A Very Pregnant Alicia Keys In New York City

Alicia Keys walked hand in hand with her new husband Swizz Beats in the Tribecca District of New York City earlier this week. Alicia is definitely showing off her baby bump!

The couple wed in Corsica, France, in late July. The singer announced her pregnancy and engagement to Beatz in May, and their first child is due later this year.
The R&B star scared fans during her performance at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, earlier this summer when she fell on her backside while on stage. She had concert goers fearing for her and her unborn baby's safety when she tumbled backwards and fell while singing "Love Is Blind."
A source close to the star insisted mother and baby were unharmed in the incident.

Nicki Minaj Talks Lil Wayne

  Surely causing quite the exciting stir amongst his fans, Nicki Minaj opened up about what's in store for Lil Wayne when he's released from prison.
   During a recent radio interview on Atlanta’s V-103, the “Beam Me Up Scotty” rapper said, "Can you only imagine what he's been holding and what's building up in that brain?"

"I'm afraid for anybody ... any of his competition when he gets out, because I just feel like it's going to be monumental. He's in a great state,” Minaj added.
Nicki also revealed, “When I speak to him, he sounds like he has some sort of clear understanding of everything now, almost like he's had some weird sort of epiphany since he's been there, so I'm sure his stuff is only going to get better."

Kanye West & Justin Bieber Collaborate After Twitter Exchange

Rapper Kanye West has followed through on his promise to work with Justin Bieber - teaming up with Raekwon to remix one of the teenager's songs.

The pair struck up a friendship on Twitter.com earlier this month after a series of praising messages. West told the Baby hit-maker: "Maybe we can do something together. Me, You and Raekwon."
Bieber was stunned by the proposal, replying to the star, "Me, u, and the chef 2gether (sic) on a song = EPIC. Haha. Might sound crazy 2 u (sic) but even having this convo (conversation) is living the dream." And West has made the teen's dreams come true by remixing his track Runaway Love with fellow rapper Raekwon.
In a post on his Twitter.com page, the Stronger hit-maker writes, "Finishing Justin Bieber Runaway Love remix too, don't know when they gonna drop it but Raekwon's verse is crazy!!!"

Snoop Dogg To Fight Cyber Crime

Snoop Dogg is joining the war on cyber crime - he's signed up to front a campaign to crack down on internet fraud.

The rapper is teaming up with anti-virus company Norton to launch a promotional competition called 'Hack is Wack'. Fans and hip-hop wannabes can submit videos of their own anti-cyber crime raps and the lucky winner will be handed two tickets to a Snoop Dogg gig, as well as a meeting with the rapper's management to discuss business issues for upcoming stars.
Snoop insists he's sick of seeing internet fraudsters exploit the web and he's happy to help spread the word about online safety to youngsters.
He says, "I'm here spreading the awareness of cyber crime. I don't tolerate it. I'm not with it."