Cypress Hill filmed the videofor "Armada Latina" recently in Los Angeles and was joined on set by Pitbull, who appearson the song along with Marc Anthony. The video will premiere in April.

"Armada Latina" was the last trackCypress Hill recorded for Rise Up,due out on April 20. Their EMI debut is their first album in six. The group was surprised howeasily the collaboration materialized. After working on the song "Get ItAnyway" with producer Jim Jonsin, Jonsin had an idea for another song.

"He started messing around withthat Crosby, Stills & Nash thing," Sen Dogsaid when I recently interviewed the group at the Capitol Records office in Hollywood. Jonsin was not sure how his idea would work, and B-Real agreed.

"At first I was a littleskeptical, but I thought I'm going to be open minded," B-Real said. "Let's justtry it." After Sen Dog and B-Real wrote and recorded their verses, Jonsinsuggested adding Pitbull to the record.

"We've been friends with Pitbullforever," B-Real said. "We've

The thought of spreading himself too thin has likely nevercrossed the mind of hip-hop superstar Lil' Wayne, who began hisone-year jail term at New York's Riker's Island Monday.

Part of his popularity is the result of numerouscollaborations that have saturated the mixtape and mainstream radio markets. Heis currently featured on seven songs on the BillboardHot 100 chart.

But the New Orleansrapper has recently pushed himself even harder in wake of his imprisonment,recording more than 20 music videos in last few months. The high volume of contentis enough to maintain his presence. His fans seemingly won't have a chance tomiss him.

On Saturday, February 27, Wayne recorded a half-a-dozen videos. In aninterview for the MTV show "Road To Rikers," Wayne chronicled the grueling undertaking."I'm shooting 7 videos tonight," he said. "That was just 'Running' for the Rebirth album. I am going to show youthe true ethic of real artists."

Waynealso shot videos for Drake's"Afrika Boombaataa," Travis

Guru, half of the legendary rap duo Gang Starr with DJPremiere, is recovering after undergoing surgery Monday.

The pioneering artist who spearheaded the successful Jazzmatazz series and whose song "Jazz Thing"was featured in Spike Lee's Mo BettaBlues, addressed his condition in an exclusive statement to Yo! Raps.

"I am dong fine and I am recovering!," he said. "I'm weakthough. Solaar is the only person who has the accurate info on my situation.Any info from anybody else is false! I appreciate your well wishes and all thelove!"

While some outlets have reported that Guru collapsed Sundayand experienced a heart attack, he did not address circumstances that lead upto the surgery.

MC Solaar, Guru's friend and labelmate, asked for privacy."Guru is resting and doing well after surgery," Solar said, Yo! Raps reports."The doctors say that he will fully recover from his illness. We thank everyonewho sends prayers our way and we appreciate the outpouring of love from aroundthe world!"

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It's no secret that Lil' Wayne is popular among the ladies.

The rapper recently fathered two children from two women,actress Lauren London, and R&B singer Nivea.

But the New Orleans-bread artists' actions sparked even morespeculation Tuesday, the day he was scheduled to begin a year-long jail sentence, when heappeared in Nivea's music video for "Love Hurts."

Wayne,credited as Mr. W.F. Baby, plays a two-timing fiancée in the clip that featuresNivea giving back an engagement ring before moving out of a mansion.

The lyrics accuse the male subject of being unfaithful,offering "all your lies, all your cheating," "you done defeated me," "you couldhave been straight up with me."

She adds, "I'm bowing out, leaving the crowd, them othergirls, can have you now."

While Wayneappears throughout the video, his face is not revealed until a closing scene.

There is long history between the two former childperformers. They apparently have a good relationship. It is genius marketing tohave Wayne inthe