The stars flocked to Manchester, Tennessee, for the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival over the weekend. From Björk to Wu-Tang Clan to R. Kelly, the four-day music extravaganza featured a diverse lineup of talent.

Solange sported braids and shades while rocking the stage on Day 3. She had the crowd singing and dancing along to her hits including “Sandcastle Disco” and “Losing You” off her EP True.

Nas took festivalgoers on a journey of his legendary career, beginning with Illmatic and culminating with Life Is Good.

R. Kelly closed out Saturday’s festivities with a headlining set and shared the stage with Jim James, Billy Idol, Brittany Howard, and John Oates for Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come.”

“@Bonnaroo #superjam with @jimjames @JohnOates … Epic night,” tweeted Kellz.

Check out more pics and stream Nas’ entire set below.

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Kelly Rowland meets Kellz on the remix to “Dirty Laundry.” The Destiny’s Child diva duets with none other than the Pied Piper on her confessional single. Kelly pours out even more of her emotions (“Haven’t eaten for days, haven’t slept in weeks”), while R. Kelly takes aim at his haters and competition.

“See the truth of the matter is everybody can’t do this/ And that’s why I got these shit talkin’ R&B singers on my hit list,” sings Kellz, who previously remixed “Motivation.”

Kelly’s album Talk a Good Game will face off with Kanye West, J. Cole, and Mac Miller when it arrives on Tuesday.

Listen to the radio rip below.

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Twista hits the strip club with fellow Chicagoan R. Kelly on “Throwin My Money,” the second release off his upcoming album The Dark Horse, dropping later this year. Twista drops some dollar bills and tongue-twisting rhymes, while Kellz lays down the smooth hook as the ladies work the pole. Hear the Chi-town players reunite on the strip club anthem.

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You never know who’s going to surprise at Coachella. R. Kelly turned plenty of heads when he appeared during Phoenix’s headlining set on Saturday.

Following a full day of performances from 2 Chainz, Pusha T, and Action Bronson, the R&B icon brought more heat to the desert. He joined the French band on the main stage for a mash-up of his hit “Ignition” and their single “1901.”

“Can get a toot toot, can I get a beep beep?” Kellz asked the sea of festivalgoers, who sang along.

He kept it going with a mix of “I’m a Flirt” and “Chloroform” off Phoenix’s upcoming album, Bankrupt!

Katy Perry tweeted about the surreal moment. “Production value has really gone up at Coochella, it felt like R Kelly was really there! #rkellyhologram,” joked the pop star.

Kellz will also play the Pitchfork Festival and Bonnaroo this summer. Watch footage from his surprise set below.

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Some veterans and newcomers are descending upon Tennessee for the 2013 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. R. Kelly, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, and A$AP Rocky are among the acts who will take the stage at the annual music extravaganza.

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BET is turning the BET Awards into a weekend-long celebration of music. The three-day extravaganza (June 28-30) includes performances from Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, R. Kelly, Snoop Dogg, The Jacksons, and more.

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Are R. Kelly and Justin Bieber working on a collaboration? It’s unclear, but we do know that the two recently met up. The Biebs played the Pied Piper some music, possibly off his upcoming acoustic album.

“Just chillen this weekend with the homie @justinbieber,” tweeted Kellz along with a photo of them hanging out.

Due January 29, Believe Acoustic features acoustic versions of eight songs from the teen superstar’s chart-topping album Believe and previously unreleased songs including “Yellow Raincoat,” “Nothing Like Us,” and “I Would,” produced by Da Internz and Aaron Michael Cox.

On Tuesday, Bieber edged out Lady Gaga to become the most-followed person on Twitter with over 33,348,000 followers.

Meanwhile, R. Kelly has been in the studio working on his new album Black Panties. “I decided to go back and do an old-school R. Kelly album like 12 Play,” he said of his iconic 1993 album. “That’s pretty much what it’s going to be, focusing on more of the bedroom ballads. I like to give people variety and I just gave them two years of romance albums and soul.”

Ludacris enlists R. Kelly and Fabolous for the remix to his single “Representin.” Kellz replaces Kelly Rowland on the provocative hook.

“I made love to the original, but the remix/ I just wanna fuck to the remix/ Pop some bottles, take some shots to the remix,” he sings on the Rico Love and Jim Jonsin production.

Luda plans to drop more joints in the months ahead leading up to the release of Ludaversal.

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