2 Chainz has been bitten by the acting bug. After making his comedic debut on “2 Broke Girls,” the “I’m Different” rapper showed a more serious side during his guest role on NBC’s crime drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

Tauheed Epps played a sniper named Calvin “Pearlie” Jones, who is linked to a cop killer. Ice-T and Mariska Hargitay question him at a lounge, where is getting a massage. They plant a gun to get him to talk, but he won’t snitch out of fear.

Watch the full episode, which also stars La La Anthony, below.

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2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa add some horsepower to the Fast & Furious 6 soundtrack. The hip-hop superstars seize the moment on the adrenaline-fueled anthem “We Own It (Fast & Furious).”

“This moment, we own it,” sings the Taylor Gang leader, while 2 Chainz declares, “I ride or die for mine.”

The soundtrack hits stores May 21 featuring Ludacris, Usher, T.I., Lil Wayne, Don Omar, and more.

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What would a Beyoncé and 2 Chainz collaboration sound like? We’ll soon find out as The-Dream has enlisted both for a song on his upcoming album.

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Robin Thicke is sitting at No. 1 on the iTunes R&B chart with his T.I. and Pharrell-assisted single “Blurred Lines.” Now he calls on two more of hip-hop’s reigning MCs, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar, for “Give It to You.”

The R&B crooner seduces the ladies in a falsetto over the pulsing Dr. Luke production, while 2 Chainz and K-Dot fire off rapid rhymes.

The racy song is set to appear on Thicke’s upcoming sixth album Blurred Lines.

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Rocko keeps coming with the remixes to “U.O.E.N.O.” After teaming with Wiz Khalifa and A$AP Rocky, the Atlanta rapper grabs a verse from 2 Chainz on the third remix. Look for the fourth and final next Thursday.

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2 Chainz gives us one last video off Based on a T.R.U. Story before he moves on to his sophomore album. In the grainy black-and-white clip for “Like Me,” which samples The Weeknd’s “The Birds (Part 1),” the fashionable rapper rocks a Chanel ski mask as he performs in a dark alley.

He plans to release his new album in August or September. “I’m a Virgo, so I like to be popping around that time,” he told the Los Angeles Times.

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After making his debut last weekend, 2 Chainz returned to the desert for Coachella. He lit up the stage with a smoking set that included a giant joint in honor of 4/20 and special guests Fall Out Boy.

Wearing a Tupac T-shirt and sparkly glove, the rapper formerly known as Tity Boi rocked with Pete Wentz and the band on the remix to their song “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up).”

He later came out as the surprise guest during Major Lazer’s set at the Mojave Tent. After changing into Jeremy Scott track pants, he joined Diplo and the group on “Bubble Butt” off Major Lazer’s new album Free the Universe.

His busy day ended with a trip to the studio to work on his sophomore album. “Jus got to work and no I’m not sleepy, see u guys in the morning,” tweeted 2 Chainz.

Watch him perform “Bubble Butt” with Major Lazer below.

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Travi$ Scott soars to new heights on “Upper Echelon,” the first single off his upcoming debut Owl Pharaoh. The Houston rapper-producer, who is affiliated with T.I.’s Hustle Gang and Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music, grabs a verse from his mentor Tip and 2 Chainz on the self-produced banger.

“We so fu**in’ high, upper echelon,” raps Scott over the rattling anthem.

Take it to the top with Travi$.

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