The Ghost and Pharoahe perform the first verse of “My Life” at the Highline Ballroom Monday night. Reminds me: A Gangster And A Gentleman sure was a sleeper.

Ri-Ri reveals what she’s seen firsthand at a church in her native, Barbados. Lawdamercy! UD

Last night, Rae announced that his collaborative album with Ghostface Killah and Method Man has been renamed to Three, The Hard Way. Word is the CD will be released on Def Jam and led by the single “Our Dreams”. Now, what about that group name?…

The NBA’s saving grace covers the latest SLAM. The issue comes at a fitting time time too. This past Monday against the Memphis Grizzlies, Kobe surpassed Jerry West as the L.A. Lakers all-time scoring leader. The feature, written by my favorite scribe Russ Bengtson, is available to read online. Pick it up sometime today, will ya.

After mending their differences three years ago, Koopa and The People’s Champ are embarking on a nationwide tour. The first stop is on March 17 in Austin, TX. Other cities include Flagstaff, Las Vegas, Tucson, Phoenix, Anaheim, Ventura, Los Angeles, Tulsa, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Denver, Albuquerque, Billings and Boise. Already.

[vodpod id=Video.2981347&w=425&h=350&fv=playerID%3D27004030001%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3BvideoId%3D64582344001] Cross the velvet rope and rub shoulders with Clinton Sparks inside the opening of his Las Vegas nightspot, Vanity. The club opened last December and served as a backdrop for his Cirocumentary series. Bottoms up! Karmaloop

Looks like Ray J will keep raping VH1 ’til he’s the 100 million man. Today, it was announced the Norwood family is set to star in their own reality series called A Family Business. The hour long show will premiere on April 11th at 9/8c and will capture the day-to-day operations of their label Rn’B Productions. No TiVo for us.

Before the kickoff of Super Bowl XLIV this Sunday, CBS will air a special music video featuring Hov and The Rutgers Symphony Orchestra. In a statement, Maestro Kynan John said the mash-up is “outside the mainstream of classical music.” Sweet! JZW

[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.919814&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Did%253D1630844%2526vid%253D478201%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A478201] Marvin tells MTV that due to the positive feedback from “Bullets Whistle“,  he decided to sling his mixtape, Gunpowder Guru legally on the Internets. He also says to look out for his new independent album this summer. Hopefully, it’ll still be called I Am 50’s Tax Write Off.