Here’s a selection of photos from tonights American Music Awards featuring performances by Jay-z & Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and more.

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Thanks to scanned copies by Rap-Up.com everyones got an early look at the album artwork for Rihanna’s upcoming album Rated R which release next Monday Nov. 23. Keep reading for the rest of the scans.

Last night in East Rutherford, NJ was Power 105.1’s Powerhouse that featured performances by The Dream, Keri Hilson, Fabolous, Trey Songz and Chris Brown who was headlining his first show since the incident with Rihanna.

S4H favorite Theophilus London made various appreances throughoutlast weeks CMJ 2009 in NYC. Here’s various photos that we swiped straight from his Facebook page.

Jay-Z performed at the Wachovia Center on Friday in Philadelphia. Here’s a few pictures from that tour stop. I happened to catch the show in Vancouver and it was a damn good performance by Hov.

Here’s a photo slideshow from the Highline Ballroom show in NYC that saw Shwayze, Cisco Adler, B.o.B., Anjulie, Beardo, DJ Jason Smith & Roxy Cottontail all hit the stage. Photos by KirillWasHere.com

After ordering this book early this year It totally fell off my radar in terms of it ever being released. With the release date of Oct. 27 still a go Kanye has shared some photos of his new 288 page book. Published by Rizzoli publishers with photography by Nabil Elderkin the new book should offer a fascinating insight into the production of his long running “Glow In The Dark” tour from 2008. The book provides a look at on stage performances, behind-the-scenes shots, conceptual sketches by West, costume designs, and stage models. It also includes an audio CD featuring previously unreleased live instrumentals for “Hey Mama”, “Touch the Sky”, “Jesus Walks”, and “I Wonder”, as well as an interview with video and film director Spike Jonze.

Judging by the rest of the photos this is going to be well worth the $30 price tag to relive one of the best tours many of us have attended. Keep reading for more.

After having cancelled his previous stop in London Lil Wayne finally performed in the 1st re-scheduled show at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, England last night. Hit the jump for more photos.

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Last night in NYC, Hennessy wrapped up their Artistry Series at Terminal 5 with performances by Common, The Roots, Don Omar, Elevator Fight and Colin Munroe. Above you can see Common & Q-Tip performing Bonita Applebum and Electric Relaxation. Keep reading for a bunch of performance photos from the show.

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Jay-Z filmed the video for his latest single Empire State Of Mind on Broadway and 145th. Some photos of the shoot after the jump.