Wiz Khalifa flies past his haters on “Rise Above,” the Pharrell-produced cut off his upcoming album O.N.I.F.C., due Tuesday. The Taylor Gang leader reflects on how his success has brought out the worst in people, while The Neptunes hitmaker and Wiz’ fellow Taylor Tuki Carter add verses. Even his fiancé Amber Rose gets in on the action, dropping some rhymes.

“Man, what the f**k is wrong with these ni**as?” asks Amber.

Listen to them take flight.

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She may have only been in town for the night, but that didn’t stop Rihanna from living it up while in Paris. During the latest stop on her worldwide “777 Tour,” the “Diamonds” singer partied at the VIP Room with Diddy, Cassie, Pharrell, and Akon. Earlier in the day, she squeezed in some leisurely time to shop for lingerie at La Perla and Chantal Thomass, where she bumped into Diddy.

On Monday, she will celebrate the release of her seventh album Unapologetic by performing live in London. The concert will be live streamed globally on LoveLive and Jay-Z’s Life+Times YouTube channel.

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It was ladies’ night as Glamour magazine honored the 2012 Women of the Year at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Monday. Mary J. Blige was on hand to present an award to the U.S. gold medal Olympians including Gabby Douglas.

“Had the pleasure of honoring our women Olympic gold medalists at Glamour’s Women of the Year awards tonight,” tweeted Mary.

Solange was radiant in a yellow-and-blue Derek Lam dress and Pharrell sported a mustache and bow tie as he made the red carpet rounds.

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While promoting his new book Pharrell: Places and Spaces I’ve Been, Pharrell found himself in the hot seat on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live.” During a game of “Plead the Fifth,” The Neptunes producer was faced with three questions from host Andy Cohen and could only skip one. He refused to say which musician could use a style makeover, but did reveal which one of his collaborators has the biggest ego.

He also discussed Frank Ocean’s coming out. “I think it was a pivotal moment,” said Pharrell, who worked with the Odd Future member on “Sweet Life.” “In a lot of ways, he set a lot of people free.”

Plus, he was blindfolded for another silly game called “What’s That Smell, Pharrell?!”

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Strange things are happening. Tyler, the Creator was in the studio last night with none other than Miley Cyrus and his mentor Pharrell. It’s unknown whether the odd couple was cooking up a collaboration or just hanging out.

“Shes soooo fucking awesome,” said the Odd Future leader of the pop superstar.

Miley is working closely with Pharrell on her next album. “You can’t deny what @Pharrell and I have together. #LOVE=MAGIC #bigbrother4life,” she tweeted.

After hearing Tyler’s upcoming album Wolf, Pharrell shared his thoughts. “Yo @fucktyler shit WOLF is amazing! Once again, I say goodnight to me, Too’s Blendinables and dittos. Individuality always wins,” he wrote.

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Now here’s a reason to get excited. Pharrell was recently in the studio with Jay-Z and Frank Ocean working on new music. While it’s unknown exactly what they were cooking up (New Jay-Z album? Watch the Throne 2?), Pharrell offered a teaser of their collaboration.

“Can’t wait for y’all to hear what I’m working on with big bro @S_C_ and lil bro @frank_ocean,” tweeted The Neptunes hitmaker.

Frank and Jay-Z previously collaborated on Watch the Throne and Pharrell produced “Sweet Life” for the Odd Future crooner’s critically-acclaimed debut channel ORANGE.

David Blaine called on one very famous assistant to help with his latest act. Pharrell had the odd task of shocking the illusionist by playing the keyboard during his latest stunt “Electrified: One Million Volts Always On.” With each stroke of the key, one million volts of electricity were zapped into Blaine’s body.

The daredevil spent three days and nights standing in the middle of the electric currents with only a chainmail bodysuit protecting him.

“Now here’s something I never thought I could make a keyboard do…” tweeted The Neptunes producer.

Watch the electrifying stunt below.

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Pharrell introduced us to R&B songstress Leah LaBelle and pop-rocker Maxine Ashley earlier this year. Now the music mastermind brings us some hip-hop from the West Coast with his i am OTHER signee Buddy.

The 17-year-old Compton rapper flaunts his skills on the breezy Pharrell-produced “Inspired,” which will appear on his upcoming mixtape Idle Time.

He’s already received a co-sign from Justin Timberlake. “This kid is the truth!” tweeted the pop superstar.

Listen and see if you agree.

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