Rick Ross feeds the streets with another video off his mixtape Rich Forever. In the crime-ridden clip for “Yella Diamonds,” “El Gordito Rozay” plays a drug kingpin who has to teach a lesson when his product is tampered with, raiding his client’s house and roughing up his family. Don’t mess with the Bawse.

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Too $hort caters to the ladies, and they return the favor, in the laid-back video for “Hey.” The Oakland O.G. collaborates with R&B singer Silk-E on the smooth cut, which will appear on his upcoming album No Trespassing, due February 28.

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Omarion presents M$ney, the first atist signed to his Starworld label. The former B2K member co-stars in the video alongside the teen R&B singer, who was featured on “Fantasy” off Timbaland’s Shock Value. Despite having feelings for one another, the two try to keep their relationship strictly platonic, but will they be able to resist temptation?

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DJ Drama reels in hip-hop heavyweights Young Jeezy and Big Boi and rising star Future in the video for “Ain’t No Way Around It (Remix),” the original which appears on his 2011 album Third Power. The trio takes turns delivering their verses in the G. Visuals-directed clip, which comes complete with its own dark storyline.

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Burrrr. Gucci Mane is the “Quiet” before the snow storm in the video for a cut off his Trap Back mixtape, set to drop at 10:17 a.m. on Super Bowl Sunday. The Brick Squad rapper lets his money talk as he flashes his grill and ice cream chain in the dark visuals.

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Miguel kicks off the next chapter of his career with “Adorn,” the first release from his Art Dealer Chic, Vol. 1 project, due February 27. The soulful crooner keeps it sexy for the ladies on the rocking rhythm, which gets its own stimulating visuals.

“‘Adorn’ is the first visual projection i’ll release inspired by a series of dreams I recently had,” explained Miguel, who also painted the album’s artwork.

Miguel was recently in the studio with Diplo (“Look at Me Now”) working on new material.

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2 Chainz reps for all regions on “Got One,” another cut off his mixtape T.R.U. REALigion. Fresh off his deal with Def Jam, the long-haired rapper performs at the Polo store and gets some support from his crew in the clip, which was shot on his home turf. Throw your ones up.

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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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With Super Bowl XLVI just days away, halftime show headliner Madonna returns to the front lines with the video for “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” the first single from her 12th album MDNA, due March 26. The pop queen assembles an all-star team of femme fatales for the cheerleading and football-themed visuals, directed by Megaforce.

Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. raise their pom poms as they flank the Material Girl in cheerleading outfits, and Young Money’s First Lady delivers her own feisty verse as her alter ago Roman Zolanski. “I’m Roman, I’m a barbarian, I’m Conan,” she raps.

Madonna expressed her admiration for her co-stars. “I love [Nicki and M.I.A.] and I wanted to collaborate with both of them on my record because I’m a big fan of their music, but also I like their independence,” she told Anderson Cooper. “They’re cheeky and unique and they have individual voices and they’re not conventional pop stars, and I really admire them both.”

The trio will perform the song live for the first time at Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show in Indianapolis.

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