Timbaland’s Shock Value II debuts Dec. 8.

Eminem & 50 Cent “Crack A Bottle”/”Forever”

The champ is here! After a two year absence from the music industry, Love? star Jennifer Lopez made an interesting return to the stage with a lip-synching performance of her new single — “Louboutins” –at Sunday night’s AMA at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.

Keep your eyes peeled for the fall @ 2:20!

R&B legend Whitney Houston performed her inspirational comeback track, “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength,” featured on the songbird’s seventh album I Look To You, during the 2009 American Music Awards on Sunday night.

New York’s own Jay-Z and Alicia Keys got World Series champ Alex Rodriguez — better known these days as Kate Hudson’s manbag — to introduce their live performance of the Big Apple’s new anthem, “Empire State of Mind,” at the 2009 AMAs.

Luckily for everyone, there were no guest appearances by Lil Mama.

Pop/R&B legend Janet Jackson opened the 2009 American Music Awards with a medley of her hits, beginning with her 1986 breakout charttopper “Control.”

Janet’s late brother, Michael Jackson, is nominated for several prizes at tonight’s ceremony.

DMX has been slammed with a $1million lawsuit by Thunder Productions after pulling out of a highly publicized boxing match with actor Eric Martinez.

Earlier this month, the troubled rapper ditched plans to appear in the Dec. 12 matchup after the promotion company refused to honor the clause in his contract which stated: “Event Promoter and Management agree that (DMX) is scheduled to win Boxing Challenge.”

Thunder Productions have inked a deal with “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper Coolio, who will replace X in bout.