This past weekend, social media network Twitter was stormed with congratulatory tweets to the power celebrity couple Beyonce and Jay-Z from fans and celebrities on the delivery of their baby girl, Blue Ivy. It was back in September when Beyonce revealed to the world during the pre-show of the MTV VMA Awards that she was pregnant. The announcement set an all-time record for the most tweeted event/announcement in twitter history and left fans wondering when she would be due.

Today, an official statement came from the Carters themselves announcing the birth of their, GET INTO IT, NATURAL born 7lb baby girl, Blue Ivy Carter. Along with the announcement, a very special song titled “Glory” was dedicated to Blue Ivy from her father Jay-Z. Check out the official statement from the couple and the beautiful track “Glory” featuring B.I.C.

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Willow Smith, the daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith,  has been the buzz all this week with her new single “Whip My Hair” that hit the internet waves earlier this week. A day after the song leaked, Jay-Z revealed on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show that in fact he had signed Willow Smith to the Roc Nation label stating, “I believe in big records and superstars, and I think she has both”.

Many are comparing the new song to something that Rihanna would do who was also discovered by Jay-Z at the age of 16. Check out “Whip My Hair” and tell us what you think.

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Fresh from our good friends over at LilKimFanClub, here’s the brand new remix to Usher’s single “Hot Toddy” featuring the Queen Bee Lil Kim and Jay-Z. Listen to the remix below.

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Lil Kim will be performing this Saturday at Vita night club for WassupNATl’s MANUAL Labor weekend celebrating Atlanta Black Pride.

As promised, Kanye West released another new song yesterday via twitter. Kanye announced that he would be releasing a new song every Friday until Christmas labeling Fridays as ‘G.O.O.D. Friday’.  The new track “Monster” features Jay-Z, Rick Ross, & Nicki Minaj. Two Words…NICKI SLAYS! In the verse Nicki mocks a very familiar female Rapper voice…

“Let me get this straight,  WAIT, I’m the rookie? But my features and my shows 10xs your pay. 50k for a verse, no album out. Yeah my money so tall, that my barbie got to climb it, hotter than a Middle Eastern climate.”

Let the battle begin….

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Rick Ross new album TefLon Don is becoming one of the most anticipated rap albums of the year with his lead single “Super High”, and productions from The Hitmen, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League and special appearances from Trey Songz, Jada Kiss, Erykah Badu, Drake, Chrisette Michelle, Kanye West, Jay-Z and more.

Check out this hot new track “Free Mason” featuring Jay-Z and John Legend. TefLon Don will be in stores and available online July 20th!

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Alicia Keys opened her “Elements of Freedom” tour up yesterday in New York City at Madison Square Garden and like most concerts that hit NYC, some surprise guests accommodated her, including her boo Swizz Beats, Beyonce, and Jay-Z.

While Alicia was performing “Put it in a Love Song” which features the Mega diva Beyonce, Beyonce showed up and showed out. It looked a bit strange with Alicia on stage with just 3 dancers alone but Bey added the spice to the performance. Check it out.

Alicia’s boo, Swizz Beatz, was also in the building and made a guest cameo in-between Alicia’s set of “Empire State of Mind” and then introduced the Mayor of Hip Hop himself, Jay-Z. The concert looked really exciting for the fans.

Alicia ontinues on her near 3 month tour up until May 7th, ending it in Berlin Germany. For the full list of concert dates check out AliciaKeys.com.

Pop/R&B diva Beyonce has been one of many to be added to the “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” telethon/telecast. She, along with hubby Jay-Z and Rihanna will be performing in London for the telethon. Artist such as Wyclef Jean, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Sting, Jennifer Hudson, Shakira, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, and many others will be performing in the U.S. for the telecast portion.

Well this should be entertaining, there are soooo many acts! I like that we as a nation can come together on things such as a natural disaster but if only that could transcend into everyday issues. That would be a blessing and a miracle for us all. Make sure you tune in to watch. Here is a list of channels that will broadcast the telethon/telecast on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and 7:00 p.m. CT:

“Hope for Haiti Now” will air across ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Showtime, COMEDY CENTRAL, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, CENTRIC, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, EPIX, Palladia, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health, Planet Green, CNN en Espanol, HBO Latino, and Canadian networks including CBC Television, CTV, Global Television, and MuchMusic.  The event will be live streamed online globally across sites including YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Fancast, AOL, MSN.com, Yahoo, Bing.com, BET.com, CNN.com, MTV.com, VH1.com, and Rhapsody and on mobile via Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and FloTV. “Hope for Haiti Now” will also air internationally on BET International, CNN International, National Geographic, and MTV Networks International, which is available in 640 million homes worldwide.  ”Hope for Haiti Now” will be available non-exclusively to all terrestrial radio stations around the globe and SIRIUS XM Radio as a one time only radio broadcast via the MTV Radio Network and Westwood One.

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Jay-Z just premiered his video for his song, “On To The Next One”, featuring Swizz Beatz. The video gives abstract art meets hip hop music video. Its on the verge of what some may call creepy, however I  love the video and it kind of made me like this song. Take a look below and give your thoughts.

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