Trey Songz has a busy Easter weekend. The R&B heartthrob is shooting three music videos over the next several days.

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Fresh off the release of his new single “Love This Life,” T.I. hit up the premiere for Think Like a Man in his hometown of Atlanta on Tuesday night. His pal Nelly also came out to support the film’s cast including Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, and Terrence J. Ne-Yo, who contributed to the film’s soundtrack, stepped out with the mother of his two children, Monyetta Shaw.

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After feeding the streets with his mixtape cuts, T.I. speaks to the ladies and the fellas on “Love This Life,” the first official single off his upcoming eighth album Trouble Man, due this summer. Tip raps and sings over the drum-heavy beat by Mars of 1500 or Nothin’.

“With Paper Trail, we had ‘Whatever You Like’ and that was catered directly toward the women,” Tip told Greg Street on V103. “Now this is something that guys and women together can enjoy.”

Listen to the premiere below.

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In addition to prepping solo albums, B.o.B and T.I. are joining forces for their highly-anticipated joint venture The Man and the Martian. Bobby Ray, whose sophomore album Strange Clouds drops May 1, spoke to Rap-Up.com about recording the “hybrid” project with the King of the South, experimenting with new sounds, and enlisting Hustle Gang members Iggy Azalea and Chip. Plus, is a Grand Hustle tour in the works? Find out in our exclusive Q&A.

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T.I. teases with a 30-second snippet of his new single “Love This Life” off his upcoming album Trouble Man. Produced by Mars of 1500 or Nothin’, the track will debut in full on Monday at 8 p.m. EST. T.I. will also host a Ustream session during that time.

“It’s speaking to women, but from a man’s perspective,” the Atlanta rapper told XXL. “People who find themselves in a situation where the woman might say she wants to part ways with the man, but the man [is] like, ‘Let’s be sensible about this. You gonna leave all this? And go where?’ That’s what he is sayin’, the gentleman is sayin’.”

Tip’s eighth album is due by August with contributions from Pharrell, Rico Love, Trey Songz, Usher, and more.

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Iggy Azalea murdered the stage with her Hustle Gang boss T.I. while performing her new single live for the first time in Atlanta last night. The Aussie rap sensation whipped her blonde ponytail around, wearing a black tank top with a photo of her idol Tupac on it, as Tip proclaimed, “Hustle gang, bitch!” Pull the trigger on their performance below.

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In the midst of the Trayvon Martin tragedy, David Banner and Wyclef Jean appeared on a special episode of BET’s “106 & Park” to discuss racial profiling and what can be done to stop it.

“What can we do to make sure that this doesn’t happen again?” asked an impassioned Banner. “We can march, we can sing, we can make songs—no we have to do something that means something so this will never happen to another child again.”

He suggested ways to bring about change by boycotting basketball games and not releasing music. “We have to find a way to hit America in its pocket or implement laws [against] people who feel like they want to be vigilantes,” he explained.

Wyclef passed along the advice he taught his daughter. “When anybody who has the authority to lock you up or take your life approaches you, the number one thing you have to learn is always remain calm and always speak calm back to the person,” advised Clef, who wore a hoodie in support of Martin. “Once you start to speak loud, the person’s gonna get louder and louder.”

T.I. also called in to share his thoughts on racial profiling, specifically when it comes to rappers. “I don’t think race should ever come into question whenever you’re looking to uphold justice and uphold the law,” said Tip.

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A day after getting into the “Murda Bizness” with his protégée Iggy Azalea, T.I. unveils the artwork for “Love This Life,” the new single from his upcoming album Trouble Man. Produced by Mars of 1500 or Nothin’, the track will debut April 2 at 8 p.m. EST.

“It’s speaking to women, but from a man’s perspective,” the Atlanta rapper told XXL. “People who find themselves in a situation where the woman might say she wants to part ways with the man, but the man [is] like, ‘Let’s be sensible about this. You gonna leave all this? And go where?’ That’s what he is sayin’, the gentleman is sayin’.”

Tip is aiming to release his eighth album by August. “Look forward to those summertime anthems that we’ve grown to love about T.I.,” he told Fuse.

In recent news, VH1 has renewed T.I.’s docu-series “T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle” for a second season. The hit show averaged 3.5 million total viewers during its first season.