Rihanna's new record, "Hard," is leaking like the pipes in a third-floor walk-up apartment. Even Rihanna herself isn't immune to the piracy that haunts the airwaves these days. And maybe that explains the eye patch she's rocking in the newly released promo video for Rated R. It's very Captain Jack Sparrow-meets-Marlene Dietrich, no?

Anywho, "Hard." It's produced by two of everyone's favorites, the radio killers Tricky Stewart and The Dream. In a recent interview on Rap-Up.com, Stewart said, "We delivered a very, very big record, but I can’t say what the name of it is or anything, just for the simple fact that it’s actually top secret."

Well, loose lips sink ships and loose singles get leaked, dog. According to Stewart, who describes "Hard" as a monster, this will be his and Dream's only contribution to the album (much like "Umbrella" was their sole contribution to Good Girl Gone Bad).

Rihanna's "Hard" is well...hard. It's got a slight reggae vibe, with some incredible percussion and a really top-drawer verse from Young Jeezy.

+ Listen to "Hard" right here. Will it be bigger than "Umbrella"? Can anything be bigger than "Umbrella"? Let us know what you think in the comments!

At the height of his slow-cooking 50 Cent beef, Officer Ricky Rick Ross -- the new authority on high-end timepieces (NSFW) -- drops a white-suited wallop of a video with John Legend singing the money-dripping hook.

The Gil Green (Lil Wayne's "Lollipop," Akon's "Lonely," DJ Khaled's "So Hood")-directed video for "Magnificent" may not include any overt attacks on 50, but it certainly does support claims that Ross's life has only gotten better since the beef began.

For one thing, "Magnificent" looks like it cost about $100 million to make. It could definitely replace Scarface as the video in heavy rotation on all the Cribs flatscreens. Sounds like $100 million, too! The Deeper Than Rap single was produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, frequent Jeezy (and once Young Buck!) co-conspirators. Finally, John Legend really drives the message home when he croons that hook through clenched teeth.

Swimmin' in women/ Champagne sippin'/ Gold Emblem with 2 Ms in it/ This living is so magnificent/ Stop dreaming it/ I'm living it!

Here it is. Rick Ross The Boss's latest look at the good life. Bet on "Magnificent."

Hey! Everybody! Kanye got his sense of humor back! Your dude who used to drag chublets to the gym mat in a full-body bear costume ("My name is Lasaaaandra") has been on a dead-serious kick for a while now ("eat your salad, no dessert!"). In fact, thanks to a case of early-onset megalomania, all we've heard out of Kanye in the past year is anger and ego.

But wait. Look at Kanye in "Stay Up!" Watch how hard he goes for it as a fogey. How stupid he dances and how convincingly he peeks over the top of that lingerie shop dressing room. Kanye's... sort of a good actor? Committed to his role, at the very least. Committed enough to make you wonder: Could all his huffing, puffing, blow-your-house-down magnificence just be a joke? If it is, Kanye, you're a genius. If it isn't, Kanye, you're a genius.

Watch this new video, "Stay Up! (Viagra)," that Kanye did with his buddy, producer/MC 88-Keys, and tell me it doesn't make you wonder. Directed by Jason Goldwatch (Ludacris, Dilated Peoples, Young Jeezy), "Stay Up!" is Kanye and 88-Keys dressed up as old dudes with melty faces and bottomless bottles of Viagra, caught on surveillance cameras acting like 15-year=olds. Basically it's Borat meets Norbit. An appropriately ridiculous pairing, wouldn't you say? As promised, we give you "Stay Up! (Viagra)!" Watch for clues.

(Credit: Wendy Hope)

I know. Crazy right? And according to one of our MTV photo editors, when Ciara was here for her MTV photo shoot the other week, she was generous with her time, extremely sweet, and drop-dead gorgeous with legs for days. (And our photo editor sees lots of gorgeous people and lots of legs.)

But you don't have to take her word for it.

+ Check out Ciara's exclusive MTV photo gallery.

+ Plus: Watch Ciara's videos, including her latest, "Never Ever," featuring Young Jeezy.

Buh-bye Bush, hello President Obama! After months of waiting (im)patiently -- and speculating wildly over Michelle Obama's first First Lady dress -- inauguration day is finally here!

And since today's official swearing-in (which is taking place RIGHT THIS VERY MOMENT!!!!) marks the end of an error era, we figured we'd milk it by giving you detailed recap, a schedule of what's to come and the highlights of Obama's three-day "I'm About To Be Prez" bender. Enjoy!

+ First up: what's still to come! See what the First Family is up to all day -- you know, after watching the head of the household/44th President of the United States nail the inaugural address at 12:05pm.)

+ Weekend recap! Obama admits he'll "have trouble sleeping" the night before becoming the nation's next Commander-in-Chief. Plus, Pete Wentz announces he'll be leaving Ashlee and beh-beh Mowgli at home to play the Youth Inaugural ball (tonight at 10pm!), with a little help from lesser-known stars (ha!) Kanye West and Kid Rock.

+ Beyonce starts the inaugural weekend off right by headlining a star-studded bash at the Lincoln Memorial. Flip through all the live concert pics here! (Not shown: the exact moment when Honest Abe started crumping uncontrollably).

+ Celebs like Nick Cannon and Wilmer Valderrama reminisce about the day they met Barack Obama. Bonus: Usher brags about the time he swiped Barack's candy bar. Not cool, bro!

+ Silly grown-ups ... inaugurations are for kids! Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato and the JoBros blew away fans, the Obama girls and fuhklempt Buzzworthy editors with an amazing, kid-centric performance at last night's "We Are the Future" concert. (And never mind that Miley's dress/beehive looked like something your mom would've worn to her high school prom.)

+ And don't forget the time T.I. rocked the mic at Club Love, and Jay-Z swung by the "Presidential Status" inaugural ball to drop a guest verse on Young Jeezy's "My President." A sample of the improv rhyme? "My president is black, he's black, he's half white/ So even in a racist mind, he's half right." Watch the video!

Catch every amazing detail of Barack Obama's historic ascent to the White House (update: he's delivering the inaugural address now!) by watching the entire event on live-stream and reading MTV.com's up-to-the-minute blog coverage.

Young Jeezy's gonna be dropping his brand-new video, "My President," on MTV Jams this Monday, at just about the same time Barack Obama's gonna be picking out his first-day-on-the-job outfit.

Check out a clip of the video, directed by Gabriel Hart, and find out more about Jeezy's new video, courtesy of MTV News hip-hop scholar Shaheem Reid.

(Singer Justin Timberlake, performing/ogling models at the 2006 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show)

+ Justin Timberlake steals Whitney Port/Kanye West's dream by earning the right to show his William Rast line during Fashion Week. (WWD)

+ Thrice rehabbed child star-turned-party girl Lindsay Lohan is ready to be taken more seriously as an actress thespian. (Interview)

+ After seeing this AMAZING, all make-up vershe of Mariah Carey, we'll never look at our expired eyeliners (or crumbly compacts) the same way again. (Jezebel)

+ Young Jeezy to Ne-Yo: Put some pants on, brah! (Contact Music)

+ 50 Cent's plan to shill for Pontiac suffers the same fate as the rapper's short-lived MTV show. (MTV News)

+ Demi Lovato fans, rejoice! The Camp Rock star is heading out on tour -- and her old pals the Jo Bros couldn't be happier. (Disney Society)

+ Watch what the Real World: Brooklyn cast had to say for themselves after catching the sometimes-cringeworthy season premiere! (Remote Control)

+ The quack who operated on Kanye West's mama just got sentenced to a year in the slammer ... for drunk driving. (TMZ)

+ Diddy hits up the Notorious premiere/afterparty in support of larger-than-(after)-life rapper, Biggie Smalls. (MTV News)

Look at Akon bringing the heat with a double debut! Although the Senegalese rhyme-spit/singer surrounds himself with shorties (Tami Chynn, Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy guest on "I'm So Paid"), Akon is 35 years old, friend. That's no spring chicken! So, a double debut outta this genius is like a Favre touchdown. A Clemens shut-out. A special occasion! So, let's treat it like one and have a very special Buzzworthy face-off! Vote for your favorites in the comments section.

ROUND 1: Akon's "Right Now (Na Na Na)" vs. Van Halen's "Right Now"

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Young Jeezy's post-apocalyptic new video, "Crazy World," feels like the equivalent to spending all night pouring Red Bull down your nose, getting pistol-whipped a couple times, and then waking up in a flooded fall out shelter. Yummo!

Of import -- my favorite line:  "I want a new Bentley/my auntie need a kidney/and if I let her pass/her children never will forgive me," the pile of fish heads, and the seizure-inducing camera work by director Marc Klasfeld, who directed the Shop Boyz' "Party Like a Rock Star."

Watch Jeezy get all depression over the recession (dude, we KNOW!) in "Crazy World," not to be confused with the Scorpions' album of the same name.

+ Young Jeezy isn't exactly a glass-is-half-full kinda guy, (in case you couldn't tell from his album title, The Recession). And not surprisingly, he's taking the upcoming presidential elections very seriously: "I understand [Sarah Palin]'s the soccer mom and all that," Jeezy said. "But if something happens to McCain, then what? Do you want a soccer mom to run the country?" (MTV News)

+ Who says romance is dead? New mommy Jennifer Lopez and her hubby Marc Anthony renewed their vows over the weekend. (Usmagazine.com)

+ Britney Spears has a sweet new fragrance out called "Hidden Fantasy" -- but what will she name her next one? We're not sure, but our vote is for "Brit Happens." (E! Online)

+ Janet Jackson's doctors put the kibosh on her RockWitchu comeback. (Newsroom)

+ Panic at the Disco? More like Manic at the Disco. According to frontman Brendon Urie, the guys have been "writing non-stop since we finished recording [Pretty. Odd.]" and their third album might even be ready as early as summer '09. (Billboard)

+ Miley Cyrus admits she's a sucker for a British accent. (Scandalist)

+ Travis Barker had some inspirational words for family, friends and fans on his MySpace page: "Today I finally was able to move all my fingers on my right hand," he wrote. "Every step seems huge at this point, and I'm doing EVERYTHING I can possibly do to get back to my kids." (MTV News)