Capitalizing on her Dancing with the Stars fame, hip hop’s most-successful female Lil’ Kim has issued a new music video for a single (appearing on a mixtape release) featuring an illustrated cameo by T-Pain and soul singer Charlie Wilson, “Download”.  The single features a singing (and only-sometimes rapping Kim), which I’ve never been too crazy on, but this single just reeks perfection for a product-tie-in.

The reason behind T-Pain’s illustration? The day before he was slated to arrive on-set for the music video, the autotone master was involved in a tooth-breaking incident with a golf cart accident!

Check for the cameo with her DWTS partner Derek Hough.

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Akon‘s camp has released the cover art for his upcoming project Freedom and its accompanying track listing. Make sure you pick up the sure-to-be-smash album when it hits stores December 2nd.

1. �Right Now (Na Na Na)�
2. �Beautiful� feat. Colby O�Donis & Kardinal Offishall
3. �Keep You Much Longer�
4. �Troublemaker� feat. Sweet Rush
5. �We Don�t Care�
6. �I�m So Paid� feat. Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy
7. �Holla Holla� feat. T-Pain
8. �Against the Grain� feat. Ray Lavender
9. �Be With You�
10. �Sunny Day� feat. Wyclef Jean
11. �Birthmark�
12. �Over the Edge�
13. �Freedom�

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The biggest-selling album of 2008 plans to get even bigger before the year’s end.� Lil’ Wayne plans to re-release The Carter III with all brand-new songs (really???) although Universal has yet to confirm.

Already sitting pretty with the title of the hardest working man in hip hop, Wayne recently revealed on his ESPN blog that he’s working on The Carter IV, in addition to a 20-track mixtape on his website, and a collaborative album with T-Pain due in 2009.

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Whether you consider yourself a hip-hop fan, or just a pop fan, you won’t be able to avoid this track. Captained by arguably our generation’s biggest Billboard melody maker, T-Pain, he collaborates for the second time this year (so far!) with Lil’ Wayne for the ear candy track “Can’t Believe It”.

While it won’t be receiving any ASCAP awards (who knew you could rhyme “Wiscansin” with “what’s happnin’?”) the video is a sleek slideshow of green screens that won’t get boring to look at anytime soon.

Thr33 Rings drops later this Fall.

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