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Lil Wayne 'Mirror' Video Teaser Shows a Jackson Pollock-Inspired MC

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Jailbird Lil Wayne has tapped fedora-wearing crooner Bruno Mars to join him on video for his 'Tha Carter IV' track 'Mirror.' The video is set for release in the coming weeks but in the meantime, you can preview Weezy's newfound love for abstract painting in the snippet below.

The short clip features Wayne, perched in front of a massive canvas. With a combination of acrylics and spray paint, the MC churns out a red-and-black master print in the same vein as Jackson Pollock. Splotches and dots cover Lil Wayne's shirtless chest while Bruno admires his friend's newest work.

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Sean Paul Enlists Kelly Rowland on 'How Deep is Your Love -- Listen

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Kelly Rowland pops up on 'How Deep is Your Love,' the latest single from mohawk-sporting dancehall artist Sean Paul's forthcoming album, 'Tomahawk Technique.'

Much like the rest of the songs that have leaked from the album thus far, the Stargate-produced dance track, which was penned by Ester Dean, is unabashedly club-minded and synth-heavy.

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Man Raps to Wife's Heartbeat in Hospital Room -- Video

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With the birth of Blue Ivy kicking off 2012, there's more than a few fans -- us included -- that wondered just what went down in the hospital when Beyonce and Jay-Z were waiting on their daughter to emerge from her mother's belly. While there's hope that one day there could possibly be video footage that leaks, showing the R&B songstress and her hip-hop hubbie surrounded by family and friends, we'll imagine the following video is an indication of what could have happened in their hospital room.

Debuted by Urlesque, a man holding a video recording device approaches his wife, who is hooked up to several machines as she sits on a bed in a hospital. As he gets closer to his lady love, he begins spitting rhymes to the sounds of her heartbeat.

"Heart murmur," he raps, as he kicks off his song and gives off a hearty laugh in the process.

"This boy's trippin'," the expecting woman replies as her husband continues to rap.

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D'Angelo Performs First Show in Over a Decade on Stockholm Stage

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After much fanfare, reclusive singer D'Angelo has finally made his return to the stage, performing his first show in over a decade, in Stockholm, Sweden Thursday night (Jan. 26).

Rocking an all-black tank top and shawl ensemble, D'Angelo looked to be in good spirits as he engaged the crowd during the first stop of his "intimate" European comeback tour, opening with a raucous rendition of 'Chicken Grease' from his last album, 'Voodoo,' which was released back in 2000.

Despite the various legal and personal battles the troubled crooner has fought over the past decade, he appeared to be in classic form last night, rocking a selection of hits from his two albums, and even some new, unreleased songs from his long-delayed follow-up, 'James River,' which he is said to be close to completing, according to longtime collaborator Questlove of The Roots.

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Beyonce College Course: Rutgers Creates Class in Her Honor

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After Jay-Z was honored with a Georgetown University sociology course named after him, wife and new mom Beyonce has become the subject of a university course of her own. Rutgers University's Department of Women's and Gender Studies now offers the course 'Politicizing Beyonce,' which examines the social and cultural significance of the superstar's music and image.

Rutgers PH.D. candidate Kevin Allred teaches the course and explained on the school's website, "This isn't a course about Beyonce's political engagement or how many times she performed during President Obama's inauguration weekend. She certainly pushes boundaries. While other artists are simply releasing music, she's creating a grand narrative around her life, her career, and her persona."

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Obama's 'Let's Stay Together' Leads to Huge Sales Increase for Al Green

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Calling all musicians! Here is a great, outside-the-box sales technique: Get President Barack Obama to slip in a couple lines of your song during one of his speeches.

As Spinner reports, last week, Obama delivered several lines from Al Green's classic 'Let's Stay Together' at a fundraising event in Harlem, and the song has now enjoyed a 490 percent sales increase after the video of the President/crooner went viral. According to Nielsen Soundscan (via Billboard), Green's 1972 classic sold 16,000 digital downloads in the week ending January 22. If only singing about boosting the economy or bettering public education had the same way of "making it rain."

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Rap Genius Lines of the Week From Scarface, Meek Mill, Freddie Gibbs

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Rap Genius is supplying The BoomBox with the top lyrics of the week and serving a meaning behind the raps in the process. While the Drake and Common war of words may have reached a detente recently, Drizzy continues to inspire. His song 'The Motto' provided grist for not one, but two of our lines of the week, as Freddie Gibbs and Meek Mill both ate that beat up and spit it out. In other news, Bishop Lamont reveals his favorite kids' TV program, Scarface lands an odd-looking girlfriend and Jon Connor manages to suck up to his interviewers in a most entertaining fashion.

5. "Birds for the 33, I got my Larry on/ Where the thong at? Freddie home," -- Freddie Gibbs, 'The Motto (Remix)'

Gary, Ind., native Freddie Gibbs has been a critics' darling these past few years, making mainstream moves since hooking up with Young Jeezy. On this Drake remix, he and Jeezy leave the original in the dust, especially in this punchline. Gibbs compares his cocaine prices -- $33,000 per kilo -- to another No. 33, his fellow Indiana native Larry Bird. We can't wait to see the Hick from French Lick jump on a track with Gangster Gibbs. It's going to be amazing!

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