According to recent reports, an aide to R. Kelly allegedly paid a woman to return the infamous sex tape at the center of the singer's child pornography trial. The shocking allegation was disclosed to a judge in closed door hearings last month.

An unnamed Atlanta woman is reportedly willing to testify that she had a threesome with the R&B crooner and the underage girl that appears in the incriminating sex tape. The new witness claims she was given an unspecified amount of money in exchange for a videotape featuring Kelly.

It's unclear whether the singer was aware of the deal between his aide and the witness. Jury selection for Kelly's case began earlier today.

A Los Angeles Judge has reinstated a wrongful-death suit brought by the family of the late Notorious B.I.G. Judge Florence-Marie Cooper dismissed the lawsuit on March 21 after determining the family failed to make a deadline for bringing a claim against the city of Los Angeles and former police officers Rafael Perez and Nino Durden.

B.I.G.'s estate has been given 20 days to file a new lawsuit. The family of slain rapper B.I.G. -- real name Christopher Wallace -- claims police officers conspired to kill the rising rap star. The family also contends that the LAPD attempted to cover up their involvement.

Artist: Prodigy
Song: 'The Life'
Why You Should Watch: Prodigy, whose currently serving a three-year prison sentence for unlawful possession of a weapon, takes us on a tour of New York City as spits his "ghetto love story."

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Looks like we've got a leak, folks. "Can't rush perfection, so thanks for your patience," Dr. Dre proclaims on 'It's Like That,' a track rumored to be on his highly-anticipated album, 'Detox.' So true, Dre!

The super-producer/rapper's forthcoming project is expected to be his last album. "I think it's time to move on," the 43-year-old rap icon said in 2007 interview. He went on to call rhyming "a young man's game." Nevertheless, it looks like the West Coast icon is ready to make his comeback.

Listen to 'It's Like That.'

T.I. knows his fans have been patiently waiting for his next move, so the rap star will release his upcoming album 'Paper Trail' on August 12, a month before its original due date.

"There was a great demand for the product," T.I. said in a recent interview. "Once we put out 'No Matter What,' we got so much positive response that we moved up the date." 'No Matter What,' produced by Danja, hit the internet last week, but T.I. has yet to drop an official first single. The rapper is leaning toward releasing 'Top of the World,' featuring Kanye West and B.O.B. "It's a reflective song about our humble beginnings and how far we've come," T.I. said.

Trouble seems to follow DMX. The rapper was arrested at his Arizona home on Tuesday after a speed camera caught X doing more than 100 miles an hour in a 55mph zone on a Phoenix highway in January. According to Arizona state police, the rapper was taken into custody, booked and eventually released on bond Wednesday morning.

The rap star, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was charged with reckless driving, racing on a highway, three counts of criminal speed, two counts of endangerment, and driving with a suspended license. "Criminal speeding endangers the lives of everyone on the road," Roger Vanderpool, Arizona Department of Public Safety director, said in a statement. "Mr. Simmons wasn't signaled out because of his notoriety." Read the full story.

Artist: Busta Rhymes
Song: 'Don't Touch Me'
Why You Should Watch: Busta channels James Brown and rocks his signature colorful jacket with a matching hat combo in the video for his high-energy first single off his upcoming album, 'I'm Blessed.'

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Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.I.Am will have to clear a special spot on his mantel now that he's been honored with the Webby Artist of the Year award. The Grammy-award winner received the award yesterday for the viral music video "Yes We Can" supporting presidential candidate Barack Obama. The video quickly spread around the internet, garnering millions of hits on YouTube.

"It was just a knock in the head to remember that it's not black and white," Will.I.Am said at the annual Peapod show. "That speech, the 'Yes We Can' speech -- he has a lot of speeches that are great [like] Super Tuesday's speech: 'We are the ones we've been waiting for' -- those words are inspirational to me. They inspire you to want to change yourself," the rapper recalled.

After what seemed like a quickie, impulse wedding in the Bahamas, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are sharing the details of their private nuptials. "We really do feel we are soulmates," Carey tells PEOPLE. "I never felt a love like this was in the cards for me." The couple discuss their brief courtship and April 30 ceremony in the magazine's new issue.

This is the second marriage for the 38-year-old diva, who was married to music mogul Tommy Mottola from 1993 to 1998. Cannon was engaged to Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks, but the couple called off the engagement in October 2007.

Here we go again folks. Dizzee Rascal returns to school all you lovers of everything international. The London-bred offers up another lesson in British hip hop slang. Take notes.

Lil Wayne appeared in a Arizona court yesterday and entered a not guilty plea on charges of multiple drug possession charges -- three being felonies -- and a misconduct involving weapons charge.

The rap star, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, was arrested in Yuma, Arizona, on January 22 after his tour bus was searched at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint and agents allegedly discovered marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and a .40-caliber pistol.

This isn't the rapper's first run in with the law. Carter was arrested in Boise, Idaho, in October 2007 for possession of drugs. Carter is due back in court on May 19.

Artist: Lloyd feat. Ludacris
Song: 'How We Do It (Around My Way)'
Why You Should Watch: The A-Town natives show us how they get down in the video for the first single off the crooner's upcoming album, 'Lessons in Love.'

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