The Pussycat Dolls visited “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Tuesday where they performed “I Hate This Part.” The Dolls are getting ready to hit the road with Britney Spears beginning in March.

Soulja Boy Tell’em has launched his own cartoon web series entitled “Soulja Boy Tell’em: The Animated Series,” which follows an animated Soulja Boy who is in midst of enjoying his hip-hop superstardom when he’s suddenly forced to return to high school.

Click below to watch the video for the show’s theme song starring a live action Alfonso Ribeiro (”The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) as the school’s principal.

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“Google Me” singer Teyana Taylor gets in on the trend that’s sweeping the nation by performing Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” at the Harlem Ink Fashion Show. We forgot this chick can dance.

Eminem is back and in party mode on his new song “Crack a Bottle.” A demo of the track had been making its way around the Internet last year and now we have the completed version. The song features Em’s Aftermath/G-Unit cohorts Dr. Dre and 50 Cent. Look for Slim Shady’s sixth studio album Relapse this spring. We smell another hit.

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“His grind is impeccable. He’s the ultimate grinder—just look at all the money he’s raised. To beat a Clinton and then have her co-sign!? That’s like me making a diss record to Jay-Z and the next time around he’s like, ‘Wale is that dude. Buy his album!’”

–Wale tells Rap-Up.com on his admiration for President-elect Barack Obama’s hustle. Read the D.C. rapper’s Class of 2009 profile in the Winter 08/09 issue of Rap-Up, on sale now.

Asher Roth is poised to make a big splash in ‘09. The young MC who’s been compared to Eminem will release his debut album on March 17. Listen to the first single, the party anthem “I Love College,” below. Jim Jones has already jumped on the remix.

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50 Cent first wanted you to “Get Up” and now he wants you to “Get It In” with the new single from his fourth studio album Before I Self-Destruct, due out this spring. This time, 50’s got Dr. Dre behind the boards, but can Dre’s magic touch get Fiddy the hit he needs?

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Flo Rida had the Billboard charts on smash in 2008 with his breakout single “Low,” and the Grammy-nominated rapper has no plans to go the way of one-hit wonders with his forthcoming sophomore album.

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Rihanna continues her assault on the charts with “Bad Girl,” a new hit-in-the-making that mysteriously found its way to the net today. The Polow Da Don-produced cut marks the first official collaboration between RiRi and boyfriend Chris Brown (”Umbrella/Cinderella” doesn’t count).

There are multiple “shopaholic” references, which leads us to believe this song could be off the Confessions of a Shopaholic soundtrack. Two of the pop star’s records appear in the film’s trailer, which furthers this suspicion.

Listen to the brand-name-dropping banger below, complete with a rap from Chris Breezy.

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Mariah Carey has rerecorded her classic hit “Hero” for a new compilation called The Ballads, available in the U.S. on January 20 through her former Sony Music label.

The album will feature 18 of Mariah’s best-known songs including “One Sweet Day,” “Vision of Love,” “Always Be My Baby,” and “Dreamlover.” Watch the accompanying “Hero” video below.

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