For most of his career R&B singer Lloyd has been rocking shoulder length hair that would give Samson an inferiority complex. But  the new Interscope signee (under Polow Da Don’s Zone 4 imprint) hit up an Atlanta barbershop to switch up his ‘do for a good cause – - he’s donating to Locks for Love. VIBE has exclusive pics of the feather-voiced singer’s new look. Check it out and tell us what you think.

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Even though his jewelry is getting more attention than his rapping, Brian Pumper is will not lose site of his dreams to be a rap star.

The adult film actor and producer spoke with Vibe.com about his musical aspirations and says that he was inspired by groups like the Ying Yang Twins being as nasty as they wanna be.

Vibe.com So what’s good with you rapping?
I’m really finessing this hip-hop porno shit because nasty songs have been current for years. Everybody, even gangsta rappers, gonna have a sex song on their album. I’m the sex song king. I got other topics––I wanna do a Grandma song ‘cause my grandma was there for me more than my mother. My mother was a crackhead, but I love her. So when I first started rappin I knew my niche was gonna be sex songs ‘cause you gotta keep it real about what you do and the fans will respect you. I was a little insecure of the idea ‘cause the feedback I got when I first started rappin was ‘Yo Pump, you a porno star so #1, nobody gonna take you seriously and #2, you doing sex songs, they too explicit for the radio.’ But then I heard other niggas like Ying Yang Twins and Plies coming out with sex songs. I’m like ‘Hold on, niggas is getting away with that right there? Ok.

HE ALSO SAID HE’D LET HIS DAUGHTER DO PORN CLICK OVER TO VIBE.COM AND FIND OUT WHY!

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Snoop Dogg just announced today that his forthcoming album will be titled Doggystyle 2: The Doggumentary.

The Doggfather has been in the studio with Swizz Beatz and in a YouTube video, the two claim to have knocked out 18 songs in one day.

Pretty impressive, as long as the majority of them are actually good and don’t sound like leftovers from Tha Doggfather. ::shivers::

While we’re rather tired of sequel albums (The Carter XII dropping in 2013!), we hope Snoop can get back to the Snoop that absolutely ripped it on songs like “Tha Shiznit,” or even “Think About It” from 2006’s Tha Blue Carpet Treatment.

Spotted at HipHopDX

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Music in the schools has been on the decline in more ways than one.  Now that everyone is gearing up to send their little ones back to the classroom (or reuniting with their long-distance loves in the dorms) I wanted to take a trip down memory lane to when school was cool enough to be a guest star in rap video.

De La Soul “Me Myself And I”

Pos, Dave and Mase lament getting assigned to take classes in rap with Professor Def Beat. If you look real close you can spot one of our wonderful HelloBeautiful staffers smacking Dave upside his head:)

Rah Digga “Ain’t No Little Kid Rap”

Digga Digga takes us all back to school in the first single from her Nottz-produced album, Classic.

Leaders Of The New School “Case Of The PTA”

A teenaged Busta Rhymes and his former group mates Dinco D and Charlie Brown spazz out over their school’s Parent Teacher Association. We’d just like to state for the record that there is nothing wrong with chillin with Pops listening to The Blues.

Special Ed, “I Got It Made”

I remember a few of my friends in East Flatbush being mad that Ed filmed this video by Tilden H.S. when he attended Erasmus Hall, but Ed explains that wasn’t exactly accurate: “I got kicked out of Erasmus before the album [Youngest In Charge] dropped and ended up in Tilden my last year,” Ed told TheUrbanDaily. “The producer liked filming in front of Tilden more.”

KRS-One, “You Must Learn”  The teacher gets thrown out of a school for letting knowledge reign supreme. How gangster is it to flatten a cardboard dog with a steamroller?

Monie Love, “Monie In The Middle”

This clip features BP’s very own Big CED playing Monie Love’s schoolboy crush.

Kid-N-Play, “Rollin With Kid-N-Play”

One of the first rap groups with their own Saturday Morning cartoon filmed this video at East Elmhurst High School in Queens, NY. Is this where they learned how to be tramps?

Missy, “Gossip Folks”

The slimmest Missy ever took her ADIDAS spokeswomanship to a local high school for a  hip-hop version of GLEE.

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Lil Mama, “Lipgloss”

It’s kind of sad that she’s more known now for an onstage fail than her music. The intro where she says “I wanna be a part of the cool crowd, I just don’t think I have what it takes” has a whole other meaning now.

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Soulja Boy Tell’em – Yahhh! / Report Card ft. Arab

Is the joke on us that he made a hit song out of grunt? The video for “Report Card” kicks in at 3:47 mark. This is where the class has gone.

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It’s not clear if Shawty Lo had a court case that day or what Ecreia intended on doing with the weapons but she says she forgot she had them in her bag. I don’t know what kind of chick leisurely walks around with a fully loaded semi-automatic handgun that they would forget they had it–wtf?!

Ecreia was arrested on Tuesday and set on a $6,000 bond.

Rumor has it that Shawty Lo broke off his engagement with Ecreia about a month ago.

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Back in January, we alerted you to the news that Rihanna would be releasing a book.

Rihanna To Release Book, Will You Buy It?

Back then, it was titled “Rihanna: The Last Girl On Earth,” was set for a June 29 release date, and was supposedly a “tell-all.” We had our doubts though; it just didn’t seem likely that Riri’s PR people we’re going to give readers complete access to her personal life. We figured it would be heavy in photos and light in text.

And we were right.

Here’s what Amazon has listed as the product’s description:

The millions of sites tracking her every fashion move, the innumerable magazine covers including the recent Italian Vogue shot by Steven Klein, her past endorsement deals including Gucci and CoverGirl—Rihanna is the reigning style icon of the moment. She has garnered multiplatinum–selling success as an artist (her current album, her fourth, Rated R had the highest first-week sales of any of her other albums in the U.S. to date). She has won Grammys, MTV Video Music Awards, and countless other accolades for her performances. Simon Henwood captures the supernova at the height of her beauty and ferocity in photographs that track her enormous influence on current culture—from Paris Fashion Week to her shoot with Ellen von Unwerth in Berlin for her album artwork to her special appearance at the American Music Awards to her tour performances in the most cutting-edge couture.

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NEW ORLEANS, La—The Coast Guard is responding to a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
The explosion on Vermilion rig 380 happened around 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
A Coast Guard spokesman said 12 of the 13 people on the rig have now been rescued from the water. One person is still missing.
Seven Coast Guard choppers, two planes and four boats from New Orleans and Houston responded to the scene.
The rig located south of Louisiana’s Vermilion Bay is owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy.
It is west of the site of the April BP blast that caused a massive oil spill

Labor Day generally signals an onslaught of falling leaves and cool breezes, but before these last few days of summer are gone, get out there and have some fun! There are still sun rays to be soaked up, so before you pack your short shorts and bikinis away, take a look at this list of 20 things to do before summer kisses your bronzed skin goodbye!

1) Get your camera and start snapping.  There is no better way to capture the essence of the summer than with pictures! Take a few shots that will help you to remember the summer of 2010 forever.

2) Get a bright colored mani-pedi.  Its summer time! When you get to the nail salon and its time to choose your nail polish, give the standard french a rest.  Go for a hot pink or orange, if for no other reason than because its summer and you can do that!

3) Let your hair air dry.  Feel free to wash your hair and let it dry into its natural state without risking pneumonia.  The summer sun can do amazing things to your hair color so let it loose and don’t worry about styling, primping and pressing for a change

4) Put on that bikini! Whether you have been avoiding it all summer or you just want to get one last good run out of it, put on your swimsuit and go for a swim (or just look cute sitting by the pool).

5) Have lunch at a sidewalk cafe.  Scope out a cute little table at one of those quaint little eateries and eat! Outside!

6) Go check out your local botanical gardens.  Don’t miss out on the beautiful flora growing in these neighborhood sanctuaries.

7) Ride around with your windows open.  As wonderful as air conditioning is, scarcely do we realize how isolated it causes us to be.  Pick a not-too-hot day and put those car windows down. Enjoy the fresh air.
Drink lemonade. There’s nothing quite like an ice cold glass of lemonade on a hot summer day, is there?

9) Go to an outdoor movie. Check your local newspapers and libraries for info on outdoor movie screenings.  Sometimes you can catch old classics or even newer films.

10) Have a girls night out.  Pick out a hot little number and some cute sandals, choose a nice lounge or nightclub, call up your girlfriends and go gallivanting about your city. Trekking through the snow in four inch heels to get to the club is just not as much fun.

11) Catch an outdoor concert.

12) Buy an ice cream cone and eat it while you stroll somewhere. Anywhere.

13) Go to the beach.  Feel your toes in the sand.

14) Barbeque.  If you can’t light up your own grill, then head to the local steakhouse and savor the smokey BBQ flavor.  It just doesn’t taste the same in January.

15) Have a picnic.  If the whole blanket and basket thing is too much for you, then just have a sandwich with a good friend on a park bench.  Enjoy your meal and the warm breeze.

16) Get a tan. No matter what the shade of your skin, lathering up with a good SPF and taking some rays will always leave you with a bronzed glow.

17) Watch the sun set. By the time winter comes back around, you’ll be so focused on getting through rush hour traffic that the sun will set with out you even realizing. Welcome dusk while it’s still later in the day.

18) Wear colorful sunglasses. Its easier to get away with during the summer.

19) Enjoy the fresh fruit that will soon go out of season.

20) Take a romantic stroll with your honey! Let the sweet summer weather lend its self to your romance.  Oh those summer nights!

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