• Drake’s Thank Me Later is due in stores on May 25th
• Janet Jackson will be the headliner at the Essence Music Festival which is July 2-4
• Gabbie Sidbe is set to host SNL, however, there is not a set date yet
• Nas and Damien Marley are set to tour…here are the dates, which are straight from rap-up.com:

Nas & Damian Marley’s Distant Relatives Tour

May 2 – West Palm Beach, FL – SunFest
May 21 – Arcata, CA – Arcata Community Center
May 22 – Eugene, OR – Cuthbert Amphitheater
May 23 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Sodo
May 25 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
May 26 – Santa Barbara, CA – University of California, Santa Barbara
May 28 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
May 29 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint
May 30 – Valley Center, CA – Harrah’s Rincon – Open Sky Theater
May 31 – Los Angeles, CA – UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival
June 2 – Santa Fe, NM – Paolo Soleri Amphitheatre
June 8 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
June 9 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Outdoor Amphitheater
June 11 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 12 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
June 13 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues – Lake Buena Vista, FL
June 27 – Brussels, BE – Couleur Cafe Festival
June 28 – Paris, FR – Paris Hip Hop Festival
July 1 – Arendal, NO – Hovefestival
July 3 – Cologne, DE – Summerjam
July 4 – Gdynia, PL – Heineken Opener Festival
July 6 – Copenhagen, DK – Vega
July 7 – Hultsfred, SE – Hultsfred Festival
July 9 – Frauenfeld, CH – Openair Frauenfeld
July 10 – Montreux Vaud, CH – Montreux Jazz Festival – Miles
July 11 – Rotterdam – Holland North Sea Jazz
July 13 – Hamburg, DE – Stadtpark
July 14 – Munich, DE – Tollwood Festival
July 16 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
July 17 – Dublin, IE – Tripod
July 20 – Hammersmith, UK – Hammersmith Apollo
July 23 – Gräfenhainichen, DE – Splash Festival
July 31 – Brooklyn, NY – Williamsburg Waterfront
August 1 – Bridgeport, CT – Gathering of the Vibes Festival

• So Trina is the next celebrity to have an alter ego photoshoot with Derek Blanks. In hers, she’s a boxer who knocks out….yeah, herself