Caged “King” T.I isn’t allowing his incarceration to hinder the release of his new LP ‘No Mercy’. Indeed, from his cell the rapper is promoting the project with a series of pre-recorded videos – the latest of which premiering today in the form of the Rocko assisted ‘I Can’t Help It’.

Check out the Atlanta natives in action below…

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Leona Lewis and her friend Angela Simmons was spotted in Los Angeles last evening. The duo were busy with their Christmas shopping at The Grove. {Source}

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Last evening BET aired a new special entitled ‘Food For Thought: Conversations With T.I’. The programme featured the rapper engaging with three different media personalities – Angie Martinez, Harry Allan and Stephen A. Smith. Check below to see Tip talk about the reasoning behind his recent legal troubles and more:

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Diddy-Dirty Money’s long-delayed new album, ‘Last Train To Paris’, has finally been given a UK release date. The LP, which features appearances from Chris Brown, Grace Jones, T.I, Drake and others, will arrive in UK stores on January 24th, almost 6 weeks after its US release on December 14th.

The group’s new single, ‘Coming Home’, will be available on January 17th and will be followed by ‘Looking For Love’ which features Usher. Expect production credits on the album to include Danja, Polow Da Don, Sean Garrett, Tricky Stewart, The Dream, Swizz Beats, Rodney Jerkins, D’Mile and Mario Winans.

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Nicki Minaj hit the stage on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ last evening. The rapper, who is currently on the promotional trail for her ‘Pink Friday’ album, performed her current single, ‘Right Thru Me’. Check out the performance below:

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As Chris Brown readies his new LP ‘F.A.M.E’ for release next year, hitmaker Swizz Beats exclusively previewed a new track he and Brown recently completed for the set.

Having already collaborated on Brown’s 2009 club banger ‘I Can Transform Ya’, the duo will no doubt be looking to re-create a magic of a similar variety.

Take a listen to a snippet of the song, which Beats previewed on Ustream last night.

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Keri Hilson sent shockwaves across the internet upon debuting the racy video for new single ‘The Way You Love Me’ on Sunday. Since then, opinion has been markedly split; with many believing the singer-songwriter to have taken the sexy concept too far, with others feeling it just what the 27 year old needed to elevate her self to that all-important next level.

Providing clarity on the matter are our friends over at Hip-Hollywood, who were on the set of the Laurieann Gibson directed shoot. Check out their behind the scenes look at what has become one music’s biggest talking points this year (the video has garnered over 6 million views on Worldstar Hip-Hop – in 48hrs). Here Hilson, and others, explain the video’s concept in more depth.

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R&B star Keyshia Cole has hit the promotional trail for new single ‘Long Way Down’, moments ago performing the song on the Tonight With Jay Leno Show.

With an album a mere weeks away from release (and a lukewarmly received lead single in ‘I Ain’t Thru’ to boot), the new mother needs to ensure she nails every promotional spot she hits. Check out how she fared after the jump…

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Here is the official video for Diddy-Dirty Money’s ‘Coming Home’ video. The song was released on iTunes on November 21st. Peep below for the clip:

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Check out Nicole Scherzinger in the latest issue of Fabulous Magazine. The singer is currently promoting her new single, ‘Poison’, which was released on October 25th. More images are available below via Portal Nicole:

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Here is the full version of T.I’s new single, ‘Castle Walls’, from his upcoming ‘No Mercy’ album. The song features Christina Aguilera and was produced by Alex da Kid. Give it a listen below:

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“Stomp, stomp, I’ve arrived” a vivacious Jessie J declares on the opening line of her debut single ‘Do It Like A Dude’. And arrived she has.

The Essex-born/ US-based singer-songwriter has generated quite the buzz over the last year – so much so that ‘Dude’ – her label’s preferred “taster single” has surpassed expectation and is currently on-course to be a chart smash her in the UK. With her US debut scheduled for next year, the future is looking particularly bright for the talented songstress.

Peep her recent performance of the song for 4Music after the jump…

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