collaborations

Rapper Big Boi recently unveiled his new single ‘Mama Told Me’ from his upcoming album ‘Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors.’ Produced by the Flush Music, the sunshine-y funk-synth track hints at the OutKast rapper’s ’80s musical inspiration of Prince.

Girl power! Up and coming “It” rapper Azealia Banks has revealed that she has indeed worked on a song for Lady Gaga while denying that she did the same for Gaga’s fellow pop diva Rihanna.

Coldplay brought their French fans a pretty awesome surprise: Rihanna! The Bajan beauty joined the band onstage in Paris for their duet, ‘Princess of China,’ as well as a performance of a ballad version of her own breakthrough hit, ‘Umbrella.’

50 Cent has announced that he will release a new single called ‘New Day’ that will feature Alicia Keys and Dr. Dre. In an interview with Digital Spy, Fiddy revealed the title of the song and its release date, which is July 24.

We weren’t expecting new music from Fergie in 2012 after she announced she wanted to take time off to hang out with husband Josh Duhamel and maybe have a baby. But she has returned as a solo artist with ‘Feel Alive,’ a dance track featuring rapper Pitbull.

Kid Cudi‘s next album ‘Indicud’ will include a wide range of guest artists, from legendary hip-hop stars like Kanye West to 14-year-old Jaden Smith.

M.I.A. has teamed up with Madonna and William Orbit on a new song called ‘Baby,’ which leaked online on Monday (July 9).

Rapper M.I.A. has been dropping a slew of remixes this past week for her latest single ‘Bad Girls,’ which will all appear on her ‘Bad Girls — The Remixes’ EP (due out on July 3). M.I.A.’s newest remix was crafted by Danja’s production company N.A.R.S. and it features Missy Elliott and Azealia Banks — two ladies who know how to spit lyrical hot fire.

‘Backpack.’ That’s the name of the collaboration between Justin Bieber and Lil Wayne. The song isn’t on ‘Believe’ but it could be coming down the pike on the re-released version. The Biebs and Weezy? OMG, can you even handle the thought of it, much less the execution?

Rapper Ludacris sat down with Billboard while at Bonnaroo over the weekend, where he detailed ‘All Around the World,’ his second collabo with Justin Bieber. The song appears on the hotly anticipated ‘Believe,’ which drops next week. Hurry! Hurry!

Another Justin Bieber ‘Believe’ track is upon us, this time in the form of ‘Beauty and a Beat,’ featuring an assist from Nicki Minaj. It’s a dancey, swaggy club banger, with its uptempo pacing and party vibe. The road to ‘Believe,’ which drops on June 19, is paved with songs landing left and right!

To say that B.o.B has a fair amount of collaborations under his belt is an understatement. Hayley Williams of Paramore, Eminem, Lil Wayne and Bruno Mars have all contributed their vocals to his previous singles, with rumored future tracks on ‘Strange Clouds’ including Taylor Swift and again, Eminem. So who would the emcee still like to work with?