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Powerhouse 106 hosted their V-Day special at L.A.’s Nokia Theatre with performers T.I., Ne-Yo and special guest LL. Above, Nelly joins the Kang on stage for “Ball”. Meanwhile, Pharrell provides the hook on “Freak Though” and Stacy Barthe assists him on “Sorry” below. HHH luckily provided all the action.

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Yesterday, Trinidad James shot the visual for his remix and here’s a clip of the four shooting their parts courtesy of Ozone. Looks like one block party. Video coming soon.

UPDATE: Still no video, but here’s the official behind the scenes.

Last night at Cali’s House Of Blues, B.o.B. brought out T.I. for a performance of his sleeper track, “We Still In This Bitch”. Off last year’s Fuck Em We Ball mixtape. Below, peep EA‘s recap and his BMI panel performance.

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Tales from a trouble man sure sounds sweet. Here, T.I. runs through the tracklist of Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head and details the meaning behind each tune. Purchase the album here.

The face of a trouble man takes the February issue of The Source. The print doesn’t hit newsstands until February 5, but peep the excerpt on his upcoming comedy film, Identify Thief below.

“It’s my first comedy so I’m looking forward to seeing that. I just want to keep my tools sharp…. Different people see T.I. in different ways. As long as they ain’t giving me a rapper. That’s what I don’t want to do. Anything else, I’d pretty much be open minded within reason of course.”

T.I. brought his family hustle over to the Cable News Network’s Sanjay Gupta MD. With the aid of Urban Farming’s Taja Sevelle, T.I. and the kids plant a winter garden. That’ll get ‘em to eat them veggies.

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It’s still all gold everything. And this evening, Trinidad James has begun filming the video for his remix with his fellow ATLiens. Here is our first looks courtesy of Julia Beverly’s Instagram and others.

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Off of DJ MLK’s Goodnight Don’t Exist In ATL 2, T.I. makes it known he has no worries taking on Lil Wayne’s single. Download the tape here. Cop Trouble Man over here.

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Tip was back on Chelsea Latley’s show last night to promote his new compact disc, Trouble Man. After some playful flirting, he spoke on his collaborators, acting and family life. In other T.I. related matters, TMZ says that he’s asking for 75 big ones.

New year. New faces. Al Lindstrom welcomes Emilio Sparks to the team and for his debut interview, he sits with T.I. The rapper spoke on his successful comeback last year as well as plans for 2013. Trouble Man in stores now.