How does Rihanna blow off steam? By hitting the strip club. Fresh from her trip to Hawaii for Battleship promo, the good girl gone bad lived it up during a night out in the Big Apple. Armed with a stack of cash, she tossed dollar bills at the strippers as they worked the pole, sharing the risqué photos on Instagram.

“Best stress reliever= $tripper$. Kill it Tip it #Cake,” she tweeted. “#ROCstarshit my daddy would be proud.”

Check out another pic from RiRi’s wild night below.

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Akon puts up a fight in the gritty video for “Hurt Somebody,” the street single off his oft-delayed album Stadium, due September 11. To vent his frustrations, a buff Akon enters a boxing match and leaves victorious. He explained the message he was trying to convey during an interview on “106 & Park.”

“It’s really to promote non-gun violence. If you got a problem with somebody, ya’ll should just take it in the ring,” said Akon, who gained weight for the role. “We men, let’s handle it. If we can’t talk about it, then let’s fight about it.”

The video also stars Bad Boy rapper French Montana, who was previously signed to Akon’s Konvict Muzik label. “At the time where I had him, I was just too focused on the pop stuff,” admitted his former boss, who helped discover Lady Gaga.

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Kelly Rowland plays Trey Songz’ leading lady in the flirtatious video for “Heart Attack,” the first single off his upcoming album Chapter V. The full video will premiere Friday on “106 & Park,” but you can sneak a peek at their chemistry in the black-and-white teaser below.

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Sean Kingston is ready to make his return with some help from the King. The 22-year-old singer linked up with T.I. on set of the video for “Back 2 Life,” the street single off his upcoming album of the same name. The two shot the video in Los Angeles last week with comedian Mike Epps.

After surviving a near-fatal jet ski accident and open heart surgery last year, Kingston has been in the studio working with longtime producer J.R. Rotem on the follow-up to 2009’s Tomorrow, due on Epic Records.

“I’m going back to the whole reggae, island, pop thing, doing that type of feel,” he previously told MTV News. “I’m going back to my roots.”

Check out more photos from the set below.

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Rihanna is fierce and fearless in the tribal video for “Where Have You Been,” the Dr. Luke and Calvin Harris-produced single off her sixth album Talk That Talk. The pop starlet, who was named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, shows off her fancy footwork and breathtaking beauty in the dance-heavy clip, directed by Dave Meyers (Missy Elliott, Janet Jackson).

“This one is just all performance. It’s all about evoking an emotion through your body,” said RiRi. “I was never gonna shoot this video if I couldn’t do choreography ’cause it would be pretty pointless. It would be disappointing.”

Watch her move to the beat of her own drum.

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Sophia Grace and Rosie won the hearts of millions of Americans including Nicki Minaj with their viral cover of “Super Bass.” Now the adorable British duo is back! Nine-year-old Sophia held down vocals and her cousin Rosie busted out some new moves while performing “Starships” on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

In a recent interview with “Nightline,” Nicki said that she keeps Sophia in mind when recording some of her songs. “We have a running joke. Can Sophia Grace sing that?” she laughed.

Check out their fearless performance below.

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Wiz Khalifa stopped by “The Angie Martinez Show” to promote his new single “Work Hard Play Hard” on Tuesday. He discussed plans for his “far out” wedding to Amber Rose, whether his fiancée smokes weed, rumored beef with Waka Flocka Flame, and collaborations with Pharrell and Cam’ron on his upcoming album O.N.I.F.C., due August 28.

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Rihanna stunned in a fuchsia Marchesa gown and wavy black hair at the TIME 100 gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on Tuesday night. The pop star was named one of the magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. She performed at the star-studded celebration, which was attended by Hillary Clinton, Jeremy Lin, Tyra Banks, and Chelsea Handler.

Her mother and grandfather proudly watched from the audience. “Well….2nt consisted of us singing Bob Marley, drinkin Vintage Scotch, and my mom thinkin a joke abt Kutcher was appropriate!” tweeted RiRi.

She told reporters on the red carpet that Bob Marley is one of her biggest influences. “I love him. I’m an incredible fan, but not only of his music. I’m a fan of him as an individual, what he really stood up for,” said RiRi, who performed an acoustic version of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ “Redemption Song.”

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Beyoncé has won countless awards, and now she has a new honor to add to her résumé. The pop superstar, wife, and mother has been crowned the World’s Most Beautiful Woman by People magazine.

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It’s a very sad day in Barbz and Kenz world.

Nicki Minaj vanished from the twitter verse leaving 11 million followers behind.

Apparently, The twitter drama started after Nicki found out that her biggest fan site, Nicki Daily, posted songs from her Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded album before the album’s release date.  She blocked the site’s twitter which resulted in a war between the Barbz (are you keeping up?  I know sounds crazy but follow me now…) with some taking Nicki’s side and the others taking the fan site’s side.   Nicki was bombarded with some not-so nice tweets from her Barbz before she tweeted these last tweets and vanished for good:

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