Bow Wow stars in the new summer flick  “Lottery Ticket” which features an all-star cast that includes Mr. “Teddy Pin-Her-Ass-Down” T-Pain, Teairra Mari, Ice Cube, Naturi Naughton and more. Bow Wow plays Kevin Carsen, an average brotha from the hood who lives with his mama and ends up winning the lottery. When word gets out that he won everyone has their hands in to get a piece of his loot.

“Lottery Ticket” hits movie theaters across the country August 20th, but in the meantime check out the trailer.

THOUGHTS?!

Looks like BET took note from MTV’s successful “Hope For Haiti Now” telethon which helped raise over $58 million– sparking the network to create its own telethon titled “SOS Saving Ourselves—Help for Haiti” to be hosted by Queen Latifah, Diddy and Pharrell Williams. The two hour event will take place at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami and will air on BET,  Centric, MTV and VH1 on Friday, February 5^th at 8 pm ET.

“Words cannot express how I felt watching the catastrophic events unfold in Haiti. I believe it is our duty to come together and help our brothers and sisters in Haiti, especially now, in their greatest hour of need. I have joined forces with Queen Latifah, Pharrell, BET and several of the biggest names in music today to raise funds for the Haiti Relief efforts. Together we can make a difference,” says Diddy.

A string of artists including Ne-Yo, Keri Hilson, Chris Brown, Jazmine Sullivan, Akon, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, Robin Thicke, Monica, Busta Rhymes, India Arie, Kirk Franklin, Nas and Damian Marley are set to hit the stage for this special event. In addition to musical performances, Mr. “Panty Dropper”  aka Trey Songz, Common, David Banner, Missy Elliott, Chrisette Michelle, Jeremih, The Dream, Jason Derulo, T-Pain, Sean Kingston and more will also make appearances.

“The devastation that has occurred in Haiti has broken my heart. My hope is that we can raise enough money to sustain a few of the relief organizations for quite some time as there is a lot of work to be done over there,” said Pharrell Williams. “The goal is not only to bring immediate relief to Haiti but to also rebuild the country and help the country move forward.”

Proceeds from the event will go to Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti, CARE, Project MediShare and Children’s Safe Drinking Water.

Here’s Officer Ricky’s new video for “Maybach Music 2.5″ featuring T-Pain and Pusha T (The Clipse), the remix to “Maybach Music Part 2″ which appears on his latest album Deeper Than Rap. Apparently, Ricky is so infatuated with Maybach’s that he’s dropping a “Maybach Music Part 3″. Now that’s just Maybach Music overload if ya ask me. We’re surprised Maybach hasn’t slapped his ass with a lawsuit for stealing their logo and not to mention dropping their name in everything he does–including naming his record label after the automaker. The guy doesn’t even have an endorsement deal with them. So why is he riding them so hard?

ON DECK or OFF DECK?!

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Check out T-Pain’s video for his single “Take Your Shirt Off” off his upcoming album RevolveR. The King of Auto-Tune went down south, Tallahassee, FL to be exact to shoot the video which features appearances by funkadelic George Clinton, Petey Pablo, Rick Ross, Sophia Fresh and the resurrection of “The Big Ass Chain”. I gotta admit I love the video, however in no way am I condoning folks taking their shirts off!

Now answer this…is Auto-Tune really dead?

ON DECK or OFF DECK?!

Hip-hop pioneer LL Cool J is set to host “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live: Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night”, a one-hour special which will take place at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. Looks like bosses over at the Grammy Awards are definitely taking heed to the good ole’ saying “if ain’t broke, don’t fix it” ’cause tomorrow night will mark the second annual live primetime nominations for the Grammy Awards. Last year’s airing did so well that bosses over at the Grammy Awards decided to take a shot at it again this year! This year’s presenters include Linkin Park, George Lopez, T-Pain, Smokey Robinson, Katy Perry and a bunch of other celebs. “Sexy B*tch” hitmaker David Guetta is set to spin tunes throughout the special, which also features performances by Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell and much more.  “The Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night” begins tomorrow night, Wednesday, December 2^nd on CBS at 9 p.m.

The clock stops ticking on January 31, 2010, as the 52^nd annual Grammy Awards will take place at the Staples Center in L.A. and will air live on CBS at 8 pm.

When it comes to Auto-Tune singer/actor Jamie Foxx has no complaints. His chart topping hit “Blame It” is heavily infused with the computer program as well as T-Pain’s voice.  While other people knock Auto-Tune, Jamie reveals that he was actually advised to use the program on his album if he didn’t want it to flop and gives his take on why “Blame It” is such a hit. He says,

“My music guy said, ‘If you don’t do it, your R&B album will be in the grocery store in that little bin with the nail clippers and the flip-flops’.”

The reason Jamie thinks “Blame It” became so popular:

He adds,

It’s a combination of things. Where we are in music today with the Auto-Tune, I think we captured the Auto-Tune the best in a long while — since T-Pain. And then having T-Pain on the song. Then the song says something that people have said throughout the years, ‘Man, I think I had one too many’. And then Ron Howard being in the video made it a pop song. The next thing you know it caught fire.