Topps announces it has struck a deal with CEO/President of Island/Def Jam and rap music icon Sean “Jay-Z” Carter to appear in its basketball trading card products.

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Over 10 days, 23 Amazon customers received a surprise visit from a celebrity associated with their order. This promotion was tn honor online retailer Amazon.com’s 10th anniversary and stars including Fat Joe made special deliverys to the homes of select consumers.

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Neptunes producer Pharrell Williams has signed on to score and produce the soundtrack for the upcoming film Voltron: Defender of the Universe, based on the popular 1980s cartoon.

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Forget Bo and Luke Duke, the new Dodge Charger is winning over the likes of Twista and the Ying Yang Twins. DaimlerChrysler AG’s Chrysler Group has agreed to allow several hip-hop artists to feature the Charger sedan in music videos and other promotions in a move that could help expand its reach with the MTV Generation and give a key new model a push out of the gate.

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Some of the fans are wearing multi-coloured clown wigs and face make-up, but this is no circus, it’s a new dance craze called krumping. A little girl standing in line with her friends explains: “It’s shaking your butt, moving your arms—it’s hip hopping.”

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Jay Z has officially set new record label called Roc La Familia that will feature artists with musical genres such as reggae, reggaeton, calypso, tribal and West Indian.

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Yesterday, New York State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer unveiled the details of Sony BMG’s $10 million settlement after the company admitted to paying off radio stations to play its artists’ singles.

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