Rumors were running around that Ice-T landed a pretty coveted voice character role for the highly anticipated Xbox 360 game Gears of War 3. The gaming industry has allowed music labels a new format to promote their music through so it’s a logical step that more and more professional actors and music artists get in on the voice character action.

Reports from Kotaku are that Ice-T will play the role of Griffin. Unfortunately his wife Coco will not be featured in the game.

David Banner, Terrence J & Columbus Short star in the upcoming straight-to-DVD Stomp the Yard: Homecoming. Yea so there is no Ne-Yo, Megan Good or Chris Brown but this is still a pretty legit cast and production value for a direct-to-DVD production. Movie hits stores on Blu-ray and DVD Sept. 21st.

Castle Lite Beer, based out of South Africa, first hired Vanilla Ice to star in one of their commercials and it ended up being a huge viral hit. Well if it ain’t broke then don’t fix it…which is why Castle Lite has now hired on MC Hammer for their newest TV ad campaign. Check it. Don’t be surprised to see the Hammer pants back during the World Cup b/c of this video.

Tip graces the cover of July’s XXL Magazine in anticipation of his upcoming album Uncaged.

After Karate Kid blew away the competition this past weekend grossing $56 million in the U.S. and international numbers that are expected to help the pic gross almost half a billion dollars globally, it’s no surprise that Sony is already in talks to film a Karate Kid sequel. According to Deadline, Sony execs are already taking meetings with Hollywood’s top writers to see where they want to take the story for the next installment.

Both Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan have options to star in a sequel so it would seem like a slam dunk for Lil Smith…that is unless he wants to get into TV and remake “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” But there can only be one Carlton. Then again…there can only be one Mr. Miyagi.

ALIFE and Drake have teamed up to celebrate the release of his album Thank Me Later with these exclusive “Thank Me Now” t-shirts. Shirts are available at the ALIFE store in New York for $40. Via: HypeBeast

Katy Perry goes “all out” in her latest hit single featuring Snoop Dogg. We are from Southern California and can attest that girls do NOT roam around wearing daisy dukes and bikini tops. But oh well….sure makes for a great video.

MTV is putting a bit more focus on the music with some new programming including their upcoming documentary with Drake entitled “Better Than Good Enough” which airs next week on June 23rd. Take a look at what is in store as Drake gives personal insight into his new life as one of the world’s hottest MCs.