MTV.com News — 'I just want to say that I'm totally glad to be back in the race,' North Carolina MC says in a 'Talladega Nights'-inspired statement to MTV News. By Rob Markman more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Last summer Timbaland revealed he had been tapped to produce a new posthumous Michael Jackson album.     more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Critic's Notebook: Those relentless thumps in electronic dance music and works by Jay Z, Timbaland and even Katy Perry trace to 'Tran Europe Express' by Kraftwerk.Kraftwerk's "Trans Europe Express" is the most important pop album of the last 40 years... more info

MTV.com News — With Timbaland on the board, a teaser of MJ's posthumous track hits the Internet. By Rob Markman more info

MTV.com News — Tim will be songwriter/producer for the series 'Empire,' directed by Lee Daniels. By Gil Kaufman more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Fox has tapped Grammy award-winning producer and rapper Timbaland to produce and write music for the new pilot "Empire," the network announced Tuesday.     more info

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Prefix — Mike Will Made It’s 2013 stands toe to toe (or even better) than Lex Luger’s 2011, Timbaland’s 2006 or ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/stream-mike-will-made-its-new-mixtape-mikewillbeen/76097/ more info