Janelle Monae performed "Tightrope" on last night's episode of "Dancing with the Stars" on ABC. Check out the clip below, starting at the 9:34 mark.

Faith Evans' new album, "Something About Faith," will be released on October 5 (pre-order). It will feature "Everyday Struggle," which samples the Biggie record of the same name.

Another cut from the LP is "Can't Stay Away" featuring Keyshia Cole. On this song, Faith interpolates the hook from The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize," singing "Baby, baby, baby, can't you see? Somehow your love just hypnotized me. I just love your sexy ways. I been fantasizing every day."

You can stream the album in full at Centric.

According to a press release, "Big Poppa" by The Notorious B.I.G. has been added to the list of tracks that will be featured in the "Def Jam Rapstar" video game, set for release on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii (pre-order now).

This is the second Biggie record included with the set, following "Juicy." A number of other Bad Boy related songs will be featured, including Diddy's "It's All About the Benjamins (Remix)" featuring The Notorious B.I.G., The Lox and Lil' Kim, Nas' "Hate Me Now" featuring Diddy, Yung Joc's "It's Goin' Down" and the Diddy-produced Mary J. Blige cut, "You�re All I Need/I�ll Be There For You."

On Monday, Diddy was featured on CNN International as the "Connector of the Day." He was interviewed about fashion and his business success. Watch the clip below.

In an interview with NewsBlaze, Michele Norris, a host on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," talked about her love of Janelle Monae.

According to a tweet from David Harraway, Aasim's "The Money Pit, Part 2" mixtape album will feature production from No I.D., Mario Winans, Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson, Rock Raida, Aasim, Akos (who produced "Feel Stronger"), Nocko and more.

The mixtape will be released on October 4.

The Sean John blog has photos of the line's "Ready to Work" collection for holiday 2010. It is "a new range of career focused merchandise that includes blazers, dress pants, long sleeve wovens, sweaters, and vests." You'll find it in both original and tailored fits at Macy's.

10 years ago Sunday, Shyne's self-titled debut album was released. To mark the occasion, XXL talked with Harve Pierre, Mario Winans, EZ Elpee, Nashiem Myrick and (mostly) Shyne about the making of all of the tracks included on the set. For the most part, Shyne talks about how he was in control and what his mind state was at the time.

But, there are a couple of interesting details. Shyne says that he wanted Usher, not Barrington Levy, to sing on "Bonnie & Shyne." Harve Pierre says that Usher was a thought, but that there were other thoughts, as well. EZ Elpee says that he originally made the "Bad Boyz" beat for Lil' Kim. Finally, Shyne says that if he re-released the album, he'd take "Get Out" off of it, due to (in his words) the song's misogynist lyrics.

According to a drastically excerpted report by Drapers, Diddy has announced that he plans to launch the Sean John brand in the United Kingdom in early 2011.

TMZ reports that Janelle Monae will perform "Tightrope" on Tuesday's "Dancing with the Stars" results show, on ABC at 9 PM ET.

Via Chris Harnick.