If you are one of the hundreds of thousands of people who waited in line yesterday for the iPhone 4 then you know the big new feature on it is the video chat/video cam feature. Well looks like T-Pain is on the cutting edge as his “I Am T-Pain” app now includes a video feature.

Using the new front facing camera available on iPhone 4, singers can flip a switch and record themselves singing, in Auto-Tune, while song lyrics scroll up the same screen. Flip the phone around and you can capture the world around you- in Auto-Tune. Once you’ve recording something you want to share with the world, you can upload to your own YouTube account, right from the app. Let T-Pain demonstrate in this video.

Set to take the #1 album spot this week with a projection north of 600K units, Eminem graces the cover of the latest Billboard Magazine. In this issue, Eminem talks with Billboard about his approach to recording Recovery:

“I would go back and listen to songs off ‘The Marshall Mathers LP,’ ‘The Eminem Show’ and some of ‘Encore’ and ask, ‘Why don’t my music feel like this anymore?’ ” Eminem recalls. ” ‘The Way I Am,’ ‘Criminal’ and ‘Toy Soldiers’ were songs that meant something. I wanted there to be a reason why I was making each song, instead of making it just to make it.”

For more check the official Billboard site.

It’s been over a year and a half since RZA filmed his martial arts flick Wu-Tang vs. The Golden Phoenix (see trailer) and luckily for Wu-Tang fans, he finally plans to release the film as part of the celebration of his 20th year in the music business. For those who can’t wait…here is some extensive behind-the-scenes footage from the flick which includes plenty of RZA cracking some heads. See parts 2-5 after the jump…

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You might have caught a glimpse of Snoop rockin’ this collab tee with Neff Clothing at the MTV Movie Awards. Now you can have the chance to own as Snoop teams with the So Cal clothing company for the “Micro Dogg Tee.” Shirt is out now and available in these four colors, white/black, black/white, blue/white, and purple/gold, for $19.99. Order now at the official site NeffHeadwear.com.

Straight from Billboard today:

Drake, who makes big news on the Billboard 200, also makes an impact on the Hot 100. While “Find Your Love” jumps 10-5, “Over” slips 31-32 and “Miss Me,” featuring Lil Wayne, drops 50-63 , the rapper/singer debuts four more titles on the list, including the top three new entries. “Up All Night,” featuring Nicki Minaj, starts at No. 49, followed by “9AM in Dallas” (No. 57), “Fireworks,” featuring Alicia Keys (No. 71) and “Fancy,” with T.I. and Swizz Beatz (No. 87). Of his seven charting tracks, all are from his No. 1-debuting album “Thank Me Later,” except “9 AM Dallas” which was concurrently released as a digital track.

Pretty impressive to go along with his stellar first week sales. And that’s all I have to say about that.

As part of the joint partnership between Interscope Records and Hewlett Packard, Dr. Dre and Timbaland surprised students at the Culver City High School Graduation party. The surprise performance was sponsored by Hewlett-Packard and Interscope Records who also donated gifts to the performing arts pupils.

HP and Interscope started working together with the launch of the BEATS HP Envy laptop and the “Let’s Do Amazing” ad campaign featuring Dr. Dre.

In celebration of Virgin Air’s new Canadian routes, the airline has enlisted the man who put Toronto hip-hop on the map, Drake, for the “Air-Time with Drake” contest. One lucky winner will fly from Toronto to Los Angeles and meet Drake as well as get access to some nice Virgin hosted events.

I guess by default this contest is only relevant to those in the Toronto area. Check out the website for full details, ey?

As part of Converse’s Summer “Three Artists. One Song” promotion we mentioned yesterday, Kid Cudi gets in front of the camera for this short film shot in Cleveland which goes into how Cudi’s rap persona was born.