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When Annie Lennox made "No More I Love You's" many, many moons ago, she couldn't have possibly imagined a gigantic, bearded rapper who tweets under the name @RickyRozay, spitting sweaty rhymes over a sample of the song some 15 years later. Frankly, Lennox couldn't have possibly imagined a lot of things, such as Twitter, so there you go.

But here we have Ricky Rozay, aka Rick Ross, dropping his typical sophisticated pillow talk over the sample in this, the remix of Nicki Minaj's jam of the summer contender "Your Love."

Nicki and Rick make an interesting pair. Minaj is typically a very animated rapper while switching accents and doing impersonations. Ross, on the other hand, is always Ross. That will probably be on his tombstone: that he was always Ross (also, that he really liked Rose wine).

Other than the addition of Ross' verse, the song remains the same, with Nicki shouting out Bruce Willis and harmonizing with herself on the chorus.

+ Listen to Nicki Minaj, featuring Rick Ross, "Your Love (Remix)," here.

Tags Annie-Lennox, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Song You Need To Know

+ Yesterday, we showed you photos of Justin Bieber's performance at the Long Island tween-rock summit, Pop-Con. Today, we've got some video of J.B. paying tribute to the soul men who came before him. Check out Bieber covering Usher's "U Got It Bad" and Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me A River." (Oh No They Didn't!)

+ Speaking of paying tribute, it's called "mutual admiration" for a reason. In this case, it's a veteran paying homage to a newcomer. Annie Lennox recently took to her blog to write a post called "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga." Guess who she was writing about? Yep, seems the Eurythmics singer is infatuated with all-things Gaga, from the tunes to the costumes to the set design of her live show. (Spinner)

+ After playing Friday Night With Jonathan Ross in England last week, Jay-Z brought things back stateside to kick off his Blueprint 3 tour in Florida. Check out picks of Hova, Trey Songz and Beyonce in action. (Rap-Up)

+ Never let it be said that Ludacris is the type of guy to kick a man when he's down—unless that man is Tiger Woods. Luda's new song, "Sexting," apparently begins with a sure-to-be-popular-at-the-Woods-residence parody of Tiger's recent "problems." Oy va voy. (Idolator)

+ Love the "island-pop" of Iyaz's "Replay"? Then take a sec to learn all about the rising star in this revealing interview, which discusses how Iyaz blew off Sean Kingston, his time at the New England of Technology, and much more. (PopEater)

Tags Annie-Lennox, Beyonce, Iyaz, Jay-Z, justin bieber, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Ludacris, Sean Kingston, Tiger Woods, Trey Songz, Usher

Last night was the the Met's Costume Institute Gala (yet ANOTHER excuse for really wealthy, famous A-listers to dress up and then congratulate themselves for dressing up), and aside from Madonna's Wackadoo Bo Peep Redux outfit, the post-Met Gala talk today was about Rihanna's official return to the public spotlight -- and the red carpet.

Rihanna wore a Dolce & Gabbana suit with severely exaggerated shoulders (think Gareth Pugh, who Beyonce wore in her "Diva" video and to the 2008 EMAs), and sculptured YSL black platform stilettos.

Rihanna, who also performed two songs with Kanye West at the Met Costume Gala, refused to do any press and her she-tux -- and her mere presence -- speak for itself.

But what did Rihanna's man-glam outfit say about her? My take: Rihanna in menswear says that she's a strong enough woman to embrace her masculine side, with a healthy dose of style, of course. (She also may be Annie Lennox fan. And I'd be remiss not to point out that Rihanna was basically totally copping Janelle Monae's man-glam steeze.

What did you think of Rihanna's gender-bending tuxedo look at the Met Costume Gala?

Appropriately, watch Beyonce's "If I Was A Boy."

Tags Annie-Lennox, Janelle Monae, Kanye West, Madonna, Rihanna

We know, we know: Another acutely artful, immeasurably stylish Gwen Stefani video? About as shocking as the (albeit relatively non-scandalous yet hopefully live-saving) arrest of rehab-forsaking Amy Winehouse... Yet still, Gwen's managed to raise the bar on her own superlatively supreme style in her new video, "Early Winter."

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Tags Amy Winehouse, Annie-Lennox, Celebrity, Cyndi-Lauper, Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Music, No Doubt, Style, video, Videos