Maroon 5 teams up with Rihanna for a new version of their song “If I Never See Your Face Again.” The song will appear on the re-release of Maroon 5’s It Won’t Be Soon Before Long and Rihanna’s Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (June 17).

The video was directed by Anthony Mandler (Nelly Furtado, Snoop Dogg) and shot in Los Angeles. Rihanna’s come a long way since “Pon De Replay.”

Mariah Carey was a guest on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Tuesday. The singer spoke about her recent marriage to Nick Cannon, getting a tattoo with his name, having another wedding reception for their friends, and raising a family.

Nelly speaks exclusively to Rap-Up TV about his fifth album Brass Knuckles (June 24), revealing collaborations with Ciara, Chuck D, T.I., LL Cool J, Akon, Pharrell, Jermaine Dupri, and more. Find out which rap megastars Nelly was able to get on the same track.

Rap-Up TV: Nelly Talks Brass Knuckles

Usher performed “Love in This Club” live for the first time in the U.S. at the after-party for the season finale of MTV’s “The Hills.” He was joined onstage by Young Jeezy. Check out the tracklisting for Usher’s Here I Stand below.

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N.E.R.D. performed their single “Everyone Nose” Monday night on “The Late Show with David Letterman.” The video for the song should be out any day now.

G-Unit’s T.O.S. drops July 1st.

Here’s a sneak peek at N.E.R.D.’s new video for “Everyone Nose (All The Girls Standing In The Line For The Bathroom)” off the group’s upcoming album Seeing Sounds. The video was directed by Diane Martel (Mariah Carey, Teyana Taylor). Thanks to Hood Fever for sending it in.

Swizz Beatz on the set of his new video for “Where The Cash At?” with Tommy Hilfiger’s son Rich Hilfiger and L.A. Reid’s son Aaron Reid. Swizzy is currently working on the follow-up to One Man Band Man.

“The title is between Life After the Party and Remember Hip-Hop,” he tells MTV News. “I’m in between them. I don’t even have a date on my joint. I’m just feeling out the scene.”

Check out David Banner’s new video for “Get Like Me” featuring Chris Brown and Yung Joc. Banner’s The Greatest Story Ever Told is due out July 15th. This is our jam!

“Going On” is the second single off Gnarls Barkley’s sophomore album The Odd Couple.