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Recently on Rude Jude and Lord Sear’s The All Out Show, the brothers Bone, spoke on their many collaborations. Crazy to think that they’re the only artists that’ve worked with Eazy-E, 2Pac, and Biggie while they were alive. That Mariah Carey joint’s a personal fav too. Previously: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Takeover NYC

[vodpod id=Video.3390525&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dinstance%3Dnews%26amp%3Bvid%3D501360] Trey Songz’s manager Kevin Liles tells 1515 that the singer’s follow-up to Ready is dropping September 14th. But that’s not all. Trey and Jeezy are set to star in a new reality show called, The Blueprint 3. The series documents the artists journey on this year’s BP3 tour. The first episode airs after the BET Awards on June 27th.

Cube digs in own pockets to fund his new video “I Rep That West“. The clip’s directed by Gabriel Hart and is the first single off his new album, I Am The West. At the end of the footage, we get a glimpse of the album’s cover art. Dubs up! HHNM

Rihanna and her guitar rocked out to her new single for the first time last night on American Idol. Pretty electrifying.

Swizzy tells Rap-Up to “expect the unexpected” from his work on Drake’s debut album, Thank Me Later. C’monnn Swizz, spill the beans! 57 Ave

[vodpod id=Video.3390133&w=425&h=350&fv=loc%3D%2F%26amp%3Bautoplay%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bvid%3D6032610%26amp%3Bhid%3D63776%26amp%3BdisabledComment%3Dtrue%26amp%3BbeginPercent%3D0.4203%26amp%3BendPercent%3D0.5076] Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg held his Noisemakers series last night with Soul Brother #1. The video’s blurry, but the audio is on point. Pete confirms that he’s working with Kanye on his upcoming album and says that he’s like a lil’ brother to him. He then discusses wanting to work with Eminem and Jay-Z.

There’s no question as to who Jay Rock’s putting his chips on next month. Sorry Shane, you’re going down.

[vodpod id=Video.3387045&w=425&h=350&fv=] Mr. Nash is back with the visual to his next album’s title track. He’s really gettin’ his girls girls girls on here. Too bad the end result is pretty B-A-D. Oh well, we still fuck with Terius’ music. OnSmash BONUS: This is the remix… Sneak peak.

Now that Jay-Z’s BP3 tour is all wrapped up, Billboard Boxscore reports that within a two week span (March 11-24) Jigga’s traveling circus pulled in $9,731,218. The second tour to promote the album included Jeezy and Trey Songz, kicked off last February and made eight of the top 35 shows this year. That’s big business. The Boom Box