With the success of Lasers selling 204k in its first week and landing the number one spot on Billboard, Lupe Fiasco covers XXL Magazine May 2011 issue. It hit stands April 26th.

Nicki gets big time with some big time cash for promoting Casio’s new TRYX digital camera. She hits Times Square to show how TRYXy she can be.

A movie about the custom car culture in South Central LA definitely doesn’t seem like a Disney family movie, but Disney and Cube have officially announced that Cube’s Chrome & Paint will be marketed and distributed through Disney. The PG-13 flick will explore the custom car culture in a way that the Fast and the Furious franchise highlighted the import car culture. Look for it to begin filming this summer on location in Los Angeles. Movie will be produced through Cube’s Cube Vision Productions with partner Matt Alvarez.

Beyonce has teamed with Michelle Obama’s “Move Your Body” initiative to prevent the rise of fat obese kids. Beyonce’s 2006 song “Get Me Bodied” will be used as the soundtrack to Obama’s anti-childhood obesity campaign. She recently re-recorded the song for the campaign. Check the video here where Beyonce talks about her involvement in the campaign.

It’s been over a year since Nick Cannon sold the rights to MTV for his Cory Gunz reality show “Son of a Gun.” You might remember the first promo trailer from a year ago.Well now MTV has finally scheduled the reality show to hit the air this month on April 28th. This is the OFFICIAL MTV trailer. Nick Cannon about to make some more money on this as he has producer credit.

Nicki graces the cover of Elle‘s music issue. Make sure to check it for plenty of sophisticated Minaj-errific booty shots.

See for yourself. Kobe goes where hip-hop in this video for Chinese superstar Jay Chou. You would think with all the millions of albums Chou has sold that they would put a bit more production value into this video. Kobe should be ashamed of himself for this one…even Ron Artest wouldn’t go this low. Check these lyrics:

Jay Jay Jay Chou

Chou Chou Chou Jay

Jay Jay Jay Jay Chou? Jay Chou Jay Chou

Ko Ko Ko Be

Be Be Be Ko

Ko Ko Ko Kobe Kobe Kobe

Akon and Keri Hilson have joined the “Fight Against AIDS” campaign for the major clothing store  H&M. Consumers who purchase clothing from the limited edition FIGHT AGAINST AIDS clothing line will be doing their part to better society as 25% of all sales will be donated to charity. The collection will be hitting stores and online April 26th. Check out the vid of Akon talking about the campaign after the jump.
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