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The hip-hop/rap celebrity, Obie Trice, will be releasing he’s new album ‘Second Round’s on Me’ on August 15 via Eminem’s Shady Records imprint. For this album the hip-hop/rap singer is now taking matters into his own hands, without Eminem’s tutelage. Obie Trice said that he did this hip-hop album himself as opposed to Em just being right next to him like he was on ‘Cheers’. It felt good.

For the new hip-hop/rap album, Obie Trice collaborated with 50 Cent, Trey Songz, Trick Trick , Nate Dogg and productions of Eminem, Jonathan ‘JR’ Rotem and Akon, among others. Obie Trice, the rap artist, also said that on the new album he developed lyrically talking about a lot of things that are important in the black community and that the hip-hop album shows his growth as an artist and as a person.

Second season ‘American Idol’ winner, Grammy nominated and platinum recording artist, Ruben Studdard, will release his new so-long-awaited album on 26th of September. The R&B singer’s third album is called ‘The Return’ via J. Records and represents Studdard’s return to the mainstream after doing the gospel record in 2004 ‘I need an angel’ which has sold more then 400,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The R&B/soul celebrity’s debut album, ‘Soulful’, released in 2003 has sold nearly 2 million copies and was recognized with coveted awards and nominations from the Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, BET Awards, NAACP Awards, Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Awards, and Teen Choice Awards.

The new single from the upcoming R&B album called ‘Change me’ is produced by the Underdogs and released on radio today. For the new album the R&B artist, Ruben Studdard, collaborated with important producers like Scott Storch, Ne-Yo and Bryan-Michael Cox, but some songs are also produced or co-produced by Studdard like ‘If only for one night’, ‘I’m not happy’, ‘Blow ya mind’ and ‘To tha crib’.

The rap celebrity Ludacris went to Miami to shoot his next video for ‘Money Maker’ single. Along with it also comes the new look of the rap artist. Ludacris has cut off his trademark braids and afro for a shorter haircut. All this for the new video, which is going to be shoot today in Miami. The new single and video ‘Money Maker’ is a collaboration with Pharrell Williams and it will debut on MTV later this fall.The rap celebrity, Ludacris (Chris Bridges) will also release a new album ‘Release Therapy’ later this year. The new album represents for the rap artist ‘a new phase of his life’.

Ludacris said that life is all about change and his new rap album will hopefully reflect some of his growth as an artist and a person. I think Ludacris is truly an artist. I’m not telling this only because of the well-known hits and collaborations but also for the movies in which he played along the years. We can see the rap celebrity’s growth as an artist especially in ‘Crash’. A film in which I think we can clearly see the rap artist’s development in acting skills.

After finding out that the pop-latin singer Shakira continues to maintain number one spot on Ireland singles chart for a seventh week and returned on number one on UK music chart it’s time to find out that the pop-latin celebrity also leads the MTV’s Video Music Awards nominations alongside with the rock band Red Hot Chilli Peppers with seven nominations each. They will compete with Christina Aguilera (Ain’t no other man), Madonna (Hung up) and Panic! At The Disco (I write sins not tragedies) for the Video of the Year category.

Shakira will be also competing with Madonna, Christina Aguilera and Kelly Clarkson at Best female video category. The pop latin celebrity, Shakira, is also nominated for Best Pop Video (along with Christina Aguilera) and Best Dance Video. At the Best Male Video category the nominations are Nick Lachey (what’s Left of Me), James Blunt (You’re Beautiful), Kanye West (Gold Digger), T.I. (What You Know) and Busta Rhymes (Touch It, feat. Mary J. Blige and Missy Elliot).

The MTV’s Video Music Awards will take place on August 31 at Radio City Music Hall in New York. It seems like this ceremony will include performers like the R&B celebrity Beyonce Knowles, the pop singer Justin Timberlake, the rap artists T.I. and Ludacris, Panic! at the disco and The Killers.

The pop-latin celebrity Shakira continues to be number one on Ireland music charts for the seventh week with her last hit ‘Hips don’t lie’, a featuring with Wyclef Jean. But there’s more. In UK singles chart the pop singer has returned to the number one position with the same hit, being with just one spot higher then Christina Aguilera’s comeback pop single ‘Ain’t no other man’.

The pop celebrity’s single ‘Hips don’t lie’ also is the most played song in the pop music history with 9,657 times played on the radio in a week of June. according to Nielsen SoundScan Broadcast Data Systems.