And what’s up with everyone and these alter egos? Watch Brandy come out with a new album and call it “Brandy vs. Bran’Nu” or “I Am… Bran’Nu” … Let’s stop before we give her any ideas.

D/L: TIMBALAND & BRAN’NU – MEET ME IN THE MIDDLE

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Check out “Morning After Dark,” Timbaland‘s brand new music video that features new artist SoShy. Timbo’s third studio album Shock Value 2 drops next Tuesday (Dec 8). Continue reading to peep the new video and to also peep the international version of the video, which features Nelly Furtado!

MORNING AFTER DARK (F/ SOSHY)

MORNING AFTER DARK (F/ SOSHY & NELLY FURTADO)

Check out the videos of the performances from Sunday night’s (Nov 22) American Music Awards: Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas, Timbaland, Mary J. Blige and more! All in all, the show was “okay” but nothing really to write home about. It could have been much better but it basically served its purpose, which was to gear everyone up for the upcoming Grammy nominations and the actual Grammy Awards (Feb 2010).

Continue reading for the videos from Sunday night’s show!

LADY GAGA – BAD ROMANCE/SPEECHLESS

JANET JACKSON – OPENING MEDLEY

RIHANNA – THE WAIT IS OVA/HARD

JAY-Z & ALICIA KEYS – EMPIRE STATE OF MIND

ALICIA KEYS – TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEART

BLACK EYED PEAS – MEET ME HALFWAY/BOOM BOOM POW

JENNIFER LOPEZ – LOUBOUTINS]

SHAKIRA – GIVE IT UP TO ME

KELLY CLARKSON – ALREADY GONE

WHITNEY HOUSTON – I DIDN’T KNOW MY OWN STRENGTH

MARY J. BLIGE – I AM

TIMBALAND F/ NELLY FURTADO & SOSHY – MORNING AFTER DARK

EMINEM F/ 50 CENT – CRACK A BOTTLE/FOREVER

ADAM LAMBERT – FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT

CARRIE UNDERWOOD – COWBOY CASANOVA

Simply judging by the picture above, we bet you already know openly gay singer Adam Lambert‘s performance of his debut single “For Your Entertainment” was far from “the usual!” Between him kissing boys and walking them likes dogs, dragging women on the floor and pretending like he was getting some dome from a dancer, we didn’t know what to think! But according to Lambert himself, he doesn’t give two sh*ts about what anyone thinks about his performance, which despite all of the craziness, was pretty good. But uhh … back to that “kiss,” which the American Idol runner-up says wasn’t even supposed to happen!

Adam Lambert’s sexually suggestive choreography — including kissing another male — on the American Music Awards stage Sunday night happened “in the moment,” the singer told CNN. Lambert, who is openly gay, said it is “a form of discrimination and a double standard” for anyone to object since “women performers have been pushing the envelope” for decades.

This guy is already pushing the envelope and he JUST released his first single! Can you say; “Male Lady Gaga” ??? Adam’s debut album For Your Entertainment is set to drop today (Nov 23) so his performance and the buzz he’s getting right now because of it was GENIUS!

Other performers who took the stage last night were country music singer Carrie Underwood, producer/rapper Timbaland and Colombian singing sensation Shakira. Carrie performed her “Cowboy Casanova” single while Timbo opted to premiere his hot new single “Morning After Dark” with the help of Nelly Furtado and newcomer SoShy, who are both featured on the track. And Shakira sang her new song “Give It Up to Me” after her “Stomp The Yard” esque opening routine.

More pics from the performances when you continue reading!

With his wife Sonia on his arm, Sammy Sosa celebrated his 41st birthday and his new light-skinned complexion with a party at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Saturday night. Though his skin is about 10 shades lighter than what he used to be, he says he’s “not trying to look like Michael Jackson.” The baseball legend revealed that his new complexion is the result of a bleaching cream he puts on before going to bed every night, and he’s reportedly using the cream to restore his skin after being in the harsh sun all those years playing baseball…. Yeah, right!

Singer Estelle attended an event celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Super Mario Brothers video game at the Ninteno World Store Thursday night (Nov 12) in New York City.

And Miranda Cosgrove attended the Australian Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards in Melbourne Friday evening (Nov 13). Her popular tv series “iCarly” won the award for “Fave Comedy Show.”

We also have recent pictures of Zoe Saldana, Vivica A. Fox and Timbaland when you continue reading!

It looks like Justin Timberlake called in the big guns all in the name of charity. TLC, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg and Ciara all performed live in concert in support of Justin’s benefit for Shriners Hospitals for Children at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino Saturday night (Oct 17) in Las Vegas.

Producer/rapper Timbaland and country music sensation Taylor Swift also performed at the second annual “Justin Timberlake and Friends” benefit concert.

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!

Popular financial gurus Forbes has released yet another list. Their previous list featured Beyonce perched at the top, earning a staggering $87 million in one 12-month period. And now her husband, rapper Jay-Z, is sitting at the top of the “Hip-Hop Cash Kings List,” earning an estimated $35 million over the past 12 months. A far cry from the $82 million he pulled in last year, but still pretty damn good, especially in a recession.

Fellow NY rapper Diddy came in right behind Hov with $30 million in the bank, with Chicago rapper Kanye West following behind with $25 million. Continue reading to see who made the top 10!

1. Jay-Z – $35 Million
2. Diddy – $30 Million
3. Kanye West – $25 Million
4. 50 Cent – $20 Million
5. Akon – $20 Million
6. Lil’ Wayne – $18 Million
7. Timbaland – $17 Million
8. Pharrell Williams – $16 Million
9. T-Pain – $15 Million
10. Eminem – $14 Million

In the wake of Michael Jackson‘s shocking and equally heartbreaking death, everyone who’s anybody has spoken up to tell the world what Michael Jackson and his legacy meant to them. This just goes to show the magnitude of the impact he had (and will continue to have, even in his death) on the entertainment industry as a whole. Throughout the day, we will be posting official statements reflecting on the King of Pop’s legacy from the biggest names in music and entertainment. Stay tuned!

Lil Wayne: “I personally can’t believe it. But it’s more unfortunate for the world of music. … My love goes out to his family. … A sad day in history, not [just] music.”

Snoop Dogg: “I feel like his music will never die and his spirit will never die, because he influenced so many if us. He gave us a lot of hope that we feel like we can be big. He was very inspiring and up close and personal with his fans. That to me was special. That’s one of the things that I loved about Mike. When I got a chance to meet him, that’s the feeling and spirit that I got from him.”

Timbaland: “He was just a fabulous guy. Phenomenal. I watched him as a kid and I was like, ‘Man, he works very hard.’ His music was incredible. Everybody from Chris Brown to everybody who started dancing — he influenced all of that.”

Fat Joe: “This is probably [among] the top three worst days of my life. MJ — you know I’m a gangsta rapper so we always got that hard edge, but at the end of the day, the king is the king. I can go down the list: there wouldn’t be no Usher, there wouldn’t be no Chris Brown. There wouldn’t be nobody without MJ. There wouldn’t be no Justin. He was just harmony on Earth. I never think MJ ever did anything wrong in his life. He was just a beautiful soul on this earth.”

Rev. Run: “The thing that went through my mind was that he lived so big. He just worked it so hard. He was such a big imagination. He danced, he sang, he pushed so hard to entertain us. He was so driven that it was really amazing. I think the best thing that Michael will leave is his ability to captivate people. He captivated us.”

Actor Denzel Washington and singer/songwriter Justin Timberlake chatted it up courtside Tuesday night at Game One of the Western Conference Finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles for the 2009 NBA Playoffs in LA at the Staples Center. Other famous faces including T.I. and Timbaland were also at the game. Continue reading for more!

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MIAMI // WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH 2008 » Pharrell & Timbaland both made surprise appearances last night at the Miami stop of Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet tour. Continue reading for more photos and to peep Madonna and Timbo on stage together.

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Pop singer Rihanna is the face of Gucci’s Tattoo Heart accessory collection, on sale through January 31st 2009. 25% percent of sales from the line will be donated to UNICEF. The Good Girl Gone Bad, alongside Gucci, launched the collection with a party last night at a Gucci flagship store in New York. Continue reading for more photos, and to see who else showed their face at the event.

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The sexy Keri Hilson and Timbaland have a new video out, and above you can check out the GOT premiere of “Return the Favor” from Keri’s debut album In A Perfect World – in stores December 9th 2008!

NEW YORK // WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH 2008 » Music producer Timbaland and singer Keri Hilson took the stage together last night in New York City at the GQ Magazine Gentlemen’s Ball. Follow the break to check out photos of Usher, Forest Whitaker, and more pics of Keri and Timbaland.

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My girl Keri Hilson and Timbaland made a pit stop on the promo trail at TRL Monday. As you already know, Keri premiered her new video, and talked about her debut album, “In A Perfect World,” which is due for a late summer/early fall release, so definitely be on the look-out for it. Rumor has it that she and Terrence J exchanged numbers on Monday’s 106 & Park, so if that’s the case … TJ better watch his back ;-) That’s all I’m saying.

My in-laws (I’m married to Vanessa, you didn’t know?) hit up TRL on Monday too. An all-new season of their reality show, “Run’s House,” premiered tonight on MTV, and will be shown every Wednesday at 10 PM. This new season highlights JoJo going off to college, Vanessa and Angela enjoying success from their sneaker line, and Rev. Run and Justine and the rest of the family enjoying the company of the new baby, Miley.

Producer Timbaland and his girlfriend, music exec Monique Idlett, are now husband and wife. According to US Magazine:

The two wed — in their sweats! — in Virginia on Tuesday by a family pastor.

They are getting hitched again in a formal ceremony in Aruba on June 22.

The couple, who are based in Miami, welcomed a baby girl, Reign, last year. (He also has a son from a previous relationship.) He popped the question at Idlett’s baby shower.

Congrats to the happy couple!

Hip-hop king Jay-Z and R&B queen Mary J. Blige showed up and showed out (from what I hear) in Miami’s American Airlines Arena Saturday night! The two were there, along with Kanye West, Timbaland, and The Dream, to kick off their Heart of the City tour. Rappers Young Jeezy and Fabolous showed their support from the audience, and were photographed backstage. It looked like a pretty damn good show! Wish I could have been there.

More flicks after the cut!

That jacket Kanye’s rockin is kinda fly! 

Lil’ mama so hood … I luv your girl! 

’4 Minutes’ will be the first single from ‘Material Girl’ Madonna’s 11th studio album Hard Candy (Warner) in stores April 29th. The song was produced, as well as featured by, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. Below is a medium quality radio rip of the single TBR in March 2008. I love this song so freakin’ much, great single choice, this is a definite club banger! When you hear the intro it feels like something is about to happen, I can’t explain, the energy is incredible! Can you imagine if this were to come on at the club? It would be madness and dance mayhem!

Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake + Timbaland – 4 Minutes {Radio Rip} – direct link

‘Elevator’, featuring (as well as produced by) Timbaland, is Flo Rida’s second single from his album Mail On Sunday (Atlantic).

Sara Bareilles rises three spots, at number 9, to number 6. Rihanna rises up just two spots, number 5 to number 3, from last week’s chart with the electro-single “Don’t Stop The Music”; Chris Brown climbs to number 2. Meanwhile Flo Rida’s smash hit “Low,” featuring T-Pain, retains it’s number 1 spot on the charts once again.

#1 – Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain – Low
#2 – Chris Brown – With You
#3 – Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
#4 – Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic – Apologize
#5 – Alicia Keys – No One
#6 – Sara Bareilles – Love Song
#7 – Fergie – Clumsy
#8 – Snoop Dogg – Sexual Seduction
#9 – Yael Naim – New Soul
#10 – Sean Kingston – Take You There

If you want a more detailed view of Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart or would like to view the remaining 90, continue on here.

GET YOUR 3-D GLASSES READY! » Hip-hop Emcee Missy Elliott and music video director Dave Meyers are doubling up once again to bring us yet another creative, artistic video with stellar 3-D effects and high-energy dance moves. But this time it will be for Elliott’s new single “Ching-A-Ling,” which recently made it’s peak position at number 39 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song, being the latest single lifted from Step Up 2 the Streets soundtrack available in stores February 5th, also will be Elliott’s first single off her untitled album reportedly dropping the fifth quarter of this year. Read more

NAS ISN’T GETTING DROPPED! » Yeeeah … you know that rumor about Nas getting dropped by his Def Jam? Not true, according to Rolling Stone, a label-rep says to Rock Daily, “that is absolutely ridiculous and untrue.” These falsified claims first starting surfacing on the National Enquireresque-site MediaTakeOver, which quoted an “inside source,” stating, “If Nas doesn’t change his mind, he’ll be dropped. And he doesn’t have to much time to come to that realization.” The Emcee has been frequently in the media now leading up to the release of his forthcoming album Nigger. Now, you would think people would stop using gossip sites as resources, especially MeidaTakeOver of all mockery of gossip sites, but clearly they are still doing this.

TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE II! » It’s no surprise that music producer Timbaland is already at work on a sequel to his last album Shock Value (Interscope), recently announcing collaborations with the likes of Gwen Stefani, Akon, Dido, Linkin Park, Cher, Kanye West, Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, and Mary J. Blige. The album, already in post-production now, is set for a rumored Summer/Fall release of this year. Timbaland, said to be the executive of this album, will be doing most of the producing with his protege Danja.

Thanks so much to the Regulator Blog (via Chris) for this! I been waitin’ – in Riley Freeman voice – if Atlantic doesn’t release this their nuts! LOL. “Elevator,” hopefully, is the next single from fellow “Miamian,” Flo Rida – and it features Timbaland. He also produced this song! I know, instant hit. What-what! Flo Rida’s debut Mail on Sunday (Atlantic) drops March 18th and features the smash hit “Low” featuring T-Pain.

Flo Rida ft. Timbaland – Elevator – page link

Here’s the latest video, “Scream” featuring Nicole Scherzinger and Keri Hilson, from Timbaland’s “Shock Value” album.

And here we thought steroids were just for athletes! Some of music’s biggest names like Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Timbaland and Wyclef Jean came up in connection with an Albany, New York based steroid investigation, The Times Union of Albany reported. They even named playwright/director Tyler Perry!

Citing unidentified sources, the report alleged that the above-mentioned music stars, along with award-winning author and producer Tyler Perry, may have received or used performance-enhancing drugs. Grammy-winning singer Blige blasted the report when reached for comment by the New York Daily News. “Mary J. Blige has never taken any performance-enhancing illegal steroids,” the singer’s spokeswoman Karynne Tencer told the News. Ken Sunshine, a spokesman for Perry, declined to comment to the Associated Press.

Law-enforcement officials have said evidence does not indicate the celebrities broke the law. For now, at least, officials are focusing on the doctors, pharmacists and clinics providing the drugs. Albany District Attorney David Soares launched his investigation into steroid trafficking last year. Soares has declined to comment on or confirm the identities of the stars who came up in the probe. His multistate investigation has focused on Signature Pharmacy of Orlando, Fla. So far, 10 defendants have pleaded guilty and some professional athletes have been linked to the probe in news reports.

Records shared with the Times Union and information from several cooperating witnesses on Long Island indicate the celebrities received prescribed human growth hormone or steroids. In some cases, aliases were used for their delivery. Former Sen. George Mitchell released his report last month on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. Hearings are set to begin this month in Congress on the Mitchell report.

Well … I’ll be damned! The outcome of this will be quite interesting.

Yahoo! Music got an exclusive behind the scenes look at the makings of Timbaland’s brand new video for his new single “Scream” which features Keri Hilson and Nicole Scherzinger. Looks like Timbo’s still releasing songs from his new album “Shock Value.”

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Janet Jackson » “Feedback” » LISTEN » (Full) » I’m sure you all remember me posting about Janet Jackson’s forthcoming single not too long ago (in April). Here is her brand new song “Feedback,” produced by Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins, it will be the first single lifted from Janet Jackson’s 10th studio album, appropriately entitled, Discipline (Island Def Jam). The singer’s new LP is due out February 26th of next year.

Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson + Nicole Scherzinger » “Scream” » LISTEN » (Full) » “Scream” is set to be the forth single lifted from Timbaland’s Shock Value (Interscope). The heavy string/tambourine sounding single features co-production by Danja and a guest appearance by Keri Hilson and light background vocals from Nicole Scherzinger. I really wasn’t all into this song that much at first but it’s getting there!

Fergie ft. Soulja Boy » “Clumsy (Collipark Remix)” » LISTEN » (Full) » Yelp, you read right. Collipark decided to make a remix to Fergie’s song “Clumsy” and decided to throw Soulja Boy in the mix! I like the original of “Clumsy” so much that any remix wouldn’t do me, not even Soulja Boy swayed me, sorry.

Chingy ft. Ludacris + Bobby Valentino » “Gimme Dat (Explicit)” » LISTEN » (Full) » “Gimme Dat” is slated to be Chingy’s second single from his forth studio album Hate It Or Love It (Def Jam/DTP). The single features stellar production by Full Scale and guest appearances by Ludacris and Bobby Valentino (vocals). The bass did it for me, this is my cut! Very nice single choice. Hmm, I wonder if Chingy reads blogs becos he has definitely stepped his game up this time around I’d say!