Keri Hilson, Solange Knowles, and Teyana Taylor cover Rap-Up’s Summer 2008 issue, on sale now. View the cover and buy your copy today.

Get to know Jermaine Dupri’s latest discovery, Dondria a.k.a. Phatfffat, in this exclusive Rap-Up TV interview.

The R&B singer was discovered by J.D. on YouTube after she posted several videos of herself singing songs such as Alicia Keys’ “If I Ain’t Got You” and Ciara’s “Promise.” Now with a major label deal on Island Def Jam, Dondria is set to release her debut album Dondria vs. Phatfffat on July 29th.

Listen to her first single, “Can’t Stop,” here.

Rap-Up TV and Solange were on the red carpet at the IGA “Creme of the Crop” Dinner at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills last week. The youngest Knowles daughter spoke about her new album SoL-AngeL and The Hadley St. Dreams (read our preview), her second single “Sandcastle Disco” featuring Q-Tip, and a possible collaboration with U.K. pop sensation Duffy.

Keri Hilson can also be seen in the clip. Watch our interview with Keri on
Rap-Up TV.

In part 2 of our interview with Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, the super producer spoke exclusively to Rap-Up TV about reuniting with Britney Spears and Brandy for their new albums.

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Rap-Up TV hit up the red carpet at the 2nd Annual Interscope Geffen A&M “Creme of the Crop” Dinner at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills on Tuesday.

We spoke with Melody Thornton about the new Pussycat Dolls album, will.i.am on Barack Obama, Sean Garrett (whose working with PCD, Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, and Jennifer Hudson), Wale, Kardinal Offishall, and Colby O’Donis. Also look for appearances from Fergie, Keri Hilson, and Solange Knowles.

We’ll be posting separate interviews with Solange and Keri Hilson later on. See photos from the event here.

Super producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins spoke to Rap-Up TV about one of the year’s most anticipated releases, Beyoncé’s third album. Jerkins reveals exclusively to Rap-Up.com that the album is tentatively scheduled for a November release. He’s working with her on some midtempo songs, but the album will also have uptempo cuts.

“It’s gonna be big, big pop songs,” he says of her new direction.

Watch the clip to see what else the hitmaker had to say about B’s new album as well as Ciara’s Fantasy Ride.

Look for part 2 of our interview with Darkchild next week where he talks about Britney Spears and Brandy’s albums.

Jermaine Dupri and Island Def Jam hosted a star-studded party to celebrate the launch of TAG Records on Monday in Hollywood.

Rap-Up TV was on the scene with J.D., Chrisette Michele, J. Holiday, former Pussycat Doll Carmit Bachar, Nas, and Kelis.

See photos from the event here.

This past weekend, Keri Hilson attended Timbaland and Monique Idlett’s wedding held on a private island in Aruba. The singer/songwriter disclosed some of the details exclusively to Rap-Up TV.

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Last year we posted a video of Keri Hilson performing a new track, “Slow Dance,” at Polow Da Don’s Zone 4 Inc. launch party in Atlanta. We thought it was worthy of a repost, so if you missed it (or want to watch it again), check it out above.

The song was co-written by Justin Timberlake and will appear on Keri’s debut album In a Perfect World…, in stores September 23rd. “Energy,” the first single from the album, will be available to download this Tuesday on iTunes.

In the second part of Rap-Up TV’s three part interview with Yung Berg, Berg reveals his craziest fan encounter, the track he did with Amerie, and ghostwriting for other rappers. He even calls out Bow Wow for not writing his own material. Find out which rapper wrote Bow Wow’s hits “Shortie Like Mine” and “Bounce With Me.”

Rap-Up TV: Yung Berg Interview: Part II

Watch Part I here. Part III coming tomorrow.