Mtv.co.uk have said that Jay-Z is teaming up with Stargate, Norwegian record producers, to make a new record label called StarRoc.

Stargate have proven successful in the U.S. and in the U.K. They produced and co-wrote Ne-Yo’s smash hit “So Sick” which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Rihanna’s song, “Unfaithful” reached #6 on the Hot 100 and was co-written and produced by Stargate. Plus, lest we forget Beyoncé’s single “Irreplaceable“, because they also produced and co-wrote the song, which topped the Hot 100 for ten weeks.

I think Jay-Z getting together with Stargate is a great idea. I cannot wait to see what they’ll do. He’s set to release his eleventh album “Blueprint 3” sometime later this year, making this his last project with Def Jam. He’ll be transitioning over to Live Nation.

In his first interview since being acquitted of child pornography charges, R. Kelly dismissed allegations that he ever preyed on young girls, telling BET News: “I don’t like anyone illegal.”

Kelly also said he was relieved when the trial was over, and that his upcoming album would feature less of the sexually charged material that has come to define his multiplatinum career.

“I’m really trying to make this album … a little bit different,” he said in an interview that aired on the network on Tuesday. “Take a little bit of the edge off, you know? And you know, clean up a few lyrics if I can, you know?”

When asked if he liked teenage girls, Kelly replied: “When you say teenage, how — how old are we talkin’ … 19?”

“I have some 19-year-old friends,” he added. “But I don’t like anybody illegal, if that’s what we’re talking about, underage.”

The Madonna and Britney Spears bandwagon rolls on!

Spears not only appears in a video montage shown during Madonna’s latest concert tour, but she’s also a source of inspiration in Filth and Wisdom, Madge’s feature-film directorial debut about a ragtag group of friends struggling through life in England.

I won’t give too much away (the movie comes out Oct. 17), but I will tell you that a pivotal scene involves a stripper dancing to Spears’ “Baby One More Time.” And yes, said stripper is even wearing—what else?—a skimpy school uniform and pigtails just like Britney wore in the song’s now classic music video.

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