Have to agree with Rizoh on this one…one of the coolest anti-smoking ads we have seen. Funny how it associated hip-hop culture and smoking though…I guess it could never be one of those “stay away from the marijuana” ads.

T.I.’s first music video since his return from jail. Plenty of AKOO clothing product placement throughout the vid.

RZA x Activision. RZA and video game company Activision (home of Call of Duty and DJ Hero) are teaming up for an unnamed video game project. RZA shared the details and above photo on his Twitter account stating:

Just finished mocap (motion capture) work at Activision -great team of guys who really appreciate hip-hop.

No one in the gaming industry has any further official details at this time but if it’s a Wu-Tang game we are on board! We’ll do some digging to get more details…maybe Call of ODB: Modern Wu-Tang.

Nas teams up with Damian Marley for the single “As We Enter” which will be part of the upcoming Distant Relatives album on May 18th.

Diddy-Dirty Money x Rhapsody According to last weeks poll, “Should Rhapsody Do More Hip Hop Partnerships”, 89% of voters favored the idea. With several artists scheduled to drop albums during this summer only question is, who should the next candidate be to develop a strategic partnership with the company? Let’s propose Diddy-Dirty Money. The group has already performed on American Idol, obtained music licensing opportunities from the movie Legion, CBS Sports and from Verizon’s NFL commercial. The group can continue to maximize exposure through a strategic partnership with Rhapsody.

Similair to Jay-Z’s partnership with the online music service company, Dirty Money’s album can be promoted to Rhapsody’s 700,000 subscribers and through its joint venture with MTV, a creative ad can be develop where it can be broadcast on the network and on company and artist YouTube channels.

Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 Rhapsody commercial depicts him recreating his past album covers. Diddy-Dirty Money’s commercial can depict him recreating all of his past music videos and ushering in his new group Dirty Money. The ad will take viewers through a musical voyage of his solo career with several performances in his music videos, “Its All About the Benjamins”, ” Been Around the World”, “P.E 2000″, “Come To Me” and his current video “Love Come Down”.

This is simply a proposal for a strategic partnership to be developed between Diddy-Dirty Money and Rhapsody to promote the Last Train To Paris which hits stores on June 22. Share your thoughts on the possibilities of this happening.

via: InMyStateOfMind

Drake x Sprite. You probably have see the Drake x Sprite TV ads a few times by now as part of Sprite’s first global marketing campaign dubbed Spark. Get full details about the campaign here. Aside from the TV and internet ads, Drake’s face is also plastered across billboards in the major markets across the U.S. including key cities like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Photo above is from the New York outdoor campaign and photo after the jump is from Los Angeles. Drake’s publicity value from Sprite out of this campaign is worth well into the millions of dollars.

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Ice Cube x TBS. TBS and Ice Cube’s Cube Vision have signed a 10 episode sitcom deal based off of Ice Cube’s 2005 film Are We There Yet? TBS, the same network who won the battle for Conan O’Brien was in an intense bidding war against the USA Network and BET. The deal is similar to the Tyler Perry comedies “House of Payne” and “Meet the Browns” as the television network will initially pick up 10 episodes of the series with an option for 90 more. The film Are We There Yet? grossed more then $82 million at the box office and the sitcom will continue to be produced by Ice Cube’s company Cube Vision. The rapper will occasionally appear in the series but not as the same character. Check out the show when it premieres in June.

That’s right…Jeezy’s first music video without the “Young” in front of it. “Lose My Mind” kicks off the mature Jeezy as he teams with Plies. Check it.