Nelly beats up the remix to LoveRance’s “Up!” The St. Louis rapper delivers derrty rhymes made for the bedroom on the Bay Area banger. If you’re feeling freaky, listen below.

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Fresh off the release of his new single “Love This Life,” T.I. hit up the premiere for Think Like a Man in his hometown of Atlanta on Tuesday night. His pal Nelly also came out to support the film’s cast including Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, and Terrence J. Ne-Yo, who contributed to the film’s soundtrack, stepped out with the mother of his two children, Monyetta Shaw.

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Diddy donned a hoodie in remembrance of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old who was shot to death by a neighborhood watch captain in Florida last month. The shooting has sparked a nationwide uproar over race and justice, with even President Obama weighing in.

Thousands of people participated in the Million Hoodies March in cities across the country to seek justice for Martin, who was wearing a hoodie when he was killed.

“I didn’t know wearing a hoodie made me a target,” tweeted the Bad Boy mogul, while Swizz Beatz wrote, “Had to Hoodie up for Trayvon. What a sad situation! Blessing to his fam.”

Many celebrities voiced their support via social media, while Keyshia Cole, Ludacris, Jamie Foxx, Frank Ocean, Nelly, The-Dream, and players from the Miami Heat sported hoodies in a showing of solidarity. See them band together below.

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Nelly lives out his dreams in the inspirational video for “The Champ,” his triumphant tune created for ESPN’s Bowl Week. The St. Louis rapper, who almost pursued a professional career in baseball, plays a football player who gets pumped up for the big game. He takes to the field and locker room as a marching band provides the soundtrack to his anthem. Taste the victory.

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Nelly paid a visit to music’s resident doctor, Dr. Dre. The St. Louis rapper hit the studio for a late-night recording session with the West Coast icon on Monday, tweeting a photo from the lab.

“WOW in studio wit the legend dairy @drdre,” shared Nelly, who released his mixtape O.E.MO on Christmas Eve.

Nelly is working on the follow-up to 2010’s 5.0. Meanwhile, Coachella headliner Dre has decided to take a break from recording his long-awaited Detox.

Over the holidays, Bei Maejor’s remix to “Trouble” hit the net featuring Wale, Trey Songz, T-Pain, and J. Cole. Now Nelly reveals himself as the fifth guest, who Bei Maejor first hinted about on “106 & Park.”

“This is the dean of the university of bosses, I need all the bad bitches to report to my office,” raps Nelly on his closing verse.

Get into some more trouble with the whole gang.

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In the spirit of the season, Nelly drops his free mixtape O.E.MO (On Everything MO). The country boy raps and sings over popular songs including Drake’s “The Motto,” T-Pain’s “5 O’Clock,” and Machine Gun Kelly’s “Wild Boy,” with appearances from the St. Lunatics and Bei Maejor. Unwrap his 16-track Christmas present below.

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Nelly takes it back to his roots with the video for “Country Ass Nigga,” a single off his new mixtape O.E.MO. In the black-and-white visuals, Mr. Country Grammar puts on a car show in the parking lot as he raps alongside his peers T.I. and 2 Chainz. See how they do it down South.

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