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Japanese hip-hop legend DJ Honda has announced that he will be releasing a charity single to help aid relief efforts in his disaster-stricken home country. According to his reps, the 'Travelin' Man' producer will be teaming up with several international artists to release a single entitled 'Relief for Japan...

Over the past half-decade, few artists have loomed as large in the worlds of pop and R&B as Ne-Yo. Born Shaffer Smith, the Arkansas native joined his first R&B group, Envy, while still in his teens. When they broke up, he honed his skills by writing songs for other artists. By the...

Earlier this month, Ne-Yo traveled to Japan, minus his backup dancers, to perform several charity concerts. With his trip to Asia over, the singer/songwriter created his own T-shirt and poster to help with the disaster aid. The T-shirts are available, through Ne-Yo's website, in red, black and white for $25...

Snoop Dogg is teaming up with lifestyle brand Neff Headwear to raise money for Japan after the natural disasters -- both a tsunami and earthquake -- hit the island nation in early March. The Long Beach native has signed on as designer of the limited edition "Snoop Dogg x Neff Japan Tee," with all profits going to the international relief organization Operation USA, which helps countries

Universal Music Group has announced that it will be releasing a digital-only compilation album featuring some of the label's biggest stars, in an attempt to raise funds for tsunami-stricken Japan. Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, U2 and Bon Jovi are all expected to appear on the album, waiving their royalties so that the entire proceeds will go towards Red Cross Japan...

While singer Ne-Yo is busy showing some love to his Japanese fans, affected by the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that hit the country two weeks ago, a few of his backup dancers are still stateside. According to TMZ, some of the Grammy winner's dancers opted out of the trip, due to safety concerns...

Many members of the music community have sought to reach out to the people of Japan via social networking platform Twitter, offering their support and prayers just hours after the country was hit with a devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake...

Legendary DJ's Premier and Pete Rock will take their turntable skills to Tokyo on May 2, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Manhattan Records.The Tokyo-based record label will put on a special show for turntable enthusiasts celebrating 30 years of distributing hip-hop and electronica music halfway across the globe...

Almost a month later, reports are just surfacing in the car accident that claimed the life of respected Japanese beatsmith Nujabes The critically acclaimed producer was extremely private in his personal life, and the news of his death was only recently confirmed by his friend and collaborator, rapper Shing02...

2009 has been a solid counterpoint to those that thought Mos Def had become too Hollywood. Def's fourth solo album 'The Ecstatic' was one of the best albums of the year and the ever-mighty Boogie Man has been zigzagging across the country and putting on some of the finest shows in any genre of music...