On Friday, Lil Wayne, Common, and Flo Rida witnessed the Miami Heat defeat the Denver Nuggets at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. Later that weekend, Jay-Z was courtside as the L.A. Lakers took on the New Orleans Hornets at the Staples Center, only minutes before his show at UCLA.
Common and Cee-Lo brighten our day with the artsy video for “Make My Day” from last year’s Universal Mind Control album. The Chi-Town MC said he will be returning to his “raw hip-hop” roots, working with Kanye West, No I.D., and Twilite Tone, for his ninth solo album, The Believer.
Common was the lucky man sandwiched between Ashanti and Eve at the Hennessy Artistry 2009 Series at Terminal 5 in New York City on Wednesday (Oct. 7). The Chicago MC co-curated and headlined the event with The Roots as Robin Thicke, Paula Patton, Consequence, and more sipped on the cognac.
Rihanna or bust. The sexy singer, clad in a sheer black top, white button-down shirt, leggings, and dark shades, spent her Saturday night at Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club in New York City. Sources at Def Jam tell us that the label is pushing for the release of her new album by the end of the year.
Queen Latifah gets behind the wheel of a 2010 Ford Mustang on set of the video for “Fast Car,” her Missy Elliott-assisted single from her new album Persona. The clip, shot over the weekend at Wall Township Speedway in New Jersey, features cameos from Common, Robin Thicke, and actress Paula Patton.
Power couple Common and Serena Williams showed some rare PDA at the wrap party for Just Wright, Common’s romantic comedy with Queen Latifah, at Greenhouse in New York City on Tuesday (Aug. 25). The rapper and tennis champ have kept their relationship relatively private.
After a sold-out summer tour, Maxwell will return to the road in late September for a series of select North American concert dates. And this time around, he’s playing bigger venues and bringing a new friend.
Hip-hop’s three musketeers, Kid Cudi, Kanye West, and Common, have big butts, sororities, and strippers on their minds in the video for “Make Her Say.” The Lady Gaga-sampled song is the second single off Cudi’s debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, scheduled for a September 15 release.
