Soulja Boy Tell'em has a new album coming out in November, and the details are starting to come together that could make it one of the hotter releases on the hip-hop calendar. Soulja has been keeping up a constant series of tweets narrating the development of his new album The DeAndre Way (which takes it's title from Soulja's given name, DeAndre Way). Past Soulja albums have all been star-studded affairs, and this one will obviously be no different, as in just the past 24 hours he has mentioned working with both Drake and Chris Brown. He even posted a photo of himself and Brown taking a break from working.

Soulja also hit up his Twitter account last night to debut his new mixtape My Way of Life, which features 25 tracks, including a remix of "Successful" with Trey Songz and Lil Wayne. The mixtape also has guest spots from Nicki Minaj, Birdman and the S.O.D. Money Gang.

But Souja Boy's best Twitter moment of the past week was actually a tweet by Spencer Pratt. Last night, Soulja tweeted, "Just finished new song with Drake." Pratt saw it and re-tweeted, but also added "and King Spencer Pratt" at the end of it. Rest assured that the "Hills" star won't be dropping a verse on The DeAndre Way — or any rap album, for that matter.

I love the MTV Movie Awards. My first onscreen debut for MTV in the States was hosting the 2007 Movie Awards pre-show, so it kind of marks my anniversary here, and I'm thrilled to be back in Los Angeles for this year's show.

But before everything got started at the Gibson Amphitheatre, I took advantage of my first Memorial Day Weekend in America and hit the road (big shout to my good friend Michael Artone at Aston Martin Beverly Hills for the truly incredible Aston Martin DB9 Vantage) to the party capital of the world, Las Vegas.

Vegas was the busiest I have ever seen it, packed with people from all over America and beyond including MTV favourites Asher Roth and Soulja Boy Tell'em, who both performed there over the weekend. And although he has the hottest anthem in the world right now with "Turn My Swag On" Soulja Boy's still not of age to hit the casino floor, so he had to take his party back to the room after his monster performance. (Something tells me he still had fun, though!)

I stuck to my three-day Vegas rule, and as soon as the big weekend was over, I headed back to L.A.

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By Brendan Kennedy

If, as Perez Hilton says, Tokio Hotel are the new Milli Vanilli, then I'd like to propose that Soulja Boy Tell'em is the new MC Hammer.

When Hammer came on the scene back in 1987, critics said he was bad for rap, and 20 years later, Soulja Boy faced the same charges when he dropped "Crank That." (Ironically, Ice-T came to Hammer's defense and said haters were just jealous, but this year, Ice-T called Soulja Boy's music "garbage" on a mixtape, sparking a hilarious YouTube battle.)

But the real parallels come out in Soulja's newest album, iSouljaBoyTellem, due out next week.

Top five things that make one a "Hammer":

1) Have your own dance.

CHECK! I mean, even I learned how to "Crank That." (Well, really, really badly.)
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By Jordan Upmalis

Ever since Soulja Boy Tell'em entered the hip-hop realm, his place there has been questioned and his creativity scrutinized. But it looks like he's finally had enough. Soulja Boy is hitting back, in a vlog battle with Ice-T.

It all started last week, when DJ Cisco's Urban Legend mixtape was released and contained some pretty harsh words from Ice-T directed toward Soulja Boy, at one point telling him to "eat a di--" and blaming him for "singlehandedly killing hip-hop." Ouch.

Two days later, the gloves were officially off when Soulja Boy posted his own response video, in which he laughs throughout and constantly refers to Ice-T's age, repeatedly calling him an "old-ass n---a" (six times, we counted). Although he seems to be joking for most of the video's seven-and-a-half minutes, Soulja Boy does have some serious moments in which he acknowledges Ice-T's influence on hip-hop (calling him a legend), but also says that times have changed, and he's doing what he has to in order to support his family. Soulja Boy, tell him!

Another two days went by, and another response video surfaced. On June 22, Ice-T posted a video apologizing to Soulja Boy for telling him to "eat a di--," but still making it a point to say that his music is "garbage." Ice-T says this isn't an old-school vs. new-school or East Coast vs. West Coast war, though he warns that there will be ramifications for Soulja Boy from the West.

Not surprisingly, other artists have begun to add their two cents to the debate, and one of them is the most influential in the game right now. Mr. Kanye West himself decided to weigh in on the debate on his blog, siding with Soulja Boy. Soulja Boy hasn't killed hip-hop, Kanye says, but instead he represents the true meaning of what hip-hop should be. "He came from the 'hood, made his own beats, made up a new saying, new sound and a new dance with one song."

The debate comes as no surprise to us, since Soulja Boy was the most controversial name at the table when our Hip-Hop Brain Trust got together recently to name the Hottest MCs in the Game. Seriously, we thought the battle would never end. Check it out below.

Whose side are you on? Should Ice-T retire and quit whining like a cranky old man? Or are Soulja Boy and his fellow ringtone rappers the death of hip-hop?

Soulja Boy is going on tour in about three weeks, and he'll be rocking the stage with your favorite lip-gloss popper, Lil' Mama. They're calling it the "21 & Under Tour," because, you know, they're both under 21. CUTE, RIGHT??

Anyways, someone needs to sponsor a parents' waiting area for those early-teens who don't need their parents trying to do that "Crank Dat" dance while singing they're going to "Supaman" a you-know-what. FOR REALS.

Tour Dates, according to Soulja Boy's rep:

April 11 Myrtle Beach, SC (House of Blues)
April 12 Charlotte, NC (Neighborhood Theatre)
April 14 New York, NY (Nokia Theatre)
April 16 Baltimore, MD (Rams Head Live)
April 17 Philadelphia, PA (Electric Factory)
April 18 Niagara Falls, NY (The Conference Center for Niagra Falls)
April 19 Agawam, MA (Six Flags New England)
April 20 Toronto, Canada (Kool Haus)
April 22 Chicago, IL (House of Blues)
April 24 Cleveland, OH (House of Blues)
April 25 Indianapolis, IN (Egyptian Room)
April 29 Denver, CO (Ogden Theater)
April 30 Anaheim, CA (The Grove in Anaheim)
May 1  Los Angeles, CA (House of Blues)
May 2  Alpine, CA (Viejas- Concert in the Park)
May 4  Las Vegas, NV (House of Blues)
May 7  Dallas, TX (House of Blues)
May 9  Houston, TX (Verizon Wireless Theater)
May 11  Atlanta, GA (Tabernacle)