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Eighteen years after his debut album, R. Kelly is still going strong. His upcoming album, "Love Letter," has already spawned the hit single "When A Woman Loves," and now the album's title track begins its ascent up the charts.

Let the flood of unreleased Michael Jackson music continue! Michael Jackson brought Jay-Z in to do a verse on the remix of his 2001 single "You Rock My World," and Jay has stated that an uncredited Michael sings on the "Girls Girls Girls" remix. But who knew that the two recorded an entirely new song together?

So after being locked up for the better part of a year, the question most people have for Lil Wayne is if his skills as an MC suffered. Weezy's first post-jail verse was unsurprisingly given to his "daddy," Baby, for the remix to his song "Fire Flame."

Check out DJ Drama and Nicki Minaj talk about everything from her new album and upcoming tours to her personal opinion on her success thus far!

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Nicki Minaj stopped by Hot 109.7 recently and spoke to the "Rickey Smiley Morning Show!" Nicki talked about everything from her debut album "Pink Friday" to rumors of her dating rapper Remy Ma and working at Red Lobster back in the day. Check out the exclusive here!

DJ Drama recently sat down with Nicki Minaj to chop it up about everything from Lil Wayne's release from Rikers to her new, highly-anticipated album, "Pink Friday!" Check out the exclusive right here!

Chrisette Michele was in town for the Soul Train Awards and stopped by Hot 107.9 where she expressed her disappointment with the actions of a friend of hers at the awards ceremony. While she wouldn't name names, the person in question is obviously Rick Ross.

Due to widely publicized claims by both his mother and two of his children, the authenticity of Michael Jackson's latest single, "Breaking News," has been highly debated since the song debuted. The attorney for Michael Jackson's estate issued a statement to a Michael Jackson fan community with the official word on the issue.

Last week DJ Semtex leaked a portion of his interview with Jay-Z where he pretty much shrugged off MC Hammer's "Better Run Run" diss record and video. He's continued his overseas tour promoting his book, Decoded, with BBC's Tim Westwood.

In an interview with our affiliate, Houston's 97.9 The Box, Kanye responded to President Bush's recent comments that Kanye's "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" rant was the lowest point of his presidency.

Atlanta's own F.L.Y. dropped by Hot 107.9's studios to talk about "Out Yo League," their newest single that's burning up the airwaves. The "Swag Surfin'" rappers also talked about performing at Birthday Bash 15 and discussed a deal they just signed with Lil Jon's BME label. Listen to the exclusive here!

Atlanta's own T.I. may have started his 11-month prison sentence in Arkansas already, but that isn't stopping the King of the South from urging people to get out and vote! In our exclusive video, T.I. talks about why voting in tomorrow's midterm elections is so important.