(AllHipHop News) Miami, Florida rapper Pitbull has announced the launch of his biggest tour to date, with the “Mr. Worldwide’s Carnaval” tour. The rap star will hit 19 cities across the United States starting on May 25th at Denver’s 1stBank Center and ends June 27th in Chicago at the Aragon Ballroom. According to Billboard, Pitbull will tour with a troupe of Brazilian dancers in addition to a live band to promote his two upcoming albums Armando, which will be released in June in both English and Spanish. “He is very much that universal party act,” said Rebeca Leon, VP of Latin talent for AEG Live/Goldenvoice. “Because he’s so universal and he plays to so many audiences, it’s very hard to put your arms around it. It’s a blessing but you have to be really savvy.”Over 3,000 people are expected to attend each one of the concerts, which are being produced by AEG Live. Pitbull currently has four songs on the Latin Rhythm digital song chart.

(AllHipHop News) Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J, T-Pain, Ludacris and a host of other artists have teamed up to celebrate the legacy of pioneering musician Quincy Jones on the new album Q: Soul Boss Nostra. Jones, who serves as executive producer of the project, called upon the top artists and producers in the music industry to create Q: Soul Bossa Nostra. In addition to the aforementioned rappers, the album features appearances by Usher, John Legend, Talib Kweli, Mary J. Blige, Akon, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Robin Thicke, Wyclef Jean, Q-Tip, Three 6 Mafia, David Banner, BeBe Winans, Scott Storch, Mervyn Warren and Jermaine Dupri. Each artist picked a song to remake from Jones’ vast catalog, which spans six decades. “Each artist picked a song that really resonated with them for different reasons – some of them having a connection because they remembered their parents playing the track when they were growing up,” Jones told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “I am honored that everyone wanted to be a part of this celebration of these songs. They all made them their own, and knocked them out of the park.”The first single from the album is Akon’s remake of “Strawberry Letter 23,” originally a hit for The Brothers Johnson in 1977. Jones has collaborated with a number of top artists during his legendary career.  In 1989, Jones released Back on the Block, which featured songs by artists like Ray Charles, Chaka Khan, Big Daddy Kane, Ice-T, Prince and others. In 1995, Jones released Q’s Juke Joint, which featured appearances by LL Cool J, Dizzy Gillespie, Stevie Wonder, Patti Austin, Sarah Vaughn, Gloria Estefan, Kid Capri, Funkmaster Flex and others. Throughout his career, Jones has worked with everyone from Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra, to Will Smith and Michael Jackson. Quincy Jones’ Q: Soul Boss Nostra is due in stores in May or June, on Interscope Records. 

(AllHipHop News) A woman who was beaten by an associate of 50 Cent’s at his Connecticut mansion won a judgment yesterday (April 8) in court.Shana Chin, 24, claimed that Dwayne McKenzie, a member of 50 Cent’s entourage who lives in the mansion, beat her during a Memorial Day party in 2008. McKenzie and Chin had been dating since 2007, but the relationship went sour when she found out McKenzie was allegedly cheating on her. A fight between the two took place in McKenzie’s bedroom in on Memorial Day in May of 2008 and McKenzie allegedly chocked and slapped Chin. A Waterbury Superior Court ruled in favor of Chin after the judge presiding over the case ruled that there was enough evidence to support Chin’s claims of assault. McKenzie has been ordered to pay $30,000 and has already taken a violence education program. McKenzie is a member of 50 Cent’s entourage who has had several encounters with police in Connecticut. In August of 2007, he was arrested for firing  a gun at a man who attempted to steal his chain outside of a Hartford nightclub. McKenzie was rearrested in October of 2007, after he allegedly pistol-whipped a promoter, after the man failed to announce an after party taking place at 50 Cent’s mansion. In August of 2009, he was arrested again for allegedly brawling with a woman who refused to give him oral sex at the mansion. During her testimony, Chin made the shocking allegations that McKenzie was the culprit who firebombed 50 Cent’s mansion Dix Hills, Long Island mansion in May of 2008.No one was been arrested for the fire, which police have already deemed suspicious.

(AllHipHop News) Oprah Winfrey is attracting big name talent that will be featured in various shows on her new TV network, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network). According to The Wall Street Journal, Jay-Z and Condoleezza Rice will be featured on the premiere episode of a new series titled Master Class, that features celebrities and politicians relaying real life stories into the camera. Jay-Z told The Wall Street Journal he immediately accepted Winfrey’s offer to be included on a show on OWN, which will launch on January 1st as a joint venture between Winfrey’s Harpo Inc. and The Discovery Network. “I didn’t even think about it,” Jay-Z said. “I just said ‘yes.'” Master Class is part of a new slate of programming being produced by OWN for the upcoming launch of the network. Other shows include  Life Is Not a Straight Line, Note to Self, Swell and Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind, which will spotlight Lady Gaga and Avatar director James Cameron. Winfrey announced she will host a new evening hour-long show on OWN titled Oprah’s Next Chapter, which will air two to three times a week and will feature Winfrey taking celebrities and politicians around the world, as she interviews them.