Jim Jones may be focusing on Dipset’s comeback album, but he isn’t turning his back on his solo career. The Harlemite is prepping the release of his fifth album Capo, set for release on April 5.

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Ready to rock out? For this week’s Monster Monday installment, Swizz Beatz hooks up with Maino, Jadakiss, Jim Jones, and Joell Ortiz for the East Coast version of Tupac’s classic “California Love,” appropriately retitled “We Keep It Rockin.” Repping for New York City, each rapper takes turns spitting about kicking it in the Big Apple, from the Brooklyn boroughs to the Manhattan clubs. Get into party mode by listening to the NYC anthem below.

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He may have once been loyal to the Los Angeles Bloods, but Game is riding with a gang of New Yorkers on his new album.

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Chris Brown returned to the stage on Tuesday (Oct. 27) at Power 105.1′s Powerhouse ’09 concert for the first time since pleading guilty to assaulting Rihanna. Despite technical difficulties, the pop star braved the rain and thrilled the audience with his new single “I Can Transform Ya” with Swizz Beatz, wearing a Michael Jackson “Thriller”-inspired outfit.

Keri Hilson, Mario, Ryan Leslie, Fabolous, Trey Songz, Jim Jones, Omarion, and The-Dream also performed at the New York radio station’s annual show at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J.

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Ray J, Busta Rhymes, Jim Jones, and Plies pitch in on the first single off DJ Kay Slay’s new album More Than a DJ.

“In the ’hood where I come from, we ain’t give a damn about being no rock stars/ It’s about being a blockstar,” says the Drama King.

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Asher Roth and Jim Jones worked up a sweat at the Converse Band of Ballers basketball tournament in New York on Wednesday. Asher warmed up by stretching, while Capo rode a skateboard on the court.

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Rihanna, Kanye West, and Jim Jones upped the star power at the release party for the Black Eyed Peas’ new album The E.N.D. at The Griffin in NYC on Wednesday (June 10).

The Peas are on track to sell around 200,000 copies in their first week, putting them at No. 1 on next week’s charts.

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Ciara celebrated her Fantasy Ride album release with Young Jeezy, Monica, and Juelz Santana, at a party in her hometown of Atlanta on Wednesday night. CiCi will be giving fans a virtual concert this Saturday on Planet Cazmo.

Photo credit: Freddy O

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