Commemorating World AIDS Day, Alicia held court tonight in the pit of the Rotten Apple. Above, she debuted her new song “Love Is Blind” off Element Of Freedom. Below, “Distance And Time” and “Empire State of Mind II/ I” with Jay-Z.

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Today on Tyra Banks’ daily talk show, the supermodel groped 50 Cent’s bottom. Afterward, she mentioned that he had a lot of loot in his backpocket. In turn, he pulled out $25,000. No wonder why they call him the cake man.

And now, a word from Mr. Mescudi: “Hello and Happy Holidays to everyone of my fans, hope u guys arnt ragin too much. SIKE! : ) peace and love from your bud, Cud” DNK

Get lost. No, seriously. Partnering with Tom Tom GPS comes Snoop Dogg’s Voice Skins. On the device, Tha Doggfather’s voicee will replace the standard monotone vocals. Check out a demo above. Below, Snoop explains how the deal came to fruition. Woooha

Here are the two hip-hop features on CB’s disc droppin’ next week. Plies is on the former and Trey and Game add on to the latter. Runners did the first track and Polow Da Don and his big-ass winter coat did the other. Got it? Good. “What I Do” “Wait”

During N.O.’s set at DJ Self’s 80’s Babies Concert last week, Victor paid respect to some of the game’s fallen soliders. Pour out a lil’ liquor. 57thAve

The-Dream makes another appearance on Snoop’s Malice N Wonderland. Just a week away nephews. Until then, get drunk to this. Spotted: YK2

Here’s the visual aid to Cory’s forthcoming video. As the flicks indicated, the clip’s directed by John Colombo and is inspired by the film Pulp Fiction. Anyone know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?  

Marshall graces the cover of Marc Ecko’s periodical this month. The feature’s already available to read, but here are some highlights: On Relapse 2: So the sequel won’t reflect your reaction to the first one and its reception? Eminem: Well, when I finished Relapse, I had a whole album of material that didn’t make it that I wasn’t ready to throw away, so that was going to be Relapse 2. But then I got with Dre in Hawaii and started […]