Willow Smith is on her grown girl steez with her new track “Whip My Hair,” her introduction to the music biz. The sleek, club-ready joint sees the nine-year-old encouraging her fellow gals to snap their heads back and forth and whip that hair like a helicopter. Taking cues from her fashion idol Rihanna, the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith shows that this little diva-in-training has what it takes to tussle with the big girls—and her ’tude hasn’t gone unnoticed.

She’s already received a co-sign from Solange Knowles, known for her own experimental hairstyles. “WIllow Smith make me wanna whip some haiiirrr in this house. Ummm kill em girl. Kill em!” she tweeted.

Download below and prepare for whiplash.

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After bringing out Drake during his Indianapolis show last month, Justin Bieber was joined by another one of hip-hop’s young stars, Diggy Simmons. Rev Run’s son performed his remix to “Baby” with the teen phenom at a concert in Allentown, Pa., over the weekend. “Who wants to be my baby?” Biebs asked. And you already know what kind of response he got.

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The performance lineup for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards just got a whole lot fancier. Mary J. Blige and Swizz Beatz are set to join Drake onstage at L.A.’s Nokia Theatre—most likely to perform their collabo “Fancy,” a track originally intended for MJB—while Bruno Mars will make his VMA performance debut during the show, airing live on Sunday, Sept. 12, at 9 p.m.

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Nicki Minaj chopped it up with DJ Drama on his Hot 107.9 Gangsta Grillz radio show about some recent headline-making stories.

Sounding tired from performing across the country, the L.A. resident spoke about her song-stealing 32 bars on Kanye West’s “Monster,” possibly getting Kanye on Pink Friday, fabricating her marriage to Drake on Twitter (“We were just being mischievous”), and whether she prefers dating men or women (“I think boys are yucky”).

Listen to the nearly 15-minute interview below.

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Forget the Trap goin’ ham. Soulja Boy Tell’em’s got the “Speakers Going Hammer” on the Boi-1da-produced single off his fourth album The DeAndre Way (due Nov. 2). The S.O.D. Money Gang leader rhymes over a burping bass line and horn-peppered instrumental, spitting, “Ice game, cold as a polar bear/ Sun hit my chain, watch it make a solar flare.”

The track’s release comes on the heels of Soulja Boy’s Twitter beef with Fabolous, sparked last week after Fab called him “Stupid Boy Swag” following the leak of a video showing Kat Stacks and S.B. canoodling.

“I wish that fab would quit copying my swag damn he a nut rider i swear man,” responded Soulja Boy last night, quickly deleting his post.

“Yooooo!!! Jus had another crazy dream @Souljaboy was talkin shit bout me on twitter but then i woke up & went to his page, its nothin there,” wrote Fab this morning, prompting Soulja Boy to retweet fans trash-talking Loso. The online war of words culminated with Soulja Boy posing a challenge to Fab: “I tell you what fabolous get yo weak ass on wax and spit them weak ass bars so I can shit on you boy,” he tweeted. “I will murder that nigga fab in a freestyle battle he garbage compared to soulja boy.”

Let’s keep it on wax, boys.

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Trey Songz links back up with “Bottoms Up” director Anthony Mandler for the official, finished version of his video for “Can’t Be Friends.” Unlike the previously leaked clip with the timecode on the bottom of the screen, this edit shows a clear shot of the shirtless heartthrob looking into the camera as he agonizes over being unable to pursue a relationship after it was already consummated.

Watch Trey battle his inner demons and be on the lookout for his Passion, Pain & Pleasure album, hitting stores next week.

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Ne-Yo flexes his acting chops in the SkeetScorsese/Wayne Isham-directed video for “One in a Million,” the third single off his fall album release Libra Scale. Filmed on the Paramount Studios lot in Hollywood, the clip sees the singer-songwriter backed by his boys as he chases after a girl that doesn’t want to have anything to do with him. With a little magic and some slick dance moves, Ne-Yo tries his luck and doesn’t give up.

Watch Mr. SFNR (Sexy For No Reason) bust a move and see if he gets the girl.

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Label drama may have impeded the release of JoJo’s new album, but nothing can stand between her and her fans. The 19-year-old songbird breaks her silence with her mixtape Can’t Take That Away From Me. Soulful sounds and live instruments make up the 11-track set, with production from Chad Hugo of The Neptunes, Kenna, Neff-U, Oak, Beau Dozier, and Jordan Gatsby, who produced the first single “In the Dark.”

While she explores new territory on the collection, it is not necessarily indicative of the sound on her forthcoming studio album All I Want Is Everything. “I was just able to take more of a risk,” JoJo told Rap-Up.com. “It is all over the place, just like me.”

The empowered singer took to her blog to share her thoughts on the long-awaited release day. “In releasing this mixtape, I’m affirming that even though some have tried they CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME,” she wrote. “What is THAT? My voice, my spirit, my drive, my dreams. As you listen to these songs, I hope that they make your head nod, your mind tick, your emotions move, your belly laugh, and maybe elicit a ’stanky face’ or something ;) Lol.”

Rap-Up.com is proud to present JoJo’s first mixtape. Download it for free below!

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