NAS AND HIS FATHER FEATURED IN NEW GAP AD: Nas and his dad, jazz musician Olu Dara are featured in The Gap's 2012 holiday ad campaign. The ad is a part of a series with the theme, "Love Comes In Every Shade." Nas and his father's segment is titled, "Fatherly Love".

LIL WAYNE'S 'I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING II' PUSHED BACK: According to VIBE.com, Lil Wayne's upcoming album I Am Not A Human Being II has been pushed back to next year. The album was supposed to be released this month -- and then it was pushed back to December. There is no new release date as of yet.

50 CENT RELEASES CLIP FOR 'MONEY': 50 Cent has released the video for "Money" -- which is off his 5 (Murder By Numbers) project. The rap mogul is also set to premiere the video for "First Date" next week.

ICE CUBE SPEAKS ON THE STATUS OF 'LAST FRIDAY'

Ice Cube has spoken on the status of the last installment of Friday -- which will be entitled Last Friday. In an interview with Huffington Post, Cube spoke about Chris Tucker's comments saying that he "doubts" that the "magic" will still be there. Cube said that he can't comment on whether the "magic" is there since they have not started filming yet. Cube then added that "one person isn't going to stop the show".

He continued on Chris, "The movie is going to be funny, and it's going to live up to all the long-anticipated wait. I would hope that he'll be a part of it. He's more than welcome to be a part of it ... It's a trip, because you're looking and somebody says that 'the magic is not even there' who's never even tried it."

  • Chris added, "We put the first one together and we can put another one together. So he should really trust that, and do what his fans want him to do. You should never out grow your fans. And if the fans want him to do this movie, that's what we're in this for, then that's what he should do."
  • Cube said that the movie is already written but he doesn't have a release date.
  • Ice Cube is also working on new music. His album Everythang's Corrupt will hit stores in January 2013.

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NICKI MINAJ SAYS SHE WOULD PERFORM WITH MARIAH CAREY ON 'A.I.'

Nicki Minaj has revealed that she would be down to perform with Mariah Carey on American Idol -- despite their little diva spat weeks back. The rap diva told E!,"I would do that,"I think people would be interested in seeing that."

Nicki also talked about her new reality show, My Truth, on E!, saying, "My fans get so excited whenever they get to see what goes on behind the scenes. I wanted to show how it is really is. Even when I'm doing things like changing wigs or looking raggedy, fans have never seen that. It's real."

  • She added, "I'm going to tell the truth about a lot of things. There's a lot of wrong things said about me that I don't usually say anything about, but now I am."
  • Nicki Minaj: My Truth airs on E! on Sundays at 10:30pm EST.

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RIHANNA ENLISTS A$AP ROCKY FOR 'DIAMONDS' TOUR

Rihanna has enlisted Harlem MC A$AP Rocky to open for her on the North American leg of her Diamonds world tour. The tour will kick off in March 2013 in Buffalo, New York and will make stops in Brooklyn, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta Philadelphia and more.

Rihanna and A$AP teamed up on her "Cockiness" remix -- which they performed at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards.

Rihanna's seventh studio album Unapologetic hits stores on November 19th.

Check out Rihanna's Diamonds Tour Dates below:

  • Mar. 8 - Buffalo, NY - First Niagara Center
    Mar. 10 - Boston, MA - TD Garden
    Mar. 12 - Baltimore, MD - 1st Mariner Arena
    Mar. 14 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
    Mar. 15 - Hartford, CT - XL Center
    Mar. 17 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
    Mar. 18 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
    Mar. 21 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
    Mar. 22 - Chicago, IL - United Center
    Mar. 24 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
    Mar. 25 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
    Mar. 27 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
    Mar. 30 - Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome
    Apr. 1 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
    Apr. 3 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena
    Apr. 6 - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
    Apr. 8 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
    Apr. 11 - San Diego, CA - Valley View Casino Center
    Apr. 12 - Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay
    Apr. 15 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
    Apr. 16 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
    Apr. 19 - Tampa, FL - Tampa Bay Times Forum
    Apr. 20 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - BankAtlantic Center
    Apr. 22 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
    Apr. 29 - Washington, D.C - Verizon Center
    May 2 - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place
    May 4 - Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center

SIDE NOTE

  • Rihanna is set to give her first interview with Facebook Live today (November 8th). RiRi has 62,251,725 fans on Facebook. Rihanna fans can submit questions via her Facebook page and can tune-in at: http://facebookcom/facebooklive at 7pm ET. The interview will be conducted by Andy Cohen of Bravo's Watch What Happens Live.

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STUDY: BLACKS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF A HEART ATTACK OR HEART FAILURE

A new study has found that black people are more likely to die of a heart attack or heart failure than whites in the U.S. According to Reuters Health, researchers said that those findings could be explained by blacks higher rates of smoking, diabetes and high blood pressure and that blacks tend to be heavier than blacks.

The study is based on 25,000 middle aged and older adults who had blood and urine tets and a general health check up in 2003 through 2007. At that point, none of them had heart disease. Over the next four-plus years, 659 people in the study developed any kind of heart disease, including heart attacks and heart failure. About one-third of those "events" were fatal.

  • Researchers found that every year during the study, 4 in 1,000 black men died from heart disease, on average, compared to 1.9 of 1,000 white men. Among women, 2 in 1,000 blacks died of heart disease each year, compared to 1 in 1,000 whites. Safford and her colleagues found the extra deaths in blacks could be explained by their higher heart risks to begin with. For example, close to one in three black men and women had diabetes at the study's onset, versus one in six white participants.

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