Eric Turner lent his voice to Lupe Fiasco’s “Break the Chain” and Tinie Tempah’s “Written in the Stars.” But it was his turn in the spotlight on Tuesday’s “Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” The singer-songwriter was joined by the rappers while performing his single “Angels & Stars” off his Capitol Records debut. Watch the trio shoot for the stars.

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Lupe Fiasco leaves heads spinning in the hypnotizing video for “Vava Voom,” his trippy collaboration with Bassnectar, the first single off the DJ-producer’s album of the same name, due April 10. The rap rebel sports a “Destroy” beanie as he performs alongside mirrored images of himself.

“‘Vava Voom’ is where life shifts into time-warp speed, but you find yourself in an almost slow-motion trance,” Bassnectar told Rolling Stone.

Expect new solo music from Lupe soon. Just this week, he played his upcoming album Food & Liquor 2: Great American Rap Album (Part 1) for his label at a listening session.

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Game rolls past the bullshit on the Lupe Fiasco-assisted “Skate On,” a leftover from his R.E.D. Album recording sessions. The Infamous-produced track will appear on the Compton rapper’s DJ Skee-hosted mixtape California Republic, which drops tomorrow.

“Lupe skates and I thought it would be cool to kind of take that and make it reverse psychology,” Game told Rap-Up TV. “You know when some bullshit’s about to jump off and somebody’s like, ‘Yo, I think we better skate?’ It’s kinda like that. … Lupe kicks this 20-bar verse that’s like crazy.”

Game is gearing up for the release of his fifth album FIVE: Fear Is Victory’s Evolution, due later this year.

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Hip-hop meets dubstep on “Vava Voom,” Lupe Fiasco’s super-charged collaboration with Bassnectar, the first single off the DJ-producer’s album of the same name, due April 10.

“[Lupe] was doing this crazy double-meaning story over the track, talking about hypnosis while waving his arms in the air as if casting a spell,” Bassnectar told Rolling Stone. “‘Vava Voom’ is where life shifts into time-warp speed, but you find yourself in an almost slow-motion trance.”

Listen to their worlds collide below.

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Lupe Fiasco helped turn the Ed Sullivan Theater into a jazz lounge for his performance with the Robert Glasper Experiment on “The Late Show with David Letterman.” Lupe dropped rhymes, Bilal provided the harmonies, and Glasper played the keys while showcasing their talents on “Always Shine,” a cut off the jazz pianist’s album Black Radio.

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J. Cole’s mom met Lupe Fiasco’s mom for the first time at the Grammys. The proud women and their sons did a joint interview for Fuse, sharing what it was like to raise a rapper and remembering the legacy of Whitney Houston. J. Cole also revealed his favorite Whitney song, “I Will Always Love You.”

“I’m biased ’cause of The Bodyguard. I love that movie. I was a kid watching that. That’s how I got my crush on Whitney Houston,” said Cole. “The fact that she’s a black singer, she reached those heights as a female. That’s Celine Dion, Titanic heights.”

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Eric Turner blasts off with Lupe Fiasco and Tinie Tempah in the video for his debut single “Angels & Stars.” The singer-songwriter, who guested on Tinie’s “Written in the Stars” and Lupe’s “Break the Chain,” recruits the rappers for the graphic-heavy visuals.

“I’ve been working a lot with Tinie and with Lupe, and [producer] iSHi and I decided we wanted to do a song with both Tinie and Lupe on it,” explained Turner. “It would be one of the first songs where you got one of the biggest rappers in America together with the biggest rapper in England. We thought that would be an interesting thing.”

Eric’s debut album is due on Capitol Records in mid-2012.

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Eric Turner lent his voice to Tinie Tempah’s “Written in the Stars” and Lupe Fiasco’s “Break the Chain.” Now the singer-songwriter’s friends return the favor on “Angels & Stars,” the first single from his debut album. The rock-rap hybrid boasts verses from both rappers along with a rocketing chorus from Turner. Prepare for lift off.

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