R&B singing stars Ashanti and Akon joined Nelly on stage for a performance of his latest single, “Body On Me,” on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday night.

DMX was reportedly admitted to a Miami-area medical facility on Monday after officials in the local jail, where he is being held on felony drug possession charges, became concerned that the rapper had suffered a stroke.

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Kim Kardashian and her famous rear-end foxtrotted on Monday night’s seventh season premiere of Dancing With The Stars.

Grammy Award-winning singer Toni Braxton made her ballroom debut on ABC’s DWTS on Monday night.

Hip-hop star Kanye West has teamed up with Comedy Central for a proect he describes as “hip-hop meets ‘The Muppets.’”

Janet Jackson has severed ties with Island Records after just fourteen months with the label. The move was prompted by Janet’s frustration of lackluster sales for her most recent album.

“At her request, the record label has agreed to dissolve their working relationship. Now, more than 20 years after the release of her iconic album ‘Control’, Janet will have autonomy over her career, without the restrictions of a label,” a rep for the R&B star said in a statement Monday.

Introducing the first official trailer for Notorious, the biopic of hip-hop legend the Notorious B.I.G. The film opens in theaters in 2009.

Kat DeLuna on the set of her upcoming spread in King Magazine.

Christina Milian has signed a recording contract with with MySpace Records after being dropped from Def Jam in 2006.

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Twelve never-before-released recordings from Grammy Award-winning songstress Ashanti will be unveiled on an album, entitled The Vault, available from AJM Records on October 14.