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Fresh off their gold certification, Mack and Ryan lit up Conan yesterday evening with a live performance of Billboard’s #10 song, “Can’t Hold Us”. On a related front, “Thrift Shop” is now the longest running #1 song on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts. The Heist is available here.

During yesterday’s broadcast of MLBTV, sports analyst Bob Costas gave props to Ludacris after reciting his “Hip Hop Quotable” lyric. Someone give this man some chicken and beer.

“Now I roll up torpedoes, get blunted with rastas/ For a hefty fee, I’m on your record like Bob Costas”

In other news, if you follow Luda on Instagram, you may have seen his “Now That’s Ludicrous” pics. Last night, he brought it over to Conan. Peep the skit below. Very funny.

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Lupe and Guy Sebastian hit up Conan O’Brien’s show last night and gave a live recital of their hit single, “Battle Scars”. Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album in stores now.

Joined by collaborator Anthony Hamilton, Nasir hit up Conan O’Brien’s late night show with a live rendition of track 7 off Life Is Good. It sure is.

On the night of his debut’s release, Kendrick made another late-night TV stop, this time over at Conan O’Brien’s pad. good kid, m.A.A.d city in stores now.

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K.R.I.T. brought his country slang to late night television last night and recited his single on Conan. If you haven’t yet, get Live From The Underground now.

Despite Cudder’s rage last week, he and Dot Da Genius put up some decent numbers in first week sales. This evening, they appeared on Conan to perform their lead single. WZRD is in stores now.

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Da Snowman and Ne-Yo returned to late night television for a live performance of their duet “Leave You Alone”, this time over at Conan O’Brien’s TBS gig. TM:103 in stores now.

Sidebar: Snow White backstage

Last night, Wale and Miguel hit the tube for a live performance of their duet, “Lotus Flower Bomb” on Conan O’Brien’s late night gig. Still smells good as it sounds.

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